New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-02
CARELESS REGISTRATION.
ANNoYANCEs THAT RESET VOTERS.
JUDGE BARRETT TO DECIDE WHETHER BAL

some Of them will rcwaia ignorance OF unth they ma
themselves under arrest on election day. ocpi'eo VI
the opportunity of casting their oaiio's' Ing III
specters OF election in some Of the ciecuoh os'ric'S
through careessness. ignorance or the inosoc'nesS
with which voters have given their names ana ao-
have registered persons at incorrect addresses
r,o pouce ofscers United states Supervisors anu
others who verify tho registry, not hndihs inc reg
isercd persons at the addresses given on inc ooohs'
will make complaints warrants will nc issued ana 'ic
po,sons even II they are legal voters, VIII De hso'
10 arrest on election day. No voter can KNOW "''H
ont An exaninaton of the registry whether MS nanio
f. correctly enrolled II he took care TO see that inc
sad,~ss was written on the books at the time ne
registered In exactly the form in which he gave H. ne
NAV consider himself reasonably safe But IN every
case the voter may insure himself against inc MS
takes OF careless ignorant inspectors by personal
examination Of the copy of the registry which is heP'
at the place ot registry In each district II re mas
that mistakes have been made, the courts Will ehioi'e
. correction OF the registers
TWO INDIGNANT CITIZENS.
r " Funk II Van Horn and f. Bullard, agansr
whom complaints of Illegal registration were mano
before Commissioner Shields on the tes'imehy vi a
private detective employed By the Harlem Demoord'0
Club were at the Commissioners Once yes'euaS
morning. and three moro Indignant citizens IL "ouio
be hard to find. They have lived for three Iouf
and five years. respectively, at No. as West twenty
sfth-st and registered at the proper polling places
nc residents of that house. They complain tha' 'hc
inspectors did not have their registry ooohS' anu
only made notes oftbe addresses OF the Vo'er'. 1"
some way the names appeared on the registry oooA'
under the address, No 46 West Twenty-sixths'- ihe
d.t.c,ives not finding them in the Tweny-sxth-st.
house at once made complaint. Inc men aic soou
Hepnblic ans and determined TO vote for Harrison ana
Morton even IL IT. is necessary to obtain manosmus
to secure a correct registration of their names
The inspectors Of the Thirty fourth Election DIS
tr,ct Of the XXth Assembly District refused 10 register
Eugene NJ Mcdonald, Of No. 467 East Fiy-seVeh'h
st who has lived In the Assembly Dstilct lor h'oo"
wears because after declining take an oath on the
pih,e he refused TO hold up his right hand in aflmng
He applied to Justice Barrett. In the Supreme |o'''
Chambers, for mandamus to compel the nispcc'ois
10 recunvenc and place his name on the iist Oh quai
fed voters and the Judge decided yesterday .ia'
,hac ,nuet do 60 saving: Inspectors have no right
to require a man to affirm with uplifted hana nor
was IL within their province To exact reIgous test
The question Of the right Of all voters who are
in line at the polling places at O'CLOCK On eieouoh
dav 10 deposit their ballots will be passed upon 10y
rfssce Barrett of the Supreme Court on an order
rr,,os by him Yesterday, requiring the inspectors
81 the Thirty second Election District Oh
The XXIId Assembly District to sho"
cause why they should not be com
nelled by mandamus to receive such votes. Inc
order Vas ssDS f Sese By f Ms ArSS John
Meyers Alexander THAN, Leicester hols T Su
hmif h. a
Hall General Committee TO obtain a ruing hom inc
court .-,o,,
THE ArroRNEY.GENERAL GIVES HIS OPINION.
In reply to a communication addressed TO MIN py
lingo 6 Mack secretary of the Lawyers Cleveland
and Thurman Club, Attorney-Generah TABOR mas
given an opinion the legality OF admitting al'er
4 d. M the ballot Of any registered voter VINO a''ehus
the polls before O'Clock and duly tenders MS Vo'e
Tho decision Of the Attorney General Is In iaVor Oh
admitting such votes. An opinion of Judge Lawrence
Deon1 a
AGAINST Hosmer under the present act OF 1851 is
ouoted. as showing that every qualified voter VINO
presents himself within the place OF regstrauon ocioro
D. M, must be accepted
= Arguing from an opinion delivered by '"as9
of the Supreme Court, The AttorneyGen
qualified voter without fault his part from votng,
would be unconstitutional and void" roII~ns he
nos shall be closed at hour fixed, but that the
Inspectors shall not SS nave within the
time prescribed by law and have demanded ana III,
sessiyeds such construction will, in the opinion
of Attorney General Tabor, prevent an outrage upon
the HaHs S Sf aDa VIII mo not
intended to the he ip% Trs It 10 in
bis opinion, from taking this construction of the law
Samuel RAY Mite afs e Ee cre n Police
yesterday, on charge of Illegal Iegs sa Fo sa nc
lives n han sga had ' re- his '4S
Nineteenth Election District of the MILO
Assembly Dlstrct, elVIus us IL aotooui
Induced TO commit the crime by a liquor dealer IN
The nejchborhood of the registry Office
SUPERINTENDENT Murray yesterday Issued inc usna
torlers 40 the police captains regarding the duties
oh the police election day. He also distrDutci
smony The captains $50 warrants for the arrest Of
1c,sons who had registered Illegally in the city. The
Warrants are tc he cr,ed before Tuesday II me cur
prits can be found but If the police cannot ma ana
arrest them before that day the warrants VIII DC
served when the guilty persons try TO vote III IS
expected that there will be over 900 SUCH warrants
ready on Tuesday morning Mon named In the war
rants will be ARRESTED and taken before magstrales
before they have chance 10 vote, II they present
themselves at the polls.
In the efforts made by Boss' Mclaughlin ana MS
able lieutenant Dlsrict-Atoiney Ridgway. OF BrooK-
Iyn, 10 dscrcdt the good name of John i. Mchane
IN connection with the Illegal registration in Graves
end it seems be forgotten that the District Attorney
has pigeonholcd in his Office indictments against
Treasurer for ballot box stunc In 1869. and for like
offences against several of the Democratic employees
OF the city government Mr.. Mckanc sent a letter TO
Mr. Ridgway yesterday, in which he declares his entire
innocence Of connection with the crimes and dc
nands instant and searching investigation. Offering to
ones. The Republican Campaign Committee in Brook
yn have discovered about 800 Illegally registered per
sons the city and have filed list OF the names with
United States Supervisor Allen, who Will ISSUE war
rants for their arrest
ARREST OF AN AsSEMBLYMANS BROTHER
Michael O'Neill brother of Asscmblyman Patrick II.
O'NeiII, Of Jersey City, arrested BY Detective
keenan, yesterday for false registration on complaint
of the Citizens Protective and Detective Association