Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-05
TROUBLE AT THE POLLS.
State and Federal Authorities Apt {
Clash in New York.

State and Federal Authorities Apt to
Clash in New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The members of
the Democratic national committee fear
trouble at the polls if the marshals carry
out the United States law this year as
they have in the past. The national
committee approves the action of the
state committee in advising the citizens
to arrest marshals who attempt to en-
force those parts of the federal statutes
which conflict with the state laws. 1t
is stated that Chairman Harrity of the
Democratic national committee will is.
sue manifesto OH the subject.
At Republican national and state
headquarters it was said today that
marsnals would certainly 60 within the
rails at the polls. and that no authority
of the state or city had any right to pre-
vent them.
At Democratic headquarters it was
said Lieutenant Governor Sheehan's in
structions would certainly be carried
out, and the marshals arrested if they
went within the rails. Sheriff German
has begun swearing in special deputies,
in case Of an emergency.
national committee said this evening he
had nothing further to say til an that the
controversy was between Sheehan and
the United States government, end he
apprehended that the government was
abundantly able to take care of itself.
Edward Mitchell, attorney for the
southern district of New York. has
written a letter to the United States
marshal and inspector of elections in
regard to Sheeban's Instructions, citing
the revised statutes and telling the mar
shall to instruct each supervisor and
deputy that wherever there is any con-
fict between the law of the United
States and the state, the law of the
United States is paramount. The
marshal is also to inform the
supervisors and deputies that the
United States intends to carry out the
provisions of section 2019, revised stat.
utes, and see that every supervisor and
every deputy, if requested to support
him, shall be allowed to take any posi-
ton behind the guard rail he sees fit,
and any person interfering with them
in any way while they are in the per-
formance of their duty can be at once
arrested without process under section
5522 revised ststutes.
Charles NJ. Dennison, chief supervisor
of elections of the northern district of
New York, has issued fual instructions
to the supervisors of elections appointed
to serve at the election November 9Th,
of which the following is a part:
"The extraordinary pronunciamiento
issued by VIM. F. Sheehan, chairman of
the Democratic state campaign commit
tee, directing Democrats to prevent su-
pervisors Of election and United States
marshals from performing any of their
duties inside the guard rail on elec-
ton day is revolutionary. Frequent
convictions have been had in the
federal courts of persons who
committed offenses of the came nature
as are now advised by Sheehan. In
view of these convictions it seems
hardly possible that any person will at.
tempt to follow Sheehan's orders, but
fearing such attempts, again instruct
the supervisors of election that they are
to 60 inside the guard rail on election
day, and remain there before or. behind
the ballot boxes, as they deem best.
until the voting is done, tine votes can
vaesed, the returns made and the board
OF election inspectors adjourns.
Twelve hundred United States deputy
marshals were sworn in today for duty
at the nOllg next Tupsdav