Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-03
LIKELY TO BE A CLASH.
1ROUBLE EXPECTED AT THE POLLS
ON ELECTION DAY.
Federal Interference at the Polls VIII
Be Resented in New York, as
Well as In Portions of
the South.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Within the past
"a hours birth has been given to ele.
ments which may come together in this
city on election day with sharp crash.
One of the elements is the announced
adherence by the attorney-general to the
custom OF the past, under Judge Brad
ley's decision, in accordance with which
federal supervisors of election are passed
anywhere they deem wise within cleo
tion enclosures. The other and oppos-
ing element lies in the fact that Lieu
tenant-Governor Sheehan, chairman OF
the New York state Democratic cam.
paign committee, has issued an address
to the Democrats of the state, in which
he cites Judge Brewers decision, and
calls on the Democrats to see to it that
federal Supervisors 10 not enter ths
booths.
Judge Brewer of the United States
supreme court has ruled that super.
vlsors have no right to enter booths Oh
go behind the inclosure where the bal.
lot boxes are.
Secretary De Freest of the Democratic
state committee, speaking today of At
torney-General Miller's circular and
Sheehan's opposing order to the Demo.
Gratis, said he believed federal super
visors had no right in the booths, and
they would not be allowed to 90 there.
He said the Democrats would see to il
that they stand outside of the inclosure
where the booths and ballot boxes are.
This construction foreshadows a possi-
BILE clash of the two elements referred to
on Tuesday next.
1t has been ascertained that the law
oiicers of the department of Justice, at
Washington, carefully examined the
statutes and opinions rendered in cases
arising out of alleged violations of the
election statutes, before yesterdays cir.
cular was issued by Attorney General
Miller. In the ex parte case of Siebold
ct al Justice Bradley held that the ma
tional and state jurisdictions were con-
current, but wherever a conflict oc-
CURED. the former was supreme. 1t
held that the law authorizing deputy
marshals to keep the peace at national
elections is not unconstitutional, and
that the national government has a
right to use physical force in any part
OF the United States to carry into eye.
cution the powers conferred upon it.
The leaders of both parties here have
been further informed from Washington
tnsS Acting Attorney General Aldrich
sent the following telegram to United
States Marshal Walker at Montgomery.
Alabama, this afternoon, in response to
request for instructions:
'See last paragraph of circular mailed
you today. Use your discretion, remem-
bering and 30 instructing your deputies,
that they are peace officers and not par
tieans, and that the law was enacted to
secure a free and honest ballot and fair
count"
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 2.--M. L.
Wood, chairman of the Democratic cam. !.
paign committee of Dallas county. tele-
graphed Gen. Charles M. Shelly, chair
man of the state campaign committee,
that B. M. Walker, United States
marshal of Alabama, had appointed
deputy United States marshals to SUPER
intend the election in that county No
vember Sth. General Shelly telegraphed
Wood that the appointments were
illegal, except in cities with more than
10000 people, and instructed him to
have the sheriff appoint deputies to
arrsst the deputy marshals if they
und ,rtook to interfere with the election.
Walker, on being interviewed, said: /:
II appointed deputy marshals for Dallas
county at the request of reputable citi-
zens of that county. 1 defy anyone to
arrest or interfere with any deputy who
wears the badge of deputy marshal on
election day."