Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-07
PROBABILITIES OF TROUBLE.

The Attorney Generals Instructions and
Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan's Circular.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 1892.
Either there is to be big trouble in New York
on election day or there is a tremendous lot Of
bluffng being DONE As already telegraphed
The STAR. Chairman Sheehan of the democratic
campaign committee has instructed election
officers and democrats generally that United
States marshals have no right inside the polling
places and that any citizen or officer has right
to arrest them if they attempt to go there. The
supplementary orders issued by the Department
Of Justice have braced up United States District
Attorney Mitchell, who has written United
States Marshal Jacobus and Supervisor of Elec-
tions Davenport to the effect that Sheehan's
statements are entirely false and that the abso-
Lutte duty of supervisors of elections is to take
such position inside or outside Of the polling
place as will give them the best opportunity to
inspect and closely scrutinize the operations
during the entire day and during the count Of
the vote.
INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERVISORS.
He quotes section 2019 Of the Revised
Statutes, as follows: The better to enable the
supervisors of elections to discharge their
duties they are directed on the day Of election
to take. occupy and remain in such position
from time to time, whether before or behind
the ballot boxes, us will in their Judgment
best enable them to see each person Offering to
vote and as will best conduce to their scrutiniz-
ing the manner In which tbs voting is being
conducted
Section 20l8 is also quoted, as follows: ITO
the end that each candidate for the Office Of
Representative or delegate in Congress may OBJ
tain the benefit Of every vote for him cast, the
supervisors OF election are, and each Of them ia.
tsr,,,a
canvass each ballot in their election districts,
whatever may be the Endorsement on the ballot
or in whatever box it may be placed or be
found"
District Attorney Mitchell adds: '.You will
also please inform all supervisors of elections
and deputy marshals that the United States in
tends to carry out the provisions Of section
20l9 OF the United States Revised Statutes and
to see that every supervisor of election, and
every deputy marshal if requested to support
him BY such supervisor of election. shall be al
lowed to take any position behind the guard
rail II he sees fit on election day, and that any
person interfering with them in any way while
they are in the performance of their duty be-
hind the guard rail in any polling place on
election day can at once be arrested without
process under section 5222 United States
Statutes.
AUTHORITIES ARE WORKED Up.
This 10 "the word with the bark on" II is
evident that the United States authorities are
thoroughly walked up on this subject, and that
they do not intend to permit any .'foDlishness''
about the enfor, -ement Of this law. What will
be the result # democrats attempt to prevent
supervisors Of election taking their places
within the polling places on election p.orning
is hard to foreteli. There is scarcely limit to
the number Of deputy marshals thatths United
States marshal is authorized to swear in. OF
course it will be impossible to have at the poll
ing places as many deputy marshals a. there
are democrats, but is scarcely probably that the
democrats a. body will attempt 10 resist the
marshals, and II there are individual ceses Of
resistance 1t d probable that good many dem
ocrstic voters will find themselves arrested end
locked up. for the day and their voting priyi-
lege thus destroyed. There In . great deal Of
bitterness, however, growing out Of The charges
and counter charges Of fraud that have been
made and the numerous arrests made on both
sides already. Ono or more Of the arrests Of
democrats charged with false registration have
already resulted in the txiAl sad couviction Of
The odsndsEs, and the very train WHICH carried