The morning call., 1892-10-18
PRECINCT REGISTRATION.
Wholesale Fraud to BE Attempted fl
The Mater Front Districts.

Wholesale Fraud to BE Attempted in
the Water Front Districts.
Precinct registration was begun yesterday
throughout the county. The number of
those who were enrolled was small, and
there was little or no disturbance, and at
any rate no arrests.
Reporters who visited the precincts along
the water front and south of Market. where
the power Of Is Third street is supposed to
be paramount, observed circumstances that
led TO the fear that extensive stufiDg. will
be attempted in those districts before the
registration closes.
The day passed quietly enough il the dis
trcis south of Market street. The registra-
ton was eonspienously light. in many places
not more than half dozen citizens qualify
ing, and over the whole there rested calm
unbrOken by the suffer, rockefeller and the
heeleT, who are represented to abound in
these wilds. But there were many signs
pOrtentous of trouble. An inquiry among
the cheap lodging-houses. which are there
more numerous than In any other sec ton OF
the city, disclosed a striking condition OF
affairs The majority of these one-nlght
stands are at present coDgested with the num-
Der Of their patrons, ana in some instances
. the landlords have been driven TO extreme
measures TO accommodate their guests.
Three in a room and cots on the landing is
the order Of the hour with many OF them.
Ordinarily this would simply mean that
there had been great influx of the poorer
class Of men. but on the eve Of an election
it is ominOus. 1t is remembered that this
condition is one peculiar TO election times,
and during the five days OF precinct registra-
tioE these abodes Of the proletariat are ex-
pected to pour out their hordes Of suffers.
This is particularly true Of the water front.
Friends Of the Non-Partisan ticket who
were anxiously watching the registration
booths in that section expected to see the
bali set rolling yesterday, but for some
reason their fears were not realized. We
understand, however, that the crisis has not
come and desperate effort will be made to
bsr out the several hundred suffers who
are known to be domiciled in the boarding
houses along the wharVes.
In several of the precincts of the Twenty
eighth. Twenty-nnth and Thirtieth Assem-
by districts isolated instances Of fraud
were attempted, but 10 arrests were made.
The suffers, unsupported by the heelers.
had not the courage of their crime, and
weakened when it came to taking the oath.
In the Twenty-eightb, which CriInmins and
Kelly claim as their particular property,
several suspicious registrations were eff
fected. These Will be investigated, and If
the suspicious of the citizens who are
watching the boards be confirmed the Law
will be applied.
In the districts on the north line of the
water front much the same state OF affairs
was observed. The dives are all In the in
terests of the bosses and determined effort
Will be made, at the sacrifice of all other
candidates, to put through the legislative
ticket in the interests of Mike de Young.
To this end considerable money is being
used, and the What Cheer, the Coso and the
other cheap lodging-houses are said in the
vernacular to be loaded" When election
day comes they are expected to pour ont
such a horde of voters as will swamp all