Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-16
THE BOYLE HEIGHTS PRIMARIES,
The Charges Against the Off
GERS Nullified.
Commissioner Mackay's Adverse Re.
port Simply Ordered Filed.
The Proceedings Yesterday of the Com
mission-Serious Complaints Filed
Against Other Oficers-Ap-
plications and Petitions.

yesterday afternoon with Captain
Mackay in the chair.
After the transaction of routine bust
ness, the commission took up the inves
tigation of the charges of neglect O.
duty on the part of Officers Stevenson
and Hoff. At the last meeting of the
board Mayor Hazard and Captain
Mackay were the only members present
and they took the testimony of the wit
nesses for both sides. The evidence in
support of the charges tended to show
that at the recent Democratic primary
election Stevenson and Hoff, who were
detailed for duty at Boyle Heights, re-
fused to arrest several parties who haG
assailed voters during the day.
1t was claimed that the officers were
at the polls in the interest of ex-Mayol
Workman and that when anyone op.
posed to his candidacy attempted to cast
his vote he was set upon by a number
of ruffians and laid hors de combat.
According to the complaint filed with
the commissioners these skirmishee
were of frequent occurrence and within
the observation of the officers COM
planned of, but they made no effort to
arrest the unruly element, and upon
being appealed to to maintain order said
they had not seen any one assaulted
and therefore could make no arrests.
A dozen witnesses were examined,
and at the hour of adjournment honors
were about even.
The witnesses for the defense testified
that there were few brawls during the
day, but it was impossible for the off.
GERS to see them, as they were guarding
the ballot box and the fights occurred
on the outside. Furthermore, none of
the men assaulted had complained to
the officers, and they did not consider
that they had any right to make arrests
without formal complaint.
Yesterday the case was taken up and
the report Of Commissioner Mackay
read. In brief recommended that the
officers be reprimanded for laXity of
duty.
During the proceedings Mayor Hazard
and Mr.. Mackay engaged in an animated
discussion of the matter, much to the
amusement OF the other members OF the
board.
Handing his report to the mayor.
Captain Mackay said: 81 think you will
find that have made it very mild"
II don't agree with you at ALL" said
Mr.. Hazard; "however, we will submit
it to the board"
The report was then read, and the
details of the case reheareed for the
benefit of Commissioners Snyder, Shatto
and Lewis, who failed to attend the last
meeting.
After short discussion Captain
Mackay said:
'The testimony in this case shows
that whenever any one not pledged to
the Workman ticket appeared at the
polls he was promptly knocked down.
These officers knew of the cases. yet
they made no attempt to arrest the as
sailants. Now if you can prove to me
that they were not there to assist Work
man, you can do more than give you
credit for"
Commissioner Shatto here asked Chief
Glass if there had been any request for
these two officers to attend that particu-
lar polling place.
"There was not" said the chief; ''my
object in detailing them WAS because
one lives in that neighborhood, while
the other has the beat adjoining. l
thought they would be the best men for
the place. as they were we'll acquainted
there"
Mayor Hazard thought that Captain
Mackay was bit severe in his con-
demnation of the officers. In his opin-
ion they were doing good work in watch
ing the ballot box, and could not be
expected to be in more than one place
at once. Said he: ''Now you have all
attended primary electione, and you
know how these quarrels arise. In a
moment it is all over and you can't find
any one who knows anything about the
affair. Now it is in evidence that the
officers could not see these fights, and 1
cite you to the fact that no one, since
reported to have been assaulted, made
complaint to the officers at the time"
Captain Mackay, with considerable
warmth-"Egad, sir, they were hit so
effectually that they were unable to
make complaint"
Mr.. Snyder-"What are those officers,
politically"
Mayor neutrality-suspicious., I be-
lieve; 1 have looked over the roll and I
am quite sure of it,"
MI. Snyder-"And those people who
were asHaulted?"
Captain Mackay-"Why, Democrats.
of COURSE"
The mayor and Captain Mackay
argued for the greater part of an hour.
At the conclusion of the argument
neither had converted the other to his
belief.
"All I have to say" said Captain
Mackay, "is that If we are to pass
lightly over this matter, it will be to es-
tablish a dangerous precedent. Why,
Just think of it. A man walks up to
the polls with ballot in hand and a
police officer wrests the ticket from him
ON the ground that he is repeater. By
what right does he act in the dual Ca
pacity Of policeman and Judge of cleo
tion. My belief is that he knew that
vote was against Workman, and to play
on the safe side and conceal his identity
as supporter of that gentleman he
cried Workman repeater
On motion of Mr.. Snyder the report
of Commissioner Mackay was filed.
CHARGES AGAINST o'REAaAN.
A complaint from Mrs. Rebecca Ste
nike of 1856 LIE Roy street, charging Off
Ger O'Reagan with having made an in
decent proposal to her, was then read
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