The morning call., 1894-10-29
Blocking the Commissioners
Purging Work.
CITATIONS ISSUED TO A FEW.
Exact Registration Figures With
held by Ray FaIk-Notes of
Political Meetings.

puTglDg OF the register OF the names
which have no right to be there. The fact
that throughout the register has been
stuffed, and that there are hundreds OF
names thereon which have no legal right
10 be there is evident TO any person who
ever takes pains to go over the register OF
his own district or precinct as lar as pre-
pared. After such peTusal, IL he is at all
acquainted in his neighborbood, he must
come to the conclusion that he is either
stranger within the gates himself or that
scores of new people have moved luto the
district or precinct within the past few
weeks.
Such migration of people from nowhere
into certain districts has caused the honest
and well-intentione0 voters OF those dis
1rcts to wonder whether the registration
machinery of the city government is run
Ia the interests of the taX-paylDg and leglt-
innate voters or in behalf of Boss Burns
and bis willing lieutenant and .brother-in-
law, Al Evans, VINO by the grace OF Burns
influence happens 10 be Registrar of the
city at the present time.
The meetings of the Election Commits
sioners have furnished more than ample
evidence of the methods which Registrar
Evans has adopted, and which he will try
to carry out under the Instructions of his
influential and wealthy relative. Last
Saturdays meeting stood out as a con spic-
q representative OF the vote controlling
department of the municipal government.
With Mayor EIlert as presiding officer
the Election Commissioners have demon
strated their willingness TO defeat in any
way the efforts OF those who are paid In
the interest of some boss TO peTjure them
selves, IN order to get on the register, so
that they may cast vote for such candi-
dates as are in ''the push" BY his stub
born tactics, mere especially displayed at
lou o3F1rA dan ylNap har rod
TO answer certain pointed questions, Evans
betrayed the policy which has been laid
out for him from now on until election
day. His policy will not last after election
day, for then the ballots, as they are tai
lied off, will show that the peoples will
can be silently expressed In a stronger and
more impressive way than by the verbal
dictates Of boss TO whom the Registrar
and his only too willing deputies owe a
pecuniaTy allegiance.
1t is an evident fact. az Auditor Brode-
rick, one OF the Election Commissioners,
himself says, that there are al least 5000
suffers On the roll. That is a large num-
Der, and means great deal when it comes
to counting votes. Auditor Broderick was
Registrar for long time. and understands
the workings OF the office pretty well.
When ne SAYS that there are that number
On The roll he knows what he is talking
about.
Now. there are but nine days left before
election, and over 5000 citations have been
issued for suspected parties TO appear be-
fore the Board OF Election Commissioners.
While this represents only about one-thrd
of the stuffer list the chances look very
slim for even One-balf of these being prop
erly examined if Registrar Evans is al
lowed to carry out his tactics as shown on
Saturday.
The Registrar had among those cited
certain reputable citizens about whose
identity there was no question. 1t took
up the time, though, in calling these citi-
zens and discovering that they were in
good standing. Again. some of the cita-
lions were issued against imaginary per-
sons whose names are to be voted by the
heelers of the Burns-Rainey organization.
All this byplay consumes time-and
valuable time at thai-and In the mean
time the real suffer, who will vote as the
bosses dictate, will be allowed all his
privileges. there not being the time to hear
of his qualifications, even if the Registrar
showed an inclination TO cite him to ap-
pear.
With two such thrifty manipulators of
registration affairs as George Lewis and
Ray Falk the Registrar cannot lose point
in his crooked game. In Ray Falk the
Registrar has cunning man who is used
through years OF experience to all the ma
nipulatiOns of political chicanery when it
comes TO the registration END of affairs.
lie was IN the office when the famous OF
infamous Read and Glynn contest for the
Recordershlp came up two years ago.
Whether as clerk in the Registrars Office
or in the Legislature, Falk can be relied
upon by his political employers. Lewis i:
working himself mp under Falk's tulelage
and will eventually reach the top of the
bosses ladder, if it don't break in the
meantime.
But while all this crooked work is going
on in the basement of that building which
was originally built for the people and by
the people, but which for years has beer
looked upon as the property Of political
bosses, there is an influence at work
which will cause q saddeDing of hearts
and general feeling of ennui among The
henchmen of the bosses in the coming
week.
The work of the Registrar has been Sc
raw" and apparent that com 0iDation o1
those who are interested in an honest vo te
and an honest count has been formed.
The Citizens Non-Partisan party through
Its campaign committee started il, the
Democratic State Central Committee and
cit Zens organizations who want to see an
honest election are in il, and they are de.
termlned that no crooked work shall bt
done. Two years ago, when there were
1000 suffers on the roll, the method.
adopted by this same class of people KEEP
all but few of the boldest FOUNDERS
from attempting 10 vote phantom names
Thisiyear the organization is more CON-
plete and the Citizens NOn-Partisan Com
zee that any person known to be suffer
will be arrested and punished to the full
extent which the law allows. A photo
graphic system has already been in force
and while Registrar Evans refuses to cite
the horde Of suffers before the Election
Commissioners TO explain their rights The
campaign committee of the Nom Partisan,
have them recorded and watch will b,
kept upon their movements. Armed witt
photographs aud indubitable evidence O.
the crminality of the individuals the rep
resentatves of the committee of the part,
are prepared TO make it warm for the ener
Retic suffer who will seek to vote the ann
of dead man or one who has left the cit
months ago.
As sample of the Registrars metho d
an interview with one of the deputies il
the Office last evening will suffice. o
course as 1t WAS Sunday the stout brother
in-law of Daniel M. Burns, who has sc
the pace to carry the city for the local Re
publican ticket, did not put IN an appear
ance. His clerks, though, upon whom tn
routine work falls, were there. Ray Falk
the perennial flower of the official foe
upon whom the frosty blight of a politics
winter cannot make any impression, wa
In the Office.
He was not in communicative MOOD
however. lie never is. When asked as
the total registration he replied:
Really, couldn't say. It's few hur
dred over $4,000.
AS to exact figures. Mr.. Fak's mind wa