The sun., 1897-10-27
AFTER ILLEGAL VOTERS.
BIG COLONIZATION SCHEME
sBOILED BF THE POLICE.

Tnnmany tho CHIEF CoIoniEer-Mnpy Ctti-
ueuss Union Signatures Come from, Colon ised
IsdGisG Houses-Over n Hundred war
rants Issued from Two Police Courts.
Commissioner Moss had lodging house keep.
ers and Raines law hotol men before him at
Police Headquarters yesterday. In somo in.
stances they brought their registers. Mr. Moss
announced after they had gone. that he felt
sure Chief McCulagh's prompt action had
spoiled big colonization scheme. a sort Of all
round colonization. the details OF which Mr..
Moss declined to describe. In fact, there was
no actual evidence of the existence OF such q
scheme. Nevertheless, what ho had learned
made him feel sure, he said, that one had been
Matching, but had been spoiled by the energetic
action Of tho police.
II found evidence to show that some
dodgers hadIregistered twice at least from DIFF
ferent places. II twice. why not six times from
as many houses7 ] am sure that an attempt,
and a desperate one, was mado to fill tho
lodging houses with floating vote. One
clearinghouse keeper told me that Of his 100
dodgers so were registered. l asked him what
they did for living. All panhandlers, he said.
"a well.known !Tammany man whom had
before me admitted that the lodging houses In
a certain district were filled up with voters. l
asked him il they were thore in the Tammany
interest. Not Tammsny alone. he said. Tho
Republicans arc in it, too
I'VE propose to so right ahcnd until election
day. and think we will frighten tho illegal
voters OFT. We are now investigating the negro
lodging houses. and reports will be In shortly.
1t makes no difference to ME what party is in
volved. am told that many Of the signatures
Of the Citizens Union came from the lodging
houses. If they did, and the sgners attempt to
vote without having clear right to- thcy will
get into trouble. As Police Commissioner I
have no party. and ] can say the same for my
colleagues. The issue now is fair election"
Errience Of mn apparent attempt to coonize
voters on ihe east 7.de VAS laid before MaFis-
by the police. and the Magistrate issued fifty
Warrants for the arrest of ilh men who wore
said to have illegally re Sstered. Nearly all Of
the illegal regist RAJ ions are in Dick Crokc r 9
old stronghold, the Twentieth Assembly district.
The ey;dHnce ", Was collected by the po'ee OF the
detailed by Chief MoCullagh.
About thirty Of the warrants were for men
who registered from lodging houses at 3S6 Third
avenue. $50 Third avenue, $50 First avenue,
and l5s East Forty.second street.
The other warrants we're for men WHO regis.
tered from boarding houses on East Thirty
eighth street, East Forticth. East Forty first,
and East Thirty-hfth streets. from two
The warrants will probably not be executed
unless the men for whom they were issued at
Joseph O'Brien, who lives with his widowed
! mother at 2l5 West Sxty.first street. was ar
rulFheu In the 1ofkVllle Court for having 1lle-
| the Nineteenth Assembly district.
The young man Is over 20, but Is not yet Il
! years old. He explained to Magistrate Kudlich
that he thought he was entitled to vote ana in
formed his mother that he had registered. She
told him he could not legally vote, as he was not
| Of age and he then determined not to try to
| elect the next Mayor.
The Magistrate paroled him for examination
| on Oct %.
! Magistrate Crane. now sitting at the Jefferson
| Market Police Court, has issued over fifty war
l nf ly rAfria.
! tered who may try to vote next Tuesday The
| warrants will not be served unless those lille
gally registered attempt to vote Twenty Ave
| warrants have been issued for one police pre-
| cinct alone. The others are scattered in the re
manning seven police precincts in the Jefferson
Market Court juri diction. As fast illega
| registration is discovered warrants are made
/, out for possible use on election day.
| Several cases are recorded of persons living a
hotels registering under different names from
t ones thev give at the hotel. 1t has been de
| cided that such action is not illegal. person
| often register at a hotel under assumed name