The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
MIR BIGGY SPENT
 A VERY BUSY DAY
Complaints Received Prompt At tention and Law Reigned
 Supreme.

Beginning at an early hour yesterday morning the office of the Registrar or Voters at the city building was besleged bv anxious inquirers seeking information. Many of them reported that they had not been allowed to vote by the election oIh- cers in their precincts but the fact de- yeloped in nearly every case that there had been a change of residence to some other precinct. MT. Biggy informed each of these persons that they had forfeited the right to vote. A number or them went away protesting against the loss or their franchises, but the majority phlloso- phtcally accepted the inevitable, under standing that no one except themselves was to blame Altogether some 500 would-be voters made election day calls on Registrar Biggy.
 The word which had gone abroad con- corning the extraordinary precautions to be taken to apprehend fraudulent fet voters attempts at illegal voting were reported at the Registrars office during the day Many persons who appeared at the polls had their votes challenged for removals, etc. but the old-time repeater was notlce- able for his absence. Such was the word that the Registrar recelVed, ana IL caused him great satisfaction, as indicating the thoroughness of the preparations made under his direction
 To be sure, there were number Of in fractions of the election rules brought to Mr Biggys attention throughout the day About 7:30 a. m. word came over the telephone that there was trouble in Precincts Five and Seven of the Forty third Assembly District The Registrar at once proceeded to the scene. He found cinct had thrown out a Republican judge and had chosen Democrat in his stead, while in the Seventh Precinct the re- verse had happened, the judge thrown out being a Democrat The plea was made in both cases that the discarded iudees had been from three to four min i,,r Q hnt if had therefore been necessary to swear in substitutes from among the bystanders. The Registrar decided against the sub regular judges into the booths, despite the opposition of the precinct officers. Tt was a put up job in both cases, remarked allow such tactics. tore up the papers of the two substitute judges.
 Another case which Smacked very strongly of thwarted attempt at illegal voting developed during the early hours of the day. It appears that two men; W. J. Wallace, had registered as living at 51a Page street, which happened to be the place of residence of Deputy E. T. fact was discovered several days ago, but not until after w. J. Harrison had ap- peared at the office and demanded the cancellation of his registration. As neither Harrison nor Wallace lived at the place Deputy Russell to lie in wait at the pre-; clnCt where ne was SIllIllSu bO NOlC eiilO to capture Wallace if the latter appeared and attempted to cast ballot. The watch proved unsuccessful, however, as the man did not appear.
 At ? D. m. word was telephoned to the Registrar that the entire force of cleo tion officials, with one exception, in Pre- cinct,15 of the Twenty eighth District and Precinct g of the Forty-third District Biggy at once telephoned the central of the various parties to de- tail new men from the reserves to go and take charge of the voting booths
 plained over the telephone that there was