New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-22
A LIGHT REGISTRATION.
STORMY WEATHER INTERPRETERS WITH
THE WORK
DEvERY ISSUES ORDERS FORBIDDING POLICE
MEN To KEEP RECORD OF THE

DEvERY ISSUES ORDERS FORBIDDING POLICE
POLITICS OF wOUID-BE VOTERS
The stormy weather Of yesterday afternoon and
evening interfered considerably with the registrs-
ton Of voters in iris city. and the result was that
Yesterdays registration was lighter than the Re
publican leaders had hoped for Persistent work
will be performed by Republican leaders In all the
election districts to-day to increase the reeisra-
ton and thus make Of a large Republican
The attention OF Chief OF Police Devery ana or
the Police Commissioners called yesterday to
the behavior Of policemen calculated to deter
voters from enrolling AT some places Of registra-
ton The policemen were apparently making
copies Of the registration I'm notebooks and check
ing off the politics of the voters who enrolled as
Democrats Republicans. Last evening 'hlei
Devery sent order to have the practice
stopped His order contained the following:
Information has been laid before me that mem.
bers of the force assigned TO duty in places OF
offering themselves for regstration and
II further stated that certain oi the oInccts ar
also noting in said books the politics OF persons
Offering themselves for registration. The books
furnished the officers are not fnrnlshed i3r any
such purpose Il has been the custom OF the De
parimeni for several years past to furnish 10 each
Of the police officers assigned to duty al places
use Such book was furnished for the purpose only
OF entering therein the names and addresses 2t
believe were attempting to register illegally
Won Will call the attention 81 the officers 10 me
fact that they are assigned 10 duty AZ places OF
registration for the purpose Of preserving order
and protecting the inspectors ~ election In the dis
charge Of their duties and that they must not I'M
dor any circumstances enter In the books which
have been furnished them the names or addresses
of any persons other than those whom they nave
reason TO suspect attempting 10 register HE
gally. -, ill.,, ,a,o ~,
the First Election District Of the Myth AsS"intl ~
District Yesterday when Antonio We LEI AlNarado,
a native OF Porto Rico and an editor. VINO mas hNec
i'm this city ten years made the on"r 10 register as
a voter from 80 205 East Ninth-st.. declaring thaf
ne had been made a citizen by the raising OF the
Stars and Stripes over the countr| on MS olrth a
fs,y DAYS ago He was not allowed the register,
the officials al the Bureau Of Elections declaring
when appealed 10 by the inspectors or election lot
advice that Mr. Alvarado could not be considered
native born citizen. and he had not been natura ,
ized Mr. Alvarado went 10 Tammany Han, ana
PollIn NJ Morgan delegated 10 accompany
him 10 the United States District Court ana ask
for n mandamus TO compe! the election Oihcers 70
nernit him 10 register and vote. The court may
noes upon the question of Mr.. Avarados citizen
ship to-day t...,, .r
6av in \ew-YOrk County We're obtained at Gol,ce
HEADQUARTERS last night. They are given by AS
cr,nbIV districts and are compared with the re
Turns Of the third day Of registration in ls',. $50
and 1897: