Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-02
FOR HONEST ELECTIONS
Governor Odell Takes Action to
Prevent Fraud In New
York City.
Police Told to Do Their Duty on
Election Day In the
City.
Work Of the Colonizers Feared.
Both Sides Are Claiminf
brooklyn.

New York. Nov. 2.-GoVernor Ooei
has written to Mayor Van Wyck, 70
lice Commissioner Murphy, and STATE
superintendent of Elections McCullagl
in relation to enforcement of the law t
insure good and honest election, or
which he insists.
Superintendent McCullagh has writ
ten to Commissioner Murphy, calling
attention. to the election law. discoverie:
OF colonization and places where there
is reason to believe that colonizers are
centered. and formally demanding. un'
der the law. as state superintendent OF
elections, such aid and assistance from
the police department as may be ileces-
sary to fully enforce the provisions OF
{. the election law
Mayor Van Wyck turned the letter
over to the police officials. desiring
them to follow its orders.
Fifty thousand dollars reward for in
formation leading to conviction for vio-
lations of election law, in sums of soc
/, to $i,O0O each. Guaranteed by bonds
\ See Citizens union circular.
, The circular which has been issued by
vi
4 is solicited in the poster, names the
/; committee of the organization Which
: will pay the rewards.
Special rewards are offered where the
/. conviction SO secured is OF any election
: official. and in the case OF the convic-
/, lion of the register the reward is to be
increased by $500.
An official estimate of $500 plurality
Z p,.So Ill ~
was yesterday made by James Shevlin
/ Tor the local democratic campaign COM
mittee.
u .These figures" said Mr., Shevln.
. ..are based on a canvass of the voters in
a considerable number of election dis
. tricts. To prove that we have conf
dence in our figures, there is $4,000 at
( headquarters to be wagered on the re-
suit
Chairman Jacob Bremen OF the Kings
county republican campaign committee
estimates that Kings county will give
Seth Low plurality of 1880. The
county ticket. he says, possibly will run
little behind these figures.
The local Citizens Union campaign
committee also gave an estimate yes
terday which places Lows plurality in
/ the county far above that estimated by
Mr.. Bremen They estimate that Mr..
Lows plurality in Brooklyn will be at
least $4,000
Election betting In Wall street yester-
day was steady in volume turnout the
day, but not so brisk as before. The
prevailing odds all thru the day We're
10 to on the mayoralty contest in ia
vor OF Low. In contrast with Wednes-
day and Thursday, there was an alb
sence Of offers to bet on the county
ticket.
Captain F. Norton Goddard, republic
can leader of the Twentieth assembly
district, said yesterday man on whom
he relies. and who holds responsible
place In the employ of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company. told him yes
ferday that on Thursday afternoon
George Morrissey. an inspector or
roundsman In the service OF the Metro
politan company. whose beat is on the
Seventh avenue line, between Green
witch and Fifty-ninth streets. went
down that line and told every employE
to vote against Jerome.
THE order" said Mr.. Goddard. was
given in the sterotyped form of all the
general orders relative to the actual
work on the road and every man made
to understand that the order WAS from
the ONCE