New-York tribune., 1904-10-26
raLIAR!" WILL YOU FIGHT?"
Li0eIy Tilt IN Office of Superin-
teRdeRf Morgan.

"a a heated discussion visit Of John T.
poolias, q the Tammeny Han law couEnittee ana
a client who sought his AID. 70 TIE ofTiee Of George
" BForzan state Superintendent OF Elections. the
Es was passed and a fight narrowly averted be-
cause Of charges made BY this client Adelph Was
sermsn. He declared that Sumner s. Bowman
deputy in charge of the Law Department hao t.as1
lntini6ssing methods. Mr. Bowman corrected him
as 20 statements his contradictions becoming more
SaphaNc as Wsssermsn's utterences became more
vigorous. untn finally he exclaimed;
II you persist in repeating that say It is a
tis and you har-
the once by a man who told him that IF he voted
the Republican ticket st would be all right ms
man be and Mr. Doeliug intimatea, vas N'oi-
ran dsputv Yet when Emu Fuchs acting for su-
's-,nten6er+ Morgan. offered 10 have every one Of
fhe Morgan deputies in line tonight 81 2 cloGA,
10 give Wasserman an opportunity 10 laeD1iis ''-0
man. he would not take the chance
Wassernan went 20 Mr. Dooling with stofy
that he had been summoned TO Mr- Morgan's once
where ne wss interrogsted about his right TO vote
by Mr.. Bowman. who told him ne "oulo nave %
riEn an shidayit when Pc refused. Bowman TOO
him save WasserEaan. that ~ ne die 1t would be
ores All right: II not the only way he could get
~ his vote would be by mandamus. ana he
would be arrested These, We're the statements ne
made 10 Mr. Morgan IL Mr.. Bowman presence
what really happened, say Superintendent
Morgan and Nr. Bowman, was that Wssserman
vss asked IN letter 10 call at the ONCE. Z ne
cared TO- 70 take up what appeared 70 be an "
regularity r. his voting qualifications ne "1-S
bora in Paris Of American parents and the cleo
rons of8oias wanted &c set their records straight
On ths point He came and Alr- Bowman asked
him 70 sign proper AFFIDAVIT saying that II might
pnerent possible challenge II the record was mace
plain wasserman refused TO sign The sfhdsFlL
Fsis repeated assertions thar Mr.. Morgan tried to
intnidats him into signing some knG OF document
provoked the heated rstoIt
out IN the hail another heated argument began
when Mr. Fuchs offered 10 Inc Up al the deputies
for Wasserman's inspection. Mr. Bowman ana
W-ssser-nan began TO quarrel. and again Mr Bow
man called Wasserman liar. gettng the retort;
You wouldn't call that in the street
"Oh don't bother with him., interposed Doolins
hes only trying 70 fncite YOU 20 assault
You've probably been imposed on. Mr- DooHg.'
said Ernn Fuchs. "You see. We have -FOUR Wit
respes in this where you have only the word of
wassernlan. You don't know Wasserman, and
do"
waSsernan vas policeman aud later deputy
under Elections Superintendent McCulagh
The Tammauy law committee said Mr. NOT
gan has done nothing but attempt to hinder the
work here IN the peeinnlng OF thif E4rk r. by ItTa
the cordial support o. AaIiI4sIs e. INV y member
al that organization had Information he wished 10
] S5 % kRs sa o. si sa RSSens6 Togd 6s
maoe and 1pi money slosl ~ .+ S - g yviIb me
F'ha only Democrat who furnished Information 70
sre .ShsTsing partissaship Would ask him how he
found that Information was received ana II 1ne
Al ne beginning Of his work in 1905. Mr Morgan
mede a similar offer 10 Tsmmany Han, ana N
ei,ed committee u send some representa-
lives 10 MS of6ce. who should have access 10 all
the documents there. with privilege of investigating
al the workings Of the once 10 sec II there were
any possibility Of ''plsvIng politics The repre-
senrafives were sent. Mr.. Morgan consldered IhaI
thew were there II honor bound not 10 interfere
with the work or disclose what they learned
there Yer one day he and Mr.. Fuchs found these
representative making copies Of certain documents
Of character such that they could have been used
bv Tammany only for partisan purposes.
Mr. Morgan Immediately sent for Deputy Attor
uey General Collins. who is Democrat. He told
men we're ''ce ught with the goods; in fact. Mt
collins cr0ered one Of them TO take from his pocket
certain copies of the documents Mr Morgan then
wrote Tanmanv Han that because Of this breach
n faith. he would withdraw whatever courtesies
be had extended 70 the law Commuters s repre-
81. srntatfves.
out of the ten thousand nanaes eanvsssed from
she registration lists fifteen hundred have been
found whose owners were not known at the places
from which they were registered. Application viii
be made have these stricken from the rolls. As
TODAY IS The last day however. o. which orders
N show cause why these names should not be
taken from the rolls may be obtained. whatever
evidence is found against others after to-day VIII
- presented IN criminal cases.
There viii be criminal proceedings said Nr.
Morgan. against Those hotel proprletors who have
the-r lists OF guests before me. when The
list % guests Wen see whether The section
of the elections laws covering This condition and
The little section relating 70 perjury have any ef-