New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
FLOATERS CAN'T ESCAPE.
More Warrants Obtained by Morgan
Than IN Sac PrecedinG Years.

In addition to the four hundred warrants obtained
on Saturday by deputies for George w. Morgan
superintendent of Elections, many more We're OBJ
tanned yesterday-how many, Superintendent Nor
gan would not say Applications for these warrants
will be continued to-day and total of more than
thousand will be needed for the lists Superin-
tendent Morgan has of men who have registered
and have not been found at the addresses they
gave Few Of these warrants can be served before
Election Day, said Superintendent Morgan. and
then only when the come to vote on the names
the registry lists.
There will be eight hundred deputies on duty
Election Day-the entire force These men will be
stationed two at a polling place IN the districts
from which trouble is likely to All the poll
ing places in the lodging house districts especially
the lid and the With, will be covered Charles F.
Murphy's own district, the XVIIIth, will have a
similar distinction Part of the Ist, the XVIII
and the XIItk will be covered by Superintendent
Morgans deputies. The other districts will be pa
trolled by deputies and policemen, who will be spe-
cially instructed as to their duties.
superintendent Morgan was busy yesterday get
ting ready applications for warrants and revising
challenge lists. The lists sent out for challenging
voters on Election Day will be far different from
those lists with their 100000 names on which men
challenged when they tried to register. These
present lists made up of names from the regis
try lists whose could not be traced. If
warrants have been issued for them they will be
challenged, and if they in their votes.
rested; If they don't swear in their votes after
having been challenged they Will be arrested any
how for illegal registration.
81 don't expect much trouble" said Superintend-
ent Morgan yesterday. There Will be police
duty and my entire force of deputies. as far as
they'll go around. We have worked hard in com
batting foaters repeaters and Illegal registration.
but there is phase of this election situation in
which the individual voters must help 1t should
he part of every mans creed to get to the polls
the first thing Election Day. to prevent some
body else voting on his name. That we cannot pre-
vent in spite of most careful watching. 1t is in
the early morning that most of such work is done,
and only way to stop it is to have the legiti-
mate voters out early.
Charles II. Knox, chairman of the Tammany
Hall Law Committee, issued a statement last night
to election inspectors election officers and Demo
cratic voters in general. which declared:
Tammany Hall will not tolerate any tri fI1s
and intimidation on the part of either official
private persons will not be permitted. The courts
tered Voter from caSting his ballot He may be
challenged, but, If he takes the constitutional
f1rbance until his ballot is in the box If arrested
for any cause it must be after, and not before ne
This organization. through its executive and law
rested furnished with bail and has fair trial
Printed instructions for the Morgan deputies to
guide them on Election Day delivered at the
office of the Superintendent of Elections last night
and will be given to the deputies to-day The
deputies will enforce the law that provides that
when the clock strikes five. blank ballots shall be
handed out by the inspectors only TO those who
at that hour are inside the guard rail-
The law states explicitly also that no greater
number persons (outside of the regular officers
right to be within the guard raid than twice the
number Of closed voting booths f provided shall be
II was said at Mr. Morgan's office last night that
the number Of warrants obtained to be served on
Election Day was greater than In al previous years
combined since the office was established in 1895