The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-27
COURTS WHITE DOWN ODELL
or $50 FALSE REGISTRATION
CHARGES ONLY HOLD WATER,
And Two Were Cases OF Morgan sIeuths
Registering TO Get Evidence-At That
Rate Odeli's 10000 Cases" Mean
1AO-WOrthless Newburgh Affidayits.

Governor Chairman Odell continued yes
terday his daily output OF colonization
stories. 1t opened like this:
We have discovered 10000 cases OF colo
nizing in this city and we have merely
scratched the surface"
There Ia reason to believe that the Gov
ernor-Chairman is going by the names
turned in by Mr.. Morgans deputies as
those OF persons on the registry lists who
cannot be found at the places they regis
tered from. Mr.. Morgan said yesterday
that the number was averaging Is per
cent. Of the names examined. One of
Mr.. Morgan's men who gave out state
ments for him said that about 5000 such
cases had been found. But they don't
represent colonization schemes, by any
means, as was demonstrated in the Supreme
Court yesterday.
Former Judge Olcott and several other
lawyers working for the Republican county
committee, who are making applications
that the names reported ON by Morgan
be stricken from the lists, appeared
yesterday in the case OF $50 before
Justices Clark and Bischofr. In each
case lawyers Of the Tammany Hall law
committee represented the respondent
stricken from the lists. Two were those of
James William Wilson and Andrea Gardela,
two Morgan deputies, who admitted having
registered falsely in order to trap John
ONeill, the South street hotel proprietor,
now up on charge of colonizing, In
each of the other cases affidavits were
presented showing that the men really
did live at the addresses given on he regis
tration lists although Morgan's and
Odell,s casual inquirers had made affidavits
IN hnp n In 30 i
cusing the persons of false registration
in the cases dismissed, it was noticed by
the Tammany lawyers, had been sworn
to by men who gave their address as New
burgh, n. " the great Grocery" centre.
Applications in the case Of about 900
more names have been made returnable
to-day. Judges Bschoff and Clarke will
sit all day, hearing them. and have little
hope that they can finish them. At the rate
of two in $50, l40 In 10000 would lose their
registration. Under the law to-day is
the last day when such applications can tie
heard. 1t is the opinion OF the lawyers
that, il criminal proceedings arc begun
on the evidence of the chers cter submitted
to the court yesterday, civil .andl criminal
action for false arrest will lie.
Persons who registered on their
fathers papers are now getting notices
instead Of subp9nas, asking them to
call at Mr.. Morgan's office. great
many of these were brought yester-
uay 10 MT DOOnnR OIL the Iammany
Inv committee, who advised that, as they
were not subrenas. no attention be paid
to them. Mr.. Dooling said that, although
the notices were signed by Mr.. Morgan
and were dated at his office at ~ William
street. all bore the post mark Of the Madi-
son Square branch post office, which is at
Madison Square, where the Republican
organization is working.
Charles F. Murphy said yesterday:
we intend to see to 1t that every man
who has the legal right to vote shall have
that right protected and be enabled to cast
his ballot on Nov. 8, despite Republican
intimidation and bulldozing. If Mr.. Odell
has discovered men on the lists whose
names are there illegally, and who have
no right to vote, then we agree with him
that their names should be removed from
the registration lists, and we are eager to
the lists. The Democrats have no interest
In men who register illegally, II such there
be. but we have the de epest interest in see-
ing to It that men of all parties who have
the right to vote shall not be defrauded
Of their franchise by bulldozinR tactics
and methods Of intimidation heretofore
unknown in the political history Of this city.
Every voter justly entitled to vote will
have the vigorous support and aid Of this
organization in securing his rights"