The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-25
TAMMANY no TAG MORGAN.
viii Sit Al His Doors Advising Voters
wherever the Doors BE.


Tammauy is preparing to play tag with
Supt Morgan 1t rented an Office in Che
cigar store directly underneath Mr.. Nor
Ran's so-caIled naturalization bureau
at II Park row, and put out a big sign:
Headquarters of the Tammany Law Com
mittee." Other signs were ordered. one
of them being See Us Before You See
Morgan" and legends OF like effect were
to decorate the outside Of the cigar store.
The plan OF campaign as mapped out
was to corral those who turned up In answer
to subpenas and advise them not to give
UP their naturalization papers and not to
answer the questions of anybody but
Supt. Morgan or his chief deputy
But Mr.. Morgan got on" and made all
his subpenas duoes teoum. returnable to
81 William street. on the fifteenth floor Of
Lords Court Building. safe from the
reach OF the Tammany lawyers, Mr.. Nor
gan thinks. But the Tammany lawyers
say not They can play tag too, and will
have an other Office near his in William
street.
This question" said Chairman Knox
of the law committee, has gone beyond
one of party. Our bureau is for any one
who wan ts advice as to his rights. MIR.
Morgan has the right to inspect and to copy
papers. but not the right to confiscate them;
We are not doing this to get any doubtful
votes In fact, we have advised several
Democrats who have come to us that they
had not the right to vote. But every per-
son who has the right to vote will be pro-
tected by U.s. Somebody won't say
who !. Isis .s;i o, trying to prevent an honest
Mr.. Morgan intimated last week that
when his naturalization bureau got to work
again IL any one disputed his right to take
papers away from the holders that person
would be in contempt of his subpoena and
would be arrested for a misdemeanor. A
Yesterday, are to be subpGnaed to have
their papers inspected, and the mill will
start going on Wednesday.
Joel Marks, who is @ special assistant
United States District Attorney to investi-
gate naturalization frauds, has sent out
notices to persons registered directing
them to bring their certificates Of natural
ization to his office, at go Broadway. The
notices state that failure to comply with
them is punishable by fine OF $3.50,
When Mr. Knox heard OF this he i'm
mediately sent notice broadcast to the
Tammany district leaders requesting them
to advise all Democrats who had received
such notices to disregard them. Mr. Knox's
reason for this was as he put 1t, that they
were not n any Whole
sale challenging on Saturday was Richard
Lee who In 81 years old and the oldest resi-
dent OF the Sixth Assembly district. He
was born at 23s Elizabeth street and has
voted from there since he became OF age,
sixty years ago He boasts of his intimacy
with President Monroe and tells of when
he played with him in the old apple orchard
which used to cover block at the Bowery
and Rivington street. On Saturday when
he went to register at 258 Bowery ne found
that he was down on Morgan's lists" as a
suspicious person. He had to swear in. and
now the Morgan men are investigating
his right to vote.
ACCUSED OF REGISTERING TWICE.
+. B. Hooker, one Of Morgan's deputies,
arrested Richard A. Heyne last night for
registering twice once from I73 Avenue A
and once from $50 Fast Thirteenth street.
where he used to live Hevne was found
In the clubhouse Of a Republican club, wear
ing a Republican campaign button.
SAY 1875 MEN ARE REGISTERED PROM KATE
KICK 3 HOUSES.
Kate Hicks who was arrested on Sun
day, at the instance OF Supt. Morgan, on
a charge OF aiding and abetting illegal
registration in the Fifth Assemly dis
trict, was arraigned In Jefferson Market
police court yesterday.
This woman has houses at l2i, l23, 1875
1877 and 100 West Third street and else
where" said Thomas F. Byrne to Magis-
trate MAYO. @She Is a lieutenant working
with the Republican leaders OF the Fifth
Assembly district Last year Capt Hogan
arrested four men from one Of her houses.
In all 1875 men have registered from her
houses this year"
The examination was put OF to Wednes-
day afternoon. Bail Of 81 500 was furnished
bv man named Nav