Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-09
DEPUTIES ARE
In EVIDENCE
Considerable Trouble In the Eighth
Assembly District.
WEATHER WAS IDEAL
Throughout the East, From Maine
Down the Atlantic Coast and
Back Into the Interior,
Sunny AID Crisp. p

New York, Nov. 9.-Presence Of dep
uties was early in evidence at polling
places in Greater New York and hum
dreds of men were challenged during
the first few hours. Each deputy was
supplied with a list of registered voters
who were to be challenged. This list
included the name of every person
whose right to register had been chal-
lenged. provided the challenges had not
been withdrawn. Hundreds of other
names also had been placed on the list
ed by .Morgan's officers since the regis
tration closed. Arrests oil alleged lille
gal voters began early and officers at
police headquarters soon had all the
business they could attend 20.
A surprise was sprung by State Su-
perintendent of Elections Morgan
when he distributed 5000 deputies rep
resenting lis Office throughout the
election districts of this city. 1t hal
been expected the deputies of the su-
perintendenl OF elections was author
ized to appoint would be reinforced
by about 200 men. including larg2
number of secret service agents, whose
whole attention would be directed to-
ward holders OF alleged illegal natural
ization papers. 1t developed, however.
that Mr.. Morgan found under a section
of the metropolitan election distric.
law the state superintendent or any
of his deputies is empowered TO call
on any person to assist him In the
performance OF his duty.
The first trouble reported was in the
turbulent Eighth assembly district, on
the lower East Side. At one polling
place gang of fifty or seventy-five
men, apparently acting upon a prear-
IL plan, surrounded the polling
place ana Dest>-~.o make IL unpleasant
for the policemen on gus--- there FL
lily they rushed into the bootn-'.s.s,
began to jostle an officer who stood al
the door. Other policemen came to the
assistance OF the assaulted officer and
the mob finally dispersed. In the melee
one policeman and one of his assistants
were injured Similar disturbances. in
which the police had to drive off other
gangs. occurred at other polling places
in the district.
Throughout the entire east ideal
weather prevailed. From Maine down
the coast line and back into the inte-
rior 1t was sunny and crisp, and as a
--essll--- extremely heavy vote wac
being polled. This was particularly
true in the rural districts, where the
long spell OF dry weather put the roads
In excellent condition and enabled the
voters TO reach the polls with ease. In
fact up to noon reports Indicated good
weather extended over the entire coun-
try leading experts at headquarters TO
predict the vote cast would be the
heaviest of many elections.
In New York state weather conditions
and earnest efforts of both Democratic
and Republican parties to get voters
out early had decided effect. and from
many places up state It was reported
a third OF the vote had been cast by 3
o'clock. An unusually heavy vote WAS
reported in every city and town heard
from during Tuesday morning. Work
ers for Republicans and Democrats
were active in getting out voters.