The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-22
IP you THREATEN INSPECTORS
yOT ARE CRIMINALLi LIABLE.
AND COLLINS WILL PROSECUTE.
Deputy Attorne, .tieneral says 10 for 'he
Information Of Haipin and Others
VINO want to Force Action on Morgan's
Iists-Fewer Challenges Yesterday.

challenging from Supt Morgan's lists v
both by the latter's deputies and by Re-
plblican inspectors OF election, went on all
over the city yesterday. The indications
A,., night were however that the caustic
opnion rendered on Monday by the At
torpey General against the right OF in
spectors to challenge from their lists,
with nothing to back them, although not
promulgated officially by the Board Of
Elections, nevertheless had someeffect
In many places the Morgan idea had been
d.rogarded, unless a deputy was present
himself to do the challenging. Not quite
80 many were challenged, according to
the best reports last night. az on the reg
i.,raton days last week. before public
sentiment was as throughly stirred UP as 1t
now is against the Odell methods OF in
Iinidating voters.
tcting under the orders OF Governor
Chairman Odell's executive committee that
inspectors should do the challenging in
spite of the Attorney Generals opinion,
and would be dropped IL they didn't. the
Republican inspectors in lot Of the dis
tricfs. evidently fearful Of their Jobs, made
challenges themselves from the lists
put in their hands by Morgan deputies.
'Fhe Tammany inspectors refused to have
anything to do with the Lists.
William Halpin, the Ode boss of the
Republican executive committee said on
Thursday night that any Republican in
spectors who refused to obey the instruc-
lions of their leaders to make challenges
from the lists placed in their hands would
he dropped under the Elsberg law. Mr..
HaIpin said yesterday that he expected
10 receive by last night or this morning
reports showing whether the inspectors
had obeyed. and those who hadn't been
good would be punished, as were fourteen
in one district last week. About this
threat Deputy Attorney General Collins
made this interesting statement yesterday
To a Sun reporter:
Il have received information to-day that
Republican inspectors Of election are in
some cases making challenges from the
lists placed in their hands by Mr.. Morgan,
How much of this is being done do not
know. 1t is. of course directly contrary
TO the opinion rendered by the Attorney
Generals Office and which this Office asked
the election board TO transmit to the registry
boards as coming from the proper legal
adviser of the State.
If evidence Ia brought to me showing
that an inspector undertook such action,
by reason OF the threat made by any mem.
Der Of any organization that unless he fol
lowed the Instructions OF that organization
he would be removed from Office l shall
feel it my duty to proceed against the per
son making this threat. IL that person car
be pointed out for a criminal offence under
Section 127 of the Penal Code.
The section Of the Penal Code referred t,
by the Deputy Attorney General says:
A person who directly or indirectly ad
dresses any threat or intimidation TO a public
officer or to a Juror, referee, arbitrator
appraiser. or assessor, or to any other person
authorized by law to hear or determine an,
controversy or mater. with intent to Undue,
"act. decision or determination, il guilty Of ,
misdemeanOr.
The view of the Attorney General is tina
any attempt Of the Republican organization
'to.instruct inspectors as to what they shall
do in matter such as their Interpretation
of the Election law and any threats to re-
move them IL they don't follow these in
structions come directly under the pro-
visions OF this section. Mr.. Halpins state
lnent, on Thursday was that the district
leaders had been. ordered to instruct
FENCES from the Morgan lists
=, Some OF the Republican anti-Odell Leaders
d declared after Thursday nights meeting
when these instructions were given, that
they wouldn't be bound by them and thai
their inspectors wouldn't. They said
plainly then that it was nothing more thar
downright intimidation
Mr.. Halpin expected to be at his head
quarters last night to receive reports from
the district about which inspectors did
and which didn't follow his instructions.
He hadn't turned up to get these reports
at late hour. In some quarters there was
feeling that Mr.. Halpin's bluff had beer
called hard and that tomorrow wouldn'
see many, II any, applications for the re-
moval of recalcitrant inspectors.