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did not believe there were any "suspiciouS
voters" In those two districts: ro,..h
in the Invent Y ninth Assembly district, but
n9 challenges had been made up 70 &c S%nd
WAS in the Fourteenth election district -.
Mr.. Murphy cited several instances OF
intimidation Of voters by Morgan deputies
These were some of them:
In the Sixteenth election district OF the
Twenty-second Assembly district NOR,
gans list of men to be challen ged included
the name OF the Rev. Father !. j. Delveaux
Of st. Bonifaces Church. When Commits
sioner Lantry heard Of this he went to the
inspectors and made personal appear 10
them not to challenge Father DalyeauA,
who has lived in the district for fifteen
wears. Had it not been for that the clergy
man would have been obliged to swear his
vote in. When he came to the polling place
to register no cha llenge was made
In the Fourteenth Election district OF the
Eighteenth Assembly district, OF which Mr.
Murphy himself is the leader, several proml-
nent Tammany men were challenged when
they presented themselves to register.
because they were down on Supt Morgan's
list az dead Philip F. Donohue. the treas
we'll known business man, were two OF the
men challenged in this district. Sydney
Cowan, a lawyer. who lives in the district,
is also down on Mr. Morgan's list as dead
one Mr. Murphy says Mr.. Cowan is very
In one Of the election districts in the
Second Assembly district, Of which Tom
Foley is the leader, thirty-fve men were
kept waiting in line at noon because OF the
challenges Of the Morgan deputies; ,.,, :.
the Ninth Assembly district was on Mr..
Morgan's list OF suspicious voters and when
he appeared to register he was challenged.
The chairman Of the board OF election
inspectors refused to entertain the cnal-
lenge because he personally knew that the
Alderman has lived in the district for
thirty-nne years.
The intimidation OF voters by Morgan
deputies, Mr.. Murphy said, was most con-
spiouous In Commissioner Lantry's district,
election district out Of 40 enrolled voters
twenty-five, all Of whom have been residents
Of the district for year e, were on the list to
be challenged as they came In. In one
came from Vermont were allowed to register
unchallenged, while scores OF men who
have lived in the district for years were
challenged.
The total number of challenges on. the
list in the Third Assembly AS district s where
1t was the testimony, Of many persons
outside of Tammany that never in any
previous election have such arbitrary
methods been employed in challenging the
right OF man to vote Supt. morgan . han
made it clear at the outset that they would
carry out their orders to arrest any in
spector of election who did not challenge
any man designated by the deputies. Inc
manner in which the Morgan deputies
angry quarrels in the booths, but gave
rise to bitter feelings against the new
Odell system of challenging every man
who had happened to change his residence
since last year.
Some of the best known and wealthiest
citizens Of New York, men who by, the
greatest stretch Of imagination could not
be suspected of trying to evade the registra-
ton laws, clergymen who have lived Tor
years in their parishes, were objected to by
stances OF city officials being challenged,
Mayor Mcclellan himself was one OF the
municipal officials who came under sus-
picion. The Mayor lives in Washington
Square North. in the Nineteenth cleo
ton district Of the Fifth Assembly district
The Mayor went there soon after Q o'clock
He was not recognized by the inspectors
in charge After he had given his name,
age and residence he was still not identi-
hed by those in the booth, and ne was then s
asked for his place OF birth. he SAID ne
was born in Saxony.
when were you naturalised?' the Mayor
was asked. He explained that while he
was born abroad his parents were Ameri-
cans. and that he was therefore a citizen
doubtful about the point the Mayor raised,
but after discussion among themselves
! they allowed him to register: 1t was not
until he had left the registration place that
they became aware Of the identity OF the
man whose right to vote they had seemed
deei6ors @, dell said last mig
that he had had four separate canvasses
made OF the residents OF the city The
blan he followed was TO take last years
looked u,, by one Of his workers. In every
case where II was found that voter had
moved or was absent from the city he or
dered that there should be challenge OF
that name The result Of this thI s system OF
Chairman himself admitted, that there
would be at least 100000 names challenged
The purpose of IL all, he de clared, was TO
prevent the cas- ting OF even single i'm
proper vote.
night If the Governor Chairpan's activity
would do him much soot, II was openly
said by Republican leaders that the meth
ODDS adopted in the challenging OF men
against whom nothing could be urged ae
a reason why they should not vote would
publican ticket, the votes Of Republican,
who had been subjected TO indignity ano
the votes Ct their friends.
II was estimated last night that thu
four canvasses on the card system thai
Governor Charm an Odell had made in THU
city had cost not lese than 81 900 Watcher
OF political developments In this city sale
that very few votes would be added to thu
Republican ticket for the expenditure.
Citizens who were not born In this coun-
try were required to produce their natur-
alIzation papers. Az In many cases they
had never been asked to do this before
because their identity and citizenship were
we'll known in the districts. The new depart
ure prevented very many from registering
They were sent home to get their fna