The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-15
State Deputies Used TO Keep
Down the City Vote.
100000 TO Be CHALLENGED
The Most Reputable Citizens In.
der Suspicion at the Polls.

phy Issues an Angry Gall TO All Parties
TO Resist Odelilsm In the Voting Booths
--Tammany Offers Free Legal Aid
70 Any Citizen Whose Rights Are,
&balIengcd-OdelI Says It's All In the
xuserests OF a Pure Elect on-Repub-
ucans Alarmed by His Latest Step.
There is no longer local apathy in the cam
paign. The fist day of the registration
served to put life into the fight in this city.
Leader Charles +. Murphy Of Tammany
Hall charged the Republican organization
Yesterday with shameless intimidation OF
vould.be voters, and Governor Chairman
Odel admitted that he and his local organi-
zation had thought it necessary to inve sti
gate no fewer than 25O.OOO names in this
city.
Mr.. Murphy did not hesitate to say that
the underlying motive OF this so-called
investigation of the right Of quarter
Of miller, Of inhabitants OF the greater
city to regis-eg vas nothing more than an
effort to Brighten voters out OF casting
their ballot on Nov. g. He said:
.Of all the desperate attempts made by
Republicans to intimidate voters, to-day's
exhibition at the registration polls was the
most Infamous in the city's history. Fol-
lowing the reckless lead Of the Republican
party managers in their desire to perpetuate
their present profit and plumber in the State
administration, Morgan. the Superintend
ent OF Elections, caused wholesale chal-
lenges of honest citizens in all the Demo-
cratic districts and took pains to see that
while lists we're furnished in Republican
districts, practically no challenges were
made from them. The plan is to scare men
entitled to vote away from the polls.
But upstate Republican methods will
not be allowed to go in this city. This
organization insists that there shall be an
honest election and an honest count. To
this end it will cooperate with any other
organization, no matter what its politics
may be. or with any citizen. no matter
what his political faith is. To make in
sistent our right to honesty In registration,
voting and counting, j. as the representa-
tive Of the executive committee In this
county, have called that committee to meet
at O o'clock tomorrow morning in con-
junction with the law committee, so that
definite action may be taken for the pro-
tection OF all voters. whether Democratic,
Republican, Prohibtionist, Socialist or
Populist.
Never before in the history of Tammany
has it been necessary 10 call such meet
ing az that which has been called for to-
morrow morning, but II has become abso-
lutely necessary to take drastic measures
to protect the franchise and the rights of all
voters, and that will be done. We will
station competent watchers in the polling
places and see that every man is accorded
his legal rights. We are resolute in our
determination to secure an absolutely fair
election and to thwart the desperate efforts
OF the Republican State machine to steal
this election, no matter how efficient and
cunning they haye been at that business
In the past.
NO Odellism no intimidation, no coloni-
7ation, no dirty politics goes this year.
And to that end request as the representa-
five Of this organization the earnest CO.
operation Of every good citizen. no matter
Of what party, and the aid and assistance
Of the metropolitan press in order that the
fair name Of old New York may be main
tanned at its present standard"
Mr.. Murphy declared that he would ex-
haust the resources OF his organization to
stop the Wholesale challenging OF Demo
cratic votes by workers in the employ OF
Governor Chairman Odell
Such shameless politics." said Mr. Muir
ply, was never before known. The same
story comes from every district, and some
hing will be done at once to prevent this
attempted Acknowledgement OF hundreds Of
Democratic citizens.
The days of Davenport are being out
done. Nothing like what is going on to-day
ever happened on a registration day be-
fore and every fair minded man, be he
Republican or Democrat. Socialist or
Populist, should join at once in the demand
for fair play and decent treatment for
all voters of all political faiths at the regis
tration polls.
-Tammany VIII supply lawyers, free Of
all expense, to any voter whose vote is
challenged. No man need be afraid to
register who has the right to do so.
so make certain that this scheme OF
Wholesale challenging was part Of the
Republican campaign plan, I asked reliable
and careful citizens to make an investiga-
ton in the Twenty-fifth. Twenty-seventh
and Twenty ninth Assembly districts, usu-
ally strongly Republican. Their reports
show that the challenging was done in
Democratic, but not in Republican districts.
The report made on this subject contained
the following;
IL was discovered in the Twenty-flfth
Assembly district that Supt. Morgan had
supplied the board of registry in many cleo
Ton districts with list containing the names
OF residents Of the district to challenge.
Visits were made to the Eighteenth, Ninteenth
and Twentieth election districts. In each
ot these election districts the inspectors had
heen furnished with Morgan list. but in only
one district-the Ninteenth-was there
challenge made.
In the Twenty-seventh Assembly district
VISITS were made in the Ninth. Eighteenth
ana Nineteenth election districts, but up to
O'Clock there was only one challenge made
ana that was in the Niuth election district.
from the fact that tho inspectors In the other
wv" districts had not been supplied with
hst by Mr.. Morgan, It was evident that he
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