New-York tribune., 1905-11-08


this issue he carried the State, which last year
was carried by Roosevelt by 10000 For State
and city Judges practically the same tickeps
were put UP. the only difference being that the
Prohibitionists named Homer L. Castle, OF
Pittsburg, for judge of the Superior Court
Castle has made charges against Bull An
drews. Senator Penrose, John l. Shaw and others
which plainly make him liable in both civil anu
criminal courts. but move has been mace 10
prosecute him, and effective denial has ever
been entered against any of his charges
Contrary to general expectation. there was no
serious disturbance I'm the city to-day. Ihere
We're however many small scrinrnases at pom
ing places especially in the more thickly setueu
wards where the Republican organization Is
very strong and where the City party put up
most determined fight The Police Department
was at all times master of the situauoh' anu
wherever trouble was started it was quickly
sfonned Some of these disturbances developed
into small riots but no was seriously in
iured Under orders of Mayor Weaver, the
police force had been almost doubled by the
swearing In of citizens who were sent into the
wards In which trouble was expected. Nearly
all the mounted police of the city were brought
In from outlying districts and distributed in the
strongholds of the Republican organization
corps OF bicycle policemen were kept in reserve
at City Hall. The police captains were provided
to any part of the city.
Never before in the history of the city had
such comprehensive arrangements been mado
for preventing the casting of Illegal votes. Be
sides the large number of watchers and over
at the 1,1oo polling places. there We're from
two TO six policemen stationed at each one Of
these places. The patrolmen assigned to the
polls carried lists of Of illegal voters
These lists We're handed to the election officers
who were warned not to permit any one 10 vote
on the names The policemen were also held
responsible If an Illegal vote was cast. Every
ballot box had to be opened for the policemen's
inspection before voting began. The patrolmen
not permitted to leave the polling places
and were required TO remain on duty until the
vote was counted. The orders Of the police
proved extremely irksome to many election offl-
GERS principally those affiliated with the Re-
publicans. In many they ordered the po-
lice away from the polling places. and upon
their refusal 10 leave took the matter to court
where the differences patched up The
election officers also complained bitterly of po-
lice interference with legal organization voters.
and asserted that in many cases honest voters
terrorized.
The storm centre of the day was in the 9th
Ward. where Election Day seldom goes by with
out trouble. This ward. within the boundaries
of which stands Independence Hail. was in an
uproar most of the day. There was continual
friction between the police and the Republicans
The principal trouble occurred in the 18th Divis-
len, where not ballot cast until 5 o'clock
in the afternoon The election board refused to
open the polling place until the police left the
building. The policemen refused, and the whole
Jarty brought into court. The judges in
structed the election board to return and open
the polls. This they refused TO do, and a curb
stone election held for the selection Of a new
board. while several hundred people looked on
and shouted. The voting place was then opened,
with the new board under the protection of a
Gordon Of police. Many organization RepW'li-
cans. it is declared, refused to vote.
One of the incidents of the 9th Ward strug-
gle the arrest of Harbor Master Samuel G.
Maloney. the Republican leader of the ward. on
the charge of conspiracy to hold Illegal cleo
ton. His followers ready to storm the
police station If he should not be releas cd.
but he secured bail and will have a further
hearing. Police Magistrate Foaley was also
arrested for interfering with policeman. and
was released on bail.
Similar scenes were enacted in the 1th
Ward the home of Israel w. Durham. the lead
er OF the organization, and in the eighth. where
United States Senator Penrose lives. The poll
ing place at which the Senator voted was closed
for several hours because the election officers
alleged that the police interfered with the voting
Outside of the centrally located and thickly
populated wards the city was comparatively
quiet -,
The number Of arrests made up to a late hour
tonight for election frauds was about fVe num-
dred- Police magistrates were on duty IN an
parts OF the city, giving the prisoners hearings.
The scene at the Central Police Station at CITY
Hall was without precedent More tnan Two
hundred prisoners had hearings there for alleged
fraud against the ballot. All day several hun
dred persons were gathered in the courtyard,
watching the prisoners arrive in wagonloads.
Every batch of prisoners was hissed or hooted
they were led into the City Hall. The near
ing room was crowded with party workers.
LAWYERS bondsnen and others. AS quickly as
a prisoner was brought in he would have an i'm
mediate hearing, be held in bail for further
hearing and promptly released by a waiting
bondSman. The released men were then or
dered back to their respective election divisions.
Among the more prominent men arrested were
Senator William II. Keyser floor leader of the
State Senate, who was charged with interfering
with voter, and John 5. Hammond. deputy
coroner, who accused of vouching for an
Illegal voter. A deputy sheriff was arrested on
the charge of stuffing ballot box while the
80 per cent of those arrested to-day were men
who asserted that they were workers of the Re-
publican organization
While the minor judiciary taking of
hundreds OF election cases, Judges Carr, Davis
and Won Moschzisker Of the Criminal Court.
held an ali day session for the first time in the
annals of the local courts, and settled innum-
cradle disputes between members of factions
The judges also issued dozens of writs Of habeas
corpus for the release of prisoners in cases
where magistrates insisted upon sending the
men to jail.
Never before in the history of the city has the
interest in a local election been so great as it
was to-day. The heaviest vote ever cast was
polled for the local candidates, notwithstanding
the fact that 81 900 alleged fraudulent names
were stricken from the voting lists by the police
In some of the divisions. where large numbers
OF names were taken off the lists, the total vote
cast falls below that polied at former elections
In other divisions the vote was SO great that the