New-York tribune., 1905-11-09
MORGAN BEGINS PROBE.
Gets Machinery IN Notion to Prose
cute for Election Frauds.

ro-ea w Norran Stale Superint >ndeat of Elec
.ieas for the metropolitan district. has pesuh
most searching investigation OF alleged frauos at
many polling places in Manhattan, Brooklyn ana
-,h. r,ro,,s sn ruesday's election A large number
of subpoenas were issued yesterday, and many OF
then, have been served To-day Will see ne"
end larger batch Of papers suminonins "aichefs'
voter, and election officers to Mr. Morgahs Once
,,bsre they viii, be ross-questiorsd. 1t is hkeiy
that a number Of arrests will follow this inter-
esting session.
I'VE have begun an investigation OF the iIauus
which were practsed at yesterdays eiecuoh' salo
Superintendent Morgan to a Tribune repor'ef la %
ve.terday afternoon. I'VE know that nurnDer
o. men voted on the registration OF othef men,
and that there were other frauds OF a grave cIai-
act.r number OF subpoenas were issued 'o-das'
and there Will be more tomorrow as We so' o0
evidence together. -
VIII you say how many suopFhas nave
sssued2' asked.
Not at thi. time, answered the superintendent
do they run INTO the thousands!
81 cannot speculate on that until after the exam
nations" said Mr. Morgan. "1 do not even car
70 saw when or where these examinations VIII @ oe
no,a when we get definite results the public Will
be informed
DO YOU anticipate that the frauds are OF sueh a
serious character that the present results oi tue
election will be chansed9' was hhother auoS
That remains 10 be seen
Mr. Morgan was in the office of the Attorney
General of New-York State in the LORDS Court
BuiIdne when Tribune reporter saw nlfn' i'o
was engaged with of the deputies IN MAKING
I'D a table Of arrests made yesterday and the ois-
position Of the cases. This will be given out to-
day, in all probability
IT an, more than ever convinced said Mr.. Nor
gan in discussing the election, that there should
be change in the Election law. II the legislatloh
which / proposed at the last session had gone
through yesterdays election would have peen more
honest. The suggestion which L made was thaI
the voter be required sign his name on register
book. The bill was introduced, but met with op-
qd The fm Soth n Rass vos
ever. such precaution seems to be necessary:
porsd by were sns East polls
aH rlado and aa0 ready
What is your our, name? they y;,,1h.d asked somstbnp
DO SPe asked aoaps one SsaP Of e officials
.-Knrpten," was the best he could make it He
In a minute or two some volunteered the in
'05fa Thafs tn# he said sheePshiS: I'd forgotten
the hpF pTotest testi0 Of P1 %ateherr m anu ~ '''
RsaS ne aaS RS & he
cinct had been heard from, and that so far as he
How DO % You account for the delay in sending
IN the returns?" he was asked
the snoTanes Of The election bosTds at It. the polling
ebsoaeiy unit for or their positions and the count
was held up through their gross ignorance. Some
thing should be done TO bring better class of cleo
ton officers into service in future elections. may
make some recommendations in this regard in my
next report to the Governor"
Mr. Morgan, accompanied by several deputies
spent last night ia certain suspicious election dis
trscts He did the 18th District until after
! clock YESTERDAY morning. He would not say last
night what he had discovered on his rounds
Nicholas Knox chief clerk in Mr.. Morgans office,
Will make formal complaint to Commissioners Nc
Adoo against patrolman No. 297 for assault
which Knox declares was committed on himself
and his son on Tuesday while they were engaged
as watchers at the 10th Election District of the
9th Assembly District. which is at No 1.55S Broad
Wav He SAYS that the policeman interfered with
their duties watchers, and finally threw them
ont of the polling place. He says that the police
man whose name he does not know, drove Hearst
watchers away from the place.