The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-06
POLICE GET THEIR ORDERS.
AL TIE COMMANDERS UP BE-
F0RE TIE COMMISSIONER.



Alss Instruct Them -Four Thousand
10 Man the - Polling Places
Every Cop Gets -Four Hours On TO Vote.
n riders from Police Commissioner
Bingham seventeen inspectors and eighty
five captains assembled in the trial room
At Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon
and listened 70 a prediction talk from the
Commissioner. State Superintendent Of
Elections George W. Morgan and Attorney
General Julius Mayer.
The captains and inspectors were seated
when Gen. Bingham and the two State off,
Gals entered the room at a few minutes
after 4 O'Clock. The captains and the in
spectors all stood UP and remained on their
feet for nearly an hour and q half. Gen.
Bingham began proceedings with a sharp
address in his most peremptoD tone. He
said
Il sent for you mel just TO give YOU a
word before this election. i had the in
spectors before me previous to the phi
MARES. They. as far As I know, did salts
factory work. although some things went
wrong. This time ! sent for the captains as
vel al the inspectors. AL / have 10 say TO
you Is this:
Take every p~recsution 10 break up any
foundation for trouble or other disorder
that may crop up and see 20 IL that there is
no excuse for discredit being reflected Pm
this police force. You and your men are
all going TO have plenty OF time to vote, but
you can't all vote in q bunch. hat being
done. you hAve other things 70 do. See
that the general voting is ali night. That's
what you're paid for. You want TO see 20 il
hat the peace is preserved and that your
men keep the peace. or course, you have
received a good many instructions and
orders and il is your business TO get on top
Of them. You know what 20 DO: you've
been there before.
-One or two things III mention. want
you 10 see 70 IL that there are not only
the men required by law in the polling
places. one patrolman inside and one out
side. but l want you TO see 20 1t that there
is a patrolnAn on each Of the nearest corners
TO the polling place. The object Of this
Is that in case OF trouble and some one runs
he shan't get away. Have a man on the
corner 20 trip him up and get him.
Another thing. under no circumstances
are warrants to be shown to any one. The
patroIman that has a warrant 20 serve
wants TO keep il 10 himself for Use when
the emergency arises. He must not even
show these warrants 10 the inspectors Of
election al the polling places. In every
case Of arrest see TO IL that the Superin-
tendent Of Elections IL notified promptly
by telephone.
See 10 il tina, your men preserve the
peace. That's what you've go, TO do ana
what you are paid 10 do. and do il. 50 that
the people will say that this was a good
election day and that the police did their
duty
Commissioner Bingham then introduced
Supt. Morgan. The latter said - am
sending 70 the Police Department a ehaI-
lenge and arrest list and a list n warrants.
In regard 70 the challenge list. it is the
duty Of the inspector Of election 70 put
the challenge oath 10 the voter. II ne
refuses 10 do so he commits a crime. he
garding be challenge and arrest list, il
a person presents himself 70 vote and his
name Is on the challenge list let him vote
and be arrested As 70 warrants. hereto
fore ] have received on election day mes
from district leaders telling me that
a warrant Is out FOR 40 and 90 and tha
he is all right. | don't want any one 10
that a warrant II out except the
that has the warrant. ] don't want
any Of this tipping. and il ! get a telephone
from a district leader or other person in
regard TO these warrants I'll know that
there has been some tipping and I will
zee, tina; The Police Commissioner nov
about it.
Supt. Morgan then thanked the men for
the work they had done for him IN ;be past.
i know many Of you To be sincere IN this
election work and | have had the pleasure
Of knowing some 0. you personally said
Attorney-Geners Mayer addressed the
men at great length or their duty UNDER
the election law.
Then Commissioner Bingham asked
ANY Of you men got anything 10 say
i a 10 ask you Mr.. Commissioner,
whether you will see 70 il that We get men
enough 70 man the corners?' said Inspector
Formosa.
Gen. Bingham said he would as far as
was possible.
Capt James Dillon wanted 10 know from
AttoDey-Oeneral Mayer what he should do
when the arrest Of an election officer would
seriously interfere with getting the votes
cast. Mr.. Mayer advised him not 10 BE-
hasry bu 20 wait until there were enough
other members Of the board present 50
that the voting could go on.
Several others had Questions TO ask. All
this ook time and the captains were in a
very uncomfortable state. None of the
windows had teen opened, the steam was
on and the place was like a lake oven.
One captain who has zen breathing the
ozone Of Queens became 80 III that he was
unable 20 stand up. Several were pale n
showed signs Of sickness. among the being
Inspector McClusky and Capt. Schlottman.
Gen Bingham ono more addressed the
men. He told them they were al night and
that they were working hard. He promised
that after election he would So 70 il that
every man in the department got an extra
full day of duty.
After the proceedings Commissioner
Bingham announced thai he would transfer
1000 pauolmen. He issued a general order
for this and IL went into effect at Q o'clock
last night. The men transferred are 10 do
election duty only and the other half viii
be depended On 70 patrol. The transfers
are only for election dav. Each poles man !
viii get four hours relief from election duty
so that he may vote.
Chief Inspector Cor;right will be on
duty all day az Police Headquarters with
80 policemen and twelve patrol wagons
for use in emergency.
Mr.. Morgan said last night that not o
case Of illegal registration had been re-
ported by the Undergraduates League. One
case has come from George r. Scannsll,
TAmmany Leader in the Twentv-hfth H.
sembly district. From the Republican lead
ers w come q total Of about 4.OOO Case
Investigation has shown that