The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-05
ELECTION WARRANTS APLENTY
mono, As LAST YEAR, WHEN
THERE WE'RE ~ CONVICTIONS.
amt. Morgan Says Colonization Has
shifted From the Lower East side to
the Middle West SID Police Captains
10 Get Their Orders This Afternoon

the Middle West side Police Captains
10 Get Their Orders This Afternoon.
George w. Morgan, State Superintend-
MT or Elections, said last night that prepa-
ations for the handling Of men who at
nmrt to vote illegally tomorrow were
about complete. He gave il as his opinion
Mat although as much colonizing and re-
ceating as ever was likely to be attempted
4 would be more effectually choked of.
Last year." he said, the colonizing.
,oating and repeating were mostly on the
,ower East Side. This year it has shifted
10 the middle West Side. II is in the Flew
.nth. Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Seven
teerth Assembly districts that we have
discovered more than before. II is very
heavy there. There are about the same
number of warrants and orders Of arrest
that have been issued this year as there
we're last year. That means about 10000.
The difference this year will be in the
greater activity Of the police. They will
be bound to arrest not only those persons
for whom warrants already have been
issued but those as we'll who they know
from the police Investigations are not en-
titled to vote. There will be a conference
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Police
Headquarters between Commissioner Bing-
nam, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mayer, the Super
intendent Of Elections and all the police
CAPTAINS in Greater New York, and the cap
talns will be instructed as to their duties.
In every precinct there will be squads
Of mounted men. Last year in upper Third
avenue there was practically a riot because
the police could not be got quickly enough
10 check it at the start. This year there will
be a sort Of flying squad right on the job.
This year, too, there will be policemen
nj tire polling places after they are closed.
and il will be their duty to report to head
quarters in case there is any delay in get
ting the returns and to report just what
causes the delay. There will be the usual
shifting of men from their own precincts
to foreign districts on election day.
1T looks as n there would be as great an
amount of activity as usual in Bob Nelson's
place at Thirtieth street and Seventh ave-
nue. and at Murphy's saloon at Sixty-second
street and Columbus avenue. This latter
D., quite a place for men out of work to con-
greGate in on election day. In these and
other similar places there will be deputies
from this Office in the crowds.
In the police courts there will be law
yers and deputies from this Office and depu-
ties from Attorney-General Mayors Office.
and they will be prepared with the evil
dence obtained against any men whose
arrest for illegal voting is anticipated.
The best thing for the voters TO do is TO
get out early and get their votes in before
any Of the foaters get to work, because
foaters mostly vote on the names Of regu-
larry registered men. This year il any man
Is challenged and the inspector refuses to
note the challenge the inspector is to be
arrested at once
From Mr.. Morgan's Office the following
vas given out as coming from Attorney
General Mayer:
"Twenty-seven men, prosecuted by the
Aitorney-General's Office, were convicted
last year of crimes against the election
law. and of this number nineteen were sem
trncrd to Imprisonment, three fined and
scrtencc suspended on five who turned
States evidence.
Most of these convictions were the re-
suit of Investigations by Supt. Morgan,
and this year preparations for detecting
and furnishing fraud have been made more
complete than ever before.
# hape requested the Magistrates to
fN substantial bail and 7 have arranged
with he various district attorneys to post
uonc the routine business of the Grand
jury 80 that election violations may he
presented Immediately after election day.