New-York tribune., 1908-10-06
TROUBLE IN NEW LAW
TT-RNS M4NY FROM POLLS.
Uorks Efectipely, HosceUer-In-
spector Black stacked.

--e.-e was less trouble in putting into effect
-rovisions Of the new registry law yesterday
- predicted. but according to the Republican
.s-s '.' Tar1uany did al it could 70 confuse the
-, The fact that il Yom Kippur kept
lows away ard made the registration
.-A..- than IL would have been otherwise
- -as4 of thug work reported Ma
- F4olser a lawyer. living at No 231 FL
- street with an Office at No. al Nassau
-. who acted as q registration inspector in
=, oe5 Election District % the 80 Assembly
-,.r--sr- was blackjacEed in front Of the regis
-, hooth ar No rs East 18th street he
=. .,a zlace last night and is in Bellevue Hos
-ital with TWO ugIy wounds on the back Of his
head
.zrfee- was attacked by two or three men. he
~ certain which and knocked down with
eez, feet Of the registration place. and there
- -o7foe-nen within the sound OF his voice.
- sae-,s 70 have seen the attack. however.
- f- vas not until Holser. reviving from his
..,,,es condition had staggered TO his feet that
-,orfce--sn came 70 his assistance
-. = March is the Republican leader in
-. - Assembly District and rival for lead
.-srtn Is J b. 9 Rinehart, young lawyer
,so lives at No. - West 10th street Hoiser
Ef1ehart man He told the police that all
during the day he had been having trouble WIN
Mach men in the registration booth and ne
assaulted him were March men
,0-4 thing that caused the greatest amount OF
trouble was the information headed Full name
- householder. tenant. sub-tenant or apartment
lsesee with whom elector resides E F Finch
As=--~an Of the committee on registration OF
- -7snublican County Committee, said last
,rh- that in many places the inspectors hao
rorst-ued this 10 mean that the man must De
-. - give the name OF the owner Of the dwell
IN i~1 he ManV
-e-sons not able 70 give that Information on
and were turned away
~ rs-~h explained that in case Of man
,,lo owned OF leased the house or apartment IN
ni-- ha lived al he needed TO answer vas MS
- name In case he boarded with the person
-, ,-----ied the house apartment all that
~aoessa-v was 70 give the name Of the per-
+o- with whom he boarded
- Parsons said few days ago that he
..s.-z-oos the Ta1n1nany leaders had hit on
scheme u beating the new law by having
:, t---.,-o-s ~ elections initial Identification
- 7rfich later on Election Day would be
-s.sz around among hoaters- He expressed
-. ..,s-s --e- s,yrr certihcation would be illegal
,,=+5a-- To-oIing II the Board Of Elections re-
ce+ve5 from Corporation Counsel Pendleton
-71rfng Oh this point last night IN whlch ne
sa,s- There appears 10 be no statutory inhioi-
.t,- szsi-s- inspectors Of election comparing or
tritiaIfng any such papers
~ r5-cb said that any inspector who
.-s-,.re5 sins OF the strength OF the opinion.
vrou}5 be violating the section of the law. which
- -Lg- o,,as-ions answered by the elector on
registration DAY should not be turned TO or IN
s-s--a= r,nrH al the answers have been written
=oyr, nv the poll clerk Any one prompting
-a- ~ answering questions is guilty Of a
felony.
NJ Parsons said. Any inspector VINO . n
g slim n 2 Aaater viii thereby be aiding that
rore- 10 perpetrate fraud and under the
Penal Code viii be guilty Of a felony Inc COR
-,-a-tor Counsel being the civil adviser Of the
Board n Elections. seems not TO have mad IN
mind rhe penal sections OF TO have appreciated
III sinister purpose in having the slips 4 d
William I<zarv. Superintendent Of Elections.
said lsS- night he had sent letter 10 the Attor-
nay General. asking him II in his opinion the
Corporation CounseTs construction Of the law
was correct
While there is no open friction between the
Superintendent Of Elections and the Board OF
Elections the latter is considerably put out be
cause the former has sent his own instructions
10 the election inspectors
Taruany Hall has instructed its voters 70
have citizens sign their Identification slips. in
case the election officials refuse 70 do so.
John Fox president OF the National Demo
cratic Club. was challenged when he went to
register al No. s34 Sixth avenue, although he
has lived for forty years. he says, at No 10
East 5gth street, in that district
Another thing done by some OF the inspectors
yesterday that delayed the progress Of the regis
tration was TO require the elector 20 sign his
name II each Of the four books The law re-
Cut-es The signature in only one book The
erec-s q the new law were most noticeable IN
the Ess- Side and in the San Juan negro dis
trict
Yesterday morning policemen under instruc-
-iou from Commissioner Bingham went through
al the lodging houses and awakened all found
Sleeping there and took their names and other
Information
Following are the detailed figures Of the first
dsvsr --gfsrrs1ion with those Of 1906 and 1907:
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX