New-York tribune., 1909-11-02
TO PREVENT FRAUD
AUTHORITIES READY.
Elaborate Preparations Made
for Clean Election.

The Attorney Generals office and the Of
ice of the State Board of Elections have
made elaborate preparations for clean
election this year. Thirty-five special depu-
ty attorneys general have been appointed
to attend the courts to-day In election cases,
and fifty-five special process servers have
been employed. The total extra force in
the Attorney Generals office for to-day's
election is one hundred men. Arrangements
have been made for special sessions of the
Supreme Court and for a committee of the
Court of General Sessions to sit to hear
election cases.
The Attorney Generals Office will CO.
operate with the State Board of Elections in
the arrest and trial of fioaters and repeat
ers. William Leary, State Superintendent
OF Elections for the metropolitan district.
has put on the full force of special deputies
that the law allows him. He will have $50
men scattered through the Assembly dis
triCts of this city and Westchester County.
Several hundred warrants are now in the
hands of these men, ready to be served II
any of the hundreds of foaters and re-
peaters whose names Mr.. Leary has at
tempt TO vote.
Special attention will be paid to the 18th,
18th and 18th Assembly districts, on the
West Side and the 12th 4th and 18th As
sembly districts, the East Side, and the
1st and Sd, in the lower part of the city.
Investigations OF the lodging houses have
disclosed the names of hundreds of men in
these districts who are illegally registered
Most of the men have been warned against
attempting to vote, and Superintendent
Leary does not look for any unusual disor-
der. Prediction activity has served in It
self as a warning. and Mr.. Leary expects
this TO have SOLDERING effect on those VINO
had planned TO vote illegally.
United States Commissioner Shields will
be at his Office in the Federal Building to-
day ready to receive complaints if there
should be any, of attempts to vote In vio-
lation Of the naturalization laws.
Things are different" he said yesterday.
with a sigh, as he gave out the announce
ment. He referred to the days of federal
supervision, when he was kept busy far be-
yond office hours Fearing complaints
Tne justices of the Appellate Division
have made the following assignments OF
justices of the Supreme Court to sit to-day
and hear election cases:
Justice Ford. at the I'd Municipal District
Courthouse. of the Borough of The Bronx,
162d street and Washington avenue: Justice
Giegerich. at the Union Market police sta
ton. Houston and Sheriff streets: Justices
MacLean, Bischoff, Hendrick and Seabury,
at the County Court house, Chambers
street
Justice Dugro will hear ex parte applica-
tions at the Hotel Savoy. Justice Fitzgerald
at No. 140 East 18th street, Justice
Blanchard at No. II East 92d street, Justice
Patzek at No. 10 East 4Sth street, Justice
Dayton at No 13 Mount Morris Park West
and Justice Amend at No. 3s West 74th
street.
Justices Ford, Giegerich. MacLean
Bischoff, Herdrick and Seabury will hold
special terms of court and will pass on al
writs of certorari, mandamus or habeas
corpus which may be brought before them
All complaints of citizens on account OF
nisinterpretation of the election laws oil
deprivation of the right to vote will be set
tied al once by the justices. 1t is expected
that it will be busy day for the courts or
account of the activity that will be dis
played in seeking out the Illegal voters