New-York tribune., 1910-11-07
Clean Elections Vital

believe
good government than the enforcement Of
clean elections. and I viii devote the en-
tire force Of my Office, If necessary. TO
these prosecutions until they are cleaned
up"
II the last seven court days Mr.. Tanner
has brought to trial twelve cases. He got
eleven convictions and only one acqulItal-
And would have brought the whole ffty-
sir TO trial" he added heartily, "h the Al
rornev General had power to move case
ont Of fts. regular order. as he used 10 have.
Under the new rule in the Court OF Cen
A-aI Sessions ne has 70 await his turn on
the calendar.
Nfr. Tanner would nGr say in which parts
Of the city he was having his hardest WORK
saThe principal prosecutions" he went on.
"vvi77 81 course. be for offences comrntttso
on Election Day.
Several hundred warrants have been IS
sued and they will be executed at the
polls have assigned thirry-slx speelai
dapurv attorneys general 70 ettsnd every
magisrrata's court IN the city on that DAY
and thav will stay on the job until every
election case has been disposed CT Those
fellows won't get the chance TO repeat
their little game after once get my hands
Oh them
NEr Tanner prefers 10 send them Up IN
hurry. as they do IN England, even Z he
cant obtain such long convictions. he
saws that It takes their rights Of citizen
shin away. any way. so that they cant
hold ofica or vote Thereafter.
All Parties Should Aid,
..Tf ail political parties would assign 70
tha noIls fearless and intelligent watchers
Nj Tanner declared. cor If citizens Woulo
furnish clean cut evidence, there IS no rea-
son whv the number Of convictions cor
vsoIe +lons Of the elective franchise shou1d
not double that Of any previous year
M Tanner believes that his aggressive
| campaign will scare not only hundreds ou5
I thousands Of Illegally registered voters
/ from the polls
As = result Of raids on lodging houses
Yesterday morning bv William Leary. Su-
| perntendent of Elections, and his deputies
uhar7 IL was discovered that more than hVe
/ hundred men were not qualified TO Vots
! from the lodging houses from which rhey
/ raristcred. warrants will be sworn out TO-
day for these men. and their names Will De
DIace6 on the supertnrendenr's challenge
/ list for Election Day.
Lesrv's Deputies Busy
! The depuries left their headquarters
/ shortly before midnight, and from that
ho-,- until sunrise we're on the rush More
-ra- fifty lodging houses were visited. anc
every man found in them was made 70 an
swer 70 his name and tel his address, age
ra-+vfrv length OF residence and give al
me o-1er information he gave when he
registered.
/ In rr-paratior So- the raids the deputies
haz with them cards containing all this
. information, copied from the reGtstratior
books and when the answer cid not tally
viii, ehe card the card vas marked for
! special attention.
The election law provides that each
I Iodger shall sign his name on sworn re-
/ po-r made to the superintendent, and also
/ nrovldes that the lodging house keeper shall
I certify under cath that the signature OF
the Iolger vas written in his presence
! F-aob ~ rne IoSrers was asked 10 sign his
name On -ha back Of tlae card IN order that
II might be compared with The signature
on the lodging house report
Among the lodging houses visited were
these on Park Row, West Houston street.
! North william street. James street. Chat
,,sr, Square. the Bowery 23d street, 42d
| s-reet. sixth and Third avenues and East
/ E24Jh stree
! with { light n one hand and the cards
! II. another the deputies went from room tc
room and from bunk TO bunk getting the
pedig-ees. n few Of the lodging houses
t7e s,1pcrlntendenr net with opposition
from, the clerks IN charge At No Bow
ery. which was visited at I:3o o'clock yes
rerday morning. the clerk refused 70 permit
the deputies 70 go through the house OF
/ disturb the sIeepers.
The clerk found he must either permit
the inspection or so 10 the night court
and then allowed the investigation. Sim
liar opposition was encountered at two
other places, but when the clerk had ais
choice OF The inspection or the night court
he ran4e 10 F,lrtLar nhiectiors