New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-05
NO ILLEGAL VOTES"
]. R. VOORHIS DECLARES
dead Right as to I'd A. D."
Adds ROfrano, Who Says He
Has List of 1000 Names.
WHlTMAN'S OFFICE BUSY
Courts Prepare for Election
Work - Foster Addresses
Grand Jury-Candidate's
Arrest Trick, He Says.

John r. Voorhis. State Superintendent
OF Elections, on the eve Of Election Day
declared that there would be practically
no illegal voting in New York City. Re
ports from other sources, however, indi-
Gated that IL Illegal voting were stopped
Il would be the result largely OF the Work
OF Independent organizations, which nave
been hampered rather than helped by the
State Superintendent
Michael j. Rofrano. who with Clement
]. and Eugene Driscoll, has unearthed re
wholesale frauds I'm the I'd Assembly Dis
trIct, said that, so far as the fraudu-
lent registrations in the Tammany ranks
in that district were concerned, they
would be kept from voting Illegally with
out any aid from the State Superinten-
dent OF Elections.
1--WE gave Mr.. Voorhis a list Of some
five hundred fraudulent registrations In
the I'd Assembly District" said Rofrano,
"and. knowing that we need not look
for any action against the Tammany reg
istratIcn there. we held back more than
twice that many. Our men Will be on the
lob tomorrow, even If there Is no one
there from the Voorhis office; and, at any
rate, he's dead right I'm saying that there
won't be any Illegal voting In the I'd Dis
trict"
Voorhis explained that he had only two
hundred deputies to cover something over
fifteen hundred polling places, but that
these men would get around 10 every
polling place two or three times during
voting hours.
Things are not as bad now as they
were twenty-five years ago. ewhen l was
in this Office BEFORE" said Mr.. Foorhis
yesterday afternoon. There's very little
illegal voting nowadays. or course, there
are always some who will try to vote IL
legally, but the number is growing smaller
every year"
Amy extended colonization in any dis
trict this year," he was asked.
Colonization? ! haven't heard of any
at ALL" he said.
The State Superintendent explained that
he had Investigated the five hundred com
plants from the Cd Assembly District. but
had found very little substance" to them.
Il believe that is the result of some
trouble between Mr.. Foley Mr. Smith and
the Driscolls," he said. although l
haven't talked 20 Mr. Foley, nor Mr..
Smith, nor the Driscols about It."
Mr. Voorhis was asked whether the
Voters League or the Honest Ballot AS
ISOLATION had been OF any assistance to
hts Office.
mo, neither of them" he replied ''The
Voters League is the DrIscoll affair IN
the I'd Assembly District. and we found
many, many mistakes In their reports.
The Honest Ballot Association reported
various cases from all over the city. I
had some of Its watchers down here
young fellows, they were. some OF them
didn't live In the districts in which they
were working. and some OF them didn't
live in the county. And almost without
exception they could give us no evidence
on Illegal registration"
The Honest Ballot Association let Il be
known yesterday, however that II had
checkmated any effort 10 hamper its
work by ruling out young volunteer
watchers, and by enlistlng men in each
election district from the ranks Of one
or the other OF the anti-Tammany parties.
Those who have been Independently
working up cases of Illegal registration
and turning them over to the District
Attorneys office do not agree with Mr..
Voorhis in his optimistic view of the sit
uation, and say that only careful watch
ing and prompt action on Election Day
will prevent thousands Of fraudulent votes
being cast I'm the strong Tammany down
town districts.
District Attorney Whitman, after hear
ing the reports OF William A. De Fcrd
and George z, Medalie, the Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys to whom the inquiry into
alleged election frauds was assigned, said
that so far as he knew the
number OF violations Of the election law
reported to his Office this year was smaller
than ever before. Some 1900 or more
have been sifted. Seven in
dictments have been returned, and per-
haps $50 warrants issued by magistrates.