New-York tribune., 1921-11-08
20 !: Deputies
10 w Watcl, for
Fra,,s! ut Polls
Lawyers Are Sworn In as
Attorney Generals Aids
to Prevent illegal Vof-
ing j, Tan,usany Men
Count Il. lse Protected
Afr-sss To s:s s:s demanded
lnsasvliatelv in All Gases
Where Suspicion E>is,s

Extr--n. precautions were snA~n yes
ter 'ay by the Attorney Generals Office
TO prev mt q repetition Of alleged
fraa1s In the scst c'~ct,c1, when Tam
many henchman we're accused Of turn
ing out he lights in polling places
while the count was in progress
acting snIci orders from Attorney
Genessl s'has:es D. Newton. Robert s.
conkiia, ch'-f dcpaty In charge Of the
New Y.ik ofc~, appointed 220 lawyers
as special deputies TO guard against
fnfraetions Of .he election laws. This
"a the largest nambes Of assistants
ever named by the Attorney Generals
Office for the purpose. and resulted
from complaints indicating that Tam
many influences were responsible for
IA Sc Registrations in many districts.
particularly on the lower East Side.
Chief among the instructions given
TO the deput ss when they were sworn
in yesterday by Mr. Conklin was the
tion to the lighting arrangements in
schools and other places where votes
are to be canvassed tonight. The
deputies were told to inform those in
charge of switehboards at the polling
places that they would be held strictly
accountable for any tampering with
the lights.
To Demand Arrests on Spot
The inspectors were instructed to
learn the names of election officers
upon their arrival at the polls and
demand the immediate arrest of any
officer or voter guilty of an infraction.
The deputies app inted YESTERDAY
were assigned as follows: Manhattan,
Is; Brooklyn, 75;. Queens. 40; the
Bronx, 40
There is more evidence of whole
sale colonization and repeating this
election than in the past" said Alexan-
der Wolf, chief Of the special dele
gates. "The investigation disclosed
. concerted effort in the Tammans
stronghold to gain votes Illegally.
Word has reached me that Tam
many is going TO stop at moth ng to
win the election Tammany may be
assured. however t. al it will have
to be rougher than formerly to accom-
plish its purpose Instead of waltln,
until after election to press complaints
arrests will be demanded on the spot
If fraud is attempted"
Judge Alfred j. Taliey, in charg.ne
the November regular and addition~i
grand juries yesterday laid stress
upon the need for vigorously prose-
cutting violators of the election laws.
de said speedy action would be taken
on any indictments the juries might
find against persons guilty of election
frauds to-day.
10000 Policemen on Duty
Ten thousand policemen will be on
duty, election duty to-day, according to
Chief Inspector William j. Lancy.
Those not on active duty will be kent
or reserve, save for the two hours al
lowed each member of the force to vote
Two patroimen will be assigned to
each polling place, one to remain in
side and one outside.
Fifty Columbia students, three of
them women, were arrairned before
Chief Magistrate McAdoo by the Dis
trict Attorney yesterday, upon in or
nation given the Board of Elections
that many students had registered
here for the election Wit Ut
established permanent residence in the
city.
After examining them, Magistrate
McAdoo found that twenty-fi five ha..
been here the statutory length Of time
and were entitled to vote He warned
the rest Of them not to vote.
Two of the young women proved
their r ght to vote here. The third
claimed uniontown. Pa. as her perma-
nent residence and was directed no. to
vote