The New York herald., 1922-11-06
POLICE GET DRASTIC
ORDERS in ELECTION
Enright Holds Each Man
Responsible for Any
Fraud at Polls.
INSPECTORS SWORN in
Deputy Attorney General
Gilbert Predicts an Hon
est Count.
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZED
John Godfrey SAKE Insists
Upon Cooperation for
Party Watchers.
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZED

Police Commissioner Richard e.
Enright issued orders relating to cleo
ton day yesterday which in effect
make every patrolman on duty in a
polling place responsible for the
proper performance of their duty by
election officials and for the protection
of party watchers. Men who have
been many years at Headquarters de-
clared that the orders were the most
drastic election day orders that have
ever been issued in the Center street
building.
The Commissioner called the atten-
ton Of the policemen to the fact that
any policeman who refuses or neg
lects to perform an act required Of
him by the election law, or who re-
fuses to permit the doing of any such
act, may be imprisoned three years
and fined $4,000. He detailed the
duties of the election officials and the
corresponding duties of the policemen
to see that the officials perform these
duties, pointing out that in certain cir
cumstances it Is the duty of the po-
liceman to call the attention of the
Board of Elections to infractions of
the election laws.
Every foreseen precaution to prevent
frauds in the election tomorrow was
taken yesterday when Abraham s. Gill
bert, Deputy AttorneyGeneral, met sew
eral hundred election inspectors, investi-
gators and other officials at Bryant
Hall and instructed them in their duties.
The hall was crowded to the doors.
Hundreds Of special watchers and in
spectors have been sworn in by the
State officials in the several boroughs
and furnished with complete lists for
checking up the names of persons
charged with illegal registrations. any
one on that list who tries to vote will
be challenged.
This work of precaution Will be con-
tinued to-day and when the polls are
opened tomorrow morning the ballot
Will be guarded by the most elaborate
system Of fraud prevention in this city
in many years. In addition to the sew
eral hundred special officials named by
the Attorney-Generals office, the Hon
est Ballot and other associations will
IT have arranged to cover every poll
ing place where trouble may be ex-
pected," Mr. Gilbert said. I'VE have
the services of the best men we could
get for this job and the list includes
lawyers, law students, accountants,
brokers and bankers.
THE Honest Ballot Association, at
my request, has assigned 800 expert
accountants to protect the polls. The
Police Department has given specific in
structions to men assigned to the polls.
With all these precautions, / look for
a quiet vote, an honest count and l
hope to make possible one election out
of which will not grow a cry of fraud.
AT nearly every election one or more
of the defeated candidates cries fraud
ard insists he was counted out. Ere
quently that is true. The Socialist can
ddate in the Seventeenth Assembly dis
trict last year established his claim that
he had been cheated out of the certifl-
cate of election.
MANY cases where fraud Is charged
are based on nothing more substantial
than errors In many districts it is i'm
possible to get capable men for inspec-
tors and clerks. The work is hard and
the pay small The solution Is the vot-
ing machine. adoption of which / have
advocated for twenty years. 1t would
save time and money. But Tammany is
against tho voting machine"
John Godfrey SAKE. chairman of the
Democratic State law committee, organ
ICED for the purpose OF advising the
local Democratic officials at the polls in
the discharge OF their duties under the
election law. said:
IF we find that proper cooperation
is not given to the members or our
committee, who will be properly nc
credited watchers. we will take meas
ures to have the facts presented to the
authorities and shall insist upon re-
ceiving every protection that the law
is intended to give u.s.
Grover NJ. Moskowitz. Special Dep
uty Attorney General in Brooklyn, said
that State Sentaor Abraham l.. Katlin of
the Eleventh Senatorial district, Brook
lyn. had complained TO him that threats
had been made 10 bring strong arm men
into the Fourteenth Assembly district to-
morrow. a similar complaint was made
by Representative Michael J. Hogan
(Rep). whose Congressional district in
cludes the Fourteenth Assembly district.
Three hundred men and women were
sworn In as special investigators by