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Show FIFTH WARD. Sneering at Law, Mormon Officers Invaded In-vaded the Polling Place. In the Fifth ward things were lively all day long, and In the famous Fifty-second Fifty-second precinct the polls were a storm center, with a Mormon policeman and a deputy sheriff who ranks as a bishop's counselor on hand to keep a strange semblance of order. This apparently ap-parently consisted In shoving American party workers to one side of the sidewalk, side-walk, while those in the employ of the Republican central committee were allowed al-lowed the freest kind of access to an overcrowded pollroom. The ballot box waB surrounded during dur-ing the entire afternoon and evening by a seething mass of humanity. Deputy Sheriff Andy Smith, whose position In the Mormon church as biBhop's counselor coun-selor Is well known, was bo close to the ballot box that he was in a position to tell how each of the faithful voted. Patrolman Pa-trolman Smoot was on the sidewalk. Smoot is a member of the famous family by that name. He did move back a number of American party workers to the extreme edge of the curb, but beyond that his energies did not seem to be actively employed. It may ha stated in justice to Mr. Smoot that he was not particularly aggressive at any time of the day, and another fact niay be cited In his behalf. This Is the admission of another Second South patrolman that the force got no Instructions from headquarters as to the election law. As a matter of fact the lawo on. the subject of non-approach to the polls got no enforcement, nor even observance. Neither ropes nor fences existed nor were notices posted as required by law. On the contrary, voters and heelers crowded as they pleased, and the only exclusion practiced was directed against one or two American party voters anxious to cast their ballots. "I don't know what the law is," said a patrolman. "Weren't you told?'' was asked, "No, I got no Instructions, and I didn't hear any given out," said he. Further inquiry developed the faot that the day shift was told nothing of what to do, at least as a shift. Just what some Individuals were told la not, of course, recorded. It is, however, a notorious no-torious fact that police olllcors wero busy through the Fifty-second all day, and every house on Commercial street, whether for gambling or prostitution, was visited by blue coatn. The Jam at the polls was, however, the most remarkable feature of the day. Men, women and Republican heelers jostled one another In tho little room from noon till after evening, and all the time the bishop's counselor who wears a deputy sheriffs star kept cloeo to the box to seo that those of the faith voted according to ecclesiastical orders. During the morning Fred Morris, n colored voter, was arrested by the police. po-lice. Morris bos resided In tho Fifty-second Fifty-second for more than a year, according to his statement, and thoso of men who know him well. He wus arrested on a remarkable pretense. A week ago a while crook was arrested ar-rested by Patrolman Sperry. In this crook's pocket was found a campaign letter addressed to Fred Morris. At the time of the arrest the crook told Detective De-tective Shannon in tho presence of a number of newspaper men that ho had gotten tho letter, he thought, by mistake. mis-take. He said he had just coma into tho city, and thought the epistle was meant for some other party. Rut because this crook got the letter which was Intended for Morris, the lat-ter"s lat-ter"s voto Avas challenged nnd he himself was dragged to tho city jail on a pretense that he was an Illegal voter. He was later l-elcased when friends made intercession. |