New-York tribune., 1886-01-08
THE REPUBLICAN CITY VOTE
LOOKING INTO CHARGES OF TRADING.
4 LETTER SENT TO EACH DISTRICT LEADER-Ex-
PLANTATIONS ASKED FOR.

LOOKING lNTO CHARGES Of IhADlNU'
LETTER SENT TO EACH DISTRICT LEADER-EX-
PLANTATIONS ASKED FOR.
The investigating committee appointed by the
Republican County Committee TO ascertain anq
why y ths U,e iTe Seow the State has
begun its work. In the case OF the Sherl,f. the
vufe for Jacobus 9,S5S less than that cast for
Davenport for Governor, while the combined vote
of Grant and White was 9037 over Hill, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor t0r Goepei, lne
Renublicau candidate fer County Clerk, the vote
Was s,03s less than for Davenport and the com- u-
6ned vote for Keenan, and Flack was I,7lQ greater
than that for Hill. For President OF the BOARD Oh
cast for davenport ,while the combined vote for
Mooney and Dayton was 7.O49 greater than that
for HILL The vote 1or H strong aba e,s tban
that cast for Davenport. while the combined vote
OF Patterson and BoOkstayer was LIS greater
than that for Hill. Granville i. Hawes, candidate
for reelection as City Court Judge lost IL, III
votes as compared W ith Davenport, and his Dem
ocratic competitors gained in like proportion.
An ANALYSIS of the vote cast Tor the Republlcan
local ticket for the last three years shows about tne
same condition OF affairs; In every. Assembly
district the vote for local candidates is less than
that for the State ticket At the last election in the
iXth Xth and XIIIth Districts the local ran close
to the state ticket In the Gs1tt nt
Clerk and President of the Board Of Aldermen Ina, ran
from IOl to 237 votes ahead of Davenport. This
was owing to the fact tha r Of 'S That d
trict. In the Xth District, Gosbel the Republican
candidate for County Clerk runs i0H ahead Oh tne
State ticket, and his fellow candidates aOont as
much behind it. This is GOebels district In the
XiIIth District Mr. Asten runs ~ behind paven-
port, Jacobus 1s2, and Goebel l27. But t1e gam
Of the conbned vote for the Democratic candidates
for County Clerk over Hill is only "a, showing that
there was no trading worth mentioning, III some
of the districts the loss on local candidates was so
great a. TO call for an explanation from the leaders
of the district The IVth District gave Davenport
votes and fss SsUS%s saeS EnS
dates over Hill was 455, showing that most OF
Jacobus's loss went directly to White or Grant IN
the With District JacObuss loss was All IN vote
ri las and in the With District his loss was o33
The loss of 1918 ivotes for Jacobus aud about the
for the other Candidates on .he az
due to the treachery of Barney o. Rourke and nd
his associates in the loTeT Pas Gi the the o,s ON
ShsriH is a3O votes, and nearly the same for the
other local candidates, as compared with the otate
rotes: in the XXth District, 800 votes; in the
XXIst, 4s6 votes in the .AAlld, 502 votes; III tne
XXIIld, 996 votes, and ia the M. th, ooV Votes
ing from $50 to40C
The investigating committee has sent circular
letter to each district Republican leader calling
attention to the vote in his district, and asking
what explanation can be given for it. II is not
believed that trading votes will account for all OF
this loss. One reason assigned is that the local
Republican ticket has been almost uniformly
beaten because OF the large os an1 Repnh &
hcau voters to choose between the Democratic can
ddates But this will not account for all the
Relub.lcal
Is what the committee Is trying to ascertain ana
remedy.
REFUTING CHARGES AGAINST TRINITY.
COLONEL CRUGER's REPLY TO DIR. GUNN-TIIE
CnURCH's PROPERTY WELL CARED FOR.
The attention of members of the Health Depart
mcDt was called yesterday to statements, made by
Dr X. A. Gum at a meeting OF the CONSTITUTION
Club OH Wednesday evening, attacking the depart
meut and the Trinity Church Cooperation on
account of the condition OF tenement houses owned
bv the corporaton the west side OF the cltY
I5r Cuun said he had visited some of the tenement
houses and had found them filthy and Leedlng re-
pairs such an extent that the lives OF the 0ccu-
pauts we're in danger. Complaints which had heen
made to the Board of Health lad been neglected lie
said DR.. Moran Morris, of the Sanitary Bureau
Yesterday showed TO a TRIBUNE reporter record
nj comrlajnts which had been made against the
teLomcut houses mentioned by llr Gu1n, ana the
books showed that the TRINITY CLureh CorpoIatlcn
had obeved orders repair Gear the houses with
reasonable pronptness. Other members OF the de-
partneut said that nuisar ces III houses belonging
10 the corporation were abated as soon as orders
were seat from the department. Persons VI ho own
buildings D. leased gIOrnd belonging 10 tue G2tpo-
ration sometimes TelTE nsTr cSDred tS % in such
il was said, the Trinity IianaZeis pTc1"r:el 10 Iet
tic buildmgs stand until the leases expired, ana
then ere.t lew buildings.
charges against Trinity Church, Colonei = v X.
Crurar controller OF the Trinity Church Corpora
ton furni shcd the following eSpanaton Dr
Gunn's remarks show that he knows little about
the condition OF houses belonging 10 trinity
Church OF what IS constantly being done to Keep
Then, i'm GOOD condition. The first house referred 10
bv the 6octor IS 80. "a Laight-5t. Neither this
house nor the ground whereon i stands ctlo9gs to
Trinity Church. and of all the other houses clerieu
TO only one belongs to the church, No % altSst.
Dr Cnnn's statements are most unwarranted, as
are also the remarks made at the meeting by Mr.
w. w. Chandler l have hal considerable expert
ence IN the manae eeuent of real estate III this city,
ami venture to say that no owner OF tenement
prOperty pays more attention to the condition OF
bs houses and the comfort of bis tenants than the
Corporation OF Trinity Church. Large sGms are
spent each mouth in repairs. We are steadily In
nrovinc tie condition of the property, and the
rhnrch cannot tIuthfully be charged with slect.
We have under our control between 800 ana 4Oo
houses and about double that number OF tenants.