New-York tribune., 1886-01-20
MOST REPUBLICANS LOYAL.
THE FALLING OFF IN THE LOCAL VOTE.
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING coMMITTEE-UN-
srccEssEuI EEEnRr TO EXPEL TWO MEN.

There was q full meeting OF Cne hepuDncdn
County Committee last evening at the headquarters in
Grand Opera House Hall. for 1t had been generally
understood that the committee appointed to ascertain
the cause OF the falling off in the Tor the Republican
county candidates compared with the vote for stae
officers would make its report This con mittee was
| composed OF Edward Mitchell, Albon p. Man. Edwin
Einstein Henry L. sprague Jacob NJ. Patterson and j.
| J.. N Hunt. Edward Mitchell presided. After the
usual routiLe business had been transacted Mr. Hunt
reai the report OF the committee 1t WAS listened to
with unbrOken attention except when the detection IN
the With District announced. This created sur
prise aud there was an audible expression OF indena
| ton.
The report covered thirty five pages OF legal cap paper
Accompanying 1t carefully prepared tables giving
comparison OF the for President Governor, Mayor
ana other city officers from 1876 10 1885, The losses
and gains II the Republican and Democratic candidates
In the city compared with the respective state tickets
are clearly shown. The committee sent abstract OF
the each district the leader OF that district and
asked him to point out the for the falling of In
vote county compared with State officers last
year. responses TO the circular were received from
each Assembly district except the XvIIth; these re-
sponses appended to the report In considering
| this que stion the committee says:
| The total vote for Governor Is 20O,025 Of which
iosoG7 were cast for NJ DsTenPSst o|G Men MF M 1aS ad
were cast Messrs Jacobus White and Grant, making
loss for Sheriff OF only 9O3 votes,
or less thnn onea OF one per The total vote for
Mr. Davenport was 36l while tine total vote for Mr..
Jacobus was only 65 5O6. making loss Mr. Jaeobue
OF 0.s58 votes while the total vote for Mr. Hill was
l236O3. end the total combined vote for White ana
Grant was 64o making the gain Of White lite and Grant
The question that was nrst considered by your com
mittee was the f9ownE can 90 dny td 'rss S
true standard Of Republican strength in the county OF
opinion that It caunot Their for coming to this
conclusion is as follows: A large number OF Democrats
| Governor and at the time voted either
for Mr.. Grant Mr. w4i,s ts 70 for ,,t shsTd; ,6Ia;
vote larger percentage OF the eEtEe & vote cast rs
any Gubernatoral year from and inelndineslsI6 the
beng S352 Striking lhe difference between Mr. Dayen-
ports percontageand the vote orthe!prsceng
cent in favor Of Mr. Davenport which the total vote
OF 600, 900 for Governor would be 1920 Now. deduct
| ing that from 1884 would leave 6s,0i4 which we
must sssume be the normal Republican vote for the
state ticket Assuming this then to be the normal Re
publican vote OF the county for Governor we md tnat
Mr. Jacobuas ysie falls short by about 2o3s; we &C
Indifferent to tho election OF their candidates
ing all their energies aud influence to the
election Of their county ticket. and using
Your committee conclude therefore tha. the apparent
loss Of the vote for Mr. Jaeobu' OF 9sos Then zen com m,
Ia odcAsoncd by the fact that about 1870 Democrats
voted fgr Mr. DaYenPor, "H ~ e"a na puhiean y,c
OF the county is about 2oJs
Tho responses OF the district leaders give several
the loss on tho county tlckcL Inc
trct offers thi, "A an explanation:
There ORGANIZATIONS IL the district mot Repubil-
eaul who vote all National and State elections for the
Republican candidates, the right to make
their own selection for local officers and the Republican
District Committee have TO certain extent lost con-
onieehoieTs and who are dis,nc take active
part election they formerly did for fear OF los
ing their positions
The lid District alleged the OF money aud the be
lief on the part Of many Republicans that Republican
County could be elected Others said that the
Democratic candidates make special efforts to secure
Republican votes 10y the money and patronage.
In tue With District, AS 10 we'll known, Barney
o'Ronrko election district captains sold out
the Republican candidates for Sheriff. County Clerk and
president OF the Board OF Aldermen Notwithstanding
the Efforts OF John j. O'Brien to prevent It.
Tho rest OF the district did we'll The loss
I'm these six election Districts was about 500 votes.
I'm the XVth District the OF 800 Ia attributed
by the Committee to the Tact that come enrolled
Eennblicau. placed booths IN the election
districts purpoftug 10 be Republican booths and dis
tUuted bunchrs % tickets which contained the regular
ihe name OF White for Sheriff The committee adds
Your committee are without evidence ANA without any
reason believe that there disoyalty on the part
OF any Of tue Republican district committees In the sew
era Assembly Districts To the Repubncan County Ticket
Tncy md however, that tho from the NlIlth
Assembly District unniatakAbly indicate dislyaity To
nominees ou te city and county ticket and
tuat there Was disoyalty by certain memnefs OF the
party Ia the XVIII Assembly District ~ herein reported
In the case OF the XVIII District the committee had
two hearings OF the charges against Messrs. HOLSTER
CArmOdy aud MCNlllnns lhat tey had p!hceu u uup4I
cate set of booths purporng to bo Republican booths
NJ the polls on day. aud that they had employed
men TO distribute ballots at thoso booths. and that the
ballots distributed contained the name OF White for
sheriff also contained the names OF other Democratic
candidates. The committee iund from all the state
meuts made that the charges against MIR. McWilllams
and Mr.. CAmody were sustained and that tho charges
against Mr.. Holster were rot proved
IN conclusion tho committee stated:
l. No candidate who failed TO be elected has presented
OF ibe canvass in any Assembly or election district
2 Tbcy considered generally, tho conduct of the
several Assembly districts and mud reason for dts
satisfaction Herewith, except ~ the NIiiih assembly
detection OF tho captains OF six OF the election districts
In that Assembly district.
GI Pcsored That the results OF the vote in tho With
Assembly District Snern and County Clerk and the
report thorefrom disclose misconduct IN the canvass In
that district which is highly censurabe ANA calls Ior
such summary action by the loyal Republicans OF that
district IA will prevent - recurrence thereof
C2) Resoired, That John q. AcWilams and John Z
Carmody members of this Committee from The xVth
Assembly District, be expelled from this Com ntee for
disloyulty In supporting A. j. White, the County Democ
racy candidate foI Sheriff
The report was received with applause mingled with
few Misses The resolutions taken up In order,
ono 10y one when that concerning tho With District
was reached. John f. Brodsky moved to amend it. He
said that t fair that the entire district should be
held responsible for the detection and treachery OF six
election district cap aims He moved that the resolution
be amended 50 only those derelic captains
This was carried
The resolution rccomme nllng the expulsion OF john
g. MoWillams and John c. Carmody OF the XVIII Dis
trct was next brought up NJ L. Holliser, Of that dis
trct asked that tho resolution be modified As to CEN
sure the PERSONS named instead Of expeline them
These men proven themselves faithful in tho past
one OF them 1t not advisable TO expei for
the reason that he had brought In votes In 1884 that
raised tho vote for Blaine 200 that OF Garfield In
1880 He thought It better to pass slight censure on
the men, 1t was not we'll at this juncture to drive out
voters frol the Republican party Mr. HOLSTERS mo-
ton WAS seconded bylAIr. Allison.
william H. Townley said that the sub committee was
entitled to thanks able and impartial manner In
rbich A. had pertormed Its duty In this matter He
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