New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-31
THEIR PLOT IS EXPOSED.
A FALSE CRY OF FRAUD BY DEMOCRATIC
WORKERS.
THEY HAVE COME HERE FROM BALTIMORE AND
PHILADELPHIA TO TRY SCHEMES WITH
WHICH THEY ARE FAMILIAR AT HOME.
BUT THEY ARE IN THE WRONG
PLACE AND WILL FIND 1T OUT


PLACE AND WILL FIND 1T OUT.
The Democratic party has been singularly unfor'u-
nate in the selection Of Issues in this campaign. ~
began in December with the tariff, which the ADMIN
lsration decreed should be the great question OF the
contest. II proved such lamenable failure that the
party managers tried 10 push out Of sight before 'no
canvass had fairly opened and make tho fight on
Cleveland's record reformcr But this issue
was annihilaed at one stroke when The Tribune, IN
an array OF facts that have never been disputed,
showed the shameful prostitution of the Civil Ser
vice to partisan ends by the President.
Driven from this position, a ludicrous attempt was
made TO recover lost ground and capture votes by
pretending hostility to England, the hollowncss OF
which pretence Lord sacbvc so innocently exposes.
Utterly desperate at last they fell bacH upon INC
nevcr-faIng resort of the Democracy, the cry OF
fraud against Republicans This tey raised iusuy'
but as shown at length in this paper yesterday, 1t has
proven as bad for them any Of the res-a VeraOie
boomerang IN fact to the that made It,
WHO ARE THESE INNOCENT PoLITICIANsf
And who are the men who made 1t! Who arc these
gulelcss Democrats who so dreadfuly alarmd
about being cheated out OF the election7 Who, for
example, are these innocent lambs who have been
brought here from Baltimore within tho last few
weeks by the sleek, smooth-shaven Senator
from Maryland, to charge the Rep'p-
lean Committee with bribery. coloniza-
need to be told anything about the notorious Eugene
Higgins formerly appointment clerk Of the Treasury
Department. who was concerned in tho destruction
of 900 ballots in the contested election that Bai
more had in 1851 Is there anybody In Maryiaiu
who does not know all about Free Rasin, the oop7
LIST, Senator Gormans pct and protesc who has more
influence In legislative matters there than Highs
himself, and controls more gamblers and political
strikers than any other ward boss In Baltimore!
ho bacn notb bcard az Thomas. Indian agent
and ballot box suffer- the most expert election manp
ulator in Maryland, and next to German and RaSn
the responsible for crookedncss In Maryland poll
tics of all living menl And " JIM Buscy-is there
any citizen of Maryland who is not perfectly well ac-
qualntcd with his career1 He has been indicted nine
times put In jail times twice for assault
with intent TO KILL times for assault at the polls.
four times for assauting police officers, and always
on grounds sufficient to send any man without polin-
cal "pull7 State Prison But Busey has Invariably
escaped and to-day he is Superintendent of Streets In
Baltimore at fat salary.
THESE MEMBERS OF THE GANG GOING THROUGH
THIS STATE.
These are few specimens Of the gang that is here
assisting working up this great fraud Issue and try
Ing save the State from being carried for Harrison
through the wicked schemes Of Chairman Quay.
Higgins and Thomas are here most Of the time, but
the others and 20, visiting different parts OF this
State, and occasionally going into the other doubtful
States to protect the innocent members Of their
party against designing Republicans. In this
work Busey and Rasn have the assistance Of num-
Der of Baltimore PATRIOTS such sonny" Mahon
and his brother Jim,7 who tried for mafeasance
I'm his Office a. Register of Voters Fritz Bulk Lenncr,
one of the most dangerous rufians in Maryland; !;
"Tom' Freeze, who was indicted for murder In the
Criminal Courts of Baltimore Doc' Slater, another
powerful satellite of Germans; John Burke, judge o.
election in the Seventeenth Ward who was convicted
with James Kennedy for the murder Of young Cur
ran, bru al unprovoked and premeditated crime, for
which the principals were locked up In the penten
tiary George Trust, Internal Revenue official, who
while Warden in the Baltimore City Jail, took pistol
out of the arsenal walked down the street and de-
Ibcratcly blew out brains of innocent coored
man before the negro could the question Trust
asked him to bis political belief
THE RINGS ALLIANCE WITH THE ADMINIsTRA-
TION
These are some Of the Immaculate statesmen" who
have como here from Baltimore, city with 100000
populate and 30 900 Illegal voters, to preserve the
purity Of the ballot They have come here because
there little for them TO do at home this Backed
by the power and influence of the Admins raton
last year Ring succeeded in crushing the citzens'
movement for reform, and now the Ring rules with
unquestloned sway. So the members of this gang
are scattered all this State, to try TO do
larger scale what they have been successful In
doing in Baltimore year after year.
1t remains to be whether the field here will
be easily worked as that Of Maryland;
whether the Republican voters Of the Empire State
will allow their will 10 be defeated by lot of imported
rlans and ex-convicts who trying to hide their
rascally schemes by shouting L" fraud' against
who are simply trying to secure fair and honest
election.
One favorite cry that has been reiterated by the
Democratic papers Is the charge that Chairman Quay
has brought army of repesters here from Pha-
delpha Little attention paid TO this at first, but
the true significance of It has become apparent within
the last day 1t is true that there IS horde
of repeatcrs here from Pl ladcphia but they not
here in interest of the Republican ticket by any
means. If any thinks so let him SEQ the crowd
of snngerlys henchmen that have been making
mysterious visits to Democratic headquarters for
week more-such Philadelphia ward
bosses as "JmD O'Nell, who has been
working eating, drinking and playing
cards with Eugene Higgins Of late; Bob Lister
smith one of the bcst.known gamblers Of the Quaker
CITY, Police Justice Dick' Lehman Jim king,
United states shipping Commissioner at Phadeipha;
MsMSen sna Ghs OF Mfs1 E"I sullivan, George McGover
any OF the rest OF the distinguished Democratic poll
ticians from Philadelphia. Wo nave InahSeS'eu
such a deep concern In the New-York contest
THESE IMPORTED FELLOWS WATCHED TOO
Their visits here may be of the mosf innocent
character but strange TO say, the Republican Nauona
Committee takes lively interest In their movements
interest that increases as election day approaches
Tho burden Of all this work falls on the Maryland
Senator and his friends but the ex-senator from
Connecticut of Seven Mule and Morey letter fame'
is trying, in his own weak way, 10 help them all he
cam Just now he is handicapped, however His own
State is giving him no emu vi
trouble PatD sheedy, "hom "'
nut in charge OF things al Hartford, is not running
things to suit him, and Mr Barnum IS greatly troubled
in consequence. As master ofceremonies at prize
frbt. sheedy Is a brilliant success, even his OLD
puptl John /. Sullivan, viii admit, but the manage
ncnt of a state canvass tries his intellectual powers
severely and he taking few days rest to recuperato
his mental energies This nccssitates the absence OF
Mr. Barnum from Germans side. Ills place j. hilcd
for the time being By that well known Trojan Edward
Murphy ir chairman of the Democratic State Com
mttee and the acknowledged lord and master OF Rens
selaer County's thugs and br1sers.
CLAIMING THE SITE OF 4 CITY.
A LAND OFFICE DECISION THAT THROWS