New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-03
A FREE BALLOT DEMANDED.
TO THIS MUST BE ADDED A FAIR COUNT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD THEIR ATTENTION
CALLED TO THE TRICKS OF THEIR FRIENDS
THE ENEMY AND WILL SEE THAT NO

THf, ENEMY. AND WILL SEE THAT NJ
SOUTHERN MEANS ARE USED HERE.
Every Republican voter in this city should under
stand clearly that 1t Is Of the utmost Importance fof
him to vote as early as possible on Tuesday IL
Is not meant by this that he should go TO the polls
NJ or 10 or IL o'clock in tho morning; he should
be ON hand and In limo whcp the doors are opened
and get his ballot in tho box quickly as ne can.
n he falls to do he may BIO shut out altogether Dy
The Democrats who have arranged scheme to take
advantage of the immense registration and use 1t
against the Republican ticket
Their scheme IS simple. 1t is this: In every
election district where there Is large regis
traton the Democratic leaders intend 10
have at tho polls, long before they open,
a long llBe OF men, some of whom will be voters Dut
most of them will DO simply tramps that Will nc hired
to keep places I'm line for Democrats and obstruct mo
way Of Republican voters The idea Is 10 Keep up
this line late in the day as possible and theh Gre
disturbances further to prevent the polling VI
Republican votes.
HOW TO THwART THE SCHEME
OF course this plan cannot be carried OUT success-
fully unless Republican voters are excepnohahy
tardy and Indifferent, and there is no reason why tey
should be- There ought to be no liberation OF SUD
sues in tho line. If the party leaders IN me us
1cts are Wide awake these fellows can be easily de-
tected and sent about their business Special EFFORTS
to carry out this idea Will be made In the Ihlrty-sce
where 1O17 men registered; in two or three dis
tricts In Harlem whore 600 men have been en-
rolled, and in several precincts of the xHllld Assem-
bly, District that are overcrowded.
Tho Republican commttees-Natonal, State and
County-are steadily perfcctng arrangements that, It
Is believed Will secure fair and
honest election here on Tuesday. One
feature Of the work disclosed yesterday meets with
hearty approval 1t is that at every police court
on Election Day Republican lawyer of ability
and good standing Will be stationed to look after
all political that are brought fn and see mat
justice Is done He Will also be in communication
with the Republican Headquarters, IN West twenty
ffh-st, where large corps of eminent lawyers
will DO throughout the day for consultation on any
matters that may up, and be in readiness to
60 to any point when their assistance IS needed
These gentlemen, who have volunteered their ser
vices are members of tho Lawyers Harrison and
Morton Club, Of which cxJudge Noah Davis is prcsi-
dent Colonel George Bliss is in favor OF this
special work. and intends to have in every AS
semby District representatives of the law who are
well qualified for tho service that they likely to
be called on to perform. Most of those who have
been chosen are young men Of ability, tho Older
heads being assigned to Headquarters.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DIFFER
United States Marshal McMahon's declaration in
favor Of not aTesting Illegal voters until after
they have their ballots does not meet with the
this work Tho members of this body are as re-
uctant as General Mcmahon to run the slightest
risk of interfering with any citizens right OF suffrage
but they believe that the fact that man has regis
tered Illegally IS prima facle evidence against him,
and that he is not entitled to vote. Said one OF
the committee yesterday
at Is not enough that we punish men FOR iuega
voting, we should strive, In the interests OF pure
elections to prevent them voting at all That hold
Is our chief duty What practical good Is there In
sending tramp to jail to State prison after he has
counteracted the vote of a good cltzen' We do not
agree with General Mcmahon and those police captains
who have taken out Of warrants to be used after
election. We say prevent crime as well as punish
IT, That IS plan at all events and we propose to
carry 1t out to the best OF ability, and without
Injustice TO any one.'
NOT WHOLLY PLEASED WITH CAPTAIN REILLY.
A great deal of complaint IS made about Captain
Reilly Inspector Wiliamss successor in the Nineteenth
Precinct Reilly Is q emocrat, and feels for this
reason called upon to make himself particularly OF
fensive to Republican voters In bis district He has
asserted his partisanshp in so many disagree
able ways of late that the Republican managers have
began look into the matter, and 1t seems as II tho
ocious captain might get himself into trouble before
the election over, but this will be no new experience
for Captain Reilly.