New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-29
FRAUD IN HUDSON COUNTY.
NrFAR1oUs WORK OF THE DEMOCRATIC
RING.
coI,oN1zING REsoRTED TO IN MANY PLACES
REGISTRY LISTS FILLED WITH FICTITIOUS
YAMEs-EvERY EFFORT TO DEFEAT
THE RINGS PLANS.

Tho scbones Of the ring Democrats to carry Hud
.o county \ J.. by fraud and TO manufacture a
large enough majority not only to seat Abbeit as
covornor but TO get the Legislature lhewisc' SO tha'
the ex-governor may climb into The ohied states
Senate are becoming more apparent as eicction Jay
-ah Fvery day fresh evidence OF the
afar,ous nlots of Boss Davis Is brought 10 light
bv the Republicans The size oil inc contemplated
s..,d can he seen BY the result Of the one day OF
- -'Suo,,or already held In the whole Of Hudson
county the vote last year was, in round NUMBERS,
~ 600 About 10000 votes were poIed in Jersey
c,,, ,roner Although there has been only one day
~ ,,ristration nearly 10000 names are on The lists
IN tho Jersey City precincts. Inc impossipihty,
almost NJ this great registration taking place on the
first day has stirred up the Republicans ana 'ener-
sonian Democrats, who arc waginG a Dl''er hght
against the ring. In trying 10 explain thlS hcaVy
~,.,.a,ior Tho ring men have said that they are
the names copied, as tho law Allows HoN mo nS's
% last wear Tho FusOnists have tried 10 get the
- ,is,e the old lists having been destroyed. In
arv of tho districts they have failed, so FAR. to
.opro the new lists for examination although the
law reoures that copy Of the names shaiI NC dls
played I'm front OF each place OF registry anu copy
sent TO the City Clerk. The lists that were posted In
front of the registration booths were promptly de-
troyed while application at the clerks once mas been
49, ~, tho answer that the desired copies had been
sent thtS or lndt pClnoh' 90 N+N - -
lists proves Wild goose chase. Every registration list
IN rho Iyth Assembly District, one of the largest In
the county reaching from the top OF Bergen Hill 10
the Hackensack River, had been withhem from the
Republicans up 10 yesterday
That these lists have been filled IN with thousands
n fraudulent names there is not the slightest rea-
con ~ doubt. They are held back to prevent their
being purged before election day. "neh ooioiiherS
and rcneaters are expected TO do their work. The
failure 10 get look at the registration lists has put
the Republcans and their JefIersonan allies TO an
enormous amount of trouble and expense out they
orc untirtnr in their efforts and have already met
,.b sor,e success Yesterday Judge Seymour chair
man of the Republican Executive Com
It, n, the county, spent some time
over tho registration I'm the Fourth Elccuoh rIechc'
30 Tho I'D Assembly District This Is small pre-
otrct hrt already $40 names have been registered
thora II Is know, as the South Cove Precinct and
tho votes all register from the canalboats OF the
Morris Canal That gangs Of colonizers arc regis
tened as from these boats was shown by lhVes'ss
tion. Judge Seymour has long list of names. and
it will not be safe To tly 10 Ho,o I halt dozen or
morn names are registered from one canalooat.
This precinct is only sample Oh man! iV ,b d
colonics OF Illegal voters recruited aiosS 'hc nuI
SON are temp0i arily dOmicllcd. Every paIIoom 40
the county IS an active agent to tuIther uese raS
nnvtod = MATTRESS yCtc7 I'm the Nth Assembly Dis
irct taldng In Union Hin, West loboken Duiteh-
hnrr and McelaWk'n. DcUlOCIdlC . "
octiye nrorre,s Tho district polls about $500 votes
Italians have boon poured into the district by HUNDREDS
and receive temporary employment about inc uu,,cn
hcrc race track and on the new railroad Deihs DUH
through the district. $780,, , ,Lobo-,, y,
Donble ballots will be voted, and trcEery oi
every kind known the expert baoi-DoN s,u.Is WI,
ram the regular Democracy OF Hudson County VII
ie employed % pile up big vote In Mr. ADoetI
Interest and that OF the Davis ring Ine hoP .
iIare and IegersonianS Will do all they can to stop
frauds. Each organization viii have men d,S a. tn tn
polls 10 watch the voting, check on inc nanoS Sl
and challenge reporters dit
those who try 10 vote on dead mons Names Au
the task before them Is a tremendous one. .ou Cos,
General Grlbb the Republican candidate tor GOV
ornor will speak three times tomorrow IN jersey
CIV At D. m he VII address meeting a. TreSn
Hnttc and AZ 80 will talk 10 his felowcitlZsns
AZ The odd Fellows Hall in Hoboken.