Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-31
Scattered Profusely Over the Fair
Face of Nature in ALLIE.
gheny County.
WATCHING FOR ELECTION FRAUDS.
City Employees Will be Allowed to Vote
without Receiving Printed
Instructions.
MR.. FLINN ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS.
counclmsais Candidates Hustling in the Nine tssnth
Ward

| Inc Gay OF Dattle approacnes, ana rs the
opposing political forces recognize that they
are nearing each other, they see the neces-
sity for furnishing the rank and file with
plenty of ammunition, and to select tried
men to watch the outposts.
There will be enough ballots scattered
over this county between now and Tuesday
morning to cover all the land in the State of
Allegheny. They are being sent out in
| dozens, in scores, in hundreds and in
thousands. They will be sent by messenger
boys, by mail, by express and by heavy
freight. They will be sent to friend and to
| foe. Every voter in the county will have a
! chance to vote assaults him and he will be able
to take his pick from choice assortment of
J neatly printed tickets.
Vice Chairman Ayres. of the Independent
Republican Committee, did not care yester-
day whether there was any natural gas or
not in the city. He was glowing with
warmth as he confidently predicted the sue
cess of Mr.. Pattison at the polls on Tuesday.
At the same time he was not overheated.
He was cool enough to recognize that no
battle is won until after it is fought.
TRUSTING TO VOLUNTEERS.
He said: 1--WE have no money to hire men
to stand at the polls and work for us on
Tuesday. but we have what is incomparably
better. At every polling place we will have
several volunteers who, while Republicans,
are for Pattison, and their enthusiastic work
will discount that of hired workers.
"We have made every precaution to pre-
vent fraud at the polls" he continued, "but
what is vastly better, our machinery is very
complete for detecting fraud in advance,
and punishment will swiftly follow de-
lection. We have plan outlined which
will reduce successful frauds at the polls to
a minimum, and which will make it very
dangerous to attempt. Any Infringement
of the election laws will be promptly fol-
lowed by arrests.
Before the polls open one or more of our
tickets will be in tie hands of every voter
in the county. We have already mailed
them to the addresses Of 20, 900 voters in the
county. In addition to this we have con-
tracted for a messenger service by which
these tickets will be placed in every house
in the cities and boroughs. This distribu-
tion will commence on Monday morning
and will be completed by daybreak on Tues
day.
At the Democratic headquarters yester-
day force of men was busily engaged in
getting out tickets and stickers. Packages
were being sent by mail and express, and
big bundles were being turned over to per-
sons who promised to see that they were
placed where they would do the most good.
There was every confidence expressed that
the full Democratic vote would be brought |
out, and that every polling place would be
watched by the disciples of Jeffer- |
son.
MR.. FLINN is VERY CONFIDENT.
The Republican headquarters were
thronged all day yesterday. but there was
no excitement. The Republican machine
has run so long and so steadily that there is |
no friction. Mr. William Finn, who ex-
poets that this election will warrant him in |
using the prefix Honorable" was watching !
ever the course of events with calm and |
healthy equanimity which admirably be- |
comes him.
1--WE are not afraid Of fraud" said Mr.. |
Finn. "You very seldom hear RepubIi- |
cans send up that cry. In my experience 1 |
have never known of any frauds committed |
in Allegheny county. The worst that is
brought out in contested election cases here |
is that some men have voted whose taxes have |
not been paid up. Oh, no, we are not afraid |
of fraud. We have distributed our tickets |
and we will have our men at tho polls as
usual. Everything is moving along
and we have no fear of the result. |
How is my personal canvass coming |
along? Well, guess I am all right, but 1 |
have not been attending very closely to il.
am leaving that to nv friends"