Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-08
AFTER THE FRAUDS.
Hunting Down the Crooked Voters at
Tuesdays Election in Philadelphia.
LINCOLN INDEPENDENTS BUSY.
They Determine 10 Prosecute All Offenders
That Can be Hunted Down by Them.
CHAIRMAN KERR on THE WARPATH
-spHcIAL rrLEeRAM TO THE DISPATCH!

SPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE pIsrArcH.I
PHILADELPHIA, November THE Lin
coln Independent Republican Committee
received another batch of complaints against
election officers to-day and the list OF Of
Tenders at present amounts to over 100, all
of whom will meet with rigid prosecution,
without regard to partisanship. Special at
tention will be paid to the election officers
in the Third Congressio nal district, where
Senator McAleer ran so far ahead OF the
rest of the ticket, and before the end of next
week some sensational arrests are expected
to be made. Secretary T. B. NJ. Adds, OF
the Independent committee. was kept busy
all day to-day taking testimony of outrages
perpetrated on election day by the different
division officers. A great many warrants
were issued, but the recent publication OF
certain case, causing the offenders to flee
from justice, prevents the committee from
making public the names. The most inter
estng case heard to-day was that of Daniel
Carlin, of III Se1fridge street, who held
window book in the Fifth division of the
Thirtieth ward.
CHAIRMAN KERR ON THE wARPATH.
Democratic State Chairman Kerr is also
on the warpath. He has received such In
formation that he feels justified in bringing
action against crooked election officers. He
said today:
am already at work getting at the fraud
perpetrated at the election. On Tuesday night
l announced my determination OF bringing
such action as will place some OF these people
IN jail before we are through with them, and
am now earnestly at it. The Democrats who
prp n Ia Uad Hx,if oil rtv
attended to. They will have no standing in the
party in the future, and will not have place IN
the organization. This thing of selling out the
party in this city will be stopped. am now
getting money from. the country to aid in fer
reting out the frauds, and those who violated
the law by selling out or trading shall receive
merited punishment.
Joseph Reinhart, Judge; August Kuers-
ter and John Harbridge, of the Seventh
division, Thirty Grst ward, were given a
hearing before Magistrate O'Brien to-day
and held in $500 Tor their appearance at
court. The following address was issued
to-day by the Lincoln Independent Repub-
lIcan Committee:
The Lincoln Independent Republican Com
mittee call upon the citizens OF Philadelphia
who desire to maintain the dignity and nteg-
rity of the ballot for such contri buttons they
may be disposed to give to aid the committee
in the detection and prosecution of persons
guilty of fraud in relation to the recent elec-
JlOn, tVlQonCe is daily DelnH submitted 10 the
committee, which warrants the assertion that
election frauds were perpetrated on November
4 to an extent unparalleled in the history of the
city.
A VIGOROUS PROSECUTION PROMISED.
Solely in the interest of pure ballot and for
the public good, VIC propose to prosecute all
persons guilty of such offenses where the evil
dence is sufficiently strong to warrant this
course. Our efforts will be directed against
such criminals wholly irrespective of the polti-
cal name by which they may have designated
themselves. To us, the assailant of the ballot
is the enemy of the State, none the less a crimi-
nal, worthy OF impartial justice, because in so
many cases his crime has remained unpun-
ished, and has received the tacit or open SYM
pathy and encouragement of political lead
ers We believe the occasion has pre-
sented itself IN which the citi-
zens of Philadelphia can SO sternly rebuke
that particular kind of criminality which dis.
graced the city on last Tuesday, that it shall
never again insult u.s. We appeal to the people
of Philadelphia, not to the wealthy alone, but
to men in all walks of life. to give US whatever
their circumstances and inclinations may die
tate to render this resLl; possible. Our S25 600
fund for the offer Of rewards for Information
leading to the prosecution of election criminals
can only be used for that particular purpose.
This appeal is made in order to enable us to
meet the incidental expenses connected with
the same general work.