New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-28
rur BATTLE AT ALBANY.
,,ocRArs TRYING TO COUNTERFEIT DIS
ph sENSIoN BY FRAUD.
, slss OF REFrATrRs AT w0"k-7Hr ATTACK
xs. coLvrN-sIGNIHcANT FIGURES
ABOUT THE CANALS.


-nnhueans is the only thing that win prevent the
ne N.Y. ~ the usual false Democratic majority OF
rolAos d, Albany County next Tuesday. The tunes
%" - tor Republican success in the county, out
namoeratc machine is contestng every inch Ven"-
VIC , Whot can't be accomplished by fair means
= ;. attempted b. foul The dissensions IN tlc
ss-..,,r.,ic ranks over the highhanded manner ID
- Ross Herrck carried everything. placing MN
nomination for Supreme Court Judge, turning
So andrew Hamilton, who desired the renomlha-
~. a, District Attorney and placing James W. Eaton
u I'VE on the ticket for the Office. and insisting
~, noninaton Of Isaac Il. Cross for sherin sirreo
~ Ii a rumpus IN his party that Mr.. HerneA mas
,,alv become alarmed, and he No MS heu'ehanus
=. ,rorn desperate. Andrew Hamilton, VINO Wsheu
-. instruct Attorneys nomination, ana Hehry MANY
=, xas A candidate for Sheriff. are OF lr1sh eNtr"c-
. and Mr. Herrck is charged by the lnsh- Amer
~ With defeating them because of their nationality
cs mis- he true or not. Mr. Herrck and his two
.s.,.s named will feel the effects Of it, for the
- voters openly declare that they will cut all
-. Frederick Harris. who Is a son OF the Hon
v.nutou Harris and the Republican candidate Tor
rs.-,ct- Attorney, IS exceedingly popular ana VIII
ohshtv be elected. John Battersby, who was twice
!..,ed County Treasurer the Republican nominee fof
80 Glands An excellent chance of election. and John
: Weponough. candidate of the Republicans Tor eu-
-.ms Court Judge, will give Mr.. Herrick hard bat
=. The Hon. vreeland II. Youngman, Republican
..,s,date for Senator has record an Assembyman
.hieh Will attract many votes to him from the op
po<tion- Ia.
.ck can prevent IT, He has caused the war In ms
r marty and he will exert chord to carry MS
..te through In defiance Of the malcontents Ihen'
40 he is Cleveland Democrat and desires 70 make
As good a showing possible for Cleveland Every
saoehoder from an employe Of the school system to
ose nom this county engaged IN State departments
have had TO bow to his beck and give over such assess
nents as he levied. These assessments have been
npeh larger than heretofore and the total is IN the
uaghborhood OF $50 OO0 To this sum must be added
ne amount 30 be received from the barrel OF tie
Democratic State Committee There are 161 polling
places in this county. and this big corruption funo
would give each an average Of over 3oo or about
O. q head for every voter.
The third days registration showed big falling on
N the Democratic wards over year ago The dis
satisfied Democrats could not be induced TO register
Saturday was the last day, and extra exeruon was
made 20 get the denquents to appear at the registry
places. In many of the wards large sims OF money
were paid out in accomplishing the desired result.
Then TOO there was an organized gang Of repeateTs,
who registered bogus names and then went TO Troy
where the same practice was gone through
II is the prevention of this bogus vote that the
Republicans must guard against most To-day they
began % Investigate into the many names registered
saturday. and found large number Of them fictitious
The Albany Tines continues It's attacks on d.
Caoy Herrck from Governor Hill standpoint, because
he does not resign as State committeeman. In an
editorial Tho Tines says:
But Mr.. Herrick, In violation Of all precedent,
has determined upon Just this course. Whether he
dare not trust the machine 70 other hands. whether
for prudential he prefers to incur the Odium
which Is inseparabe from such course rather than
not manage his own campaign, We DO not know. We
Ar not in his confidence. But for reasons that have
heretofore been given shall support him, and we
shall vote for him. We believe he has made mistake,
but il will probably not be fatal Thousands Of Demo
Gratis in this district think do. 1t is better far
better. that bis nsake should be overlooked, and he
be elected Of sight of local politics than by remain
ing tho boss should disrupt the party in Albany County
In the important year Of 1892"
Mr.. Herrick is going to be badly knitted by the Hill
men.
The little hornets nest stirred up by Governor Hill
and Enathan Sweet, over the eligibility Of verplanck
Colvin for the office of State Engineer has caused
Martin sehenck the Democratic candidate for the ONCE,
ard his friends end Of trouble. 1t s said that the
Governor questioned Mr.. Colvin's eligibility TO
bring attention to "Boss" Murphy's man Schenck
The manner in which Bosses Murphy and Croker
seved Hill has soured his disposition and he is having
his revenge by the OF the silent stettO and The
Albany Tines Mr.. Schenck has no defence to the
in the meaning of the word, but simply in name
that he might draw the fat salary Of an engineer
For two or three years he has been engaged on the
Hudson River improvement under Assistant Engineer
Whitbeck. How II he never found the rock just
bogth Of the city and In the channels He overlooked
this and II remained for steamboats, striking it to
bnng the net TO light An engineer of repues, who
prominent member Of the national societies Of
engineers, said 10 The Tribune correspondent to-day
state
Engineer Bogart was very bitter In his denunciation
o. the action of his party's representatives putting
ierxerd ouch Mr.. Schenck for a position
Of 80 great importance. Since then he has changed
his Mea- Why Because he has had notice from head
quarters that his talk against Schenck would hurt the
teAeI But you get his candid opinion OF Mr. Schenck
and IN wager that won't be very fattering TO the
candidate But what surprises me most is the passing
Upon the qualifications Of Mr.. Colvih by ex State
Engineer Enathan sweet. ! can't understand why he
GO Il, unless promise was also made to give nm
something. lie Is in bridge construction company
and there will be some big contracts coming along.
What surprises me is this that Ir. Sweet should
pas upon the qualifications of Mr. Colvtn, when his
own record will not bear much investigation l am
Democrat, always have been, but am disguised with
.s manner IN which the convention acted IN placing
. Inc statement in The Tribune last week that the
hnage Of The canals less gradually, while the
yearly ca1seS she ody caHa r1 rrce
mere They made all kinds OF weak defences.
tis, psures given in The Tribune showed
~ merchandise transported the state canals, and
IA ine cost Of maintenance and ordinary repairs was
s.ol,i'o, that In 1890, with 5,246, lO2 tons trans
pred the cost was S545, 245. This showed that
ME mere was in business decrease OF 1211,55a
~ taere WAS Ia regular expenditures an increase OF
I'll $780, the Canal Ring defenders, pupils Of
s0.sraor Hil, said there were great many breaks
sx canals in 1850, and this sort of expense eas up
~ amount OF money!
,AsE Tribune CORES pOndent listened. Then he went
49, get the figures Of the fiscal year ending Sep
81, 1901. This was accomplished with some
saheulty. This is what the correspondent found
,a,ilee were no breaks in the canals during
~ ~ Jet the cost Of maintenance and ordinary
5s I-n was the of S797, 297 70 The ton
80. STATISTICAL year does not end until the canals
-, Up 70 the first OF october, this year, there
zen carried over the canals 3,159,527 tons. Us
E--,sssu S6s2.0M during the corresponding period
y iss1 Thu shows falling of for part Of rhe season
y .r-sa2z TONS The amount paid out for the canals
80 ordinary way has Increased each year since