New-York tribune., 1891-10-17


disproved. Preparations for the perpetration OF
frand upou the elective franchise Of this city OF
IN ooo or H. 600 colonized votes required Official
oognizance 70 make 1t successful, and the orlgF
majors Of this foul plot quite unlikely 10 haNe
nnshed H. so far without believing tnab perSoho
high In authority were privy to IT,
II NAV be instructive to observe thai lt was
this same With District, the hotDed anu he'u
quarters of these repeaters and colonizers' "nr'n
WAS last year suddenly transformed from Nc
oublican TO a Democratic district, sending 10 the
Assembly General Martin T. Mcmahon by ma
ioritv Of 1895. whereas In the previous year OF
1889 General McNIahons Republican predecessor
was elected by majority of Sl7 over the cDnoi-
date of Tammany Hall and the County Democracy
combined In the same year the Republican
Alderman from the With District had majority
of .osl over his principal opponent, who was also
the candidate of the United Democracy. Generai
MoMahon is now the Tammany candidate for
Senator from the With District. Before ne ASKS
the suffrage Of honest and lawaDldlng cltZenn,
would it not be in order Catv ioa f witch H % has been
developed in his legislative dlstrlct In 1he year
1890?
DANGER WHICH THREATENS THE CITY.
The boldness and deliberation of this already
partially successful conspiracy against the law
and the rights Of the citizens OF New-York Is well
calculated to arouse the people to sense OF the
dangers which threaten them. What effect the
| exposure of the plans Of Tammany Hall to de-
| fraud popular suffrage will have upon the con-
| test which Is pending it Is impossible to say. III
ought to stir the independent and honest Repup!l-
| can voters Of every part Of the Empire state TO
| such a pitch Of indignation that they wall pie
| up mai jority for Fassett and the whole RepuDl-
can ticket which will bury out OF sight the IN n
famous attempts Of the desperate men in connol OF
| Tammany Hall TO reverse the verdict OF the peo-
Pile 1t surely ought to open the eyes Of the most
careless and nditerent Of New41rks 80 ca.aEtms asns
that the affairs Of the State be given into their
keeping.
templated crime, some of these are still count
| ing upon the aid Of the unstained masses
tsr party to np pull novs them Ultimate erGeEn 2ea
tions with the chiefs Of the inner Wigwam Coun-
Gil yesterday: "Wc have been calculating upon
10000 majority for Flower in NewIYork CIty, ana m
| according to our advices, this will elect him py
| over 90 600 majority The revelations to-day re-
] garding colonization cannot take from us more
than 10000 votes, so that as matters stand we
DENIALs AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
| Officials at Police Headquarters yesterday taty
denied having any knowledge of colonizing schemes
| In the interest of Democratic candidates. Police
| Commissioner Martin was much put out about the
story and declined to talk on the subject
Superintendent Murray said lmmedlatelY
| upon reading the article relative to illegal reg
stration in the With District, sent for the in
spector of the district and the captain of the
| precinct and ordered them to make a thorough
Investigation Of these suspected houses. as well as
| any others against which the slightest suspicion
| may arise of any attempt at colonization. IN IN
strcted them. if the facts obtained warranted 1t,
to take such steps will speedily bring to justice
all parties concerned in this alleged attempt 70
| violate the law" The Superintendent also pro-
| nounced the published statement that he had given
| instructions TO the captains OF certain preclncts
TO assist in these colonization schemes to be a
malicious lie. .,z ....s,,
afternoon, but nothing was said about the
colonization of lodging-houses in Macdougai-
st. Commissioner, McClave read to the
BSsS SseHdent hs Murray F's and 'Gss %
conniving with the Democrats in their colonlza-
ton frauds. have just had an interview with nd
| they deny emphatically every charge made Inc
| other Commissioners were silent on the subject
| and no action was taken by the Board.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY NICoLL AND THE MAYOR
Il was a noticeable circumstance yesterday that
no Tamnany ofiiceholder could be prevailed upon
to show any interest in the colonization crimes
District-A Attorney Nicol had long interview
with Mayor Grant in the AFTERNOON
| and some Of those who were Witnesses
| of the earnestness which animated poth men men
during the conversation naturally supposed tnas
Mr. Nicoll had called in relation TO the Sa eAposea
| ments with the Mayor for bringing the criminals
| to Justice AS the District-Attorney was leavlng
the Mayors office he was asked iou Iant .t
been consulting with the Mayor about the Des1
means for running down the men who have star1eu
| in TO colonze the city, have you not =
Mr. Nicoll affected look Of intense e., surpLSei
| "You Of course. have read ABOUT the colonlHa-
UO" aI have heard something about them, but
haven't read the story. No, l dldnt come TO see
| the Mayor about these reports. When they come
| before me officially / shall look into them-cer-
tainly not before: II find that such q crime mas
been committed will prosecute the guilty men, no
| thn- hell
i'i%T The Mavor appeared equally uninterested Yet
in conversation he betrayed an anxiety which
plainly indicated that he realized the possible
effect of the exposure upon the result OF the
Commissioner Groy was disposed to laugh the
matter off. He thought that an lhyesIlgahtlon h
greatly exaggerated. The general sentiment
among Tammany men about the Clty h"l was
| CONFUSION AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS.
At the Democratic headquarters yesterday
there was a good deal of confusion. The managers
Of the canvass of the Tammany Hall candi
date acted in a bewdercd manner, and
when asked about the story of tie colonial
ton in the With Assembly District
untrue in every detail. There is not word 0
truth in it, and that is all have to say about
that: YES we are pursuing still hunt, and We
don't intend to tell the public everything we do
| One well-informed Democrat said last night
well | believe the story is true; but an
amazed that such shrewd political worker az
Barney Martin should have been caught At any
rate. the Committee of Twenty-four OF TammanS
Hall was called together this afternoon to con
slider the question. Ii was said when they ad
iourned that only routine business was transacted
but | know the story OF the exposure was dis
cussed.
REPUBLICANS THROUGHOUT AROUSED
, Expressions of deep disgust indignation and
condemnation were heard on every hand yesterday
, at the headquarters of the Republican State and
County Committees.
William Brookfeld. chairman of both com
mittees, said last night: IL have heard from
many sources to-day of the intense feeling aroused