New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-21
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Mayor?
UORD TO THE UNWISE
o,r ro;obhor "The NewIork Times" IN
a,;,os ,.;,h seeming sOlicitude whether 1t Is
tile 10 obtain an honest vote III Newly ok
r;,, wo aro afraid not but "The Times"
,,. dorond mon it that the Republican com
mittces will do everything thai lies III the'r
mower 70 assure the result it processes TO nope
Cor If "The Tines were as ANXIOUS Tor al
honest vote As il ought to be 1t would not now
Ia o+t,clkinr MIR. David Martin, and it would
no nrintinr instead of suppressing, the factS
..h;ab bova boen communicated to it by the
Ronublican National Committee concerning the
shameless plans Of the Democratic CHAIRMAN
Mr. Uarritv, and his agents, UpShaW ana Lloer,
~ COLOMBO illegal voters and to register ana
,.oto tbom i'm this State and in New-Jersey
rho ,ovoIations to which we refer have been
romar,obly detailed. and the Republican Ma
t;oraI Committee has assumed the response
bilitv Of their publication. But 1.-The Times
has omitted any other reference to them 'hafl
-, snoer It has been shown that CpShaw ana
Elder with money supplied by Chairman Har-
,itv have entered into relations with ten OF
q, doyon pcr,ons who are notorious for fiaudu-
Iont bollot-boy operations. 1t has been shown
,bat colonization has taken place in about fifty
lodcinp- houses and hotels, the addresses OF
which have been printed and the operations
Of the men identified as employees OF the Dem
ocratic National Committee have been traced
in this city. in New-Jcrscy, in Brooklyn III
Albany. in Troy and elsewhere. "Thc Times
has suppressed all this information, or has re-
fcrrcd TO it as ridiculous, and as given out sim
nly as a blind to cover the alleged misconduct
Of Mr.. Martin.
This leads us TO fear that "The Times" Is
not so anxious for an honest election as 1t
nrofesscs 10 be. lis attack on Mr.. Martin and
the attacks of other Democratic newspapers
are a wicked part of "A wicked conspiracy 70
Obtain the electoral vote of Newly ork for
Cleveland and Stevenson by fraud. The char
acter Of Mr.. Martins work rs member OF the
Republican National Committee has been per
rcctlv well known from the start. At the re
quest Of the local Republican organization, ana
* 4 member of the National Committee. he Is
Undertaking 10 discover Democratic plans -
corrupt the franchise and t. prevent their sue
cess. lie is doing his work well. He has
He has exposed them in detail, ana he mas
fearlc>sly given out the names and actual pro-
cccdings Of the men engaged in them. IL Is
PARTICULARLY wicked lie b. answer these MS
closure, by general charge that Mr.. Martin
* doing the same kind OF thing. II he is,
when. where and how? Let Mr. llarrity or
THE Times or any other Democratic au-
thority answer that question, if IT can be done
But if tho Democrats are simply going to lie
about Mr. Martin. they are advised to lie as
they have been lying, in very vague, general
and indefinite way. They VIII be particular
at their peril.
We print this morning further disclosure
concerning these Democratic plans to cheat at
the election on November 5, and we present
something of the record Of one of their prin-
cipal agents. j. w. Elder by name. Elder IS
hero operating upon the colorcd vote. He has
been indicted for highway robbery in Texas
be WAS convicted of obtaining money under
falSc pretenccs in the Court Of General Sessions
in this city : the Divorce Court in Washington
CITY has a record Of him which proves him 10
be nnpnncipcd and obscene, and the evidence
brought out in a Congressional investigation
not long ago exposed him as the employer IN
wrongful enterprises OF notorious conVicts
This man has been for many weeks IN relations
with the Democratic National Committee. The
Republican Committee knows just what he has
been doing, and is waiting for it 10 take shape
upon the registry lists. When that has been
done we shall find out how sincere District
Attorney Nicoll is in his determination to en-
force the law. But the Republican Committee
will not depend upon Mr. Nicoll. This is year
when the Federal courts have some jurisdiction
in election matters.