New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-07

in rho recount. Other ballots had been mil ed
and STAMPED in some other machine ara Wc!c
votcd i'm hapdfuls These two classes oil paiioIS
were easily detected. But there were many PAL iI
lots regularly voted by repeatcrs, ana ,hey mao az,
The appearance of genuine ballots. INC
actual extent Of the iap but ' thapc is is
reason To believe that what Mr. McDermo.t
calls "marvcous success involved Goihpi'e
reversal OF the popular Verdict at the pollS.
As the trials OF the baiiOt-boX stuierS wen.
on sheriff Davis and =. H. ONcll realized that
ali of the men indicted belonged to their fac!on i
Not one Of Dennis Mclaughlin men Wls nolestrG i
although worse frauds were discovered III tIcia
districts by the legislative committee than mos
committed by any OF the men VINO were lit'lcucu
Hundreds of thousands of dollars IN pau Weie
required and sheriff DAVIS haa 70 mo n .ne and and
SbcrG Davis had 10 find them. No one
doubts that the Guttenburg boss, DenhS Mc,
Laughn found some means OF saving ms nIc"
and thus was able to laugh at Sheriff DAVIS IN
ucncc Of every kind bad 10 he INVOKED 10 save we
balIot-box suffers from going TO STATE prison
after they were sentenced, ana Davis hau 10 90
The work The appeals 10 the court OF last re,
sort have stayed sentence, but me sen'c ,i,,
la Hot box suffers are uneasy. some Oh tnVu'
have since served a. election officers, ana TWO
years ago they carried the election for Mayor
Cleveland. one of them, it is said, will serve
at the election next Tuesday His name Is OH
the list OF election officers as published
HOLDING TWO FAT OFFICES At ONCE.
Davis found the balot-box suffers load Ia
carry. The opposing faction hoped 1t wouIl cnd
him as a leader. lie was not DESTROYED pS lhe
odium. lie was appointed 20 judicial ONCE
bv Governor Albeit. and forced the frceholdcrs
TO elect him iailor, five years once WIN
handsome income. lie holds both Offices and can
now AZ judge commit prisoners to his own CUSTODY
rs iailor Ills income as Tailor is daily sum per
CAPITA fer tine care and maintenance OF prisoners:
Ia the language of the gang, DAVIS mas ci'Sn,
He made demands on the State House hIls
which resulted in the passage OF tlck't-oi-l-'f.
law, which ii was said would allow the Governor
TO liberatc the baOt-boN stuilcrs as soon rs lheS
reached the State prison. his was not 'iIousll.
The men who had done the work saw ITO ra Ii,,
should grow rich in Office while the mcn WIN
put them there remained poor. Ihcy saw u"
reason why the Mclaughlin lactloh shouu r.0"pr
while they were in Jeopardy. They were h"'
choice in their language when alludihs % 'oN
crnor Albeit They thought ne should do s}iie-
thing for them Their language assam 'or,. an
ions 10 have a strongly Democratic Legislature
next winter, as hc intends 70 he elected thlted
states Senator. There are Indications Oh IeN1it
against him in many parts Of thc S'alc' ne
.nrrially needs eleven Democratic votes from llud
Davis wanted Orrstcs Cleveland for Mayor:
Davis Is reSlyc' ara 30 Is nj shhS sTfIcrS
Orr,i-s Cleveland i. still Abbctts enemy. "
Mayor. Mr.. Cleveland by an alliance with DAVIS
would I've formidable next fall 10 aNolh r.
=
should lc elected a. Mayor Mclaughlin wahtcd
certain pledges from tie candidate. 80 ana DAVIS.
They had uo idea of rcllnpni'hing their power
over the aipuintmcuis McDcrmott AT hfst It.
fused 10 MAKE the pledge. and Other
candidate. were eouglt II * said that
Willard G. Fisk, cA-private secretary TO
tie Governor, W.. requested u take Inc
nomination aud declined. No one could he found
vim would III once satisfy the Governor and the
city leaders rs well ~ Mr. Mcicrmott par
gain was made. but M'Dcrmo't wanted law
a IIHu
passed q nah" TIE term oi oll'r ne 9,1'' In
lore Inc would taI,c t.ir plac". lie drew TIE ull
and bv yIItuc ol his plar" a. Chairman 81 tI'
state Committee. he forced IL through the Legs
lature.
M-DFEVoTT BECOMES THE CANDIDATE
Th,n he waited f,r tie convention. Davis and
Iii, men were inclined - show fight and Lad
centred on George Fielder ~ their nominee, bat
the death Of Dennis Nclaugliin's wife and his
enforced absence from the convention, caused 'hr
Dayi, faction e. give up their struggle. Ihcy
did NJ. want tie other faction 10 say that they
lad tal;cn IN advantage Of Mclaughlin IN such
circumstances Moreover they discovered that
they did not have votes enough in the convention
70 make a winning fight. Illus llr. McDermoi'
becan,a the candidate. lie refused "a surrender
I'M. IN, Office as Clerk in Chanccry, ALI Wiz dlNHi
his time ictwccu iWu'on al" JtIa'S wv "''''
90 in cas' ne 10 c.cctr , ,,t,...
Tie prominent part taken by Mr. Mcp"rmot'
in securing the passage oi me ru'l ''l" 49,
lin attracted "a great deal OF attention t. MN
and he va, surprised to find how unpopular !.
had made linn with ali ca'-r-. Il' h"' .''n'
dif.c ulty IN securing any iudpTN'ihcl cN''p' iI'n
,nlccboiders ont Of over 10 m'mlrf III 'h'
Hudson Comfy Democratic society lc c'ul" oniy
muster about tire" do1cn 10 sign t'cpinm'h"'
lion. TIER were several meetings lcid h''"ic l."
uca-rc array wa, SECUTED, an i""'' ol W. ,
afc onicc-hold.r and political aNpran'N 'n' -
hol lcr- were as~',.cI TO rare az lu.i'hc 'iiiiN-
fund and ordered e. attend the p"ttirii mc.lln j..
70 attend Tie J. hpr men Wcr' 80 hliicfiS oPpp,c'
IA SIR NcDcnuott that bogus la"r nee go ,
was held 90 give an impression tN't thS 10" =
icrous dcrcd their opposition I" we "dn N',u,l
ihcr call thc coal ilfon, because Oh ''A '"'' -
in pa,sng TIE cool hil. A..
aftcr,,ar,i ard denounced the fraud. .otus i'tc,S
,,,,r.rf,n.. Ia be- ihc withdrawal %, tolOn"l !.
W1n.or Tic peoples candiinic we've
publi.hcd. ard sclrrlols attacks were made
ON prominent Rcpnblicans IN oricr 20
Divert attention from the record winch Mr.
McDcrmoit has made. Mr.. McDcrmott he's called
attention ~ the inaucirring accomplish bv III"
Jersey Cts Board 81 Finance while hc WAS "a
member, and ha, declared that II was ne VINO
Wa responsible for it. Iir would not have ina
that claim if \ \ Iinrdcnhcreh, president 81 INC
IIuGsm -onuiy National Bank. had not dcl
since he was fciloW-mcmhcr with VII. h'Ecf,
mott IN the EoaId Of Finance. All that was good
in the work Of that bcarl was due to Nr Hard
cnbcrgh Mr. NcDcrmoit's share was 10 ac1ni"scc.
PROMISES MADE - BIZ BROKEN.
In his letter of acceptance Mr.. McDcrmott
promises 10 reduce the rate OF interest paid on
the city's bonded debt. That is simply bun
connie The bonds are issued for long terms
of years, and the rate j. fixed beyond the
power of Nh McDcrnmtt TO change It.
The promises he makes t. reform tie
government are simply the usual ante election
promises II tie olicc-holicis, Of whom IT 10
said thcr, are 5000, believed that hc Intended 10
disturb them thcy would not pay their assessments
Tor tie corruption iund, nor shout Tor him at the
public meetings. Every one who has s;iid "orl
of some kiud. MIR. Ncicrmutt mas been ~ Office
thirteen years. K.pcntc ly lac has held IA number
Of Offices al ne ht'c Iiic' ne I"S crown Wca'IS
THROUGH polite. afrl 10 oppOrl unliics. lie Ia,
been a manager AMI counsel ilr the forefront Oi
every political struggle during the pass dcca lc
Tie denies that hc hat anything To do with the
hnll0i boz lrAnds IN Jcr-cN CITY, but cnlmS The