The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-08
REPUBLICAN RASCALITY.
THE BALLOT LAW VIOLATED IN TIE
TROY SENATE DISTRICT


Voters Bsssea sad IntimiasseA u Keep
Thea Away from the folls-Paia 10 Keep
Out OF the Reach or subpenas.
ALBANY. Jan. 7.-Public hearings in the four
Senate contests began to-day in the Senate
chamber The Troy case was taken M first
Collins, Democrat contestant against Derby.
Republican. tho sitting member Tho testi-
mony showed how corrupt rural elections are.
and brought out the comment from Senator
Roesch Of New York. Chairman OF the COM
mittee:
AS compared with the way in which cleo.
tons nro carried in the up.country Republican
districts. tho elections held in New York city
under tho Ballot Reform act are pure MS gold"
All tho members Of tho Committee on privi-
leges and Elections wore prcseDt They are
Senator George i. Roesch OF New York. Chair
man. and Senator Matthias Endres OF Buffalo,
Democrat. and Senator Louis w. Emerson OF
Warrensburg. Republican.
Mr.. Collins lives in Troy. He was the Demo.
cratic Senator in 1S00-01. His petition al
leges that tho sitting Senator. John II. Derby.
Of Sandy Hill. Washington county. obtained
his apparent majority OF 6e1 by illegal and
fraudulent voting. and that by fraud. bribery.
and intimidation many Democrats were kept
from voting at all. He also alleges that In
many instances the Ballot Reform act was vo-
lated In a way that entities him to the seat now
hold by Derby.
Corporation Counsel Rocho and Judge Grit.
nth Of Troy and ex-Judco Whitman OF Sandy
Hill appeared as counsel for Mr.. Collins. Sen.
ator Derby was represented by Attorneys Geo.
B. Wellington OF Troy aud Granville Ingalsbes
Of Sandy Hill Over thirty witnesses wero
subp1naed. but only nine wero examined to-
day. The most interesting testimony given
was that Of Elmer E Barnes and James
no,,~ - Enlt, S,sI1 nk>0,,k
thirty miles north Of Albany. on the Fitch.
burg Railroad.
Walter A. Wood. a former Republican Con-
gresham. who is the head Of tho Walter A
Wood Moving and Reaping Machine Company.
employing about 1000 men. was in politics
there Barnes testified that. as Democratic
worker lie had sent for several Democratic
voters who had recently gone to work In
schenectndy and offered to pay their fares
tho tie GASES 81 two men. CHARLES DousSerty
and CErnelins Crowley; who had come s.I to
fT spd " the asr of SIS
ssst to pan %s kSk tr Money cSn
and ticket. but they got Of the train at Peters.
burg. q town five miles away. and returned to
how thsy votsd but Knew thes they had HM
aBxsS asd fsy sSgRsa
him tickets to North Adams. Mass. and said
they were to g. there and at the Mch%on on
them $50 to stay out OF reach OF the commit
James Doagherty testified that he wa. q
brother Of Charles Dougherty. and that As
semblyman Levi T. Worden. tho present Re-
sson nd 9iss. 1 blss
and Crowley. as Witness Barnes had testified.
He tSst Rs In
party of four young Democrats who had got
$20 20 keep away from the polls and 60 hunt.
tRee M told Tf him hs must s He s"id one
S S his xs Sr%& a R as S% u nna an ns
J0an CaMpbell. also q Hoosiek Falls test;
Q ,chance to vote. on the last election day the
told that tho old custom was to be broken ,un:
til the night before election. and there had
shops shop The shops we're run ali day. and the
men we're afraid to leave their work to vote for
hsy might be k De
ssid he had trird d to get ad%ittsnee to ths
shops to see why the voters did not come out.
tio9s, sspsclaiiy ands!! ths cd Inw where i i
chares sSs North oosic
81 tSa 5 tss a Sy
watchers. who came within the limits estab-
tshea By law wand, and openly distributed pasteF
William H. Harrington OF the town Of Bruins
wick testified to similar practices in the dis.
trct where lie was q watcher.
Michael 1. Jay OF Fort Ann testified that the
election in the Second district OF his town WINS
held In a, place adjoining the one legally
designated
JOHN NJ. GIN OF Greenwich gave soms inter-
esting testimony relative to how tho Republic
cans In his town worked the physical dsnbil-
ity clause and went into the booths with thir-
teen men whom he had never known to be dis
abled In my wny.
James Murphy Of Granville testified to tho
counting. against his protest. OF SIX Republi.
can ballots with pastors stuck on tho back Of
tho ballots. Other witnesses testified to sim
liar Irregularities In their respective districts.
Chairman Roesch would have continued the
hearing this afternoon and evening had not
journed It until to- morrow at 10. o clock
The committee will meet again on Mondny
and begin the hearing Of the contest Of Ed
ward n. Hoyt Dem for the seat Of Harvey, j.
Donaldson tRep in the Eighteenth Senate dis
| trct which takes in Fulton and Hamilton
countiea. where the returns were so long de-
layed. This will be shorter case. as the evil
dence to DO presented Is chiefly documentary
and relates to the alleged tampering with the
returns. Chairman Roesch has signed almost
thirty subp9nas In this case.