New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-25
MORE REPEATERS ARRESTED
OPERATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC INTEREST
IN ALBANY, TROY AND COHOES.
SOME or THEM HAD ALREADY REGISTERED A
DOZEN T1MEs-DEMoCRA1IC CITY
OPFICI AIS IMPLICATED.
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Albany, oct. 2i.-For years 4hpanS '-' - 80
tested with a gang Of repatera, VINO opera'eu u. -
election in the interest of the Democauo parry. -
has been difficult task in the past to secure eNe''
AGAINST the n,peaters or those who aided ana aoetSn
them This wear State Committeeman barhe' uii
took to put a stop TO this abuse and' II io'S'ol "
rru,trotc the deposting OF 900 fraudulent Vo''S'
Through Mr. Barnes's instrumentalty TWO .e"'"'''
were placed at work. and evidenee mas oe" WI
lccted on the strength OF which eight men nave oecu
arrested seven of them being held for examination oe
fore the United states court at Auburn III N''e.ioi'
and one having been admitted TO bail Tie de"ouNcs'
,ros,.d a. tramns waro taken to Fred" McDeimotVS
Inuor. shop in Green st. by city onclai ''oo''
motifs proved to bc the headquarters for fuis MY o
ppatsr- who vote election day about hl'y u'"
each. The detectives represented that theS ''"' "''
sent nd from New-York for work here. lhes "o'o
taken about this city, West Troy and Cohoes py u'
rpaatcrs and they learned the inside worhns vi 'o
came TO deposit ballots which woud Offset huhureos
Of honest votes. some of the men aires"u "o'0 10
isterd n dOZcr or more times.
The plan was to crowd the registry on the mS'
day and everything being arranged 10 tini' Ell .
The detectives we're repeatedly asolrd that 'ley ""u'
not he harmed in their work of repeating, ana tha' Ii
caught they had simply to meiuon ihat uieS VIZ
living at NcDermOtts The men arrested are " ficu
vcnermott Patrick Hogan, William Flannigan,
. rod NJ.
sullivan. John White and Patrick Downic oNell' All
oxcont NcDcrmott wer, lodged In jail In default OF
II 80 bail. nted states Dlst1ct At'oincs ->.eA
,i,drr ha, consd rablc evidence dgLnet SNriIIi p
" inrlnJiuc certain Democratic officials IN tls clty
Troy and CohOes. There are many NP''O'iS ''''' ~
II arIr,, OF ,heSn men and the fact that evdcnce
had bccn secured alTinNt cy OihciaS TV HJ III have
nast have carried things with meh h"no NAVY
caused c.nsiGeiablc eNc,tml
Yesterday ,be Democratic state Committee came out
- ipnps
norrptlng the very frauds that the detectives that were
rpIov.d bv the Republican National Committee
r.rr,cd out and traced TO the Democratic managers
The effort Of the Democrats to cover up theH "o'N
i'm this manner will hardly avail them nluch' ior 'n'
Republican National Committee has engaged men anu
lawyer, to push the OF these men 10 the emu
# was said last night that there would probably be
large number OF arrests made either to-uay Or o
morrow in and around Albany.
D,,Id Martin the member OF the Republican Ma
,o,oI Committee from Pennsylvania. who has in
charge the work OF preventing the fraudueht regis
tr,fion OF hcclcrs. -aid last night to a reporter
rl,. arrest, flat have been made in Albany are but
IN. h..dnulng of our work. There VIII be large
number OF arrests durng the week. We nave the
.tiye evidence o. the fraudulent registration OF nun
,rd. - mon who were working under the orders OF
The Democratic leaders Two Of the men VII, Were
arrested In Albany known TO have registered
,,bteen time, each and one OF those men Is a mem
her Of the Democratic county committee. We no"
hnow every district in which these men reg'S'ered
and the names tll they used In each district ana We
,ilI prevent their voting at all hazards. The Demo
,rat> are now cHnrnng us with colonilin5. IL l.
par Of the Democratic game Of blum 10 try 10 faster
every crime on the Republicans. hr' hey cannot a'
II In addition to the men who have now been ar
r.tcd IN Albany warrants are ont for the arrest o.
twenty more who will be taken into custody by to
morrow at the outside. go ~. 49,.
After We through with Albany and that psr'
~ tho state we will 20 TO work In New. ofk tlty
\ thorough canvass has been made, ana we nave
found that hundr d, Of mon have been hired 10 reg
trr who have no legal right to vot, from the pl"es
rom which they have ro-iSiersd. From one house
maj Ia, 0nlv twenty qualified voters We have olhd
,hat over 200 men have registered. FROM anothe.
holsr t'at has only ten qualified voters over ioo
mon have registered. We do not intend 10 allow
these names 10 be voted upon, and W. snail see 10
il that they are not voted upon. We know the llme,
and the plarcs whore the men have registered, ana
evnrv one OF those lOwS who attempts 10 vote on
lection dav Will surely be arrested ani punished