New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-16
TRYING TO HIDE VILLANY.
Mr. CONKILNG HAD TO FIGHT FOR
CHANCE TO SEE THE RETURNS.
r.vuANYs BOARD BEGINS THE CANVASS OF
THE CITY vorE-A FLOOD OF PROTESTS
AND CONTESTS OVER THE Isr AND
I'D ASSEMBLY DIsrMcTs-REpUBIL-


CAN BALLOTS DIsREGARDEp
Tho BOARD OF Aldermen. acting as County
corvassers began work the city election
r.,urns Yesterday at 1890 a. m, Chairman
Mcclellan presiding, with Deputy County CierN
Scpv secretary. The chairman appointed AL
dern,en Wund. Flynn Noonan, Brown ana ho"s
committee on contests, and Aldermen fyoei'
Morgan. Saul, OBrien and s. w. SHIT"
committee on corrected returns IL was vi :
dered that ali protests must be made IN "ri''"s'
Ex-Assemblyman Alfred r. ConKhhs "p
neared as special counsel for. Republican pro-
tes;ants and watcher for r. l. bai'e''
ponrh,,can candidate for Judge Of the Court
of Appeals. Mr. Conking proposed 'aNiiie
,>os,,,on at the clerks desk. where he could
have no difficulty in observing wha' was guns
-, and where he could see the figures. but this
did not suit the Tammany Aldermen ."e'
uossed resolution to remove all persons from
,,e omen space in front Of the clerks oesk.
r,,s was plainly done with the purpose OF
,,,. Mr. Conkling from his point Of vantage.
~ nro,osted against this Tammany trlck
ora q dastardly outrage, the object OF which
was patent
Tba chairman refused to accord Mr.. Conkhng
.h privilege he asked. The refusal was looked
,,non as additional evidence that the board
uas determined to prevent interference as 1ar
&C II was able with the fragrant rascah'y wi"cn
nro,iuced the Tammany maJontes re'urheo
from the districts of Paddy Divver' Ory
Dolar" Sullivan and others in various parts VI
the city. If all was fair and square IN the vote
Mr. Croker's henchmen would have nothlng 10
fear from Mr.. Conkling's presence.
When Mr.. Conkling declared that he would
go to the courts and get mandamus compei-
ling them to recognize his rights as counsei ana
a Republican watcher it was agreed that he
shou,d have access to the returns after they had
been read and the sheets were handed to MIN
for his inspection
PROTESTS BACKED UP BY AFFIDAVITS.
Alderman Flynn read the returns from the lst
Assembly District. Mr.. Conkling hied pro'es's
and notices Of contests. which, under the ruieS
odonted were referred to the committee on
contests accompanied by affidavits from voters
IN the Ist District showing that many Repup-
ucan ballots were boldly counted for the Demo-
cratic candidates.
Antonio c. Astarita, Republican candidate Tor
Civil Justice in the lid Judicial District as
serted that gross frauds appeared in the returns
of the election inspectors. He has the andaVHs
to prove that many hundred Italian voters
placed his pastors on Democratic ballots, and
straight Democratic ballot.
A protest was filed from Samuel Gompers;;
candidate for Constitutional Convention on al,
except the Democratic ticket and ne presented
a notice of contest. He alleges that no at
tention was paid to his pasters, ana u. ms vo,es
were counted for his Democratic opponeht.
Besides separate returns were made OF MS
vote on the Republican, Labor Popuhst ana
Xsmpner tickets though there were severaf
different men running named Samuel Gompers.
He filed over twenty afhdavits supporting MS
Allegations. One of these. made by joseph
Barondess the labor agitator. who was one OF
Gompers's watchers. says that the police re-
fused TO allow him to be present at the count.
Protests were submitted by Charles La Mazda,
Republican candidate for Assembly in the With
District against counting the votes cast lor
Thomas ]. O'Donnell, the Tammany canoi-
date. the latter being ineligible because he Is
an employe Of the Sheriffs Office against the
counting of votes for Patrick ]. Kerrigan. Tam
many candidate for Assembly In the HlAth
District. by +. r. Duffy. kerrigan being
and therefore ineligible, and against the ell
gbiity Of Patrick F. Trainor. Tammany can
didate for Assembly in the XVIIth District. on
the ground that he Is an excise inspector.
Abraham Gruber Republican candidate for Sem
ator in the XIIIth District. will file similar
protest against granting certificate to Charles
l.. Guy, his Tammany opponent because Guy
is a law clerk in the Surrogate's Office.
Mr. Conkling has evidence which will prob
ably be used by the committee of the Bar
Association in the prosecution Of persons who
have been guilty of election frauds While the
Ist District returns were being canvassed yes
terday Mr. Conkng sent up protests, men
tionng particularly the Ninth and Twentieth
election districts false and fraudulent. He
said that he would present aidavits fully
substantiating his charges The evidence may
be used also before the Grand Jury to investi-
gate the methods by which Tammany carried
the city on November by $1,000 majority.
The Ist and lid District canvass finished
yesterday. The board will begin on the lid
DRY Dollar Sullivan's) this morning.