New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-27
THOU ART THE MAN,"

| Inc quit is yours SOOd cltlZen.
You have read how in one Assembly dis
trict in this town a nest of colonzed illega
voters has been discovered and steps beer
taken to defeat their criminal purpose. Yor
| have learned that the Grand Jury have found
twenty indictments against one man for aid
ing and abetting Illegal registration. You
know, if you have given any of the daily papers
so much n casual glance in the last four OF
! five days. that the nest which has been dsc0v
cred is only a specimen Of many: that ia every
Assembly district in this city more or less OF
fraudulent registration has been going on since
the first day the books were opened. and will
continue to-day and tomorrow; that in cOnse-
qucnce thereof thousands Of illegal votes will
be polled on the 9TH Of November to place a
man guilty of great crime on the bench Of the
States highest court, and strengthen the hold
Of corrupt organization and an irresponsible
dictator upon the government of this city.
You cannot help knowing this. What have
you done. what are you doing, what are you
going to do about it:
Some of the men guilty Of fraudulent regis
tration-a very small fraction Of thcm-are
under police surveillance-may possibly be
taken in the overt act and punished for their
crimes. Are they the only guilty ones? AS
surcdy not. Left TO themselves they would
not think Of violating the election laws There
is nothing in 1t for them-pO nduccment what
ever Behind them are those more guilty than
they The real criminals. except for whom the
crimes would not be committed. are the men
who profit by fraudulent registration and illegal
voting
Bartholomew Buckley is under indictment for
aiding and abetting false registration. Is Bar
tholomcw Buckley the sole hacker Of the illegal
voters whom he has in training? BY no means.
What direct interest has Bartholomew Buckley
in filing the ballotboxes with dishonest votes?
He is not a candidate for Office. No: back OF
Bartholomew Buckley Is Mr.. Timothy Dry
Dollar" sullivan. candidate for Senator, suffi-
GENTLY remote and far enough out Of sght-as
he thinks-to escape arrest. but VIGOROUSLY the
immediate beneficiary Of the contemplated
frauds and equally VIGOROUSLY tho inventor.
originator. author Of the criminal conspiracy.
Everybody knows that Dry Dollar" Sui
Ivan Is the handspring of this machinery: but
is he solely responsible: * it all for him that
this wicked work goes on: Oh, no; behind him
sits his master. The work is done because il
has the approval and encouragement Of Mr..
Richard Croker. Without that approval and
encouragement ii would not be done AZ a
word of disapprOval from Richard Croker the
whole bad business would stop: " Dry Dollar
would call of Bartholomew Buckley: BarthOlo-
new Buckley would go out Of the lodging
house business the dodgers would abandon
their fraudulent undertakings, aud there would
hn nla Do, an tbn anol.
sits Richard Croker with the power TO put
Il stop TO the crimes against the ballot by
single word.
And who is responsible for Croker?
Why, you. prosperous merchant. much en-
crossed with business that You have no time
to register you, corporation official. who are
content to pay tribute To Tammany and fear
TO excite the luminosity Of that powerful organ
izaton by taking active part against il: you.
gentlemen in downtown offices. who read with
langud interest the daily story Of Tammany
disagreement. and have not vigorous virtue
or virlle patriotism TO step around the corner
and register in order to record your protest
against it; You. gentleman Of leisure. s,IOlling
down the central avenue Of the island in SUI
preme cOmpacency, without ever looking over
your shoulder into side streets where the plot
ting Of the governing classes goes on; you who
neither register nor vote, because, like the Mis-
sissippi gambler. you don't care what happens
so long as it doesn't happen to you--you all of
you. are responsible for Richard Croker and
" Dry Dollar" Sullivan and Bartholomew
Buckley, and the poor devils who commit crimes
at their bidding. and the whole Tammany
scheme Of msgovernment.
Make no mistake. gentlemen. You are back
Of the whole business
Get ont Of IL.
Register today