New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-13

Ao' any Town to be burdened WITH without having the
s,'"tef disgrace cast upon 1t. During the whole Of
'ohuay night gangs Of men began 70 reach the vii
rage ana TO find quarters at the cin.mus owned by
Tue eaulhg Democratic politicians. gang Of thirty
men put up at one place alone The original plan o.
ne readers was TO get the votes OF the repeaer into
me BOXES early In the morning but this plan mis-
carried On account Of the free use Of the cheap
poison sold under the name OF whskey By morning
most OF the repeaters boiling drunk and In a
centurion 10 do about anything that they were told 10
&C. As soon as the word that the polls were
open 'hey started out under the Of the euenants
OF the boss to show them where the polling places
We're They went In gangs OF ten and twelve, and
III many instances the members OF each gang voted
ds many as five times on the first round. The police
men stoCd by ana protected the rcpeatcrs ana when
they were challenged by the Republican watchers,
who for time, were allowed be within twenty
feet OF the railngs. the officers obedienty told the
Republicans to shut up they would throw them
out.
A dozen times during the day Leading citizens
appealed TO the Chief of Police 70 stop the fraud that
was going Oh but he turned a deaf ear 10 them.
Inc only answer that nc wou.d make was that he
could not make an arrest unless the chairman of
thc Board OF Election Inspectors ordered him TO do
so. AZ several Of the polling places the Republican
watchers were picked up bodily by the epeaters and
Win the assistance of the police carried ont of the
room In which the elections were going on into ,he
street. and the door barred to them thereafter dufn:
mat Oncer Gillespie refused further TO remain OH
the police force and turned In his club and badge
to the Chief of Police who abused him roundy for
TINS exhibition Of common deccEcy. The wcre
counted and the returns made ont as the bosses
dictated; and up to that point Mr.. Murphy and his
associates In the preparation OF the crimes OF the
day ahead.
FIGURES SWELLED BEYOND ALI, REASON
The most brazcn repeating was done in the First
oh vnfa horot 90 al
In the First Ward at any election was 594 but on
tuesday '2l votes were returned from II. In the
lhiN ward the highest number Of that had been
cast at an election previous to this COS but the
ruffans who ran this election for Edward Murphy
)r gave returns showing that $40 votes had been
cast. Ordinarily at spring elections the full vote Of
eloher party is not out and the falling off from the
vote In Presidential years is in the neighborhood Of
700. Owing to the unusual efforts that were made by
the Republicans the last day or two before the
election TO get ont as large a Republican as
possible. there would be normal increase over the
usual spring vote OF from 300 to 400 votes. Under
these conditions l.s0o votes would have been about as
high as ought to have been cast.
The Murphy Inspectors however returned o.958
the votes cast In the village Of Lansingburg and
o6 as the number polled IN the town outside Of the
village Of Lansngburg. This Is within 100 OF the
highest number Of votes that cast In both
the village and the town at election The only
reason why large number OF votes not returned
by the inspectors as having been cast because
late In the day the United states Senator's cuenans
saw that they had ovcrdone the matter. and orders
wore sent out for the inspectors OF election to cut
| down their figures.
INDIGNANT REPUBLICANS RESTRAINED
few hours after the polls opened election
| day the Republicans saw that there 10
| attempt TO do anything to prevent the carrying
| 81 the orders that had come on from Washington.
| Tile Republican rank and file was in favor Of going
in and by force Of arms taking possession of the ballot
boxes and the booths and seeing that there fair
! election for III rest Of the day They wanted II
give battle 20 the rul!ans marching under the Murphy
| coors and drive them from III" town. This course
would have been pursued and II would have been
| carried out 70 the extreme had II not been for IN"
| efforts OF ex-senator Albert G. Comstock who advised
his friends and followers 10 do nothing that might
result in the commission Of greater crime Ia the
ewes Of tho law than the theft OF election. He
meant murder. lie knew tia. the Murphy men were
desperate and that they drunk. and In case Of
personal encounter innocent men might be compelled
suffer. His advice was 10 punish Tire perpetrators
Of the crime In the courts, and his advice has taken
such shape that plan OF procedure Is row under as
custom and the czcrs Of the village. Irrespective
| Of party have united to punish the men who made a
urlesaue OF the highest right OF an American citizen
| tho casting OF a free ballot at each election
On the day following the election The decent men
| Of this village met and talked with one another over
| the work OF the day before aS tu'N '"hHl"'i'" va
extent Of the crime that had been committed and the
| opinion IN which they would be held 10y the rest Of
the world I'm case those who were r'Sponsib" ior "
| and those who took part In II were not erre'eu o"'
and punslcd II was resolved all sides by the de-
cent people OF the town that public meeting Sh"u"
| Il. held and that steps should be taken 10 punish all
| those who are known who can be found I" DE coi
,ec,cd I'm anv way with bringing this disgrace on the
| village Reputable Democrats were ~ loud ana ~
| bitter In their dcnnncaiions OF III" Outrage ~ WIZ
| the Republicans. who w"r" T'ad' 10 su"'F n'''' '
the acts OF the rcpcatcrs and their BOSSES Inc "'
NJ holding public meeting took shape. and on Thurs
dav night Concert Hail. the largest building here was
| hacked to sunocalion with the representative me"
| and women Of the village" Democrats Ropnbi'"hs
Nucwumps Prohibtonists Socialists ana LABOR parry
| mon sat side by side and encouraged 10y 'H''' pr
encc their cheers and later oil. In more sn"'''''"'
way by their subscriptions OF money tIc CAUSE WIZ"
they had met Their. to prosecute. Among the officers
of thc meeting a number OF leading D'iho''"''
| RUSSELL PoRTER's SIGNIFICANT LETTER.
There was the most intense excitement at one P'ih'
| in the meeting when a letter nom hns''" '""
uho was the Democratic Candidate for jno'ice oil 'h'
ucsce was read, declaring that he would not "o''P
| an election TO ohcc when II had pee" SUI
| bv fraud In closing his letter u" sh" anu
Do hereby publicly announce that my future
u,I lac with tie parts tnat is In favor oil pure 'io'"
| and an homes, count" Mr.. foricrs name IT." w
| ne, Of viocprcsidcnts Of the meeting h"So'u'i""'
wcre then adopted dcnouncmg the outrage ana o"'""s
Tor the appointment OF IA" az" ~ Inc villngc
,iicer Gillespie also Wa, pu'huN 'aH yen on hi,
| ,rsoluions and three cheers were tiN'" Int. ~
','n, hon his name had becL read insIur ~
half an hour after IT had been nroI%.'a e s1 ' wo were
10 ei'ini Tor the crime, and 10 punish Nose VIM
lospo',r' o,n "a be among those who lclpod 10 carry
| :, nut nearly $1,000 Was Raised ana "''c ""''''
Is the Democrats OF tie Murphy stripe WHO ca'
| Wv 'c W. ,,r,.c amount oi criticism for al. come, uon
w " ,io do,ucs OF last Tuesday was fonc, 'oi n
m"iouer slatery. lie Is CHARGED WIN "'Im rr
man lille for the Importation ana The prorc,i1n "T h
sIo',' -, ,le rcpcatcrs. lie l. IL salesman o' w.
arrest 81 Uiiurtelu dealers IN chemicals In New
Hii n u 1nr Commissoncr sla,'crly vas a'onl nn