New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08
BY BRIDES OR THREATS.
TANlMANY'S DESPERATE EFFORTS TO ROLL
Up A BIG MAJORITY.
CORRUPTION RAMPANT IN THE I'D AND lid
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS" HEELERs AND
"TOUGus7 IN COMMAND OF
THE POLLING PLACES.

| ze the corruption which rampant IN Pa'''
OF the lid and lid Assembly Districts !es'ei'as
| iammany's genius for lawlessness shol o"' 10
scintillating rays in direction. The cohs'l.u
! tuition entirely disregarded, personal ris"''
! Were outrageously abused and the laws "e'e
| trampled in the mud
| Influence was first used to secure Iah'ri'a"'
votes Where it failed bribery was tried Beng
| Unsuccessful in either Of these methods '"e iu'
fans who swarmed about the polling places aiItTi
| by the inspectors resored to "bulldozhg' "o
other word will express their actions
| Thousands of Republican votes were thrown
| out by this gang of rascals a mere hahuiui ~
| cured their rights by applying to the courts But
| thousands of others were frightened by the hlS"-
| handed way in which things were carried Ihey
| were afraid of running against such apSo'"'e
| power as they displayed. and reiraihed from
| insisting their right 10 vote.
Many of them were foreigners. who were I'M
acquainted with the bullying instincts and prac-
| docs of Tammany heeers. But the thieves must
! have overdone the business on the assertions Oh
/ the Tammany inspectors themselves the votes Vi
many election districts in the lid ana INA Assem-
| bly, Districts ought to be thrown out entirely ana
| the inspectors put where they can do no more
harm.
| No law which was ever devised by man could
| prevent fraud when the officers who administered
J the law corrupt. Consequently Tammany wheh
hard pressed finds no trouble in defying any law
providing it's minions the officials who are
|
! TO be strict they find methods OF evadng IT,
Yesterday they prevented an honest election by
| telling men who could not be bribcd or buildozed
/ into voting a Tammany ticket That they hip
already voted. that some one else had Noted III
their names This was carried on extensively in the
| Id and TIA Assembly Districts. where the de-
lection from Tammany had been large
METHODS OF TRAINED CRIMINALS.
The method was simple carried out BY these
! trained criminals The organization of the party
/ is so complete in all its details that those VINO
are put in charge Of such a movement as that
know to a certainty all the Tammany men In the
| election district which they supernend
| When those who had not allied themselves with
| the party Of which King Croker is the ruler APP
peared on the street leading to the polling place
| they were approached by Tammany lieuenants.
| First they were asked TO vote for Tammany. In
| case OF n refusal n bride tried openly. This
| resort having failed. the man was told when he
went to the polling place TO cast his vote that he
| had already voted. II he persisted that he had
not and that he had right TO vote he was hustled
out Of the place Then ali kinds OF threats were
made The men were told that they had voted
once and if they made any disturbance and tried
to vote again they would be arrested.
! They were also told that even II they went to
court and secured mandamuses and voted again
| they would still be liable TO arrest and imprison-
/ ment for voting twice. \ few disregarded these
! threats and did secure mandamuses from Judge
/ Andrews, in the supreme court VINO WAS sit''"s
! for that purpose. But these few were only drop
in the bucket Thousands did not vote at ALL being
| driven away by threats and violence
HOW ONE SCHEME FAILED.
| one case that Of Italian. Vito I.ugiero. ~
NO A. hottest. typical. He went to vote IN
! the Thlrty-seventh Election District OF the Id
| Assembly District
After securing his ballots and properly folding
the one he wished to cast. he handed them to the
| nroper INSPECTORS. They looked at their books.
one of them said "All right" and tore on the
stubs Of the ballots. \ guarded cough from an
other inspector called the attention Of the one
who had torn of the stubs. Lugiero turned his
! head AT the same time the inspector did anu he
caught the sly wink which the one who had
couehed gave to the one who had the ballots Then
| there was great fumbling over the books Tor
moment, Finally the inspector said:
"You have voted once
81 have not 1 just came from my home" I.u-
gioro replied
"Of cours" you have; your name y oH'oA'u o''
said the Inspector
81 insist that | have not voted" protested the
| italian.
"Wcl. then. some one has voted in your name
said the Inspector
Let see the book where my name - cn''hc'
Of" demanded Lugiero.
"Naw YOU can't see no book" was the reply.
Lueicro appealed to the policeman on duty ana
asked him to require the Inspectors To let MN
see the books where his name was checked on
The policeman refused saying 'hal """'''''
the INSPECTORS said went"
Imelero then to the County courthouse
and secured order requiring me INSPECTORS TO
show cause why they should not allow MN 10
In answer to this the chairman OF the board
came down and with his lawyer, TON n Sreainor
went before Judge Andrews. There the chairman
said that some one had already voted on the name
Of l.ugicr0. - -, -
behalf OF those who applied for writs. suggested
that If this was the inspector must make oath
This appeared to scare the inspector. lie evil
IDENTIFY I'D not want TO make an oath To- any ny, sIsn
man TO say whether not he had any reason to
believe that Lugiero had In fact voted once be-
Strange to say the inspector had not one word
n SAY And H ny sa id'r It was peculiar state
affairs. but he did not see how one man couid be
% Se n sne Ealing to get any assertion
from the inspector his counsel. even though
heeTrd mnsero had Voted before Judge Andrews
said he would grant ths h. onsr yer again protested
that there use making an order II the Judge
believed that Lugiero had voted once
Ingiero was allowed 10 vote, and so by the ad-
mission of 'he inspectors there IS at least one IL
legal vote in that dihrict
closed BY the fact that Ingiero was allowed 10
have = ballot at all II he had voted ono" or some
would have discovered that fact when the ballots
were given him.
SAME Iplfk I SID IN THE BDWfKf
Michael Barry. OF No 81 Bowery, discovered
that some one had voted IN his name. He secured
an order to show cause and allowed to vote.
Peter Rutter. Of No. 1D Mulberry-st.. tried to
vote in the Thrty-sccond Election District OF the
uIl Assembly District. He was told. like the
others that he had voted. some had voted
In his name. IN order to show cause granted.
and he was allowed to vote without return be-
inc made to the writ by the inspectors.
f-harIes T.. Barnes. who Is cghty-two years old
and mas voted ever since he has gained his ma
pnritv lives At No. Howery. lie tried vote In
,he FRS, Election District Of the TIA Assembly
district His experience WAS Ike that OF all the
a,bers Some one had mpcrsonated him, 80 the
,nsnec,ors said IL required writ In this case 10
secure his rights
MANY other men had practically the same expert
onre In nearly every case they allowed 10
10 on the serving OF the order TO show cause.
I, Ia significant fact that not of the in
,,rnor,ors cared that one else had
,yp",.d in the name OF the man who complained
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