New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-28

| BY THE POLICE-AREFST OF NE""'"'
THE EXTENT OF TIE FUND.
| The BROOKLYN Ring Is engaged IN d uea'''
struggle with the reform elements wnich nav
| united in the effort to make '""'' va
| Scheren Mayor, and cast from power '"o ~, y
| who for eight years have fattcne" y"
| spoils OF office and retained their hoiu y" 49, Wv
! city by blackmail intimidation ana lrauu' ~
same methods are being used no" "' "
! former elections. The liquor dealers "'c w.
the tradesmen are inundated, ana the o'''..
holders are assessed for the funds WITH VIM.
TO purchase the floating popuiauo"' anu ~
bribery roll up large vote IN "ai"'
the Democrats have complete control
The work Of assessment and intimidation mas
already begun BY election day Traces VI
bribery may confidently be looked for. ana al
the same time the police registers S"oo' -
scanned for the names Of poor negroes ar
rested on frivolous and trumped-up charges
only to be discharged when it is too iate io'
them TO cast their votes The arrest OF the
negroes has been one Of the most outrageous
features Of the Rings methods. Last year II
was carried on shamefully. The same course
will be followed this year If the Repupic"''
managers are not watchful and careful TO pro-
tect the rights of all the citizens.
PERSECUTION BEGUN BY THE POLL L.
Already complaints are pouring In that inc
police are intimidatng Republican taoes'"e''
In the Twenty-hrst Ward butcher NAME"
Hoffman has "A shop at Iiart-st. ana lo'"pNi"'
ave \ policeman few days ago miuE sue
restod that he take down a Schieren picture
from his window, and it came DOWN "e'
man grocer in the Third Ward declared for
Schieren. and a policeman ordered MN -
remove his vegetables from the 'front.' oi INV
store where he had long been accustoiie" u
place them for the inspection OF customers
Policemen have requested that pictures W
taken down from Gluckners furniture store III
Myrtlc-ave and from Lehr's barber shop' III
,Toupkins-ave few days ago the case OF
a Republican LIQUOR dealer was noted WI" was
arrested while cleaning up his shop on sunday
though the place not open, whiie AZ '"c
same tine numerous contributors to the coners
Of the Ring openly sold liquor and were uh-
disturbed.
The liquor dealers are being heavily taxed
in this campaign. Boss" Cofrey. Of the Twet'h
Ward on Wednesday night called on the hquor
dealers Of whom there are about zoo IN MIR
rrirc,noIitv TO assemble and listen to him
only about forty obeyed and they recei'ei
. eood lecture on the delinquency OF their
| fellows ana tnr necessity pl 'DHNiN"''t ~ 49,
Roodv Doodle fund John Delmar has been
sending out letters to his serfs in the twenty
second Ward calling for aid and urging that
the campaign has been expensive.
Another valuable source Of boode is tho pocK-
cts Of Office holders There something Ike
6 O0o oficc-holders in Brooklyn who are abso-
utclv the creatures II Hugh Mclaughlin ana
the oligalchy that assemblies at Kerrgan's. Oi
| A.
but that makes y. dinerencc. The oiilrc-hold'
ers are extremely glad TO contribute Vo.rn
| tarilv" II - not hard 10 raise corruption
fund Of $4,000 among the onice-toldeis' ana
az the ordinary market rates for votes among
/ The Rings rncrc"narics this should mean 10
| 0on vof.s \ good deal - money however
goes to line the pockets of inicrmcdiarr"' anu
| that many votes cannot be counted upon N'I
enough will reach the 'nOHt'rs 10 make
substantial element I'm the Ring vote. II mor'
is needed T. is easy 10 wiring II out "i inc
onicc-hollrrs and the creatures held IN awe
| by tho blackmailinB operations oi the rN''S'
| Board.
orrIcEHolDERS HEAVY CONTRIBUTORS
II is matter OF common rumor that Office
| holders whose salaries are $1,000 or less are
| assessed at | per cent Of their Incomes ane
those having over 81 900 a 2 per cent. Thcr
the high officials contribute In larger measure
! to sw.u the corruption fund. The Doodle Is Ill
| NifeI tld' J. tpTS HNl an dpl'"i W ''''''
from one source Some is spent by the loca
committees and some by the General Com
| mite, II all however. goes to the sam" end
The rolling up of a fraudulent vot" for Body.
The Brooklyn Eagle" has estimated this
/ wear that the Ring is levying as much as Al
! average Of , per cent on all city ana county
salaries. ana IT has prepared the foowinl
table showing the extent oil the corruption
! fund.
Annual gayroll Of cSun'y rrcas"rcr" office 81, a.
Annual payroll OF city Treasurer office.
900 6Db-a assessment per cent............. G9Cs
Contributed by business men.................. l1"'
Contributed by private persons. not Office ~.
holders -''''
Total ...................'
This gives some idea Of the extent To which
the gathering of doodle has been carried !
| * raised shamclessly The Ring thinks II onl,
| RIGHT that those who hold Office by it's favo
should contribute to its support. II also think
| that as liquor dealers get favors by contrib
| utinc they should contribut" with joy. and no
! cnmplain II they are annoyed when they rcfus
TO be blackmaed. II mus, be confessed tha
they have reason to feel touchy on tho subject
| in view Of the money spent for liquors durini
! tho Columbian celebrations The Brooklyn Demo
! cratic club has Just issued q statement of th'
money spent in that way II reads as follows:
These bills for the Columbian celebration wer
! presented to Mayor David 4 Boody for paymcn
out Of the money contributed by the poor rent
/ payers Of this city;
T. J. Montague. liquors. s3l
clarendon Hotel. nquors.................... 81
/ Lanes O'Connor iqiiors s...................,, 20
George f. Miller liquors.................... 2s9
TOTAL S-oo"
Mayor Bpody authorized the payment OF eacl
| Of these bills. His defence IL, II did not know
| what they were for
was 1t not his business To hnd out? II 1t ha'
| been his own money instead of yours, would h
! not have investigated those bills?
TESTING TORPEDO DEFEyCE VETS
Newport. r. l., Oct. 1.-THE only submarine gI
I'm the world. so far naval authorities en-
Iightened. tried again this afternoon. Fries
sons Destroyer at the torpedo station was warpe
,n,o posifion and her bow was directly on "A lin