New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-03
"HIS MAJESTY" OF GRA TESEND
HOW JOHN Y. M'KANE RULES IN DEfIANOH
OF STATE AND NATIONAL LAWS.
KING, WHOSE Will. Is LAW AND TO WHOM
TIGURES MEAN ONLY WHIT IIE "lsh-o
nan nv -,Ir RACING MEN.

IIGURES MEAN ONLY VIII Vt HI "lSi'-'
PAID BY ME RACING MEN.
It has hitherto been generally supposed anu
in fact recognized in legal documents '"''
Gravesend was a town in the County OF N''s'
and in the State of Now-York, and that ''S e''
ernment was administered according To ''e '""'
Of the State of Ncw-York. subject onN 10 S"''
lawbreakng as was unavoidable. the hi'u VI
men who were prominent in its politicai a''"'
being considered. This. however IL see''''' "
a mistake. Gravesend is not a part Vi '''
United States and the ordinary mcthouS VI
publican government do not obtain 'heie'
is a monarchy. All administrative i"'''
centred IN one John \. Mchane' VII VI
binary occasions. as matter OF convenience
King" McKane allows government to De car
ricd on according TO the forms adopted "' '''
neiahbors In the State of New-York, but he
resumes the right to assume his absolute pow
ers whenever he may deem it recessary'
William ]. Gaynor, who is Il candidate Tor
Supreme Court Justice in the district "hc"
includes Kings County. and was mistakenly
presumed to include Gravesend. sent l" 'r"N'7
end the registry lists. The eighteen III
spectors Of election in Gravesend refuse" "
show the lists unless they had the written oro''
of John Y. McKane II Gravescnd were In TINS
state, this would be one of the most ln'puue''
abuses of power eyer chronicled in 1t. Since II
is not it is. of course, only subject for curious
study. except in one particular. That Is that
king AcKane has way OF throwing 'he
Weight of himself and his subjects into the
s,ile Of the elections held under the laws o'
tHis state. and making his peculiar methods
YIling factors in determining how New-iorK
Shall be governed.
| EFFORTS To RULE THE OUTSIDE WORLD
This is of concern. and justihcs an examna-
ton into tho methods pursued in brooklyn
foreign neighbor to rule the outside world Ac-
cor,ling To the census of 1890. the population oi
Gravesend was G.sS7 Dividing 10y five TO get
the voting population according to the usual
rule the voting population in Gravesend AT
that time Is found L. have been l.5N' Inc
actual number of votes cast that year WIS
1,2Nc. . co.. ,
I'm 1892 according 10 the padded state cen
srs taken under the authority Of the Legs
Iaturo which MAYNARD helped To steal lnei'
were. S4lS men. women and cnldrch ll'l"u.'Is
bedriddcn invllids and infants III arm. w., =,
rl,lng the rule ~ division by hFc, IL "ll""' I,
fhat / sS2 voters might reasonably De supp"sru
~ @ IT,, T., crovcs.rd The number actually
registered was tiF' The irauani'"s ~ ,rh
thus appears To- have amounted !" 2',p., l Inc
/ ac,ugI number of votes cast Tor President Was
. 2ol or 16lS more than. apparently Hll"u,i
have been east In the town. II - pt''S,tls
,a,a,,, ,bot gross frauds were committed last
TaII In Gray.eend and IL T. probable ihat 'h''d
states Dlstrict-Attorney Johnson VIII ''hc S.'i
TO bring to justice tie pers rs VINO t,t,
thes. frauds IL he is unable I" get bls',l,t-
,,,n-rc,, Ridpvav 10 SOC that the vote Is nom
cstIv conducted there this fall ,,,. u.,,,,-
So far tn ruler Of CraN's"lu anu H. ,,H ui,h
r,n,,d a,J ..boodl.' for Body aud MaNharn
and POI L. havn been unler the impression
,bat III. rould continue their course oi hiilo'-
| hoy stutnnz. and they have prepared FOR II on
| larger scale than ever hei"r'. .'s 80, 80
| therc are 6giS names enrolled III ri"N'S'.,"
| over GOO more than half Of In" totni popuh-
e., r,cse ar. III. lists that King McKane
| refuses TO allow Mr Gaynpr 10 copy. ana OF
| which he boas: ID that II Nj. GaYh"r was -
ing about getting them IN NH his r.fsn %wn n MAY Itself
would have hard job Ihis l'i"S"' III ''H'''
! is plain evidence OF iiaud.
| ALL MUST p>Y TrIRJ-rE To THE MASTER
That there should be any attempt at an hon
! est election In Gravcscnd however. would he a
surnrise 10 any one acquainted with that neigh
! borhood McKane Is just much the KING as
! ~ he did II # occasionally pretend to conform I"
! the constitution Of this state. lie controls the
| poce as their chief and by his minions man
| ages the administration Oi All me o'ncr "tP''.-
! ments Of government. Tn -" VINO a" nov pa!
tribute find IT convenient not to do business IN
! Graycscrd The Concy Island Jockey 'lNh. the
Brooklyn Jockey club and the brighton B"ach
| Racing Association all three Of which have
| nrou.rtv I'm his "kingdom." have learned this Ia
| their cost Before the Ives Pool bill became a
| law the associations had 20 depend on III" leni-
! crcv Of the police To- carry on their betting
business In Giav"scnd they found that on"
sure way to avoid trouble was To pay tribute.
! and they paid II
! John y. McKane Is Il builder So long as bet
! ting on racing w"s not legali2cd In this state
| ne always had the contracts for IN" repairs to
fences and buildings AT the racet"acks In Graves
end
The way he has managed his subjects Is
proof that the vD'" Is not honest. In one cleo
tion under the secret ballot iaw ne has beer,
able TO split "A ticket. and with a total vote 81
| less than 2.O0) ctst over 100 for a Republican
for one Office ana then LOO for IA Democrat for
| another.