New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-28
AGAINST THE FARQUHAR ACT
THE GRAND JURY'S PRESENTMENT.
4 Recommendations THAT THE LEGISLATURE

| 4 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE LEGISLATURE
REPEAL THE MEASURE
The Grand jury yesterday handed pr'Seh'he"
to Recorder Smyth I'm Part OF trneral ''Ss'o"'
which denounced the Farqular Election Ihsp''"''
act In most cmphatc terms In spite Of the weeks
that have elapsed since Election Day, when INC "
nature OF the measure clearly denoh''ra''u'
this action Is not urtmer. for 1t was compiled WIN
a recommendation that the Legislature repcal tue
law.
The abuses possible under the system Of having
two Democratic and Republican Inspector w''
graphically described at the Union League 'mo ny
| General c. II. r. Coils after the election he
told the many Instances I'm which the law hou pe'"
violated before his eyes at the Cherry Hin poIhs
place where he was watcher for the kcpu"hc"h
Club General Coils was summoned to appear before
the Grand Jury TO repeat his story In consequence
Of It, the entire board of Inspectors OF the polling
place Indicted.
Many other watchers OF tho Republican 'hp 81"
lbe law diSregar,lcd in similar ways. LuciuS f.
fhittendcn ploced before the DlsrictAttorney the
facts concerning fraud which he had seen on Eecuoh
Day. This material was referred To the present "ahd
Jury. which found the following prescnlm"nt
I'VE believe that the violation of the election laws
I'm the Id Assembly District were due chehy 10 .he
defect in the so-callcd Farqular act Of 1885,: THIS
act was an amendment to section $3.50 Of 'hap''r
40 laws 81 1850 whereby the bipartisan character
~ tbn hoard of inspectors Of election was changed
hv reducing the number OF Republican inspectors from
two 10 one, and allowing the number oi pr""c'"'o
INSPECTORS TO stand. With this partisan poru 'ne
two Democrats may, CT course outvotc the one hcP'"
uc?n thus giving the former n great advantage over
thc latter not only IN all disputes arising over inc
registration law but also In the receiving ana can
voe.ipc ~ votes on Election Day. Moreover, u"
SINGLE Republican inspector at th" late erection WIS
generally on duty from 6 In the morning hhnI hi,'r
midnight He was not expected to leave the Po'i'
, lunch or dinner and We believe that such constant
conGnrmcn. IS very severe and prevents inc SihEi'
Republican inspector from properly diScharglhs Ms
duties. .
:. ,ccord,ncIv we recommend the repeal OF the said
raroubor act and We respectfully request the re-
enactment cf the said original section 800 OF ''p''r
40 Of +Ic laws Of 1ss3. that the bipartisan
character Of the election boards in the city OF new
York may be restored
.To This cnd We further recommend the passage Of
tbc bill introduced the first day Of the session ="
the Legislature by Aspnnll relating to section
,-3O Of Chapter 40 Of the laws Of ls72 aforesaid
The Grand Jury is composed Of the following lhcir
home addrc ses being given: julius Caln. mrfchNt'
40. 10 East Forty -iifth-s. foreman "lllam L.
sidmorc retired. NO 40 West l1ftysccond It.. secfc
tary William Morrison. retired. No. 90 West iofN-
.cvnntl-.t Moritz Meyer retired No. a4i WcSi fny
nfh u. Philip Mllgan president. No, i;5"i hipn
way: James Young. president. No. III w. HEF,
faIrth~t. william &. Lyon. r'tir'd. No. "a FL,
ri,bi vsNth.,t: Louis :. Hrush retired. No 40 West
seventeenth t.. George l.. Jewru. metals, No. 20
rifthave.: Henry simpson. real o'iaic. No. so
Wc.t Thirty eichth-,f: Emanuel lin teln merchant.
No. II EaI Fiiiy seventh ST.: Levi Irwinsood in,nr
ancc 40 100 East Eighty -fourihN Jane, g. Poillon
,Iripwrlsht 80 ia souih.'i: Ernest i'hrnihh'.
,ir.. So 10 ras Forty ninth ST.. George de Forr II
Grant retired. No. Il Gram"rcy Park DIN J. spell
man hatrl. Clarendon Hotel Jo-rph WALKER le'hk"r
~ 80 fIrhavc.: lame -lai"r. hotel 10. - Est
I,ycriictl 81. Edwin l.. Mortified. hotel. Pelham,
:, 1;rorrc I,sol broker No. - West Thirty ninth
II . ohgrlc~ = Fischer. pianos. 40. 10 VT Fifv-
cithlh.,t ana Charlie H. liichoA. z iin merchant
i:;3 Produce Exchange.