New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-03
FRAUD MUST NOT TRIUMPH.

The Brooklyn campaign OF education has
ended. The fieht with election thieves has be-
GIN. Mayor Body and his partisans have
made no attempt to reply to the destructive
criticism with which the Ring administration
has been overwhelmed. They have sncaked
ont of every controversy: they have scutted
from every issue Of fact; they have been
slenced all alon; the line. In full retreat be-
fore the victorious rcformers the Ring ana tang
have fallen back upon their repeaters and eiec-
ton criminals If they cannot argue. they can
cheat. and with their Doodle wrung from ofllce-
holders, saloonkcepers. gamblers and the patrons
of prize fights they are making desperate at
tempt to carry the election.
That is the situation. The Reformers have
won this canvass on the merits OF the arsu-
ment They have the votes for elccting thcir
candidates for Mayor, Sheriff and Justice OF
the Court of Appeals. and for defeating May
nard by wiping out the usual Democratic ma
jorty in Kings County. They may be swindled
out of their victory by election frauds boldly
planned ard recklessy executed.
John V McKane's agents attempted when
summoned before Judge Cullen to sneak out
of their responsibility for registering over G'ooV
voters when the total population Of Gravesend
is only 5000. Technical issues will be or no
avail Pettifogging tricks will not save Nc
Kane. The registry returns furnish conclusive
evidence of a deliberate conspiracy 10 secure
the casting and counting Of large fraudulent
vote Any court which fails TO support Mr..
Gaynors demand for copies Of the lists Will he
convicted Of completely in election fraud. ANY
officials who dare to stand In the way of meas
ures for the prevention Of Illegal voting or bal
lot-box stufing. either in Gravesend or in
Brooklyn, will be known as notorious accom-
pliccS Of election criminals. Honest men in
Kings County are aroused. and they have taken
counsel from the best lawyers in Brooklyn.
They are looking to the courts and the District
Attorneys Office for measures Of redress and
protection They are determined to have cleo
ton crimes prevented by all the resources OF
law. and those guilty of them put In striped
Jackets Neither ~Jobn y. Mckane nor Boss
Mclaughlin, nor any member Of the Board OF
Elections, can afford to mistake the temper OF
an outraged community.
II the boxes ut Grayescnd are stuffed with
ballots cast in the names Of bogus voters regis
tered on fake lists. somebody is going to suffer
for it. If the Doodle Is expended in hiring re-
peatcrs to violate the law in scores Of election
districts, the men responsible for this dirty
work as well as the venal agents employed by
them will have TO pay the penalty for their
crimes If any members Of the Board OF Elcc-
ton cOnnivc at fraud and lawbrcaklns their
doom will be sealed. 1t will not be safe for
any politician or official in Kings County to be
the patron Of election thieves this year.
Members of the City Hall gang are now boast
Ing that unless Mr.. Schercn can have clear
majority of at least 10000 next Tuesday on the
vote actually cast he will not be elected Mayor.
That is a cynical and brutal confession that
they expect that more than 10000 illegal votes
will be cast for Mr. Body, the Doodle can
didatc Democratic politicians and criminals
may take notice that this foul work will be
done at their peril. They will be watched,
tracked and put where they belong.