New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-04
WKANEITES DEFEATED.
v.,r,zrNs. CANDIDATES WIN AT GRAVES
END.
rHB ELECTION PASSES OFF 0'lhrLf-RE-
JoiCING AMONG THE FRIENDS OF
1AN ANn ORDER

,oiC1NG AMONG THE FRIENDS OF
LAW AND ORDER.
rbs election in Gravesend yesterday resulted
- ,.jctorv for law and order. The followers OF
s,,vane the former Car Of the place. being de-
-ooted Although up to midnight all the votes
"a not been counted, there was no doubt as to
49, general result. and the friends of honest
inc and American institutions in the town
~. have been able to assert their influence
,oo the removal Of Mckane to cell in Sing
c,,g Prison. reioiced over the happy outcome
v-rlian, Y. b. Bennett. the Citizens candidate
.,- Supervisor received 166 majority over Peter
T Rumph the ring candidate. DR.. Arthur
C,hor,bers the Citizens nominee fOr Justice OF
.he Peace long term. was the victor by about
,-s majority. and owen f. Finnerty nominated
80 tho Citizers for the short term as Justice
:. tho Peace. is elected by about $50. The exact
o..,l,s as to the other candidates could not be
learned
I, looked something like revival Of old times
,.s,erdav in the town when the kindly looking
-. ao,er,,,ncd form Of Colonel Alexander 5.
pacon was seen to Alght from train. cross the
-.nroad tracks and enter the Town Hall. a
c,ovd surrounded him. The Colonel smiled "a
y. ,usbed his way through the people. who fell
Aock 10
.~o,ss, him. Policemen were on hand in large
-,r,hars and. strange to say. did not drag the
~a,orJ and iostle him. much less club him.
Much surprise was expressed at this on all
S,s.. and the well-known lawyer was scrutinized
carefully 10 see how far he had dlsguiSeu hli''
Golf 10 merit this immunity.
poonle wondered tha; he had not disguised
,imself a. all Last November he was found
Il IN bp a
SON "vthout visible means of support and he
..a. dr4ven ont Of the town by bowling mob
-, -ue,ans who owned the town. and was then
.--ss,ed Colonel Bacon was as much va
.-.p,"-or as a Tammany heeler would say.
.,,ovo-vesterdav as he was in November; yet
Grange 10 say. this bowling mob Of rufiians
didn't touch him. They were there but Their
leaders weren't there. and they do not own that
mart of the State Of New-York any more
INTERFERING WITH COLONEL BACON.
An attempt was made by orderly legal process
70 prevent Colonel Bacon being present. but 1t
did not amount to much. Judge Pratt oi ,"e
cunreme Court in Brooklyn. granted an order
on the application Of a McKane lawyer directing
Colonel Bacon to show cause why he should be
allowed to challenge voters; but before the
rolonel left Gravesend for that purpose the
tpaV
evsn after he did leave the place the order was
vacated. as no complaint had been served ana he
returned once more t. the scene Of his labors'
For an ordinary country place e even three
times the population the incidents Of yesterday
would be considered exciting, while the voting
was going on: but for place like Gravesend
neonle said that II was very fat. indeed. one
man expressed il graphically when he exclaimed
hetveen his hiccoughs: "Set em up again. The
town is disgraced.'
"p, McKane's inpr!sonmentc" suggested the
reporter
"No but for having imprisoned him. he
answered with a surly look on his face. Such
Is an example Of the moral perversion of mems
minds, which the magn influence Of Mckane
and his band Of conspirators have wrought on
the inhabitants
The followers Of the fallen chief were ont in
large numbers. FOR the town elections were taking
place Vacancies were TO be filed. occasioned
neither BY the death nor retirement of anybody.
THE spectacle of d whole town government
in JAIL" said well-known citizen of Brooklyn TO
the writer was thought to be reserved for
opera-boufe 1t is Kings County history"
Those whohad to follow him. but who could not be
called his followers were out in large numbers.
TOO. They called themselves the "C!tI2ens
League. and one could recognize them by the
blue badges they Wore They had big wagons
nying 10 and fr1 al day. decorated with flags.
and they all seemed 10 breathe freely ana To talk
IKE men from whom q great weight. which had
peen pressing them down. had been removed.
The McKanitcs called themselves the Regular
Democratic Organization" and wore white
badges, typical of the immaculate purity" for
which they stand
WHAT THD POLICEMEN TRIED TO 30.
The policemen helped the McKane men as much
as they could, but the vigilance of Colonel Bacon,
VINO was employed as a watcher by the Citizens
COMMITTEE obliged them to keep their pernicious
aclvty somewhat within bounds But they rode
around in the wagons with McKane "hcelers.'
ana showed Mckane thugs" from the Bowery
On Coney Island where to get McKane pastors.
i' Was probably the last expiring gasp OF illegal
interference with voters. and there was nobody 10
feprlmahd the cops for their uncalled for inter
terence. Poic,> Captain Hindman didn't. But
Ien , II wasn't fair 10 expect too much from him.
ne Is the man who testified on the stand at the
s .idi oi MS boss that ne commanded the police
,urse, M, out he couldn't tell how many men ne had
sl' rtue' hlln. or now much paw they received or
VINO paid them or anything The Captain Is a
wonderful man. and ne "nocked alone" good
eeai OF the time yesterday, because he dslikes 10
answer questions How could | know anything
avout anything | don't know anything about
~ - the sum and substance of all the informa-
uol 70 be obtained from this remarkable man
M ~ orass buttons and blue. 10 whose care the
Su.e Mes and property Of the people of a populous
district are committed
AZ the head Of the big posters which the Citi-
1ens League had out were the words: Reform
I,,,l0rm. reform" The wooden boxes where the
%1chane people were peddling pastors were
p,astered with larger posters still. giving the
' Snes or their candidates follows:
Eos Superyisor-for Full Term
PETER H. RIMPH
For Supervisor-to hl a Vscancy
PETER II. RUMVH
For Justice 81 the PEACEFUL Term.
JOHN MCMAHON.
For Justice of the Peace-to Nl a Vacancy
JOHN G. FRIEDRICH
For Assessor
HENRY r. WILLIAMS
For Conmissioner Of Highways
WILLIAM z. JOHNSON
For Commissioner of Excise
LEO LOESING.