New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06
HOW TAMMANY MAJOR1TIES ARE MADE

Republicans should vote for all the Constitu- |
tiondl amendments
HOW TAAIMANY MAJORITIES ARE MADE |
GILBERT r. HAYES SHOWS WHERE NEW LEGis
IATIoN Is NEEDED.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Within the last twenty-fo hours e- |
gantic scheme fraud on the part o. Tammany han
has been discovered lay the facts before you I'm or
der that you may warn your readers and Republ- |
cans generally throughout the city. II seems that
Tammany, driven TO desperation this year. and
determined at all hazards to hold 10 her i'll |
gotten spols concoctcd "A plan which. while |
shrcwdly keeping within the letter OF the law |
would enable thousand OF fraudulent votes to be
registered and cast at the coming election. oh |
account OF the close watch kept by the Republicans
and the Good Government clubs on the districts |
below Fourtccnth-si. that field. which has bean
so productive OF fraud In the past. was abandoned
10y the Tammany leaders this year. Instead. they |
have confined their attentions 10 tho uptown dis
,rc,s Hence the large falling OF Of tho registered
vote below Fouriccnth-st and the Increased regis
traton in The uptown districts.
This is tho why tho scheme Is worked. gang |
hcclcrs s hired 10 serve "a repeaters Lodgings
are secured and paid for In advance. FOR one month
before Election Day In some tenement house or |
chcap LODGING house. Each registers In that |
election district. under his some fictitious |
name /, Is not necessary even sleep ono night |
I'm tho place from which they Register. II they |
have only hired "A bed "A room. and declared |
their Intention OF taking up their residence there.
and the odsng house keeper is In collusion with
them. This gang is then taken to another
election district. and the farce Is enacted. |
the men again registering In this other election dis
trct under different names. And 80 the process IL
repeated until the gang has been registered IN
dozen or more different election districts. II II
amos, Impossible TO discover and locate this fraud
without the assistance OF "A large corps OF de- |
tectvcs. and then the matter would prove |
difficult the last day OF registration Is 80 close
TO Election Day. leaving little time in which TO
investigate. You readily se" how easy II II |
for Tammany Hall to work this little game. and
how difficult II * expose H. prevent the fraud
Under the present law the Board OF Registration
Is Obliged 10 register the name OF every man who
presents himself and that he Is Ameri- |
can citizen that he has been resident OF the
state FOR year. Il resident OF the county for
six months and n resident % the election district |
FOR thirty days preceding II inquiry Is made nj
the tcnemen house the lodging house from
%hich he registers tho answer IL returned that
such a man hired lodgings. and
has probably slept there one or two nights and
s. therefore resident within the provisions Of the
statute.
80 wonder then. that Tammany Hall. which de-
r,es it's power from every source OF crime and
corruption. able register and cast every year
from 1900 600 fraudulent votes In the city |
o. Now York. II Is only necessary TO hire few |
OF thcsc gangs OF rcDeaters and make "A compact |
with the disreputablc keepers OF hundred or 80
OF these lodging houses. In order to roll mp one
Of those large majorities OF which Tammany Hall |
Is forever boasting. though 1t evidence |
that the majority OF the citizens prefer Tammany |
rule 70 an honest and decent administration OF |
municipa. affairs. Tomorrow viii determine |
that question definitely. provided have a
fair election.
In order that not be charged with making |
general accusations which cannot be proved allow |
IN civ iie
which ! have In my possession There Is n certain
cheap clearinghouse In the Xllth Assembly DIS |
trc,. popularity known az the Gashouse district |
The normal number OF lts boarders Is about thirty
or forty and IL has accommoda tions for about |
my. From this lodglng-house there are REGISTERED
over one hundred alleged voters FROM ano'hsl
lodging house credbly informed, Their. are
chiefly upon transient guests their dodgers hardly
time and constantly changing the fraud that Is
being practised becomes still more apparent
Observable longer ago than last night i'm
oG the sss G he and
II IL now his possession ! have the utmost CON
aS do ' hs ss S DUTY aGa he
traced out these fraudulent voters to large hex ex
While am on this subject would like to sug-
rest remedy the evils that beset us i Is eyi.
dent that the present Election law Is not sufficiently
49, frauduent voting Thus far Tammany has been
able to beat the law every time IT, as we AL eX-
"A
elected tomorrow | shall advocate legislation look
Ing toward the amendment and Improvement or
our present Election law. In order TO prevent this
false registration. would suggest that In order to
entItle man to register and vote. he should be n
resident of the election district for six months or
M least ninety days. instead of thirty days as the
Law now stands Then | would allow the Two
dominant political parties 10 appoint inspectors ior
,vcrv election district. These inspectors wouid
h,ve the right to challenge any man Offering him
seif for registration. The Board OF Registration
.hould he prohibited from registering the name OF
INV man so challenged. unless he could produce
two renutable witnesses. who would take oath as
70 Tho fnct that had resided In the election ds-
tricf for the time named OF course TINS ~ n
rough outline OF the bill which propose 10 nrait
and have introduced in the Legislature some such
Man as this however. would give us a better OPP
rnrtuuity than have at present 10 look up the
record of suspicious characters desiring to register
end would enable us TO keep their names OF the
hnnks mill we had ascertained positively that they
were ali right and had legal residence In me
",r,ct and were entitled TO vote II might be WELL
also 10 have the registration take place at ieist
,noD,b before election, as to give more Time 10
inonact The lists and discover frauds. .
hone that The Tribune and the press generaIly
r,u take uD this subject and discuss H. as IL ~ OF
,',taI Interest TO every honest citizen VINO mas
rcsnact for the law and wishes 10 preserve the
,u,itv ~ no ballot. would be most happy 10 re-
roive any suggestions that may come 10 me from
go quarter with regard to the proposed rcnehlai
alton 10 enable us to secure honest ciecuons
'eSewYork Nov. 8 1894 GILBERT X HaWES
MKANE NOT YET PARDONED