New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-14
TOLERATE SUCH AN AFFRoNT7


WERE FINED-wILL HONEST CITIZENS
TOLERATE SUCH AN AFFRoNT?
The Tammany bosses and workers will be at
their old tricks at the coming election, trying
I to defeat the will OF the people by means OF
fraudulent votes. They have already apparently
forgotten the warning which was given to them
early in the year when number OF the election
officials who implicated in the frauds last
fall were indicted and were convicted and sent
70 prison or were let off with fines when they
pleaded guilty. 1t ascertained yesterday
that the police already had found evidence OF
fraudulent registration from some of the cheap
lodging houses in the B2wery. where there has
been Illegal colonization in past years 1t Is plain
that the Tammany workers intending to make
use Of some Of those same houses this fall. They
have even had the audacity to cause the ap-
pontment OF two Tammany inspectors OF election.
in one Of the worst election districts Of the city,
who pleaded guilty and were fined with other
election officers early in the year.
Charles Gross and Gustave Heyman are the
two Tammany inspectors Of election serving In
the Second Election District Of the lid Assem-
bly District in the heart of the odging-house
part of the city They served in the same ca
pacity at the election last fall. and later they
were indicted for official neglect OF duty CAL
culated to increase the Tammany vote In the dis
trct. In the Court of oyer and Terminer they
pleaded guilty, and each of them was sentenced
by Judge Barrett to pay fine Of 500 Ii may
be interesting to know how men who had con-
fessed their own guilt could be made to pass
muster again as mer Of good character, ana
be appointed to preside at the ballot box so
soon. The law, under which the Police COM
missioners appoint the election officers reads:
Al persons appointed inspectors OF election &c, on
poll clerks ballot clerks 81 be ctlzens pL 'ns
United states. and OF the S.aie OF New orK, Ti
good character ana able 10 rsau 1uaed
voters OF said city and not eandiaa,Ges yes ,h tol 1 d
ton district for which they shall be appointed
HOW THE MEN WERE APPOINTED.
The Tammany lists of men to be appointed as
election officers were received by the Police COM
missoners from the Tammany Executive Com
mittee Of which Commissioner Martin is the
,hairman and the committee received the names
from the Assembly district leaders. State
Senator Timothy d. Sullivan. better known To
his friends and associates Dry Dollar Sulli-
van Is the Tammany boss in the Hid Ass ernbly
District. Most OF the names OF the men on the
Tammany list in that district came TO him iToh
election district captains When the Ponce
Commissioners received the lists they sent them
to General ROdenbough. Chief Of the Bureau OF
Elections who caused his clerks to MAKE OUT
a
The blanks were sent 10 the captains or pohce
FOR character reports In the course OF time
Captain Cortright, at the Eldridge-st police sta
tion received the blanks for most OF the men
who be- appointed as election ofncers In
the lid Assembly District Two Of the blanks
had ON them the names and addresses OF Gross
and Heyman They given to Policeman {.
r. Young. who directed TO 20 out ana get
the information indicated in printed par igrdph
at the top OF each blank The paragraph az
rects strict inquiry to be made OF reliable parties
in regard 10 the character OF the person named
on the blank When the policeman had made
his strict inquiry" and had returned the blanks,
filled out. of them read IN part as follows:
Name Charles Gross: residence. No. 80 Bowery:
character. good age. thirty; occupation, Jerk. Is
h" employed In National. state or City Govern
IInyestigated By G. r. Young Eleventh Precinct
In the case OF Gustave Heyman. living at No
1872 Canal-st. the character was also given as
good" and the occupation was manufactures
of syrIps" There no remarks"
When all Of the blanks were returned to Police
Headquarters. General Rodenooughs clerks
checked of the names on the lists and the cleo
ton officers were appointed by the Commission
ers and every Tammany inspector Of election
had a certificate Of good character.
40 VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT.
NJ. 80 Bowery is the Pacify Hotel a cheap
LODGING house for men. Gross could not be found
there by Tribune reporter last evening, but
other persons in the place said that Gross lived
there and an inspector OF election. he
they said. and was 4 Tammany man. Ihere
seemed to be n mystery connected with his regu-
lar employment as his presence at the "hotel
was uncertain. and was believed TO work
mostly "on the outside" His acquaintances
knew that ne had been in some trouble on ac-
count OF the election last fall. and had been
fined.
Hcyman was found at the old frame building
No. lO2 Canal-st., at the door OF which was a
sign announcing furnished rooms to let. He said,
with a look ~ triumph. that he was duly quail
o. I tpGr ~ he
about his fine and his plea Of guilty.
Police Captain Cortright was shocked when ne
heard that Gross and Heyman had been re-
ported men OF good character by one OF MS
policemen after they had pleaded guilty ana
had been fined. He said such character reports !
never would have been forwarded from his |
station if he had suspected anything OF the |
kind and he declared that he would call Police
man Young to account for making such reports. !
"DRY DOLLAR" SULLIVAN OUT OF SIGHT
The Hon" DRY Dollar Sullivan was not
at his liquor store in the Bowery last evening.
one OF his lieutenants said he had sent a |
dispatch from some distant place, saying tnat
he could not meet man at the store accoroine
To a previous appointment. The lieutenant ue-
clared that the Senator probably had not brought
his active mind t. bear upon the appointment OF |
Gross and Heyman. even II he was aware OF the
existence of the two men. He called other leu
tenants who knew the two inspectors or cleo |
ton and were ready to declare that they were |
men of good character and "al right Tammany |
men" They explained that Gross and Heyman |
had only made little mistake-really. they had |
not Intended To do anything wrong There were
more ballots in the box than there were voters
in the district last fall. the lieutenant said and
1t was necessary to burn up some OF the ballots |
to make the count straight The law said that |
IL was the duty of the inspectors To put all or
the ballots back I'm the box. and then let man
turn his back to the box and draw out the bal |
lots which must be destroyed but the in
spectors chose to select the ballots for destruc-
ton as they were spread out on the table Did
they select any Tammany ballots for the fire? |
Wen hardly. but they did not know they were
violating the law. 1t just a little mistake.
and when they were indicted they pleaded guilty
in order to escape going TO prison like some OF
the inspectors who stood trial. They got on
again this year.
Perhnns the Police Commissioners. when they