New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-29

RESULT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEES
INQUIRY IN THE WITH SENATE
DISTRICT.
IT'S REPORT WILL CONTAIN CONVINCING TESTl'
MONY SHOWING GROSS FRAUD IN BEHALF
or THE DEMOCRAT IN RICHMOND
COUNTY AND GRAvEsEND-Ar-
TITUDE OF SENATOR'S REY-

TITUDE OF SENATOR'S REY-
NOLDs AND BRADLEY.
| Albany. Jan 2s CspeciaD-There are two members
If the Stat, Senate who will be watched with the
closest attention during the next few days. Ihey
are Of opposite political faith. but both OF theh
/ were elected the Republican ticket ana oy i'e-
uub!ican votes. Both come from bfooA'y"' p"t
brooklyn people will not be alone IN their scrutiny
Of the votes of these men on the quesl'oh ., u'-
! seating State Senator John McCarty. Every lover
Of Justice and every believer in good government
! will read with Of the actions or tne9e '"o
men They are William II. Reynolds VINO icP'c-
scnts the lld Senate District. and Daniel Brauiey'
: VINO represents the With District Senator heyho"S
! t. q Republican while Senator Bradley has oeeh
Democrat OF long standing. but last IAN the a'teI
was the nominee Of the Republicans ana WIS e'e''e"
by their votes. Senator Bradley makes ho pre-
tence of being anything else than Il democrat p"I
he Il an independent one in great many RESPECTS
Senato or bradley said on Thursday, wheh asNeu ho"
he would in the McCarty case that ne Ia" H,'
up until O'Clock that morning reading inc
mony in the case and expected to fnish II the ioF
! lowing night lie added that it was his intention
70 vote ~ the testimony directed. In other ""'t'
no gave the impression to those with whoin ne
| talked that he would vote to unseat senator W
Carly II 1t could be shown that he was eiec'eu ny
! fraud ,,,oo
The testimony taken by the Senate Commute
on Privileges ard Elections was reported 10 u.
| Senate on Thursday of last week. on the hish.
before II was carefully examined at the CAUCUS y,
| Republican Senators. which senators owens an,
REYNOLDS refused TO attend, and 1t showed pey''i'
| question that Senator McCarty held the seat l"
| which Henry Wolfcrt had been honestly anu ~
.,Il, elected When the contest for the seat "Ilch
| the Democratic State Board Of CanVass'rs '""''''
| TO John McCarty. in the face II the glir'"8 -.
| Of ,;ravesend anl of Richmond county VIZ "
| taken up II was the determination OF IN" l'p""'
can members of the upper house to aiiord ''""''i
,c1rtv all the opportunities possible to snow 'hiI
he had just and legal claim 70 the seat, III n'9
! had since January 70 do TINS. i'"'l'e' "''"
! hearings have been held. and no man u'S'''"" "
l,rr tho truth and To reach just and proper con-
| c,,sion can read the testimony without pe'o"'"6
| ,r,irce1 that Henry Wolferts plurality over
! Ncc,r,v f. equal to the plurality returned 10y inc
| election officials In favor OF the Deno''"'1 ''''
| date. .,., ,.,,.,.rv
rf,s, s-u,,, Committee had not gone to Gravesen1
! AZ all :, could present report showing '"'t III
/ t.t..,,.rI Comfy alone enough Illegal Noie' nI'
! No., c,st f,r the Democratic ticket - give Nc
car,y an apparent plurality portion of the ''s,'-
! ronv vh.ca the committee has presenter ~ wv
S.nnt. contains the evidence of the cas-; o'''-"' '
| ,, s,,r.une court 20 show that Michael Mc'iH.F"'
n. r.,tine Member OF Assembly from staten i7i'''
c,s f-,ulu.ent,- elected This testimony shows mat
IN The town OF Cisileon a.one more tnan 20 woes
vs,r, Illegally cast In the e"tir" senate H@'Tl'' -
r,r,v gets plurality 81 only eighty eight - ' -
Z f,Iu. D. be-
even y the hundreds u fraudulent votes when Jo"h
| Y. Mechanics followers cast or returned Cor Nc
| carly In Gravcscnl are not questioned
,rh. majority r.portof thr Scna.c Committee VIII he
prs. M M To- the senate tomorrow night IN All pFop'-
! hulty Senator Pound. Of Iockport' the '"'''l""'
| and Senator Mull!n. ~ WATERFOWL Inc "'"'' ~
,uhllc,n member have been working on the report
,r rho LAST few days ami they expect 80 nav" II
| ready for presentation at that time IL VIII l""Ne
| Interesting reading but IL cannot be more '"'''
.stlug fhAn are the bare questions ana answers P"'
| "a and returned by the various witnesses WIN w.
| ,lned before the committee. The Senate 'oilin'''
| h.r,n the work ~ investigation with hchf'h"
| c,u,,v and plenty Of testimony was produced 10
sh,,, mat repeat-rs had voted on IN" names Oh me"
who had once been inmates Of Slll9r mug rra'
| har and who now either are u'''' nav ~
,v.av or were absent from the state on Hi'''"n
-, M, ,o,,,,r, shows also that men were registered
| a., S,ti,r,s Snug IIarbor who had never been IN
o,.s y, ,ho institution and that their names We're
voted on II also is shown by the testimony OF
democratic election officials that the list OF voters
| was In great part made up before any WV
been taken on Election Day!
TIKI, COMMITTEE GOES TO GR\NEstND.
,,,.r thoroughly examining into the manner In
,ht,b tho election had been conducted IN h'chmohN
| roun,v and showing beyond question that many IL
| lec,l votes bad been cast or returned "'' 'o'"
rni,t.o went over 10 Grav'seni MUCH ~ '''
| ,,,r,, ,rhi,h the committee listened 10 there -
4
| NcKane The committee In making the Hl''S"A'
ton Of the election there confined rs euortH aHn(
to securing an exact account o. b..rS On Election
was done by Mckane anu ms ne' S UU t1ecti,n
! I,av and T. showing that In the S.'oi I',i
iris - h,v" been cast 10 read the tes-
! tiiuouy ~ the various Witnesses WIN II ,,r =
/ ci.,rlv that there was conspiracy 10 ron up Il
ltr,,s volt. FOR an of the Democratic candidates anu
that 1t carried out win nmb'4 HE 81. o.
G,n hr@ c,H,onS r was impossibe to poll from
lftf
tcst voting at which this hgn rae OF Sp,"l va" IN
Uro"llyn Everything WAS in readiness there wsre
no challenges and there was no iAsung OF 10y
! ~ amy sort and only few names hId 10 De i''k'I
M on the N.ts. Under these conditions tweniiE-
seven volts Wore pG ac III d |t the TIM" and they
! knew beforehand iust what was expected oi theih'
,rct Of Graycsend and at the rate oi one vote
1 minute for the ten hours that the p"IS were open
iiut II must not be overlooked that this could have
foyorable on the registry lis. for this election
| dstrc, there were 200 names. Every time
sen in dndns it and Checking ii OF. Then there
were four five tickets in the ned ana ne p .
BALLOTS not voted handed to the ballot clerk.
ne slec ISah o Mr cn ns' in the econG Election
| District in o;ravcsend on last Election Day. This
n e6ar lSgF i arc "e in h@ entire staff
| cast this number OF votes; voting must haNr sQnr
| on constantly there could have been 30 challenging
| and men must have tImbed over one another III
order to get their votes IN 'h g h + tooTs
| that In his opinion The number OF esai voters Ill
| the Second Election District was ~ lilS partner
Richard Schcrmerhorn. thought that 1t might ID"
| 800 Both MIR Noorhls and Mr. Schermerhorn de-
| clarcd that they no lines Of voters formed at
any time in the day. Their testimony IN that re-
! spect was strengthened by Charles toverton. the
| Editor Of "The Kings County Journal The polls
! opened at 6:3S a. m. at Gravesend. and when Mr..
Coverton voted (his number the pol-list was. 6E)
! they had been open a litt" less than three hours
This would De voting at ia" rate Of ~ an honr Tor
| the six booths. or an average or over j." a
minute for each booth. THIS would allow every
voter less than one and one-half minutes IN wnirh
/ 10 20 through the process of voting, an absolute
impossibllity as voters run at ordinary el'ctlohS
HOW THE REGISTRY LIST WAS SWEILED.
The method employed by McKane and his fol-
! lowers to "A large registry list on which To
vote his hcelers ls aptly shown by the testimony
| of Charles Foster. II Is In part as follows:
| Q-Whcrc do you reside? A.St Nicholas Hotel.
Coney Island.
! ave, Ncw-YOrk city
! O You vote in New-York CITY? A-Ycs sir