New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-25
SAMPLE MACHINE METHODS.
HOW lid DISTRICT REPUBLICANS HAVE
BEEN BETRAYED.

PERFORMANCES or DENNIS SHEA, THE fohMT'
LEADER OF THE DISTRICT AND NOW THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE
or rnIRTY-wHAT THE ANTI
MACHINE ORGANIZATION
HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
HEADQUARTERS OF the Republican Organization OF
the city and County Of New-York
July "a, 1894.
To the Republicans OF the State.
On Saturday morning this organization puDlsned
nm exposure OF the Bliss primary elections IN the
With Assembly District. It occupied nearly TWO
pages OF The Tribune It was most exhaustive
in character Tha name and address OF every
one OF tho 500 men who II claimed voteh III
the Interests of the Committee OF Thirty were
printed together with the results OF an ihVesuea-
ton that had been made In the case OF each IN
d,vdual It was shown that OF the 500 votes al
legged 10 have been cast. no less than 2Si were
Democrats; 10 were members Of the Tammany Han
C;encrol or District committees; 20 were enrolled
In the State Democracy, and their names can De
found in tho County Clerks Office as having voted
last month at that ORGANIZATIONS primaries ~
persons made affidavit that they never voted %
more say the same; and no less than 2iO names
that appeared on the Bliss voting list cannot be
found in the city registry OF the district Tor 1873
In brief no less than 90 per cent OF said voting
list was impeached by facts and figures which
admit OF no successful contradiction
-Four days have elapsed since this Indictment OF
the Bliss primaries was flied; but no attempt has
been made ND to last night dispute It's correct
ness. Mr. Hilllard. the former lender OF the dis
trct and It's present representative In the Bliss
oryanization made n feeble protest that MT. HUI
Der our interchangeable leader In the With. was not
n competent person to draw this Indictment;
but made no effort 10 dispute Its findings Inc
only pretence that has been made 70 onset IL Is
that the With District Is not fnr sample Of the
others We insist that II is; and that the fraudu-
lent practices which enabled the old organization
to swell the lists for the Committee OF Thirty
there were employed In Ike manner for like pur-
poses IN all the other Assembly districts. Some
are even worse-as. for example. the Id
This was the Democratic banner district last
November thanks TO the untiring efforts % the
Tantnany leader Mr.. Diver. and the incompetency
and treachery of the old machine. then presided
over by Dennis Shea BY virtue Of his connection
with the Committee OF Thirty Mr.. Shea still re-
mains in charge OF that organization In this DIS
trct. but never. trust and believe. VIII he and
Mr.. Diver again achieve such phenomenal results
a. they I'D the last election.
The returns from the Id District grow more
and moro amazing by contemplation. In 1892 which
was not a good Republican year In the district. the
total vote was H. 800. the Republicans receiving
222t and Cevelands plurality being 6slZ In 1873
however In a Republican tidal wave year. the total
vote was r. i06 Palmer securing only l.2SS while
Meyers vote reached $3.50. Thus there was an
increase in the total vote Of LOG Republican loss
OF 9l6 with Democratic gain Of 1882. In other
words the Democratic strength Of 800 In 1872 rose
IN 1893 TO almost 400 Thousands Of fraudulent
votes were and counted for the Democratic
ticket In this district thus neutralizlng the ma
jori;les OF entire Republican counties But MI
oliver was not satisfied 70 reduce the Republican
vote; hc aspired annhate II. and In some or his
election districts this he appeared 70 have actu-
ally done The election, 50 far as RepubHcans
were concerned. under M Shea's leadership. was
n farce In eleven poling-places In The Diver
shea districts Tammany was credited with 36b
votes tho Republicans Hlth 20. In three OF those
election districts the Eighteenth. Nineteenth ana
Twenty second not a single Republican vote was
credited not even the votes OF the Republican
election officers. while In the Twenty-hrst ana
Twentv-third districts only one Republican vote IL
on record In each district
We invite Republicans up the state 10 inspect the
following official returns: