New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-03
DUNPHY LEAVES TAMMANY.
roo NAVY ELECTION FRAUDS.
HE AND CROKER ALSO DIFFERED ON THE
WILSON BILL
THE TAMMANY CONGRESSMAN TELLS SOME
VERY PLAIN TRUTHS ABOUT TAM
MANY ELECTION METHODS. AND SAYS
HE HAS LOST FAITH IN THE BIG

HE HAS LOST FAITH IN THE BIG
CHIEFS WISDOM AS Po-
LITICAL LEADER
Washington. March 2-Representative Dun
ply. Of New-York. to-day sent the Following
letter to the chairman Of the Tammany Hall
General Committee resgnng his position as
a member OF that committee:
.'House of Representatives
"Mashington, March 2 1894.
"Hon. Nicholas T. Brown. chairman OF the
Tammany Hall General Committee Of the
Second Assembly District
Dear S'r: This is my resignation from the
General Committee Of Tammany Hall. resign
for these reasons:
For three consecutive terms nave Oee.'
chosen a Representative in Congress. IN edc''
Of nv Congressional campaigns, as my Demo
cratic neighbors well know. have been an out
spoken advocate of fair, honest elections.
..In Congress | have fit and taken a specia'
interest in the repeal Of the Federal Election
laws. because realized that the greatest pilNi-
Iere Of citizenship was the right to vote
firmly believed that my constituents would al
wavs approve of every act of mine which tended
to maintain the honor. dignity, sanctity ana
a0ecti, eness Of the ballot. | believe so stlll.
"a Democratic Congress. but a few weeks ago.
rassed a bill repeating those Federal Election
Laws The Democrats Of the House and Senate
stood as a unit in favor Of the repeal Of those
oh,ovious laws because they knew that those
laws were not intended 10 promote honest VOTING
or the. honest counting OF votes. ThoSe laws
were intended and always used to Interfere
with honest voters and 70 prevent 1aT returns
,rh hil ronealing these Federal Election laws
h,s since becn signed by a Democratic Presl-
dent. and the people of our state ana OF ever!
other State will hereafter. without any ieder"'
Interference whatever. manage their elec'IohS
according t. their own laws.
"Our efforts to prevent our pohtlcai enemies
from interfering with honest elections s"o"" '1
as great anl as earnest In our own P'"'''i
h.,,,s.b,,l and the ballot should be guarded from
all danger of every kind. We must not n'sr0'
;, ,rsist on II that the man in our ranks who
arrangcs or encourages colonizauon' raise r's'S-
ration. Illegal voting or false returns. or VINO
having the responsible position Of leader pur-
r,sol, closes his eyes while such practices are
c,,,c IN and aftcrwarl crowds honors on the
/ o,.,-t,ers shall be notified in no uncertain tone
! ,ba, there Is no place for him In our party
1 Otherwise. We travel under false coiors ana our
| (.u,w-c,tizcns with truthfulness viii charge us
with want u honest purpose.
| "tt tx only a small handful of men VINO taFor
corr,,p, elections. and these are men VINO h"N'
no real love ~ country. who have never appre-
! da,cd the value ~ citizenship. who look upo"
| ., ,.red right of suffrage only "A something 70
he bartcred and sold. and who Imagine they S''
I'm such shameful traffic either an easy way 10
,,,i,,cal importance and prefermcnt or a certain
| vav 70 pcrpc,uatr their power.
! ..r.,.,,, rorsons who were election officers in
,to tId Assembly District AZ the last election are
ro,c under Indictment f'r grave serious OF
f,rsas against the election laws. some "i 'h'S'
/ oio.,,,, officers have already been tried. con-
v,et,d and Imprisoned II these indictments hai
ma, bo.n found the leader OF the district woulo
have assumed all the honor and glory OF pro-
duclng 97OO majority. whore but 12''oo votes
NOR, cast That leader has left the city. since
the indictments were found. and just oeior'
the trials were begun. he withdrew from me
CITY. IS stnl absent. and is On the other shores
OF our continent. 1900 miles away
81 have been forced to believe that the rulinf
power the dominating influence of the Genera
| committee Of our district. has made II appear
/ t. the needy. the ambitious but not over
| scrupulous among us. that they might obtain
political position by helping 10 produce great ma
| jorities that prices ~ costly persona "I'. ~ i"
| ments were o. be had for startling election r.
| turns and anything done to keep the district th'
banner district paved the way 10 the faNor ah1
political friendship of the leader oi the dlH't'ctS
Great maiorities. legitimatey produced are
| worthy objects of any mans efforts. but II, II
order to make them. announcement must p'
given to the tramp to register ana vote All Over
the district. ana Inducements must be oier''
| 10 election officers to violate the law great ma
jorltes become great crimes. and no party cal
afford them at such enormous cost.
presents of costly personal adornments may
lac very acccptable to some men. but the PLAIN
| honest citizen Of our district feels the blush 4"
shame mount his checks when he realizes wh!
these presents were offered ana Whdt WAS uo"'
"Drmocrats Of the ia District are proud o
their district. They believe that under every
proper condition II IS a Gibraltar ol PetlovId'S
II to keen Il such "A Gibraltar. our decent Demo
cratic neighbors must remain qulet, WmlIe
/ regiment OF colonizers register and vote all oVe
IT. IT, to keep 1t such Nlnrai,ar' "io
able portion - the voting must be done by elec
tlon officers after the polls are closed theh "
want no banner district The Democratic par
| ~ cannot thrive on such crimes. -,-
! For some time past nave seeh our ,'S,I'
/ committee drifting away from proper incthouS
/ organization. The respected well l-.neahlnS GU
Zcns of our district are no longer consult"
listened to- Their association ana tlchuSn'P al
/ ma longer sought Weight Is now give
to the opinions. desires demands OF me lodging
house controller. Position and honor are nov
given to thosc who can In large numbers reElste
and vote lodgcrs In tho present aims anu on
ccts Of the district General Committee l nav
no interest. To its methods and rracuces al
"ISurthcr. Tariff reform has been preached !
my district for many years. My CONSTITUENT
know well what IL means and nave not los.
single opportunity to approve 1t IN oNerwheih
ing numbers. II has been the great issue oI on
, party for years and upon II the Democracy ma
oeen returned to power. For the first time !
more than a quarter Of century. pehocra'
found themselves I'm position 10 make laws /,
tho Nation From the whole country came IN
demand for reduced taxation and Denorrat
T House Of Representatives proceeded to meet IN
demand. ~ .
. although the Wilson bill was IN some It
spects unsatisfactory TO me. yet 1t moved III III
direction of lower taxes. To as great an eNtet
I as now could be obtained. that bill met the d'
: mands OF the people II or no bill al All on On
! | question could, at the time, have been passe
through the House The choice lay between III
Wilson hill or no bill at all. | voted Tor IN
Wilson bill. -,
my vote on that bill was not in accord wit
- | the judgment advice OF the gentleman whOi
q | we in Ncw-YOrk City have recognized as u,
- leader OF Tammany Hall. His Views on the taIl
= do not at all agree with mine do not consiu'
the tariff local issue. He was opposed TO .i
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