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NOT n Partisan Matter.
There seems to be a disposition. on tn
part OF some who ought to be %upholdinI
this Committee to question the prophet,
OF its appointment and to denounce thii
a. q partisan movement.
every friend OF honest elections is inter
ested in throughout the State. IT Is no
appropriation from the State Treasur,
was made to conduct this investigation
and the attention OF every taxpayer ir
the 81 state co Is Ssniesd IN i9 Me Msleki nSe'r and tn,
violators OF the election laws In THU
city was not. the result Of partisan ef;
fort. Men Of all parties have declared
that these abuses shall be suppressed a.
all hazards.
Interference of Police.
I'm the testimony which will be brough,
to your attention to-day you will be asked
to consider the interference OF the Pohee
been charged that this abuse has been
carried to excess. There seems to have
been a motive In this and efforts will be
.1t Is also charged that the police OF
this city thrive on blackmail Every
ons who has any evidence Of this Will
Compelled. to give testimony to this.
'The Committee will sit from this, day
to the conclusion Of us inquiry IN ma 4
Eplr1t OF teaTlesSneSs. the OHiy ann anu
object being to get at the truth.
Senator yO'Connor came In while Mr..
Sutherland was talking. At the, close
Of his remarks De Lancey Nieoll,, who
efforts that had been made while. he was
District-Attorney to punish Violations
Of the election laws.
This movement was started by a com
mittee OF the Bar Association, and Mr..
Nicoll himself had begun the prosecution
Of these cases which had been carried
on by Col; Fellows. and a number OF the
offenders had been convicted.
so far as the interference OF the Po-
lice Department in the elections Is con-
cerned, which Mr.. Sutherland alleges
Mr. Nicoll. there was not the slightest
hint Of suuh a thing during all the In
vestigation which went on throughout
the whole month Of November, ,u,u
out evidence Of such conduct or the part
OF the police, but nothing of the kind
was even suggested. All the evidence
was against election officers.
IF Mr.. Sutherland can prove what he
says he intends to show. he will accom-
plish something that no Republican. Anti
land Republican or Tammany man had
ever been able to do"
Nicoll's Fling mt sutherland.
Mr.. Nicoll unlimited that Mr.. Suther-
land. being a gentleman from the west
SIh pdIt VI tlt othtF' hht" 'Siy h.p'
about the Police Department Of New
York. He should not be surprised II the
counsel for the Committee had been mis-
led by exaggerated statements.
This was all Mr.. Nicoll had to say,
n MIR. Sutherland then announced that
Gen. c. II. T. Coils. who had been sum-
moned as a witness to-day, was not In
town, SO he would first call William +.
DAILY.
Daily the First witness.
Mr.. DAILY said that he had been a
watcher at the polls for the last thirty
years. He was a Republican, and lived
In the Eleventh Election District of the
Tanth Assembly District.
He described several occurrences that
took place last election day in the
Third Election District. He said he had
q controversy with the Tamrnany cap
tain over a challenge which he had
submitted.
What did he say to your asked Mr..
Sutherland.
'rHe said that II he was the election
inspector he would break the book over
my head. He also said to me. I've a
good notion to smash your jaw any
way
Two policemen stood by. but when |
demonstrated they did nothing, and /
was insnlted and hustled about by the
there"
At another election district. the Four
tenth. Mr.. DAILY said as soon as he
entered the place he was surrounded
by a gang OF heelers, who jostled him