New-York tribune., 1894-01-08

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| Increase ............................2 i23
| The increase OF over 1000 in the number Of
| names placed upon the registry would indcaf %
| mat there had been a growth In the population
| or about 10000 people. There has been no such
! ridiculous increase in the population. The CEN
sus of 1890 gave the town G,937 inhabitants. and
The census Of 1892 gave it s,4iS inhabitants, an
| Increase OF only 1.isl in two years, natural in
crease in voters Of cnly 29G.
STORY or THE GRAyEsEND TRArDs
| a brief summary Of the troubles at Gravescnd
in which John Y. McKane played an important
part. is here given: W. J. Gaynor. the Repu3-
lican and Independent candidate for Judge
| Of the Supreme Court. saw the reg
istry lists in Grovesend had been fraudulently
made up. and on that account he sent repre-
sentative 10 Gravesend on October 81 10 make
copy Of the rolls. This he had perfect right.
under the law. to do. Mr. Gaynors representa-
tive was told by the men in charge of the lists
that he could not look at thern without writ
ten order from John Y. Mc<ane Mr.. Gaynor.
through his attorneys. johnson & l'amD. OF
Brooklyn. secured. November /. from JudS,
Cullen, Of the Supreme Court. an order for Nc
Kane to show cause on the day following why
the clerks sent out by Mr. Gaynor should not be
permitted 10 examine the registry lists. The
following affidavit by Mr. Gaynor was presented
and 1t explains his position:
w. J. Gaynor, being duly sworn. says he employed
Mossrs iaxheld Gnd Aa .:er,9n to - t cotE oyn %
of Grvesend. and they reported To- him the rrfuIal
wrem S hg ora 9 Of 3 e y or lae Whc is
register election inspector in the said town Inc
the iepcnent was going about getting the rolls in
his own way he would have hard job TO get them
in writing that he would send a staff OF men 70
copy the lists the next day Deponc nj sent te sara
@ garesend 80 r on S"1 ocober 4 They wcra i9ncd accc
10 the said rolls and were not allowed TO copy them
end was 6s3l. and the last state census was sils
in ls and that r. in fact about the preser ppp9
IN the said town have placed them th's year "a, at
s2ls ALLEGED voers This list is made NJ m us
and iInerant people who came to Cnney is:and IN
last summer. while the seaside season lasted there
Deponent desires 10 copy the said ToI. 50 as 20
with the aid Of the said false and fraudulent rolls
the officials Of the said town intend TO perpetrate on
Election Day.
LAwLESSNESS SUPREME.
Judge Cullen issued the order requiring the |
election officials of Gravesend to allow Mr.. Gay
nors representatives. to copy the rolls. on |
November fifteen men. accompanied by Edward |
NJ. Grout a responsible citizen Of Brooklyn. |
went TO Gravesend 10 copy the lists. There they !
found five or siN men surrounding each book and |
making pretencc OF copying off the names Mr.. |
Gaynors men saw that N would take several |
days at this rate 10 copy the lists. ana returned
to Brooklyn and reported 10 Mr.. GaynOr. Late
on the Saturday night following twenty-five
men sent to Gravesend to make copies
with orders from the Court TO permit the copy
ing to be done Immediately. The party was met
at the station by Il gang OF men, at the head Of
whom McKane and Justice Newton Under
one charge or another the visiting party was
arrested taken before a Gravesend judge and
TO the county Jail for trial Offers of
bail were refused although several hundred
thousand dollars In value were offered The
men put into prison van and driven
from Gravcsend 10 the county jail In Brooklyn |
City. They were released on the order Of Judge
Cullen
n si.. ina t1a ai.cffp Mr.
nors lawyers secured from Judge BARNARD an
,rder prohibiting any interference with the
watchers who were sent 10 Gravcsend To see
hat there was an honest vote and fair count
The moment that these men l":t their train AZ
IRA vesend they surrounded by q large |
'rowd Of drunken and excited men. who threat
ned them with personal violence il they did not
cave the town Immediately. An attempt was
made to serve the papers upon these men. but. |
ccOrdirg to trustworthy eye-witn' sses the . Jpe,
i the Cour, order We're trampled into the
ground. and when one Of the papers pre-
cnted to John y McKane he pushed it away.
aging:
"Injuncfions don't % hare" Z
The Rev. Dr. Robert !. Kent was assaulted and |
truck in the face. and both he ana Colonel
alexander s. Bacon. the chairman ~ the Re ,
ubllcan County Committee. were placed under
rrcst and were locked up IN a nlthy room.
here many witnesses = these outraEe7. and ! !
lso u many attempts at bribery and intinida-
Ion. There was no sccrecy about asking :
lan 10 vote more than once or twice. number
well-known citizens appealed t. the Sheriff Il
I Kings County to send posse 10 Gravesend. I
mt the Sheriff refused to do -. Then an APP !
cal was sent by telegram - Governor Flower
, order out the militia. but be merely sent word y
p the Sheriff Of Kings County to do what the /
alter considered was his duty I'm tho matter. l.
he vote IN Graves"nd fell below III" eNpecta- %
ions of every one. bat there had been much 1
citation over the pr-liminaries leading M 10 u
he casting q 1t that the count was materially J.
,duced There were no COnGressnpen 70 be
ected IN Kings County last fall. and cnnse
uently there were ~ Federal inspectors or | r
Ipervisors 10 ser that justice WAS done. Il
ToIICE WORK ~ BUFFALO e
Buffalo did net prove last fall to b. n city as n
.sy worked" for fraud as 1t has been in former Il
ears when there were no Federal inspectors on
and ONLY in one district was there any mate
al trouble. In this ward the hceors and the u
lugs and the members of the police force
ourth Election District Of the First ward one "
the toughest" In the city Just this one .
rowing will indicate something Of tho results Of
political and pclice combination: q
-ar. Heg.ilaton. Vote a.
y ...:....... s
The table jug. presented shows two interest u
X results; first, that in the fall of 1891 the T
10 year fOllowing--thc Presidential year. The 7,
of the vote also presents dr- u
renee in the number Of votes cast. The fol-
wing table OF comparisons will present the
,act situation clearly:
ar. Rcgis,ration. Vote
decrease 1C' Observation-Disclosures. II: "v
II 80 ....s............ 40 ~
= Dyt
.............. 42G Observation-Disclosures.
Thus T. is shown that from 1891 year In q,
iich there marshals to 1892. a year w.
which United States marshals and supervisors "
d something 10 say. there was decrease :" ~"
both the registration and the vote. The de- ''I
ease in registration was l0j and the decrease a.
the vote returned l43. Between the iba
year and last year the Increase In an
gistration was f2G. and IN the vote 300 In
II and 1899 the police were in control. and ran
lngs The cause Of the enormous increase In /
. registration and vote between 1891 and 1893 J.
the result Of The police wOrk. combined with eaI