New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25

Doodle" or coursa / remembered him very we'll
two came in ana offered vote on his name. pro
tested The chairman replied tnll was mt
only by courtesy. II l made trouble | woud be
Q-Was the policeman there? A;-Yes sir, but
men aglins, whom protested were not even mai
to Do this about ihree hours htnr the % man
came IN. and WAS tod that his name hAd peeh
voted on
TRYING To pIsFRAXcInsE VOTERS
OLD he still have the flowing locks? Aye.
sir: his appearance had not changed He sAid tAat
he had voted for sixty years. and It was strange
that he had been disfrinchised lie asked: 'poh
you remember me-" The chairman. the other in
lowed to vote then lie however. obtained man
damus from Justice Andrews. waich eRlb'e1 hin 70
Q-Was the same poAceman there al! lay?
A.-No. sir. there were thre, in all but Ehdisah
was there most 81 tie time
Q.-Wls the Republican watcher allow - in-ffl.
DO you recall the Godstein incident? ATYes
sir. Go dstein objected II thr repea";S and J3Hn
son said: You shut up: you've got too much -
say" Johnson was the T9mnin sH9.caa'tia, er u"
T. get wAc.c G1da;c!n VAS. bat IN policeman inter
f,r.i. johnson threatened . ID GoIsi''n AZ
soon a. he caught him outside There re n ar
rests Johnson presented 10 watchers ceriihctte
+, t,s c,r Of Kim ~ F5nr or i've rlr cinc
| in 20 vote on each Of num3cr Of names. bnt /
@. d'y Mr. HicoD Whore ad You lr.i m,, cot
! J1InS1n' Al a meeting oi 20" lnpior'' ~ '''
sic!tt ben Went order. We were both members.
! We have been on good terms ,,.. ,,.,
Q.-Jid you ever near dnV one cal him a hinc'
s;cercr l. fore today Al cast the veil q charity
Owe fellow 'oige-mcmher. but d'nt kn'" ""it
O.. How long have you been an election Inspector:
| A.-For twelve 0f fifteen wears.
Q.-Havc you studied tn election laws? A-fes.
| Q-WclL You know. didn't You. that ne was
/ joking when hc said thlt You were there b. c,lr-
sim S9I b E@E% 2' thcy d ignore you ~
| Q-Ton't you ullcrsttnd thai tn" policemen must
Obey M ns?ecofs% , 49, s..1 sT p. u,b, nat ok
! PLAN the method of fraud NJ. Nicoh replied
witness cxp:iinel TIA, he ordered ne policeman to
/ make no arrests because ne knew II would b. use
Joke by asking Mr.. D.as wncre IN" bo"ery was.
70 senator Lesow. the inspector eSl'linci that
he protested when Tammlry "hcclers' started 70 -
int booths win voters The rnmminy Hsll cap
tr.ct leader. senator Dry Dollar sullivan.
MORE vIII.ANY ~ THE IND
r.. neg, witness lls) gave importin; evidence.
lie was Ralph Nathan. - lawyer. of ~. 2s Rutgers
/ -. ~ the l-t election 3. was ci2eillic 90 the
Republican ilchc, for Civil Justice 80 the Is ia DE-
| trlct. against ex-senator George +. Roc'ch He
visited ABOUT ihree-nftns ~ thc pong-pilccs in the
/ judicial district on Election Day and nj onc-'hirl
Of them he found NJ police officer In the sixth
Election District ~ The TIA Assembly District the
| Republican w.tcncr was not allowed behind the
| guard-rAM Mr. Nathln read ne manual - show
| O.
but the officer said De- d!Int care FOR the pamphlet
lie had orders not t. allow Watchers benin IN"
rail he SAID AMI NJ Ndtlfus "f .-is were IN Na!n.
| The witness related some other Of hs experiences
| "Aboui o'c.ock the Republican captain 81 tho
Eleventh Election District Of the III ioi!wei ?
repeater to the pJl.ingpacc Of the skin fdcfii IN
! District where h. going 10 vote. Inc captain
| but the Tanmary 'hccers put the Republican out
| Of the place \ policeman vas there. nut hr az
| no, interfere. They have peculiar way IN IN
ma Of getting YOU ont % polling-place They DO
( room is always small ana about ten h"nchIn"1
crowd In inl ia II up. Tn'y then pdsh ana hustle
| YOU out was standing In Tho doorway Tn" re-
| peater was allowed 10 vote aft"r mumblinB some
| lining which might have been an oath.
about twenty minutes Of o'clock Fred Playth
| told me that h. had not been allowed 20 vote M
ground that his name had been voted on already. II
| was too late to ge; man ianus. so went To the
| polling place and made him demand his ballots.
Nobody said anything. | insisted. and the chairman
| said that the name had been voted on. lie said
| That he could not be expected to remember face
| which he had seen only once. said: no. certainly
| not. when you don't remember face you have
| seen half dozen times He took that joke
| was getting the better OF the argument az read
| from the manual furnished by the Police Board: 50
| AT ten minutes Of the chairman declared the polls
| closed. protested but II dd no Good. Inc police
man did not Interfere.
\ DETECTIVES EXCUSE.
.In the Twelfth Election District Of the lila
ABOUT noon. | the chairman give voter wha
he called a dummy ballot 1t seemed to me it was
! a regular ballot. / asked for the policeman. Thel
| nointed out "A man who they said from thu
| Central Office. He said that up to that time they
| had been giving out blue dummies. They were al
honest he said and there was no use OF Interfering
| / called his attention the law which says tina
Of colo nf her han -