New-York tribune., 1894-10-23
TAMMANY RASCALS AFRAID.
THE wIGwAMs FRAUDULENT VOTE WILL
BE REDUCED.
CONVICTIONS OF LAST YEARS CRIMINALS AND
THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE LEXOw
COMMITTEE ARE HAVING
WHOLESOME EFFECT.

among the Tammany workers IN the iiu tsSeiH-
bly, District of late which may account for the
sudden retirement OF Paddy" Diver from the
leadership of the district organization. The
"Jedge" may have decided that it was not safe
to carry or extensive registration and election
frauds in the district this fall. in view Of the
punishment of some Of his former followers who
joined in the perpetration Of frauds on an eX-
tens!ve scale last fall. and his retirement may
have followed the discovery that he had lost his
nerve" The other Tammany bosses may nave
decided that a with more nerve was
needed to bring the workers in the district into
line this year. Everybody knows that Paddy
Diver became power in Tamnany han De-
cause of the enormous fraudulent vote in the
district. There signs that the Tammany vote
will fall TO low level in the district this year
Many of the men who aided in gathering In
Tammany "hoaters" and voting them like sheep
last fall are not inclined to take any risks this
fall Some of them have not yet forgotten the
arrests and convictions which followed the Whoe-
sale frauds and they also remember the 1act
that Paddy Diver was on the Pac!hc Coast
while the trouble lasted Some OF the Iammahy
workers may have thought that they ana not
care TO run the risk Of arrest and imprisonment
under the leadership of a man who might run
away and stay away at critical time.
REGISTRATION OF "FLOATERs DE-
CREASED.
II needs only a little Investigation to show
that the fraudulent registration in the lid AS
sembly District thus far this year is light COM
pared with that of last year 1t has been ad-
mitted by officials in the Dstrict-Attorneys Once
VINO made an investigation and BILE to as
certain the truth that the fraudulent vote 1or
Isaac II. Maynard in the city last fan amounted
to more than $4,000, and that much OF me iraud
was committed in the lodSing-houSe dlsulcts;
There are a number of lodging houses in the ia
Assembly District. and last year trey harpored
a great many fraudulent voters lriDuhe re-
porter who examined some of the publc copies
of the registration at polling places in the cleo
ton districts where the Park Ro" lousIns-
houses are situated made some interesting dis-
coveries yesterday. II has been the custom 10
leave spaces in the registry books for some or the
houses from which large numbers OF men We're
registered and voted in recent years SeVerai
pages in a registry book have been reserved lor
each OF a number of those houses. In TWO or the
four days Of registration this year little progress
has been made by the inspectors oil eiect'oH III
filling up those blank pages with names. over
$50 men registered from ne house In faik
Row last year, and the book shows that only
dozen men have been registered from the saiiie
Rouse this year From aNOther house only nine
men have registered, and the proprietor OF ti.e
house has taken the precauton to INFORM ths III.
spectors Of election that one Of the men mas Iei,
the city since the first day of registration ana
will not be back until after election 50 that 10
body may be permitted to vote In MS hdihe' i"iS
proprietor said to the reporter: -,
"it was downright robbery last year put TINS
year nobody will take any chances. Ihe men men
who have registered from my place are Iegai
voters who have lived right here several years
and several of them are veterans of the war
They fought for the flag and they say they are
going to vote for Colonel Strong for mayor;
Maurice Quinlan who lately started the lodg-
ing-house at No 1888 Park Row. and was brought
before the Lexow Committee and questoheu'
said yesterday that there would be no tTauuu- ~
lent registration from his place II ne couId H.Ip
n There were about forty voters from the
house last fall. when Quinlan had nothlng 10 90
with the place and SO far TINS year ,, Ti.i' re UI
aI from 10 house.
Is ON the registry book Michael OKeefe, ana
Ouinlan said yesterday that he did not know uie
man. who probably lived at another ,InotS nous III N,
Park Row and had given the wrong number oy
mistake Quinlan declared that he had Deeh
wronged BY report that ne had reiusea u
pull up shades in front Of his barroom ana ~
low the police to see if he was violating the law
on Sunday. IT,,
How could pull shades up or down I when
there are no shades on the windows? he asked
There were no shades 10 prevent any one
from looking into the barrOOm from the slde-
walk yesterday. and Quinlan end MS ntighooGs
declared that there had been none since ne TOOK
charge of the place. Most OF Quinans lodSers
have moved away since the Lexow Committee
sent Captain Berghold to inspect the place
GOOD WORK OF THE SANITARY POLICE.
The sanitary police have been active In moV-
ing vagrants who allowed to sleep on
chairs in some of the cheap restaurants IN the
district The proprietor OF one Of the restau-
rants said to the reporter yesterday:
II had been allowing some Of the poor men
uho come in here TO eat late at night TO take a
nap. sitting on the chairs and leaning their
heads on the tables, in the early hours OF the
morning l did that an act OF charity be-
cause the men had nowhere else TO sleep but a
week ago the police much afraid that
some of the men would register and vote from
the place tha. | got orders 10 stop letting mem
sleep here The order came from tie feaitn
Board | was told. One night. when it would
have been cruelty TO turn the wretched men out,
/ let nearly 100 OF them sleep on the moor OF a
spare room upstairs, but if | had been cauSht
at Ii I might have been sent 70 jail. nave
taken care 10 inspect the registry book 10 see
that none Of the men register from my pace
and If they do will report them 10 the inspgc, pSo
tors so that they cannot vote from here. IKE
to be humane. but don't want to be mixed up
In any election frauds.
Al some Of the lodging houses in the Bowery,
IN the lid Assembly District. the proprietors
have shown the Same caution. and the number OF
men registered from the houses this year are
comparatively small. The INVESTIGATION OF tne
methods in vogue at those houses now being
conducted by the Lexow Committee IL likely 10
ca,se a decided decrease in the fraudulent Vote
from the Bowery lodging houses. The Tammany
worherq who train under Dry Dollar" Sullivan 5
lieutenants however. appear TO be Doldcr thaIl
the men who formerly We're Paddy DIVER
henchmen and they said 10 be causing thc
rec;s,rat,on of many ''noaters' from the crowded
tenement houses in the district east OF the Bow
cry BY duplicating family names 1t is SAID
they expect To poll a large frauculent vote ID
tho district but the police are already nvesti-
eating the frauds. and they are likely 10 stop
many of the fraudulent voters win warrants
Tor their arrest II begins 10 look as II the ocs-
nerata methods Of Tammany "heelers' would
have no effect TO prevent the complete over,
throw Of the corrupt org anizatlon whicn mas he!u
such complete sway at the polls In the city IN
iata years Trckery and fraud will be attempted
without doubt but caution born OF rear Is , ,,kely
10 deprive Tammany OF thoosanos OF A'esa
votes at the coming election
VOLUNTEER WATCHERS WANTED
IN tho ground that volunteer watchers at III
nolls will do better work than paid watchers
Abraham Gruber. Alfred r. Page and Edward II
Healy constituting special committee OF I'M
Republican County Committee appointed to provia
watchers IN election districts where Iammah!
hco IA nj In LIZ