New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-19
FRAUD ON %IANEN is LAND
DF,NocI,NTs "teSISTED' Men - VOTE.
THE ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE UN
EARTHs ELECTION lNIQUITIEs.

THE ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE IN
raRTHs ELECTION INIoUITIEs.
Tho ,riouitles perpetrated by the Democrats ct
the last election in Richmond County are being
b-ouyb, 70 light In manner that carries consterna
ton to the ring which has so long ruled on Staten
island yostsr,lay a subcommittee of the Assem-
bly, Committee ON Contested Elections heard test-
mony In New-Irlghon regarding the alleged eiee-
ton Of Michael Mcclure to the Assembly. Michaei
Conkling was the Republican candidate. The sub
committee consists OF Assembymen j. F. Terry
T.. f Vacheron and Henry McNamee. James
McNamss " A. Short and Louis Phillips are
Counsel for Mr. Conkling and General Wingate Is
counsel for Mcclure.
The principal thing Of interest ct the morning
session was the presentation by Mr. Phillips os the
testimony taken before Judge Cullen regarding the
'carryinRs on" OF the Democrats in the Ninth
Eighth and Fifth Election districts OF Castleton.
The Eighth and Ninth districts Of Castleton are
the Snug Harbor districts. where the old sailors
vote
MORE BALLOTS WE'RE COUNTED THAN CAST
In the Eighth Dlstr!c, less than seventy OF
the men from Sailors Snug Hsrbor were assisted
at the polls that 49, some one went into the oooth
with them to help them prepare their ballots Ed
ward Muller assisted" forty.four OF these old
salts to vote Muller 10 the sheriff Of the county
and the son OF Nicholas Muller. the Democratic
'boss' OF the island. tributary prince OF fcharu
Croker Ten men from the Harbor were assisted
by Judge Acker Muller's weknown justice OF the
peace Henry Eichenberger Democratic ONCE
holder in New BRIGHTON assisted" nineteen people
70 vote In his list three names are counted twice
as In three cases both Muller and Acker went
into the booth with the voter DR.. Joy. the phy-
slcan OF Sailors Snug Harbor. testified before
Judge Cullen that Of the entire seventy Old sailors
who assisted" TO vote. only three were
physically incapacltated from preparing their bal
lots
In the Ninth District Matthew S. Tully the County
Treasurer was master Of ceremonies, and AS
sisted" several odd salts TO vote In THIS ais
;rct thirty more ballots were counted tnah were
cast and the names of seventy -nne DEAD insane o:
absent former inmates OF the Harbor were voted
UPON Watchers holding Republican certificates
were elected from the polls and the entire eIec-
ton In that district, as In many Others III
true Democratic style. out OF "A poll or -'3 only
twenty straight tickets were counted for the Re
rhe Fifth DISTRICT showed an eauay, bad b sts 6s. Of
Affairs Nicholas Muller Kat ' g,t sIt Nearly fifty
fraudulent names voted upon; Repuoilcan
watcher was turned out OF the polling place at l
o'clock on Election Day. lie returned at o'clock
with an order from Judge .ueh Dut wrSi.,d r"
sort the ballots while he vas counting hitX-thrrs
Republican ballots the others disappeared The III
The inspectors in every district except one failed
mD ea wh k5S s y @w r2 70 he t Of the
results OF the election MI Philips reaa eH eu o
| from the Election laws ana asked tnht ~ Wv ~
the obvious violation OF these laws the election ol
Mcclure be declared void.
THE COUNT WAS a FARCE.
The village hall densely packed In the after
noon with people Interested In the result OF the
investigation The Fourth District Of Southteld was
taken into consideration. John Koelig. poll clerk
IN the district testified that the ballots were placed
IN three piles and the piles supposed TO contain
Oh, Republican and straight Democratic tickets
counted ~ one would count pile OF bl'is, thelr
faces not being exposed 50 that one couid see
whether there were pastors on them or not
George 6. Cornell testified that h. went % the
polling place with Republican credentials as "A
| watcher and pui out The D"nocratS hHhliy
! accepted u "A watcher for the Republicans n man
who Is said be neither able u read nor write.
Martin Hughes the Muller leader in the district
and Inspector ~ election. testified mat every
hing regular about IA" piDr"' ilng IN Als i"i.HS
plac. AMI that an" votes wer" honestly counted
| A. one time In the course nf the count tho lamp
feIl down on the table and many Of me votes were
scattered about tho floor. lie was sur" mat tn"y
all picked up and put In their proper pies
afterwar1 however
n necessary the Republicans Will take poll OF
the entire district 10 ind out how many Republi.
can tickets were voted and compare the result OF
the poll with the election returns
| The Investigating Committee III meet again this
morning Al 10 O'Clock.