New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
THE ENROLMENT A FA ROE
HIGH-HANDED METHODS EMPLOYED BY
THE MACHINE.

GOOD REPUBLICANS NOT ALLOWED TO INscRIBE
THEIR NAMEs-A PISTOL DRAWN ON ONE MAN
| WHO INSISTED UPON HIS RIGHTs-oUT-
| OF-THE-wAY PLACES CHOSEN.
The general enrolment Of Republicans in this
city took place last night preparatory for the
| Republican primaries which are 10 be held on
| December TO- The arrangements were made by
| the Platt-Lauterbach faction, with a view to
retaining control Of the Republican party Of the
| city OF New-York. With that end in view. thc
| places for enrolment not announced to the
voters who were known to be opposed TO the
| Machine until the last moment The conse-
quence was that hundreds of anti-Machine Re-
publicans deprived Of their right 10 be
| enrolled.
| The tactics Of the Machine were shown In
| the selection Of the enrolment places. Republi-
cans were compelled to climb to the sixth story
| of n house in one district and In other districts
they bad to go to out-ofthe-way places where
| private rooms had been converted into enrolling
offices.
SAMPLE OF THE METHODS
An idea Of the way in which the enrolment
was conducted can be obtained from the ex-
| periences of voters In the With Assembly Dis
trict in which several hundred good Republi-
|
the books In every election district the
| machine crowd held forth and all who were not
| known as enthusiastic followers of that faction
| met short shrft.
! The anti-machine men had their headquarters
at No ~ Forsyth-st.. in this district, where
| Theodore +. Ruhle looked after things, and
across the street. in the Lincoln League rooms,
| the machine held high carnival, with Alderman
| Christian Getz as the presiding genius. Old and
| stanch Republicans, who have supported the
party candidates and principles for years re-
ceived recognition. and doubtful voters and
old Tammanyites allowed to place their
names on the Republican enrolling books.
In the Twenty Election District Machine
Inspector who was said to have been formerly
member of Tammany Hall. drew pistol
| Republican who insisted on having his name
enrolled and other fights took place In all the
instances where Republicans were not allowed to
enroll they swore out atfdavi.s as To their stand
Ing and then presented themselves, only to re-
ceive a setback. Here is a sample Of the afi-
| davits:
George schunk. being duly sworn. says: That he
is citizen and voter OF the United States and re-
sides No. 16l Allen-st.. which is in the Twenty
third Election District OF the With Assembly Dis
trict; that he is a Republican; that he voted the Re-
publican ticket at the last election and he intends 10
act with said Republican party in the future.
Sworn to before me this 23d day Of November, 1895
- ANDREW {. OTTO
New-York County.
schunk is an employe of the Department Of
Public Works. and is known in his district as a
good Republican.
At many Of the enrolling places the books were
closed from thirty minutes to an hour before ~
| o'clock. and many Of them were SO situated that
they could only be found by the knowing ones;
some for instance at No. 95 Alen-st., were not
| opened at all.
HIS NAME TO BE CROSSED OUT
Edward j. Fries a captain In the Twenty third
Election District was not allowed to enroll untii
| he had argued for half an hour. and he was then
| told he SAYS by the inspector. that the latter
would cross out his name. Many who dld not
| know whether their names were on the roiIs o,
| not were not permitted to see the DOCKS anu h
In several places the names were written ps IL
INSPECTORS on slips of paper instead or oehs VIII
| ten I'm the books by the voters themselves
Norherth Pfeffer notary public or NO. % t', i,,
ington-st. denounced the proceedings as "u'
raeeous "When | went to the enrolling place va
the Twenty-fourth Election District. he added
| James Morgan. who was acting as inspector,
| told me he knew was good RepuDlcah ou'
ne had received orders not To allow any one 10
enroll who was not known TO be with them
Insisted but 1t did no good. With me at me
time were at least twenty-five men inteho %
go To court about this outrage
THE O'Brientes in the district were all frozen
out Many men whom know were told thsy
| could not vote. although no one questioned their
Republicanism. Some OF them are Grand Army
OF the Republic men. who have always voted the
Republican ticket We shall find out If we have
no rights.
j. Simon. one OF the O'Brienites. says that he
went TO the Twenty-th third Election District AT
No 50 Stanton-st. at 9:05 o'clock, but was told
by Morgan that a majority of the inspectors
were not present and therefore he could not
| enroll He says there were fifteen people In line
| then. al known to him as good Republicans
Not one of them was permitted To enroll.
| There like trouble in the NVlth Assembly
| District.
The Republican headquarters In West Thirty
| elghth-st. were closed last night and no positive
| figures to the enrolment could b. obtained.
Assemblyman Alfred r. Conling wrote a num-
| Der OF letters TO Republicans. urging them TO
| enroll last night lie received such replies
| these:
As | am confined TO my bedroom by Illness |
shall not be able to enroll tomorrow evening. but
| will see that your valued notice shall reach other
Republican friends In this house
I have always been consistent Republican. and
nave no patience with political traders shall en-
roll II | can hnd the place and take my three sons
along-an Republicans Ike myself
POSTuASTER DAYTON SfiRTS FOR ATLANTA
Postmaster Dayton. accompanied by ex-Controller
Myers and several other personal friends. left the
city In a special car. on the Pennsylvania Rail
road at o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Atlanta
Ga where the party will Join the NewYork dele
CATION at the fair. The Postmaster VIII he absent
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