New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-25
with this man Stewards enrolling officers Mr.
Sturgis said:

Early in the evening Twas aersaled TO- ss as
member Of the County committee oy ta enroll in
their respective election districts ana ianted by
The them To ,hfe d pa Tee WOW To whom Conn
ntee had delegated this matter A. hrst S vho
possessed the confidence of the Republicans Of the
district. but at the second meehs n his mace
vacant and had flied /, by selecting anotner rnr-
The first enrolling office visited Was aYss as WAS
tieth-st between First and Second ave-, %" nc
under control of three inspectors appo'en ny
Committee Of Three The eS 1sef assistant IL Mrady
one Of those with me. weknown Repup oe,ca
yspeaied his request 10 b. allowed enroll 1t Was
perepory refused by Lee and MULCH asSe'
asked for any evidence of such Transparent dS omx
falsehood and the reply reg, g0 was 40" "''0
tbsn said. This mans name IS the old regis.
try list transferred 10 YOU by reason OF chahse VI
The reply was: Yes but we have drawn pen
i said by what authority do you strike names
The reply was Because choose to. II you
don't IKE it go TO the County Committee; they'll
ae,S enfe Injustice 1 to this man and dozen
others who have been similarly refused?
f's sa la you i Know this Hran well: know his
politics is it not an injustice to rer"Se MN e''-
'rhe reply was: Yes sir; it is
His answer was Because have go; our IN:
structions and must follow them or M anv Of
added.
his friends: they amt the kind we want
THE SANE EVERYWHERE
similar occurrences took place elsewhere during
our circuit At one enrolling office where the appi-
cant presented certificate proving residence III 'he
precinct the inspector said: I've know you az
right but won't enroll you or your pa par, 4, ali
don't want you; we won't have you ana tha1 Is an
there is to it," / visited this office also al ySV prf
sonally and found II closed ana me h po9 for clos
This was thirty minutes before the noun io NO
fho comm IT.
tee OF Three selected as Snro.;is onlVe 10
districts (see list in The Tribune) room cohuoheu
by of them. guard was KEEP al ,ne uooi
and no man was allowed 70 enter ul'm aPp ali
by this person The nominal charge aganS, "a, a.,
DE hundred well-known Republicans were refused
enrolment at this place alone , re,ort Of CONVEX
have been thus minute IN my ny njr,uS of those
who are using these wretche tools may be c.eariS
understood. Whatever doubt OF the intention U.
night there Is none now. Win some eNcepuohs,
the conditions have described prevailed through
the southern and eastern parts OF tns dis.ric,
and the object 10 be. accomplished, py ioIce oi
fraud, was 10 eliminate from the election dlstrlc'
lists many Republicans as possible among 1ne
class they could not control The self-govelnihg
power of the election district organizations, acting
as the unit upon which the larger organizations are
be built. has been in great degree destroyed;
Thirty has been unblushing.y and distinctly VIC
lated both in letter and in spirit ana incidentally
hundreds OF Republicans in this aisirct nave
been refused admission to the primaries of their
party through the action of agents appointed by
The shameless manner in which Republicans
were refused enrolment and insulted in the
With Assembly District where Charles H. MUIR
ray. ex-Poice Commissioner manages matters
for Mr.. Platt was placed before the readers of
The Tribune yesterday morning. Numberless
other instances were given Yesterday by Anti
Machine Republicans. who were not only refused
enrolment, but Were treated with brutality when
they presented themselves.
PROUD OF THEIR WORK.
Zone Of these charges have been denied. on
the contrary some of the leaders seem to be
proud of their work. Mr. Lauterbach and Mr.
Murray were both al the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
evening to see Mir. Plat. presumably to receive
his grateful Acknowledgements for the thorough
ness with which names of genuine Republicans
had been kept off the enrolment books. EX-COm-
missioner Murray told. with smiles and express
sizes of glee. how his boys had prevented
thirty-six applicants from enrolling in the First
Election District. in the With.
why were they refuScdY' ne was ASKED
''Oh. they were Tammany men," he laughed
land came from. lodglng-houscs. and were pald
10 go there ! expect and Mr.. Murray continued
thirty-six would-be Republicans until he con-
WINGED everybody about him Chat he thought 1T
was the funniest thing that had ever come within
his knowledge.
ened the board in his district with a mandamus
when he refused enrolment.
"Mandamuses don't go here, replied the cnalr-
man. Mr. Piercy, however. means 10 hnd out
whether a mandamus will go or not, and in
tends to-day to apply to the courts TO compel the
Vans Of the With District TO place the names of
about two hundred and fifty Republicans on the
rolls and to permit them 10 vote at the primaries
OF December TO-
The outrageous behavior Of the Enrolling Com
mittees in several districts Will be brought be
fore the Committee on Organization tomorrow
but with what result may be imagined