New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-28
LIGHT ON THE ENROLMENT.
SCANDAIOUS METHODS OF THE MACHINE
IN THE XvITH DISTRICT

HOW THE PLATT- -LAUTERBACH MANAGERS ARE
KEEPING HUNDREDS OF GOOD REPUBLICANS
OUT OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH
THE AID or FATTY" GRoTE-
GEORGE HILLIARDs PART
IN THE PLOT
Additional inquiry 'nto the Platt-Lauterbach
enrolment of Saturday night more than confirms
the charge of the arti-ma chine Republicans that
1t was the general purpose Of the machine men
TO exclude all members of the party who were
not regarded as subservent to the orders oil
these sef-constituted political managers A Asampie
machine Assembly District is the XVlth under
the recent reapportonmeni. formerly known as
the With over which George Hilliard has for
many years been the Republican boss. MI
Hilliard's relations with Patrick Keenan,, the
Tammany Hall boss of the district. and with
most Of Keenan's licutenants, have always oeeh
amica bic and pleasant and often close.
Associated with Mr.. Hilliard in running the
district" are Charles NJ. Jerooman. his hrst lieu
tenant. and Francis Snyder Where election ais
tricts were known by Mr. Hilliard and his helpers
10 contain a decided majority OF anti-Platt he-
publicans they simpliied matters by refusing any
enrolment to such districts. The Republican
organizations there simply wiped out OF
| political existence This the case with the
First Second Third, Tenth and Thirty-ntth
Election districts and no enrolment was held In
any of them on SATURDAY evening.
COULD NOT GET THE BOOKS.
In the first Of these dsfranchised districts OF
which Albert Ballle is chairman. the committee
of three appointed to revise the rolls took posses
sion of the books. but when the time came for
the return of them Mr. BailIe was informed that
| they had decided to refuse to give him any books
because his district was in bad condition. This
| Mr. Baille denied because his district was prop
ery organized, but his request was not heedeu
and no enrolment was allowed. substantially
| the same facts apply to the Second and Tnird
election districts which Mr. Eilllard knew were
strongly anti-Patt.
In the Ninth Election District the enrolment
| was held al No 125 Pitt-st. and UP to $3.50 p. m
| thirty-eight men were enrolled. or 1t was said
| had been enrolled Emil Scnilling. who is chair
man of this district. took charge or the enrol
| ment and enrolled or refused to enroll nom ne
pleased George Sondhem, Of No. l29 Pltt-st..
when he applied for enrolment. was not allowed
to enroll by Mr.. Schilling on the ground that he
was 'AIlholland Republican," Mr.. Sondheim
denied that this was tue, saying he was Re
publican pure and simple, and upon this declara-
ton and the production of an affidavit to that
on the roll though he refused to allow Sondheim
to sign II himself Subsequently eight other Re-
publlcans asked to be enrolled. seven Of whom
nroduced afidavits similar to the one referred TO-
Mr. Schilng promptly rejected their applications
for the ridiculous re son that the at1davits were
invalid because" as ne added, they contained
~. .Otarial seal" After these men bad beer re-
jected Mr. Sondhem il quired OF the chairman
why the affidavit which he presented and which
was made out In the sam way, without any
seal was held to ~ sufficient and the others IN
valid To this Mr.. Schillng replied: 'lf your affi-
davit is the same the others. why. we Will
scratch your name off, and h" Immediately in
structed the inspectors to erase Mr.. Sondhems
namc which they promptly dad.
I'VE KNOW OUR BUSINESS"
When Mr. Sondhem protested. Mr.. Schilling
said: I'VE know our business. no matter what
Won saw" Among those to whom the right 70
enroll was refused were Louis Seidenbea No.
l15 Pitt-st: Jacob Helms No. 13l Pitt-st; Charles
Kerneu. No l35 Pitt-st and Joseph Guggen
heimer jr No l3j Ptt-st. Hilliard allowed the
following names to remain upon the rolls. al
though the men removed from the district from
six months to year ago Leopold Grossman.
No 12I Pitt-st: Joseph Herlissy. No. 127 Pitt-st;
Victor Haper No. 13l Pitt-s..; Israel Persleick,
No l27 Pltt-st.; Isidore Weinstein No. 1913 Pitt
st and Frederick Warner, No. l33 Pitt-st.
isaac Adler. of No. 127 Willett-st., went to the
place OF enrolment In the Tenth Election District,
az No. 224 Stanton-st.. about p. m where the
chairman Charles Blush. informed him that no
books were furnished for the enrolment. but that
he expected To get them from Mr HllIlard AFTER
, long wait MIR Adler and Mr. Blush went to
Mr. billiards house and asked for the books.
Mr. Hllliard replied that re would send them
down to Mr. Blush's house very soon. They re-
turned to the place of enrolment, and after walt
ing for half an hour went back again to Mr..
Hilliard's house. where they were informed that
the books had been given 10 some one else, VINO
declared he represented Mr.. Blush the chair
man of the district. No enrolment took place in
the Tenth District and it is generally believed
that Mr. Hlard had no intention of permitting
one.
80 ENROLMENT GOING ON.
The enrolment in the Thirteenth Election Dis
trict was advertised at No i3S Columbia-st., but
Republicans who went there could find no enrol
ment going on. Several Of the Republicans
searched through the election district. but were
unable To find any place where the enrolment
was being conducted. II subsequently
learned that Mr. Hilllard did not hold an enrol
ment but he selected for that purpose the club
house of the notorious William r. Grote. NO ~
East Houston-st. There was A guard stationed
at the door. and none save men whom Grote and
his friends wanted to admit allowed to
come In and enroll
In the Sixteenth Election District where the
place OF enrolment was No. 1856 Goerck-st.. Mr..
Schefer the chairman Of the district. informed
Republicans seeking enrolment that he had re-
ceived orders from headquarters not to enroll
any Huber men. 1t was not unti there had been
a great deal Of time spent In argument and a
Lii, hcca Imminent that any uMher men