Evening journal., 1895-05-25
HAYES REPUBLICANIsM.
Called Into Question BY Chair
man Bach in an Open Letter.

HaSes's Course IN Cha rging Fraud 1T
the Late Primarles-The Ford incident
Recalled.
Chairman Bach, Of the Republican
First District Cor nnittee. paid his
profoundest respects to Walter h
Hayes at special meeting OF that
organization at Seventh and Market
streets last event ng The charges OF
fraud at the r,sent Republican prl-
maries, made by Mr.. Hayes, defeated
candidate for 9 ty solicitor. were called
to the attent ion of the committee.
Francis Pradley, the .Nlnsh ward
leader, movfsd that Chairman Bach be
instructed 20 make denial OF the
charges 10 such manner as he might
deem proper. He has given cut the
following for publication:
Ordinarily Il Is waste OF time and
space TO reply to the charges and cem-
plants Of a defeated candidate for
Dtiice, but In this case Mr.. Hayss is
evidently trying to defsat the ticket
nominated on May 4. and therefore 1t is
proper that he should be called to
account. His charges of wholesale
fraud are unqualifedly false, with the
sins 10 exception that on ly one ballot-box
was used when the pri % ary election law
preecribes that two shall be uaed If
no had any faith q his charges he
would have proceeded against the
alleged offenders l3ng ago Three times
| be has publicly Threatened to prosecuts
election officers and members Of the
COMMITTEES. but ne has not yet had the
hardlhood to do 60 The committee
invites legsl proceedings and legal
investigation properly made upon the
part Of Mr. Hayes or upon the part OF
any body else who may feel aggriaved
Nc Hayes is aither Ignorant OF the
party rules or has wlfullv misrepre-
ssntea the case In his charge that no poll
lists We're used vt many OF the polling
places Poll lists were used at each Of
the twenty polling. places 10 the city. the
ballots vera penly counted. and the
result was osrefully tabulated upon duly
printed tally sheets. Ia preparing the
tally sheet single error was made. In
one OF the districts in adding up the
tallya N r. Hayes's vote was set down at
lO0 les 8 than II ought to have been. but
the error was so patent that discoy-
erea 10 the moment the sheet was handed
TO me, and corrected 1t.
IL was recalled to night In the discus
sion by the committee that Mr. Hayes's
Republicaniem had been under suspicion
more tlIan once during his brief political
career. II WAS brought out that In 1884,
when he was secretary OF the county
committee. he was charged with tho
printing Of the tickets for the party
throughout the entire county On
election day 1t was discovered that the
pame oi Thomas Ford, Democratic candi.
dAts for sheriff, appeared on q number of
ballots In the place Of Franklin O. Std
/. 1 haVu NJ o~.l
was elected, and after he assumed the
Office he named Waiter Fl Hayes as
sherih's counsel These facts caused
good deal Of speculation at the tims, as
Mr. Hayes no doubt remembers. Mr.
Hayes was q candidate for city solicitor
In 1891 against Charles M Curtis, and he
came within thirty or forty votes Of being
nominated. He and two or thres Of
his friends gathered together in polling
room in the Fifth ward, undertook by the
very methods which he now charges
/ against this committee to overcome that
narrow margin aud nominate himself by
fraud He has not forgotten that episode.
lt WAS recalled also TO night that Mr.
Hayes has voted but once since 1891 he
fhiled to vote in 1892. although he was
United States supervisor at the time !;
snd he failed again to vote ct the city
election In 1898
"Mr Hayes has been very chRritably
, treated by the Republicans Of Whining
ton, and the very leass be can do is to
establish his RepublicAnism, and above
all his fitness TO represent the Republi
can party In an official position before he
undertakes TO accuse his betters of
, offenses against the law Aud ab.ve all
IL is his duty to act, to proceed in legal
! way, II he has any faith In his false and
vicious charges"
Walter H. Hayes aid not seem to be
Q much psrturbed when seen at his Office
I by an EVENING JOURNAL reporter this
' morning. He said thathe knew as much
: about the written party rules as any OF
( the members OF the committee,
g but old not pretend to know the
: unwritten rules inRugurated by the
Q committee at its pleasure. Speaking Of
4 I the Ford ballots he stated that it was
done at the instance Of Senator
Higgins and with the full knowl-
edge Of George W. Stone, chair
man Of the committee. Dr. H. A. Kit
, finger was selected by Mr. Hayes as
disinterested party 70 be present
! and relieve him of the responsibility.
: He was completely exonerated by the
I. committee when charges we're brougRt by
y Mr. Stidham Mr.. Hayes says that
7 the reason he did not vote In
s 1892 and 1898 WAS because he was paired
q With a Democrat he further states
that Mr. Bach neither registered nor
voted In 1892. although in the city and
around the polling place several times
III they have any tally sheets Of the
Z last primaries why don't they produce
7. them2p asked Mr.. Hayes They
2 admit that they only used
. one ballot box and thereby violated
> the law At this time 1t might
= be interesting to ask Mr. Bach who it
, was that attempted to defeat William
simmons for sheriff by ordering the
name on the tickets printed William W.
simmons