New-York tribune., 1896-01-20

County Committee AGAINST tHiS 'o""S
could not be passe,. unheeded. and now the nimb-e
managers OF the conspiracy present the ingenious
defence that they were prevented by this protest
and by the provisions OF the constitution OF 'He
Committee OF Thirty (Which they could at any tme
have amended) from removing the dead woou
from the rolls deliberately ignoring the fact tnat
the protest was not against the removal OF fictitious
names and the names of persons who had cied or
removed from the district; but simply against In
trusting the subcommittee In the various election
districts with the power Of removing from the ros
the names Of men whom they, In their WISDOM
chose 10 condemn having ceased to be Repub-
leans. AS matter Of fact. 1t exactly suited the
purpose of the conspirators 70 leave the DEAD
wood" upon the rolls In many election districts. be-
cause by 90 DOING the number Of delegates to the
Assembly district conventions was increased. and as
the conspiracy made progress this dead wood
could be used hide the deliberate padding OF the
rolls which was then being planned. AS matter
OF fact the names OF many good Republicans. usu-
ally men known to be opposed to the present ma
chine. disappeared from the rohs uurhs the PROCESS
OF rearrangeTent.
A CAREFUL SELECTION OF TOOLS
The re-enrolment was sad disappointment to
honest Republicans. TT ere unmis:akable evl-
dence that the committees placed In charge OF the
enrolment In the various Assembly districts were In
most cases carefully selected TO out the pr-
poses OF the conspirators. The places OF enrolment
were not announced until the day preceding the en-
ronent. and the places chosen were in many IN
stances OF such character as to Keep away seH-
respecting citizens In some Instances the places
of enrolment as announced in the public notice were
changed. So that many Republicans who took the
trouble TO seek the advertised places were tnus
prevented from registering their names
OF course such wholesale fraud could not be al
lowed 10 go unchecked. II was not few earnest
members OF the party decided to do what they con'd
attic he
labors In par have been given to the public; the
rest will follow. The full significance OF whai 'ohn
5. Smith presented 10 the committee on ih"r''hS
night is yet fully real zed Ard for thit TehSo"
Paul d. Cravah-who. az a member oil ire SUD
committee OF the Committee OF Twcniy-hve' mas
given a Rrc,t deal of at;ca;ion 10 investigation OF
the enrolment-has prepared the following analysis
OF the results thus far attained
For many days after the recent enrolment tne
public press was filed with instances OF ii'e esY,
suct .s have been proved and are capable o! tabu-
lation can he stated here. The information given
tbe instance of the Committee OF Twenty-Five. uh-
der the drecton OF G. Jones rer"r' Contain
There can be no doubt that this investsati9n was
thorough and imyart.al and ina, US ''ss ,hus sar
has been mainly confined to eight AsscmDy Ply dis s
rics but these d'ircts iurnsn h roIs n throueh
Smi the city AMI indicate that The entoimcni IS
padded the extent Of from T TO S y0 tbf nnnT ner
ren;ages Of bogus enrolment shown to exist in the
following Assembly districts:
XXlXth Assembly District - per cen,
XXxVTI1th XxxV!TnI nsS'1's Rssssmbiy Disiric, from
Thrh oanv Mir Le9erSaf@ s was Sent to % per cent
X1Vth Assembly District. ct............' = PEI Scr @
vy,h ,sser9bly District - per cent
iVth Assembly District ct.................. y per CO..
XVIII Assembly Ds'rct'.....''..-'' - per ''"'
COUNTLESS EVIDENCES OF FRAUD
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not ho accounted for upon the thecry OF mistake or
carelcssross because il Is found that tho huN ~ the
i,nnroper names upon tho rolls purely fictitious
or those Of voters proved - be Democrats. FOR
instance in ;hc NNta Assembly blstrlc, o' -
names found to be Illegally enrolled " are c.aes"l
as FICTITIOUS" and 25 those OF Democrats am
in the XXvth Assembly District. o. '"' name
found 10 be Improperly upon upon tne ''''' ''' a.
Another striking fac; IS tha, In 81, election d.
trcts ne enrolment exceeded the vote ior Palmer
concedei all hands that Win occasiionnl a. eaerp
iions tho fact that th" enrolment cNce,ds 'he parry
vote is unmistakahle evidence ~ ifaul
ves,,ra,o1 shows iha, the frauds were not confined
TO he Assembly districts which carried at
no last primaries by IN. managers OF the present
,hs workers opposed to the preecnt machine. know.
INK that their opponents would resort - any meth"i
whS,~.ae psliins Of the rolls vas on foot, were
tempted into hghllas the snemS WIN ms own
OF the enrolment n Assembly dericis OF THIS char
acier Of which ihe IVih is an cNampc. show, nat
I'm the main the most slaTlng Instances ~ irauHl'
enrolment 10 the election districts ia "hieh
the influence ~ tho nachin" wa dominant
/, may be asked how IS + possible for tAcsc cnor-
nous frauds 20 be peTpeiratel even IN districts
Ike the XXvtn. whore thcr, MAS an nnloubiea ma
chnery OF the election district ORGANIZATIONS was
question brings out one Of the most cunning feat
lires OF the conspiracy. The ro--nroiment In ihe
oacers Of the election district orgnnizaiions hu;
n committee OF thrcc( one for each election DIS;
carefully selected. 10 carry out the plans OF me
local leaders engaged in tae task Of carrying that
Assembly district for the machine.
II will also be asked WIN was no cfor; made TO
secure redIess by an appeal to ,ac COUNTY Tom so
frauds would be corrected by ihe vcry organization
under whose direction they had been peTpr,slg,d
on the par, OF the County Committee 70 redress
Y would have been phyciea, n m lmPoss,,S,
meni me- i and the organisation Of the new County Com
4 careful examination o. the enrolment In the
eight A.sssy district: which ,sm nsye ,hs Sesn f,,sn
enrolment has been concentrated At the points
DOUBT %ss5 IN s. SoSf %nd 90 Of ss assea @
frauds no hot sedon f a bot
In pursuance Of a shrewdiy planned and carefully
executed conspiracy guided from beginning TO- eng
this conspiracy will be seen at glance. when the
extent to which the padded enrolment affected the
II VIII be remembered that the basis Of represen-
taton in the Assembly District Convention was one
decgate for every twenty names cnroHcd Nnot
voters AT the nriinares) and the result was that II IN
any election district known TO be opposed TO tne
machine enough names could be stricken from me me
roll 10 reduce the enrolment from say i5 10 u tan
actual case. :hero would be one opposing delegate
less on the other hand, in election districts known
to be favorable to the machine. for every twenty
votes added to tho enrolment there would be an
additional delegate favorable TO the machine. IN
this way enough delegates could be secured from a
third OF the election districts IN gwen Assembly
district TO control the Assembly District Conveh-
ton This work carried to such a shameless
extent that In many election districts the enr9meht
exceeded the vote than twice over IN the
XXVIIIth Assembly District 0rom which NJ Lau-
terbach was sent the County Commlttoe) IN
TWENTY-FIVE out OF The thrty-eght election dis
ricts the rolls were padded as to cause me en- en-
padding was principally in the election districts
which elected Lauterbach delegates to the Assem-
bly, District Convention. 80 -
il viii be seen that these tactics did not necHs-
sarily involve the Of the fraudulent names az