New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-07
HONEST ELECTION IN TROY.
GOVERNOR ELECT BLACK WAS ACTIVE
IN SECURING IT.
HE SAW TO IT THAT THE BALLoT-bOAEs WE'RE
NOT STUFFED BEFORE THE VOTING
ToY-R OE THE

HE SAW TO 1T THAT THE BALLOT BOXES WERE
NOT STUFFED BEFORE THE VOTING
BuGAN-AN EARLY TOUR OF THE
POLLING PLACES.
rrov Nov. G (SpeciaD.-Frank S. Black, the
Republican Goyernor-elect. was at his once
carly to-day attending TO his law business. IN
deed II Is only By arriving at his office soon
after the breakfast hour that Mr. Black can
manage nowadays to do any work. hepuo-
lican leaders begin to visit him about noon' ana
so the rest of the day is spent
.I feel highly cratifled over the large vote
roce,ved for Governor" said Mr.. Black to-day.
~ expected to fall behind Mr. Mckinney III tue
GRAND total because ! knew that thousands OF
coId-stan lard Democrats. after voting LOT MAUI
Mckinley. and thus assuring success on 'ne
main issue. would vote for some Democ'a"'
candidate for Governor. They cast 'hei' 'o'e'
either for Mr. Griffin or Mr. Porter. also was
atty pleased over the vote OF my nome eoN.''
of Rensselaer,. Here Senator Ed"aru muip
ir exerted all the influence he still retains III .'e
county to lower the Republican vote, ana III t''S
policy he was sustained by the Democratic 0'a'e
committee Notwithstanding all this special
Democratic work in the county, we carried IL ior
our state candidates by 800 more votes thah
received two years ago for Congress
",1ucb NJ our success was due. think to the
,,ct that nv great effort we prevented Demo-
cratic repeaters from voting. There were Sky
of them registered from one house we hau
them followed to polls by deputy-sheTihs' anu
then II they voted once under some appearance
81 legality we had them followed persisteh's
and kept from voting again. Early In Inc Gay
we arrested six Of them. and this action so
frightened the others that they desis'e" HUN
any attempts to repeat Inc! "e'e
asperated that they almost wrecked the ho"S'
Of the man who had induced them to come 10
Troy holding him responsive io' '''''
to make any money
.rho, rou think Troy had an honest election
for once?
..vos. tho freost from political corruption ana
chatting ~ anv We ever had. The vote was
honest and honestly counted. But we had 10
tato precautions to bring about this honest
election. We started out about O'Clock VI.
Tuesday morning. in carriages 10 i'"hs H. H.
Of the southern wards or the ci,s Thro ,rs
frauds have always been perpetrated lh.i, ""
had the Republican inspectors anu ~, H.
make sure that there were no palots III III. .ne
balot-boxes when the polls were opos'I bore ITO
was the favorite method of cheating He ~.
stuff IN. bal box with from l''o 10 -oo pauo''
before the polls were opened nave t"o w -,
mon vote and Their jump 2'n on the huinpeieu
ballots II any ~ rs surprised AZ ',e ms,
number OF ballots he received carry IN inc Jay LAY
no was told that he ought - have neeh al 'ne
polling place earlier. when he wouln naee i nsr
a muItltude present. There was only one SILVER
Democrat who objected To our VISIT 10 me poIi-
ing-places a cranberry-face lndiVidnas, Mo
gfowled out We'll. you fellows seem "is"|
scared about this election
Sheriff Collins. OF Rensselaer, 'o'n'F, VINO a.
companed Mr. Black on this sunrise tour ainohs
the polling places Of Troy, SAID: neSe 49, Sas
Great deal OF Surprise among the Murphy pe,Iio-
crafts al the various polling places that the ne
publican candidate for Governor should be taxing
such personal pains that the electlon Va ar"S
sho,,ld Inc honest bu; thty offered no resistance
10 an inspection Of the ballot. boxes. ana we
satisfied ourselves that they had not been
stuffed with ballots marked for Bryan ana Se"
Senator Parsons. OF Rochester. was mere 10
dav. and had short conference with MI Black.
II is not believed that the MISSION OF senator
p.rsons had any relation to the candidacy OF
George ". Aldridge. of Rochester. for reap
pointment as superintendent Of Public Works