New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
,,oRE FRAUD REVEALED.
SPECIFIC INSTANCES WITH NAMES
AND DATES.

ASSEMBLY DiSl SlfSi'i-iH"MANi
1--WE A PREARRANGED sIGNAL-MR.
1AuTERBACH REFUSES TO
RIGHT THE WRONG.
~. following is statement with specific illus
' - Of the frauds perpetrated In the XXth
I uah,v District in the recent Republican enrol
Asse".d nrmaries under Platt-Lauterbach direc-
pe" under the Immediate instructions of James
fon fonart 90" now State Inspector of Meters. through
j. ,r,men ntality of r. c. Platt. 1t is to be noted
H s,s narrative that men who did this Illegal work
u ~,sa ~ that they backed" by Stewart and
sn,erhach and that the County Committee
Las coo them through" 1t is also to be noted
w. uben formal protest Of the frauds was made
u.orhach ua took it upon himself to say that. In
~ the great extent Of the frauds, the constitu-
' -, the County Committee had been reegated
.asmporariy" 10 the shades
TIVE facts presented have been accumulated by
rhomas Sturgis. a wel-known Republican of the
xX,h Assembly District. opposed by instinct and
,hi 70 practices OF the Stewart brand. Mr. Sturgis
=, man of large interests but whether handling
al estate in this city dealing in ranches and cat
.,e IN New Mexico. he is a fighting Republican.
rhe following are the facts of these frauds as given
by Mr.. Sturels'
HE CALLS IT A CONSPIRACY.
"rhe conspiracy against the legal right Of Re
,h,cans began with the appointment of a Special
rrommittee on Organization by the County Commit
,se consisting of three persons. for this district
r,a three were selected to conduct the revision OF
.,e rolls That committee consisted OF James L.
c,swart and William Burke. one Of Stewards own
tnd together with John j. Corbett The heao-
.ror,ers of the committee made at the Car
cold Clubhouse. Stewards organization ana mead
ouarters At the frs; meeting of the committee OF
three Stewart made motion demanding that the
original rolls should be required from all the eec-
zion districts Mr. Corbett opposed II. stewart
,bereupon coolly informed Mr. Corbett that MS
Mace was vacant. since no one voting against hii
IstewarO could remain member OF the co''-"'
tee At the next meeting Mr.. Corbetts pace was
sned with docile Stewart man. Hugh Coleman.
'The demand for the original rolls theh 'haue
l.. ,ho Stewart committee was responded TO by Of
ts,s Of certified copies. Stewart refused to re-
ceve these and proceeded appoint new inspectors
IN each election district. ignoring the inspectors
regularly appointed Also in more thah " per
cent OF the cases Stewart selected new poiiihe-
o,aces for the primaries while his new inspectors
80 ron-residen,s in a great many instances. The
night Of the primaries was appealed 70 oy sew
eraI well-known Republicans. TO whom the right OF
votDg had been refused in their election ois'ric's'
The location or the enrolling places had been Kept
secret as far as possible. The places OF 'he
or,mariss were not published until the morning OF
,he day of the primaries. Saturday. one primary
was published as be held at No 5S Secohd-aNe'
There is no such number. The primary was ac'uai-
ly held at No 405 Third-ave.
TA,IMANY MEN ALLOWED TO VOTE.
ssThere 239 Tanmany men WHO No'eA a. '''~
brimaries in the XXth Assembly District iheS
identified themselves. when they came TO vote. py
toldng their hands to the right lapels Of their coats
The inspectors understood the sign. and no questions
we're asked Two Tammany men cna, VINO VV,eo' and oi
] Coogan, jr One man whose name was no'eu M ~, }n
the prmares " was IS D aci Ia Mas much Wrought
up about IT, since. he declared, ne was weAlomil M
should be used for any such purpose He has died
since then
STEWART TO STAND BEHIND THEM
~At the primary election I went with Amos I.
Murphy a well-known Republican TO the voting
MACE in the basement of No. 3s East Thirtieth-st
rp,a ,e the house of Jacob c. Wund. the Tam
many Alderman. There were three inspectors there'
the chairman being man named Lee announcer III
spector was named Mullady, and the third was
German who could hardly speak English. Mr. Mur-
, nhy was entitled to vote. In my presence the IN
spec,ors refused TO allow him to vote His name
wound have been properly the roll. since 1t had
been transferred the list upon the change OF lines
the district Yet the Ss akes by
what and they told me hed 65 5ad be Senn dSes SeS
e ean tAt that the County Committee would stand be
hind hind them anything they did said MrdSy to 5ss ,yes Ths
Ssat door, and is wellknown Republican DO you
asds aE Sos spoke sau sSSY s S ny
my Il then went with several Republicans to the the
This Tb w4s 1so in ss shs aea Tsss Of ss0n
can. had applied there vote. one Of the inspec.
weil. but you and no other Republicans OF your
kind: can vote here no matter what your papers
TOLD THAT HE HAD RESIGNED.
zone of the delegates elected to the Assembly
District Convention Frank Hobart In af-
ndavit he says that on December II he appeared at
the place designated TO hold the convention. and
was refused admission. He protested that he was
elected delegate from his election district and did
not resign. He adds that no person had any au-
thority to substitute any one as delegate in his
uIace The milk in the cocoanut is that when Mr..
Hobart presented himself he was cooly told that
cepted ne nSr and the place filled Dr. G. W Thompson
fellow-deegate. corroborates Mr. hooarts state
ment.
WHAT MR.. LAUTERBACH SAYS.
There are many more details OF this story OF
fraud Mr.. Sturgis went before the Committee on
OrganizatIon OF the County Committee. together
with eight or ten well-known Republicans OF the
XXth Assembly District. to present the foregoing
and many more facts. Mr.. Sturgis said last even
ing:
"Mr. Iau,erbach was present and so were Messrs.
Gibbs. Van Cott, Anasa Thornton and others.
This was a few days after the primaries. we we
told Mr. and the Ohers na' "a three Se ep
pointed by the County Committee had been a arp, o.
;hs, y co mtee had not been regularly appointed
that in stranger ~ se naa naces OF en-
rolment were new places. that a number OF them men
places where the number and address had ,b been In
one or more Instances had been Incorrectly pup.
ished that well-known Republicans long ka reslden,
in the district had found their names strichs SUI, Yen
from the rolls the reasons assigned for TINS H py
the Inspectors being orders received from
that opportunity for these Republicans 10 eiHV
was refused on the ground that they were not , ,ns
kind OF Republicans wanted. and tnat IN rrms YVES
out OF the thirty nine election districts tne haIcs
of deceased persons, non-residents ana hn
Tammany men had been put on the ,onh ros Al 'o wo