New-York tribune., 1896-02-04
EXTENT OF THE FRAUDS.
MORE FACTS TO DISGUST DECENT REPUB-
IICANS.
r,oxs OF RoL1-pApDING BY THE PLATT-

REVELATIONS OF RoLI~PADDING BY THE P1ATT-
LAuTERBAcH PEOPLE.
The moro fully the investigation into the frauds
IN the recent Republican enrolment and primaries
is carried the more conclusive become the proofs
OF the rascaity which has been practised under
men identified with the Platt-Lauterbach forces.
In the XXth Assembly District attention has al
ready been called TO the of the names of we'll
known Tammany men in padding the Platt-Lauter-
bach rolls one OF the fragrant election districts In
which this of Tammany names has been exer-
cised is the Nineteenth. Dr. G. w Thompson a
well-known Republican. of No 233 East Thirty
second-st.: John NJ Reed president Of the XXth
Assembly District Republican Club; DR. Samuel A.
Hardy of No. 57i Second-ave., prominent Repub-
lican Of the district. and T. F. Donohue. of No. go
East Thirty-second-st. Republican familiar to the
members of the organization. ali unite in declaring
that. so far they can ascertain the makeup Of
the Republican enrolment accomplished at the
Garfield Club through the instrumentality OF
George Fea; ;herston the Republican captain of the
Nineteenth Election District. in conjunction with
James L. Stewart. Featherston lives in a fathouse
at No 204 East Thirtysecond-st. almost within
stones throw OF the Garfield Club house He was
at home yesterday. 1t is generally known that
Featherston makes his living a clerk book
makers on the races.
Dr. Thompson said yesterday: 1--WE have been
tracing this matter down and we have found that
Featherston is the man who has been acting with
Stewart TO put Tammany the rolls Re-
pubcans in the Nineteenth Election District. We
have placed the facts In the before the Law
Committee of the XXth Assembly District Re
publican Club. and propose find out who is
responsible for the violation OF the laws of the
primaries.
DR. Hardy spoke in a similar VEIN and declared
that Featherston was the man responsible for the
false enrolment.
At the headquarters OF the Committee of lnvesti-
CATION. No. lis Wesr Forty -hrst-s some startling
-istig Of he
tabulated yesterday. Reports from the Fourth
Election Distric; % the lid Assembly District
showed that out Of fourteen alleged Repuohcans
enrolled In that election district only four were
entitled 10 enrol Republicans. or the ten men
fraudulenty enrolled. five were found 10 be Demo
Gratis these being as follows: jeremiah ~ieary No.
535 Canal-sI.: Andrew Haggerty, No. 5S5 Caral-si;
George Water. No. 535 Canal-st.; William Gafney.
No. 3ls Sprng-st.; Dennis Twoumey. No Sls Spring
ST. Two mon rad removed four months ago, these
being William Mccarthy, No p Renwick-st.. ana
Michael Blake. No. is3 Wasn;ns'on-st OF three
no trace could be secured These were IhoInas
Roche. No 5T Canal-st.i William MSNenz.e' No.
% Renwick-st., James Landlgran, NO. 10 Ken
wick-st. -
bly, district out OF twenty-eisht enrolled Repuo-
licans II shown that only ten were entitled 10
was dead. three had removed, and 9i thirteen no
trace whatever could be found. Inc eighteenth
ts1i his nol,tics He has been CLASSIFIED as 'mer-
cenary' This district runs upon Charlton, Green
,rha RepuslIran club OF the Twelfth Election
District of The With Assembly District has stricken
from It's rolls the following names for the follow
Moved from the. election distriet-s ,,1s ,L1utsstenn
William Cannon. Joseph Watchtell. William II
Fades, John II. Sanders. Louis Biehl Leonard
Spe!gler and Aaron : horr.
Ceased to be Republicans. having supported the
Tammany Hall nominations last elec,on-Richard ri
Anderson. Henry Decker. +. Dallman. William NIL
ier. Alber, Bruce. Henry Young, Henry Hoppen-
burg Clemens Gansy. Joseph Keller. Theodore
muth and Ber,hod Fuchs.
For beng delegates TO Tammany General Com
mittee-August Hderbrandt and Daniel Davenport