New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
MITCHELL AGAINST WALSH.
THE CONTESTANTS CASE STRENGTH
ENED BY THE MINORITY REPORT.
WHOLESALE TAMMANY BRIBERY AND CoRRCf-
TIoN IN THE With CONGRESS DISTRICT
EVEN MORE CLEARLY SHOWN THAN
BEFORE-A SHIFTY AND

EVEN MORE CLEARLY SHOWN THAN
BEFoRE-A sHIFTY AND
EvAsIvE DOCUMENT.
fsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
Washington. Nav 24-The views OF the minority
n, Elections Committee No. 2 of the House OF KEEP
resentatives in the contested election case OF 'o'
Murray Mitchell against James j. Waish' Oh .ie
with New-York District. have al i"s' -
nrintei The document is as shif'y ana eVa''o 90
the course Of the contes;ee in the case h"' 49,,
/roro tho ,ncenton OF the contest. The ola piea una"
.he of1cer before whom the contestant tes'''"o"s
IN chief vas taken was not authorized u ''h % ~
testimony is again made. and amphheu wiz,
roS,,ors that are entirely unworthy Of considera-
tion and which ought in view OF al III. -
shown In the record, 10 earn nc disapp' oo"'-o".
not the contempt Of the liou e OF Represe"'A'"e'
About one-seventh OF the dinusve document - W
cupied by the discussion o. this point anu NV
rnainder is mainly devoted to abuse OF 'I'e wi
t.stants witnesses II would naturally be supposed
and IN fact law well as decehcY "ouiN -
.,,,,. that an attempt at least would nave pech
,r.aa nv the sitting member 10 dispIoVe me oeSti
monv or at least. TO impeach the cieu'piT'' %
these witnesses No such attempt was hiaue' anu
the most amazing feature Of the whoie case 10 NV
admission bv the minority Of Elections committee
~ tho, tho testimony Of the contestants VII
ressas as 10 bribery In the Forty-fourth flectoh
district OF the lid Assembly D!strlct-"I'neSso'
whom the minority brand as DEGRADED
81 the lowest type. whose testimony * 50 uireI"''e
that 1t ought not to be given any ie. "eie. si
alteration whatever" establishes "a pflma i"oe
s,o,,,ng" and that the returns from that district
ought therefore. to be excluded.
Scarcely less amazing is the artiess e@pIdna'O" "a
the failure of Walsh to attempt to break the ~
OF the evidence OF bribery IN the Forty-Iou'o ~
trict One Dineen was in the conspiracy "i w
minority says;
hepp a
answer the testimony tending TO show that ne nao m
been engaged N bW 6rpery In of
contestees failure to call Dneen, inr IL Is Of ths testi
1onnv under indictment for corrupt practices ID
with oa 5ss no be procur but think
thai condtion was the misfortune OF contes'ee any
that the rule Of syesSe p sSemned concenng these
matters cannot be changed ny me b uond not
that from motives OF sei-pro'ec"o" "e "'1'N
have testified II called
rhs ro,nori,v report contains several statements
which amount admissions of the fact that bribery
WAS the order OF the day among the Iammahy ledu-
ers and 'heelers' that Election Day IN the llo
Assembly District. For example. one Wiinam l..
Wilson testified in regard bribery in the Thirty
fifth Election District, and not single witness was
called 10 impeach his testimony He testified that
he lived In the lodging house called the Bisarck,
at No Mulberry-st: that he knew Dan
O'Rourke; that O'Rourke was the Tammany captain
in that district; that he saw O'Rourke around me
Or eleven men he asked Rourke. What was into INTO
he the witness understood 81; that Q'ROurke then
askd him where he WAS not rem n1Sg aa any votes out Of
the Bismarck" and so on Was Dan" O'Rourke
sons sil waa sesaionys lS ys fa'hi aere It IS q ~
r The testimony of William l. Wilson, from begin
Sas SassksGad to fdd Who Il 5A9r d to s his vote to
ThU he on bsro aSd
= vote ORourke refused 10 buy. and after yaniy a.
SaT At 6 70 ok sf Hi in vGfs the But bad
nnscrupulous Wilson is, there is aosouiey N NOM NON;
Of any fact in issue IN this controversy except that
when oRourke was appeaed TO by himself and ME his
their votes that O'Rourke refused 10 buy them
The minority also gives an abstract Of the test-
mony Of another witness-Patrick J. Lynch-whch
nrbs5s snGIsn and rseeyat He tested
that he received 80 cents for registering. and that
from his lodgng-house the polling place, he met
the man who PAID him tn the % cents and ,na' 3e
ing: Come. want to see you all He further tee,
paster to him; that he did not look at the pas:er
but recognized the ticket as Democratic ucke,i
right" and showed him how to fold the ballot and
when he had learned TO do so the man said Al
he ana make RdS he it al RpsiF "o the O'0' anu
Witness further testified that the man named g
he supposed TO be two-dollar bill; but which he
0T no De eceVe D haT
the man who paid him, and that majority Of
them were from No 173 Park Row. the house in
which he lodged but he could not swear that all
OF them from there. He further testified that
ne was around No. l73 Park Row in the evening Of
that day and that he heard men talking about hav-
ing received money for voting; that several of the
men who the evening OF Election Day. at No:
173 Park Row, were talking about having received
money for voting were the men whom he had seen
receive money: that OF them were dissa tisfed
and some were satisfied: that Of them said.
pretty % fu and KIND Of dissatisaed about not get
ting anything for their vote. Some OF them said
hay and gOfS he hat 0nl
got kicked; those that got s2 began 10 brag about
IT, and then the others kicked
No attempt whatever was made TO deny or dis
prove this testimony TO impeach the credbility OF
the witness but his testimony Is curtly dismissed by
the minority as absurd. worthless and irrelevant "
This Is probably the first time in the history OF
tested election In the House Of Representa-
tves that the report OF the majority OF a commit
has been fortified by the views OF the minority
II Is expected that the will be called up and
disposed Of early next week.
CHANGES IN GEN BATCHELDER'5 STAFF.
Washington. May "a ster-
General Batcheder is on Western tour OF In