The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
PETITION A FRAUD.
tREfUBLICAN orr COMMITTEES TO
49, FIGHT 1T IN UUURE

gREfUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEES TO
lEg' FIGHT 1T IN COURT.
lFPresaaent ouiEs elves the Result OF the In-
Ia vesttEation Or 500 Names = nearly 500
-Fsose Of Persons who Can't ne Fonnd-The
CIT Plan OF Nomination n Tissue OF Fraud.
Representative ouigR. President OF the Re-
publican City Committee, gave out tho follow
ing statement last night concerning the nomi.
mating petition Of tho Citizens Union placing
Seth Low In nomination for Mayor. Tho law
e~requiros that this petition shall be signed BY
1000 voters OF the municipality:
"The Republican City Committee specifically
charges, and is prepared to prove, that the poti-
tlon nominating Low Ia a fraud. OF the 1000
names on tho petition we have investigated 600.
taken at random, and of tho 500 Investigated,
nearly 800 arc the names of persons who can.
not be identified. That is TO BPy, IL they exist
at all, they are not to DO found at the ad-
dresses stated inLtho petition. We discovered,
smoreoyer, that Of the persons who con DO
identified, a considerable number 8 gncd tho
petition under a false impression of its charac-
ter given to them by the canvassers who got
them TO sign. Many sisners did not know that
Il was q petition for tho nomination of Low.
They were told it was a petition for some other
purpose, such rs the repaving OF q street, or the
Snominating of an Assembly district candidate,
or the building Of a schoolhouse. or tho opening
OF q park.
LrI~tour investigation was made BY Heidelberg's
Detective Agcn y. and tho returns OF the OPP
eratiye s are made under oath. John NJ. Hanley
4 swears that he Investigated the following names
4 and addresses: So, ,Ht' =.
w. T. Brown. 500 West Fortioth street.
Thomas Reilly, 4la West Fortie,h street.
James Lang, s4ola West Fo~rty.frst' street,
o @. II. s MSGRay. t 49, Vest Tnir fySnS street.
William q. Murphy; as4 IVES! Forty nth streot.
c. q. Kissing. l3o West Thirty Arst sircct. 50
This operative swears that no such person
as Brown, no such person as Smith. no such per-
person SeP on 'i a" Murphy %p E.f no p such person &c @a' a; b Bs S1sa
sgH I nS VIII %iiiiPp s's j. m e Gardn Sna and nS s mo su9 Ser pS5,
IS Messing are to DO found at tho addresses
u given. and that MS for james Lang. said to live
Nnumber and no such person in tho neighbothood.
ess"operative Mark Jacobs investigated the fol-
lowing names and addresses:
'3NvlE Israel, So Norfoikstreet. .
l. l. sssln. g g s cSfSmsi sts street. %.
-Brown. lOe sunoik street.
W. Barnett. 5 Hester street.
). e SSSsn' is rs G GeaasGn st s,rsss' 90
J. solomon. 100 Clinton street.
Ike sarnor, sos Delaney street.
h hSSls sa Mas'iI' SO 80 P SiisRssy . stsss.'
Jacob swcafs that Israel, Blath, Storm,
H HsaMsi sss sr1oa. G SHGfni and an o %sa ssa so'SP are
names that cannot be identified at any Of the
addresses given. No such persons are to DO
{ aI"sSThese affdevits arc examples Of about
tsetiyss, They establish the fact beyond dispute.
that the Low petition Is q gigantic fraud, and IL
fabianket ballot it will go there in plain defiance
It was assumed by the three Police Commits.
sioners, who sustained this petition by their de.
cision last Friday, two OF whom. by the way.
cans, that the Republican protest against the
Low petition was simply q protest as to its
form and substance too. We charged that the
forms Of law were not complied with, and also
Sfalse and fraudulent names. go, 90 400
!" The law requires that every signer' shall APP
Signature. We Charge That in hSndreds Of cases
this was not done, and that the no'aries
land in many cases criminal. And we have
much evidence which ought and probably will
Z we charge that in one case a notary swore
NtoA large number OF names no one OF which
. ,mHs le ssi nG1f h n a f Fho law wh peo aia se aiso tSa sp a
tnslary IN subscribing his declaration shall re.
that RESPECT Is Very plain. L G" Won't right 81
fTSs...tho getting up q a false and fraudulent petit
= aooO bona ode petitions. This feature Of
,Siy dissr.os %pstitlosss scores and handreds q
htives hands In this extraordinary affidavit He
ksisssion district a%tr as bona f ade sub nsrfs ln Gis
then s.ys:' A man by the name, of James Com
tSs ioreEoine men. He IS The {, one s'S who got their
N~g,nanies for MI. Low. Connors offers to vote them
any way you please. He says he can get them
70 vote any way he wants them to on election
sfaE for from 90 TO 81 each, and that the only
thing which cuts any figure with them Is the
This Is respectfaly submitted as cont5ieq.
tion to the cause Of non-partisan reform which
ought to rejoice the souls of all truly good re-
i've have the names Of no less than forty
{ Es5sa Va, wh q p sSy iast 10, sae fba a ao mot anSw 6 the I Peti.
and that Lows name was not mentioned to
t tSsg would On Sd0n nos have VIII tisn ,si R It Il Fl ih ana b tant
The Republican City COMMITTEES gives the results
III this 81 ln tSs sssSs to sn shG tE RHSlic o as 1 %h itlH'i ihs
eHndiSse =. Of Nj: Low rests; Mr.: L9T con:
pope and Saaf1 he ' Contrasts ns @si the e0a alieeed p 9y u ias
Lttotm 81 his nomination with the form OF Gen.
SNsaessa'ss y 'b bsss.' i liz ta Sss' about toats his S' pe nGloI,
.oet tae, oSo sighers: NOBODY that has ever been
"S g ss Il |. has se ss'r e sssn sahs s rsisssa y H'} ESs:
% p.,iaps pro is %r1 By " h nGstr lesnTa.s %psstti0p &nS &
sSqs srsli ns@Ip 3e.as petition is II thus proved to be
se,a.INtTety thousand enrolled Republican, par.
'ls.sSSSSoi them Il my voted a. the p ri aries fa' tRc
present s sIs city Of a New ,yc Xo ,s.r sl n.,a hof o@ an Of the
tests, and not twenty OF tho fifty related 10 the
R.apsaii9n. OF Lowe candidacy, Low was nomi-
mated by twenty persons, nineteen of whom
were chosen and selected by the twentieth. and
even then then they y we're we're 90, 20 afraid OF one another
The Repqbilcan. CITY Committee will contest
istha nominationo OF Low In the courts. The time.
-n19i DECISION can be got. But the extent to
Which the Low candidacy Is built on fraud and
NOMINATION Hell UP. "'
Charges AGainst Judge Buckley. Who Waatl
20 he Postmaster aI Montgomery, Ala.