New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-02
EBAITD IN THE XXvIITH IN.
ry1DENCEs OF MACHINE CHoohEDNI''
OBTAINED IN THAT DISTRICT.

,a,mbeer. elected to the Assembly
on the independent Republican ana orizshs ouo"
,,cLe, was requested yesterday 10 give 'he fai
,ars -, the fraudulent enrolment which Is alleged
iats u VI, - ada ,n some Of the election districts
~ I %o WYNN Assembly District Mr. Laimoeer
sa.orroa the reporter TO william c. WILSON, 'a"
rsr II No 81 Liberty-st. VINO hau ac'eu ] r,,s
tho late campaign as secretary oi ..e ,..oo,
Assembly District Republican Clup MT. i'a,
said that Mr.. Wilson, acting III n' .e
go T., behalf of the club. had given the suoJe0'
aIso III ,,,r,o. enrolment careful study and In
s,,s.t,on and had In his office the oe'aieo '0
sr,,s of the labor expended In this direc'io"'
THO xyvIIth Assembly District club was OF.
can,zed on It's present basis In feoruai'' i''''
said Mr. Wilson. "and had for Its purpose ~, -"
ducing Of the voters OF the -.o ais'i'o ~ =, ,hs,r
tho Republican organization the securing u nc,
General attendance at the party primaries 'ae
rouo,,np OF the election Of capable delegates "
the party conventions. and the ootaih''is =. 90 90
uor,,na,,on OF honest and intelligent men foF
elective offices - 49,, a.. vork
:. ,as ,ourd that some OF the districts had sus-
n,c,ously large enrolments while those II. 0'e'
districts we're correspondngly small -, III. ~"
vo,tion held in December. 1885, for the eiec'.o" y:
members OF the Republican County com'",...
o,,,nued Mr. Wilson, IA election ostricts.
sa,,rg a total Republican vote OF 1900 ana %
da,sgates IN the convention. defeated q eeo.
,,n. districts with Republican vote OF Ss"
and only 80 delegates. This fact leo the ciuo "
r,oLe an effort to increase the enrolment IN o'ne'
districts A difficulty was encoun'erea N ~. 49,. VI
ability OF any representative OF the ciuo 70 seeS
a,as ~ tie rolls Of certain districts Inc chair'
wan and secretary one or the otner OF 'ness
odicers In fourteen election districts reiuseo W
allow an inspection Of their rolls Members Oh ths
County committee paid attention to appncs.
,,ors asking permission TO have these rons cop'oo
from the duplicates in possession OF the Sou"S.
Committee
u, Wilson then quoted the following from cir
cular issued to the voters OF the district on 'ns
subject Of frauds:
In September last the deesates rcs Wsrs s,eGsso the 10
recent conventions At the first OF suSh eonysn- owen
ons DELEGATES Mere 40 Se ps Cy Convention
ssns %hch s"in nominated Republican sandidaie for
Mayor beOre flor a 5ress hat those IN
troll OF the Republican organization openly ooassea n.
AS 81 Mr. n maeans
however feared that the action OF tha convention
in district might ren,e y sSsh sSSa resuaon o.
serve how this was done. pon,hucon rar,v con.
'"Hs S5s a & ssss aeesaS: ssS
snce With this constitution the number o. dele,
gates to which each district Will be entitled II sucn
eeonventon and give notice thereof 10 the dstrics
No such notice was giyen.at least Least not & to .sIa our
gates were TO be elected and eight or ten o, oays
Sasora the convention. The Sn0rtnesS OF the notc0
prevented any thorough Investigation as to whether
Or NOT the number of delegates allotted to any dis
trict exceeded the number to whicn sucn district
was entitled - .
The condition as found by Mr.. Wilson In the
Fifth Election District he described as follows
Az the Presidential election OF November, 1s9d
the total registration OF all voters In the district
was 237 Two hundred and twenty-five votes were
ast ar the election, OF which l3l were for the Re-
publican ticket. On September II. 1887 three days
before the PRIMARIES It was ascertained that the
nunhsr OF delegates from this district had been
avad M eleven by the County Committee. which
nonid ,ot he done under the constitution without
enrolment in that district OF at least 20 Repubi.
cans I'm May 1897. a house-to-house canvass OF
rares r that appeared the last registration list
as nublished in "The City Record" from which Il
va ascertained that eignty-tour OF the persons
named in the list had either died moved away or
were not Republicans. Only eghty-one were found
who stated that they we're sS EspsbisSans for
election of delegates to the city Convention. .
strong protest was made against seating the delo-
ates from the Fifth District. The Committee on
Sontested Seats while admitting the appearance Of
fraud overru!ed the protest because technical
pTSree members Of our club called on Mr.. Quigg
and asked him for a copy OF the roll OF the Fifth
District in order that the proof OF fraud might b
suppl.ed Mr. Quigg said that fraud wac apparent
from the figures, and that. under the constitution
the Fifth District was disqualified: but he declined
A. no proof could be furnished. the eleven dele
gales were seated In the convention OF October q
ali protests being overruled. whereupon delegateo
representing sIxtSen out Of thiry;nvs election dis
Frauds OF q similar nature were discovered n
the Tenth and Eleventh districts. and protests