The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
SHEPARD'S VOTE CHASERS.
ru>T STRAW BALLOT. OF MIR. lows
MUGWUMP BooMERs.

,.,,.,rer poy. Have to work . "Dcaa rough
LAW In Distributing ana Collecting the
DodreF Baiiot-How Many mmut
voted ,-Did Pat Gleason Full on = Irick1
He,ne possessed OF n dcsire to know how their
,.vorite, Seth Low, stands in the mind Of the
voting public, the National Civic Club Of Brook
lvn held a straw ballot yesterday. About 10O,-
600 /" nomination ballots" were struck of for
diutribution at the bridge, the ferries. and the
elevated railroad stations. On the ballots wero
nine names and ono blank space for scattering
votes. The candidates named were as follows, |
IN this order OF arrangement on tho ballot: Cor
nelius n. Bliss, Amos J. Cummings, Ashbol p. |
Fitch. william ]. Gaynor, Patrick J. Gleason,
Beth Low, Morgan J. o'Brien. blank space, vii.
liam Sohmers and Benjamin F. Tracy. Mr.. Low,
Il will DO observed, has been hidden In tho mid.
die Of tho heap. There il q column for nrst
choice and another for second choice. On tho
ballot are these instructions:
Vote this ballot on icaing the ferry. bridge, or ele.
va,cd railroad. and test the popularity Of candidates
for Mayor of Greater New York by q proposed new
method Of securing q majority election. Place K In
the nst column after your nrst choice. Place x In
the second column after your second choice. Place
only one mark after q name.
Drop this ballot in basket kept by messenger boy
OF exit
Thi. vote IA being taken under the auspices of the
NtIDu wv Stup VI DhooAty ~ eoA
will DO given to the press for publication Monday.
June 90.
Ono hundred and fifty messenger boys wore
summoned to the club to receive their frst in
structions in politics Of the Edward M. Shepard
brand, and sent away again staggering under
burdens Of ballots in sacks. Seventeen ferries,
the principal elevated road stations in New
York, and the Brooklyn end Of the bridge were
the points covered by the ballot distributors,
-l....,tod In ot a 40 voafnrdav uoornInu Aa
the bridge authorities refused to permit the dis.
tribution Of tho papers on bridge property, those
boys who were assigned to that station had TO
do their work outside. In all about $4,000 bal.
lots were given out to the messenger boys
The task of distribution was, to quote the fro.
ouently expressed opinion Of the boys, "a dead
tsu. h lay" Many were the tales Of WOO told by
tn distributors to their employers in the Civic
Club. One full grown messenger presented him.
self at the club with q black eye and q request
for damages. This was the substance of his re-
lation:
Il SEE to him. Take one. 1t amt goin' to burn
5e.' 'G'wan,' he says. what wud I do wit 1t =
Vote it. I SEE; it's q ballot is 1t tryin' to
pejuce me vote yez are = he seq; and he poked
me one In the eye"
"Yer can't make 'em believe the papers amt
ads said another youth. EITHER they don't
take en-. or they just grab EN- an drop 'em. I'd
rather be dealin' out dodgers fer a church fair
than be on this job"
At one of the downtown New York stations
Of the elevated road. where q great many Jersey
commuters take the uptown trains, the boy had
ahard time. 1t is characteristic Of the commuter
that he carefully reads all advertisements handed
can tell but what they may be announcements
Of changes in the time table, Therefore, Jersey.
Here. boy; l can't vote these things. 1 don't
r. 49,, ,,,on+od thio az mn avcuaa
His stock Of ballots diminished with discour-
aging slowness until he rebelled:
TAKE EN- anyway an vote fer Paddy Gleason.
he cont care where his votes comes from. as
X More cautious was the boy a. the bridge. who
was repTimsndsd BY a civic watcher for lack of
sHali & a dozen men have gone by in the last
Eve minutes that you haven't even offered g
~ ;. that's ali right said the messenger
who looked e s. short Of his teens. Them fei-
What Of it; they vote, don't theyf"
"vSte!' esclatmsd the yo9ngstes; Them
Thereupon the watcher delivered a brief civic
S fsfsfss!es Of ,fe cieiseo on ipe & sslosbi ns It W Tlsh all s iosa
votes sss q h e said sIa.t "T n Wys SH I PSssS S Dsa = 4
Amt goIn, 10 vote for nobody but a butcher are
vail. II was said at the New York end Of the
Long Island ferries that Mayor Gleason had cap
tured the ballot distributors and made allies OF
them. and that they were doing their work on
this order; p,,,v c,...,n 1r., .,.. r,r,
hin tust place give him second. he's the work
inman's friend. Every, gent that wants to vote
fer Gleason gets two ballots" -.
When the ballots come to be counted the truth
q this rumor may be substantiated BY figures
Early in the afternoon the same messenaers
with empty -four sacks marked Ballots" stood
near the exits of the stations where they had
distributed in the morning. The energetic ones
detained in accordance with their instructions
Ballots this way. Here's where your votes
e.: sen,s; Drop EN- In the bag. Right this way
Only in the rush hours. which come early or
accident was reported from one OF the ferries
/ As the messenger stood near the exit holding
sisa 9i x SRshn 1 Sas a inlTi5s9s sSo { s' oas oame % slone .
=:RsssIot' # :, Ss 81; 81 Drop i right . hsre;;r =,
gentleman hsn M sbsen. m GndI Xs.' "r RSnnu!e and r. +.
dropped the cigar into the bag. ~
into the depths Of the sack the gallant you'll
dyed. bowling in mmfhed accents:
him: ne set the vote on hre. Bring som'
Several persons lent their aid. shook the DO,
out OF the sack and then shook the fire out
After an Investigation the youth said he gucssee
\ 4h was only the bag that had been smouidering
AT he National Civic Club Headquarters IA
Herbert Watson OF the ballot committee sait
that the returns were coming In as well as coult
"straws show which way the wind blows. 20,
Snow he said, "and II we can collect four q
es!io ,aS q tSe .T Ssnps q p public T,it se asiG . 5000 'na'
TIE result. Mr.. Watson said. will be given on
DEMOCRATS IN n ROW.
HOeLwAtsr ana Mclean Factions Hold Riva