The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
CTS ADMIT A BIG FRAUD.
N NAME IN TEL ON THEIR ros.-
OOO PETITION FICTITIOUS

us That All says the Ca ndIdate, /. Hov Very
EnoournEinE"-Hut II Isn't Ali-It IL Oniy
the Percentage or Postal Cards That have
Been Marked 'Not Known MT Addre,s.v
The Cts themselves now announce that
at least one-tenth OF tho 1922 600 signatures
on the petition that called upon Seth Low TO
become n ~unifying force are fraudulent. Such
mas Been the result Of a canvass made by
them. Beyond what tho Cts themselves say
ABOUT IL nothing will be learned, for that sacred
ron ID Kept as secret and closely locked to-day
as II was last August; but John X. Hatch, Secre.
tary OF the Committee on. Enrolment and Dis.
trict organizations, said yesterday that from
the returns he had received he would allow 10
per cent. for fraudulent names.
Inc Cts canvass of the lists was conducted
In this way: Early last September a number
OF young women were set at work to sort out
tne names They were sorted first alphabet
cally, then by Assembly districts. When this
was done. to each district organization was
sent It's quota Of names, and the workers there
were ordered to send printed postal cards to
each signer within that district, the postal card
calling on the voter to vote for Low and telling
where tho district headquarters were. Practi-
cally speaking, no attempt at personal inves-
tigation of the names and addresses was made.
John B. Pine, who runs that part of the COM
mittec, said:
Whenever n card is returned to us we
know that there has been a false namc or
address given. That will show-conclusively
how many votes we can depend upon. Every
body who signed the petition, except those who
gave false names or addresses, will vote for
Low"
Despite tho enormous amount of evidence
brought forward to show how absolu ely value
less the petition really was, the young men Mt
the Cts headquarters persisted in believing
that IL was worth its face value minus n scat
tering fake name or address here and there.
As 4 consequence the knowledge that 10 per
cent. OF the cards had been returned with the
inscription, NO such person at address" came
to them like a shock. But even now they
maintain that the other 81, 900 will vote for
Seth.
1t doesn't take much intelligence to see the
differences that must be drawn from that most
damas ing admission of the Cts. II out OF the
1929 o names on that roll 10000 are OF men
who never existed, with what Is already known
OF the methods pursued in getting tho sigma
lures, the value of IL becomes practically moth
ing. And II the cts by tine mildcst of methods
what might not be the result OF an invcstiga.
ton by disinterested personsi II 10 per cent.
OF the names and addresses arc false, what per
cent. OF them are signatures of men who signed
1t from pity for tho suffering canvassersf What
per cent. was signed by men who did IL for funi
What per cent. was signed by men who proposed
to support Low only il the Republican party
on his hands without attempting to answer
such troublesome questions. In the meantime
The Candidate when told that the result of the
investigation would probably show that 10 per
cent. were false, smiled blRndly and Remarked:
rs that ALI How very encouraging