New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-05
nm PUNISH BALLOT FRAUDS.
c,r1zENs UNION WILL PROSECUTE
n,suoNEsT ELECTION OFFICIALS

FOR PLACING THE UNION on a PER
MANENT BAsIs-Ev1pENcE OF MA
CHINE FRAUDS AT THE POLLS
The Citizens Union is TO commune 10
nent political organization p'eueou ,,,,na 70
.h,, ., municipal affairs and aiming 10
- =. .he municipal reforms enumera'eu
" ,. -,a,,orr, decision to that erect was
-ooohea IA st night at a meeting Oh N'e HNe
C,o,v,,,,,,ae OF the Union In the heaoquai' a.
~, 90 East Twenty y-third-st Ihe ihee''iis was
Iii attended Among the members oi t'ie Gun"
wen .rason, were James d. Reynolds. John
n Clark John B. Pine Hicharu "a''on
- U..sv Tod Edward d. Page, Henry r.
Kunhardt. James Loeb George IoinDl.'0" 'or" ~,
-,I",'a,heimer Charles C. Nadal. James W.
PRYOR Joseph Larocque, Wllilam NJ
-r..r..s c,erg W Harris Roome Simon Sterne
no,a,ro, Keith and Henry White. The commit
toe held an executive session. "mSh ias'eu i'0N
n m until nearly II p. m
=, ,oo said that the decision to continue the
-.o.l, ne the Citizens Union and place the or
tuo,,or unon a perrna nent basis was reached
g ,ho unanimous vote OF the members present
-, T., tho evening. The committee VIII have
onotber meeting In the headquarters on the
evening Of Thursday. November II, and VIII
,s,a call for a meeting of the Committee
>. Organization 10 be held on the evening OF
"wednesday. November II, at place to be Sc
,oc+ed next week While the Committee of or
oon,za,,on Is to be called TO consider formally
mans for placing the Citizens Union on per-
,ranent basis there is n doubt entertained
that the plans 10 be submitted by the Executive
Committee will be adopted
A report was received last night from the Com
nittee on Watchers. giving information ABOUT
extensive frauds which were practised by ram
many men at the polls on Election Day with the
evident consent and connivance of Tammany
and Republican election officers The EXecu-
tive Committee authorized the employment OF
special counsel TO take the evidence submitted
by the Citizens Union watchers and prosecute
the guilty election officers. In regard 10 the
evidence, James W. Pryor said after the meet
ing: ...,ao,,a % sena
large number of election officers to prison and
the evidence is Of such character Una. no
court will refuse TO convict the oHenueIs' No(ea @
were bought openly by Tammany WORKERS MAJ
the polling places, and the election olhCers
illegally threw out or mscounted enough No'es
in some districts to make materlal W chaise VI, ~
the result OF the election 80 far as some OF the
Candidates for district offices were concerned.
We will be working for the future IN seeing @ thaI
the election officers are punished ana 'he puIl'!
OF the ballot is safeguarded. ,
Other members Of the Executive committee
declared that the evidence Of fraud IN the elec-
t,on wound be sufficient TO send some or the
election officers to Sing Sing. For apparent rea- @
sons they said, the evidence could not ne dls-
closed until It had been brought TO the attehtol,
~ tba Grand Jury and the guilty officers hao
been placed under arrest -.,o C,o,r,
some Of the members OF the Executive Cpi,1, ON
,o;ttaa az the meeting said that, while there mac
ien e,,idences of q deal between the Tam'nany
and Republican leaders. by which many Repub.
Jicen votes were thrown 10 van WICK that
was a matter they did not care 70 DISCUSS at
present.