The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-02
C0LONIZERS IN THE 10TH.
NAMES or 400 1HIRTY-DAr STEWART
MEN CoLLECTED.

Their Real Residences in Other Districts
Discovered and Wen see Whether They
Can Vote or Not-warrant to he
Ready for Every Spurious Resident.
The Tammany Hall. Citizens Union COM
bination. which has set out to beat Robert
Nazet on the demand OF Richard Croker and
other Tammany Hall leaders. admits that the
fight in the Nineteenth district Is now 40 close
that It NAV turn on the vote OF the colonizers.
In other words. the will OF tho voters
in the district. whatever that may be.
can be overturned by fonters imported
from other districts TO vote against MaZet
Political leaders say that the thirty dag coloni-
zation plan has never before been tried on
such scale. The possibilities OF the IDEA are
Just coming to light. BY means OF It and with
out much trouble to the class OF men who per-
NIT themselves to become colonizers. every
close district in the city could be carried at any
election.
For Instance. tho Twenty fifth district, which
10 very close aud is generally Republican. ad-
Joins the Twentieth district. which Is over
whelmnely Democratic. Two hundred Demo-
crats moving across the street on tho dividing
line. spending thirty days with their neigh
bors. II allowed to register and vote In the
Twenty-nfth district would change the dis
trct from Republican to Democratic. And so
in every other district where the majority Ia
small II 10 inserted BY Mr.. Mazets friends In
the Nineteenth that there are more than four
hundred Democrats colonized in tho district.
aud they say they are ready to make good this
assertion.
The Republicans have hunted down the
entire registration list OF the district. and the
name OF every one OF these colonizers IL known.
The true residence and the business OF each
pnlpnyar isfe coDfaiuInp theaa
data are being rapidly prepared now and they
WILDE ready IN day or so. When they are
ready they will be made public and copy OF
them will be sent to every voter IN the ASSEM-
bly, district.
The greater number OF these colonizers are
said to be employees OF poolrooms and other
disorderIy resorts that have been wide open
since Tammany Hall got possession Of tho city
government. but besides these. there are a
large number OF men who profess respecta-
bility and who 70 obliRe political friends have
moved into the district temporarily. Their
names are known and all about them. az well
as the names OF the disreputable class. and
they will be exposed along with the rest.
Isaac II. Klein. the man who ran the Citi-
zeps' Union ticket for the entire Citizens
Union last year. and who 10 running stewart
for the Citizens Union this year. and his
friends IN that organization. disc!aim RESPONSE
blty FOR the colonization that has been going
on. and. in spite OF the facts. assert that Perez
". Stewart. who IL the Tnmmnny- Citizens
candidate against Mnzet. IL in nouse a Tam
many man and will not act with Tammany II
no 10 elected. They deny that there was any
deal between the Citizens Union and Tam =
many. Tn. facts are that there was a deal an 4
II was announced at the convention AT which
Stewart and the other Citizens Union man.
Francis W, Aymar. who is running for Alder
man. we're nom mated. At this convention
stewart was put in nomination W william \.
Sweetscr Of Tammany Hall lie said;
Both these genteren Stewart and Aymarl
stand for the priincLp!es Of Democracy and
John +. Sexyon. was not certain OF this, hs
would not hnv" presented their names to you. "
The Hon. Isaac fromme, who seconded tho
| two nominations in his speech said: The
TGmmany Hall Organization in this Assembly
1TI hSs S G c. ne iH Iz w'h the c
sPessches that Mr.: stewart i making every
| THmmany in, the upper cad OF the district.
which 10 peopled by wei l;to.do people. and the
lower end OF the district. which i peorIed BY
| Tammnny organization men. Mr.. stewart Is
warned nlghtlyto he careful and not get his
The committee Of tho West Side Republican
| Club. which has had In charge the investiSE-
| mour Frank Brainerd. Frank X Kohlar. John
Fnssr M he AMI snS
| terday that in addition to tho thrty-day
| coonzcrs there was evidence that there were
| q large number Of names on the registration
| lists OF persons who didn't have the thirty day
excuse to vote. Genuine hoatars were run into
| the district on registration DAYS and were paid
| to register. the people who hired them taking
| the chances Of getting other ioaters TO vote on
| the names on election dny.
The Hon. George Il. B!dwell. who is conduct
Ing Mr.. Mazets campaign. said last night re-
garfing the frauds
| The respectable voters OF this district will
| not stand quietly by and SEQ their district
| stolen from them deliberately by old
! fashioned Tammany,, methods Of coloni-
cation. repeating and Illegal registration, War
| rants will be procured before election for the
| arrest OF every man who attempts to vote
| unless he 10 an actual. bona flds. permanent
| resident Of the district. Everything that can
be dons will be done to protect the voters OF the
district In their right To elect their own repre-
| sentatiys and to deteat the plans OF Tammany
| Hall to rob them OF this right"
| within tho last day or two n number ~ prom
| inent independent Democrats have come out
| for Ma2et Among them is the Hon Lewis L..
! Doanrld. who says:
| Although am in sympathy with tho gem
| oral objects 81 the Citizens Union and am an
| INDEPENDENT Democrat, ! intend to vote for
| Mr. Ma2et AZ agains. Mr.. Stewart. Nr. Na2st
| Is unpueStionably man OF ability and force OF
| character. whereas Mr.. Stewards career fur
nishes no evidence which satisnes mo that he
possesses these qualifications"