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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15
VOTE BROKERS CAN'T DELIVER.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEJ
Waterbury Conn Nov. 1.-THE popular impress
sion ~ the Number OF purchasable votes comes
from complaints Of inexperienced candidates VINO
believe what political strikers" say OF the num-
Der Of votes they have TO sell. They find votes
offered on every hand. and are astounded. II they
accent the offer they are apt to be astonished at
the few votes delivered and realize that most Of
the money stuck in the vote brokers hands. OF
course there are some purchasable votes in many
places. They might rarely decide local election
IN a small town But the most experienced man.
ayers know that they are comparatively few and
prevents certainty OF delivery Let any voter count
The purchasable votes among his neghbors- That
Will shovv me number be- eXaggera ted.
WATERBURY AMERICAN"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15
BRIDE TO COLLEGE SLEUTHs
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN OFFERED THE COLUMBIA BOYS
IN DEVERY'S DISTRICT

Five young of Columbia University have
low students because they trapped two of Bill
Devery's district captains at the recent election
and exposed the Tammany method of illegal voting
in the IXth Assembly District The two captains
Charles Miller and Joseph Mccormick have been
held for trial in bonds of $4,000 the Jefferson
Market court, and there has been report that the
Columbia boys who acted detectives under the
offered $4,000 by certain Tammany leaders leave
town until after the captains tried
In the guise of tough young the students
joined Devery's association some weeks ago and
became acquainted with the district captains and
other workers They were invited to become mem
bers of gangs of reporters and vote in the names
of registered voters in the district the district
tans Offering pay them for such fraudulent
voting. They took the money of the captains, went
to the polls and voted. each under an assumed
name. They wrote their initials the ballots they
voted. thus making that the should not
be counted, and that the ballots would be preserved
evidence.
and proseeutes of illegal voting. said yester
day:
Superintendent McCullagh was anxious to get
deputies in the IXth District men of excellent repu-
tation upon whose testimony he could depend if
detective work in the district ]. T. Erskne. e. ST
John Ward. II: c, Townsend. tr., DIR. George f.
sent into the district and voted under assumed
names. Erskne said he Charles Biggs. and
and got 81: Townsend voted as Thomas F. ConkIin
and got s.: Demorest said he was Jacob Fiske and
SCOT SCOT 8 while De Perris passed as James FauS and
have not heard that the men were offered sO.-
Tammany politicians were willing to give $4,000 II
the matter could be hushed up, they do not
trapped.
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ART OF LEG-PULLING GROWING.

IBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE.l
Hartford. Conn. Nov. 1.-THE best answer to
Bishops statement about purchasable votes in the
small towns OF the State is to be found in The
Courant' of Thursday morning:
After campaign is ended ii is interesting to see
whether the men who have been having their legs
pulled by every new device and by every old hack
fare any better at the polls than the men do who
move right along and refuse to do anything for
themselves in distinction from what the committee
does for ALL Corruption is not increasing at the polls
in this State We incline think it Is lessening but
the art of pulling the leg of the candidate is
steadily developing. II will continue to grow so
long as smart greenhorns with money TO burn let II
be known that they ready. In the campaign
just closed the efforts beg bulyrag money out
OF candidates have been surprisingly bold. and have
not been limited TO what go generally under the
name OF political bummers.
THE COURANT.
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Congress District for two terms. Mr.. Bishop.
Congressman Hill his congratulations. adding
that he guessed the district was in good hands.
Speaking OF his campaign experiences Mr..
Bishop says:
One becomes tired OF the tricksters and strik-
Of the entire vote of the smaller towns is pur
chasable I gave the chairmen of the town
committees TO understand thar while / would
willingly pay all legitimate expenses that might
dollar with which TO buy votes. Some Of them
received this information all right, and some OF
them were not so well pleased.
II is a peculiar fact that some years ago, when
certain prominent Bridgeport men were running
for Office, they poured out money in many Of the
small and doubtful towns In some towns.
where the entire vote would not exceed two hun
dred or three hundred votes they put in from
$1,000 to So OOO and votes sold as high as 500
each And there are in many OF these towns q
purchasabe element who can be bought in
every campaign
Ny entire expense IN the canvass did not ex-
campaign fund, $500 TO the town campaign
fund and the rest went for legitimate work and
travelling expenses. Immediately after the
election isolated myself at the University Club,
New York City, so as TO get away from all po-
litical matters and succeeded and heard moth
ing OF election aftermath until / got home.
had some odd experiences. but do not care to
speak of them. ] do reiterate, however, that
three-fourths OF the entire vote in the small
towns Of Connecticut is purchasable.
Naturally, the small towns Of the district,
which are in the farming parts Of Iitchfeld and
Fairfield counties are not highly pleased at Mr.
Bishops declaration
The Tribune yesterday asked the editors Of
a number Of Connecticut papers for their views
on Mr. Bishops assertion. Their replies follow.
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WINS.
EXAMINATION OF CUNNEEN BALLOTS
GIVES PLURALITY TO ED
WARD S. FINCH.

The Board of County Canvassers. New-Yor
County. divided yesterday. part of it exam
lining the void and detective ballots obtained by
counsel for John Cunnecn order from Jus
tice Scott and the others taking the usual by
districts
In the examination Of Cunneen ballots It was
found in the With Assembly District that there
were seventy-nine defective ballots of which TWEEN
ton and hfty-eight void. This insures the
election of Edward S. Finch. the Republican can
didate for the Assembly, by siXty-eght plurality a
decreased vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15

objects to Democratic politicians and newspapers
crowding the clothesline as they are now doing in
this State with party dirty linen. That's their own
anair But the people of Connecticut irrespective
OF party ties, are likely resent such unwarranted
charges as this one attributed to young Mr.. Bishop
In New-York, during the CAM, lust closed
e.aslr LsHiett Iilll lieutenant the public
S l mat tne farmers Were ignorant to
Know now to vote. The IA ra-eIacteS
governor Ouell. Young Mr.. Bishop of Bridgeport
says that three-fourths of the farmer vote in Con-
hecucut can be bought. The farmers of Connecti-
cur nave long memories. They can resent an insult
quite as effectively as the farmers of New-York
Editor Meriden Morning Record and Republican
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NEW TRIAL FOR MAX HocHsrIM

BY decision Of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court. handed down yesterday. a
trial is granted Max Hochstim, and the decision
OF the lower court is reversed Hochstim was con
Victed in the Court of General St of inter
ference with William N. Chapman, "A McCullagh
deputy, on Election Day in 1886 when Chapman
attempted to arrest James Bass7tt, who said he
qualified elector 1t further alleged
that HOchstim was the leader OF gang which
pushed Chapman into corner and kept him there
until Bassett had voted and escaped from the poll
ing place
was unJusIihable interference with elector s
right vote
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD ACT.

tBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBCNEl
New Haven Conn. Nov. IA do not know upon
what fact Mr.. Bisnop bases his judgment, nor do
know what experience he has had to provoke
such a belief. We have no evidence to warrant
such a judgment. That more money is used in
Connecticut for political purposes than can be
reconciled with legitimate needs and requirements
thoroughly believe. In the last election twice as
much of ii was used as should have been, from
which the inference be drawn that money
makes the trot faster than the political
speed regulations contemplate The use of money
is certainly most serious evil in Connecticut
political life and should be treated by the incom-
ing General Assembly w. q. OSBORN.
Editor w-Haven Register.
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REDUCTION OF HOURS COSTS HEAVILY.

w. r. HILL chief engineer of the Aqueduct Com
mission has written the commissioners that ac-
count of reducing the length of days labor from
ten TO eight hours the cost of labor for the compile
ton of the Croton Dam has been increased 25 per
cent and will cost the city s305 COS SO more than
was originally appropriated. Mr.. Hill says:
The estimated cost of the work remaining TO be
done to complete the contract September 80.
1902 the date OF the last estimate. is S75567 o. OF
which estimate that s55 5S SO is for material and
81 025 50 is for labor and upon the latter the
contractors ask additional price OF Is per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15
A KENTUCKI4N ROBBED N A CAB
MONEY AND JEWELS TAKEN FROM HIM All
TER HE IS rEATEa- INTO IN
CONSCIOUSNESS.

Daniel Richardson. a well to do merchant OF
Brandenberg. Ky. held up by hghwaymen in
Fortieth-st between Tenth and Eleventh ayes. on
Thurday night. beaten. and robbed OF $3.50 in cash.
a gold watch valued at 500 and a diamond stud
valued at $50. He caused the arrest last night
OF Frederick Moore twenty-four years oid, of 10.
sSo Ninth-ave a cabdriver. who picks up
fomcrs around the Grand Central Stati,n.
RIchardson came 20 the city few days ago on
business and pleasure. and took a room al the
Grand Union Hotel He engaged Moore. he says.
10 show him some sights Thursday. and Moore
drove him an about the city. Mr. Richardson says
he mad some drinks the way
According 10 Richardson. the CAB was stopped IN
1,r,rtiefb-el and two men up, telling him 10
81 ONT He was half dragged out his hands were
= hem - as p.tck anG got severe blow
ia ire face which stunned hin,
IA ben he returned consciousness couple OF
hours later Mr. Richardson says, he was without
hSe money and jewery He at once caused the
arrest of Moore.
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NO SUCH DEBAUCHERY.

GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Bridgeport Conn, Nov. 14.-In the expression of
opinion by Mr.. Bishop that most of the voters of
the State purchasable. think that he has
argued from exceptional facts to unwarrantable
conclusions. There are purchasable votes in
every considerable community. but they do not In
Connecticut bear any sucn relation TO the whole
body as Mr.. Bishop states There is no such con-
dition of Generalization and debauchery among
the voters in the State Mr.. Bishops remarks
would indicate.
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THE COURANT.
SAYS BISHOP SPOKE FALSELY.

TBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIR'NE.l
New Britain. Conn. Nov. H.-When William D.
Bishop said that three-fourths OF the voters in the
small towns Connecticut were purchasabe he
spoke falsely He did the voting population of the
smaller towns injustice. but II must be remem-
bered that he made this very ugly assertion while
smarting under defeat and disappointment He is
probably sorry for il now, when his temper is pre-
sumably cooled down Mr.. Bishops accusations
not based facts, and venture say
that he could not substantiate a single thing he
said. NEW-BRITAIN RECORD.
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INJUSTICE TO COMMONWEALTH
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Hartford Conn., Nov. l4-Mr. Bishops statement
thar three-quarters of the voters OF small towns
are purchasable represents emotions emoittereo
by deserved defeat has no commerce with demon
strable fact and iniicts gross injustice on the
reputation Of the Commonwealth. In our opinion
no such ratio Of venality exists. and nowhere may
a higher average quality Of citizenship be found
80 in Connecticut The intellectual and moral
sanity of the voters of the State were potn lhoIs
Gated and vindicated by the popular repuolatoh %
Mr. I2iehop's Congress candidacy and by their &C
ton IN returning CONGRESSMAN Hin 10 Washing
ton by a humping plurality ,,rrr,opr1 uOcrr
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DECIDES AGAINST THE n. Y. U.
NETWORK UNIVERSITY MUST RETURN PROP
E.RTY TO MEDICAL COLLEGE LABORATORY

The Appellate Division has affirmed a judgment
rendered by Judge Truax in 1901 in the suit the
Medical College Laboratory against the New York
University. This controversy has been pending in
the courts for some time. Judge Truax in his de-
cison found that the Medical College Laboratory
had conveyed all its property to the university in
consideration of certain promises made by the
New-York University to the future control of
the property, which promises he found the New
York University had not kept and had repudiated.
and that it was not equitable that the New York
University should retain the property acquired in
this manner.
From this decision the New-York University APP
pea;ed and the Appellate Division has now affirmed
Judge Truaxs judgme9t. ordering that the property
The property situated in East Twenty
in this city, and Is supposed to be worth about
$3.50 600 Bronson winthrop of the firm of Win
throp & Stimson. argued the appeal before the
Appellate Division in behalf of the Medical College
laboratory
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COMPARED WITH cARIsLE's BLUNDER


Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-l
Meriden Conn. Nov. H.-W d. Bishop. jr., Of
Bridgeport who ''also ran" against z. ]. Hill for
Congress down in the WITH District. butts into"
the Democratic post-electon. or post-mortem. dis
cslssion Of how IL happened Young Mr.. Bishop is
quoted as saying that he has been looking around
the district and finds that 'three-fourths of the
vote in the country towns is purchasabie- No one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15
PAYS $1,000 FINE.
MAN WHO HAD PLEADED GUILTY To ABDUCTION
HANDS OUT TWO FIvE-HUNDRED
DOLLAR BILLS.

Ernest L. Squires. fOrty-six years old. broker
who saws he lives at No 80 Manhattan-st.. yes
terday morning paid $lO0O fine imposed by Judge
McMahon in the Court of General Sessions. He had
previously pleaded guilty to abduction. After the
fine had been imposed Squires drew a roll of bills
from his pocket and handed Clerk Cowing two
fve-hundred dollar bills. and then left the Court
House.
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TBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUyE |

cIIARGE-COMMENTs OF EDITORS.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.l
bridgeport, Conn, Nov. 14-william d.
bishop. jr, Of this city, who was the Demo-
.ratic candidate for Congress in the WITH Con-
eress District Of Connecticut. has created some
tbing Of a sensation by declaring since his de-
ssst that threefourths OF the vote Of the smaller
,oUns is purchasable.
Mr. Bishop is one of Bridgeport's influential
and esteemed citizens. He is the secretary Of
che directors board OF the New-York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, and is known
all over the State. Mr.. Bishops opponent was
Fbenezer J. Hin, who has represented the WITH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-15
CALLS RURAL VOTE VENAL
" D. BISHOP SAYS THREE-FoURrHs IN
CONNECTICUT is FOR SALE.

DEFEATED CANDIDATE IN WITH DISTRICT
sTIRs STATE WITH SENSATIONAL
cHARGE-CoMMENrs OF EDITORS.
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Guarding the PresideDt

Secretary Cortelyou and the secret.
service officials arrange all kinds of
plans to prevent President Roosevelt
exposing himself in public too much"
said White House policeman, "but
he knocks all their plans in the head
when they least expect it. When he
is about to start away on a trip the
White House landau is always brought
up to the door, closed.
President Mckinley generally pre-
ferred to ride In closed vehicle. Presi-
dent Roosevelt won't have it that way
on a fine, clear day, and every time
he walks out on the portico and sees
the landau closed he gives orders to
have it opened He waits until that
is done, and then gets in and rides
down the avenue or wherever he is 60
ing, without any obstruction whatever
to his view. He outwits the detectives
often by getting away for walks or
drives without their being any the
wiser or without their being able to
follow him.
''He doesn't tell anybody that he is
going out" said the policeman, ac-
cording to the Washington Star, "and
the first the secret-service man around
the White House knows is when he
sees the President swinging Off down
the walks Oh his way out Of the
grounds"
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A Story Of the Prairie

The Century magazine is about to
print q serial which will have an espe-
cial interest to people who are at home
ON the prairies. 1t is called 'The
Biography of Prairie Girl" and the
author is Eleanor Gates, q young
woman who spent her childhood in
Dakota and who thus writes from the
closest personal observation.
The time OF Miss Gates story is
about 25 years ago; it is put in the
form of personal narrative of the
life of little girl, and there is hardly
a phase or event of prairie life which
is not touched upon in these pages
the blizzard, breaking colts, horse
stealing by Indians, school days on the
frontier, fighting gophers and badgers,
cattle raising and other typical phases
of hardship or prosperity.
1t is not novel, but the same char
acters appear and reappear in the story
with a reality which impresses the
reader with confidence in the truth of
the narrative.
''The Biography Of a Prairie Girl"
will begin in the August number of the
Century and it will be illustrated.
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Almoat unlrrraallx uaai.

The tomato has q curious history.
After the revolution OF san Domingo.
many French families came from there
TO Philadelphia, where they introduced
their fsvorlte pomme d amour Al.
though introduced as early as i5pd
from South America into England. Il
was looked upon with suspicion. and
It's specific name "Lycoperslcum." de.
rived from lykos, "wolf." and perslkon.
''peachy," referring TO the beautiful
but deceptive appearance OF its fruit.
lntimates pretty clearly the kind OF es-
timatlcn In which II was held. Il Ia
now. however, all but universally used.
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QUEER SroRIE5

A Lynn firm recently made a shoe in
thirteen minutes.
The oldest general In the French
Army has died, at the age of 95.
1t is said that a full-grown bee can
draw twenty times its own weight. 1t
can fly about five miles an hour, and it
will seek its food at distance of four
miles.
OF the thirty eight Sultans who have
ruled the Ottoman Empire since the
conquest of Constantinople by the
Turks, thirty-four have died violent
deaths.
Scott is said to have written WAY
erley" in less than six weeks. He wrote
very rapidly. seldom revised, and as a
consequence his novels are full of blum
ders, inaccuracies and anachronisms.
Burns committed his poems to mem
ory as he composed them, and when
he sat down to write he had before him
no labor of composition, but only the
task of writing down what he had al
ready finished.
Milan has curiosity in a clock which
is made entirely of bread. The maker
Is native of India and has devoted
three years of his life to the construc-
ton of this curiosity. The clock is of
good size and goes well.
The Siamese have an instrument
which they call the ranat, a species of
harmonicon, with seventeen different
wooden keys united by cords and rest
ing upon a stand, each strip of wood
giving a different note. The instru-
ment is played with two wooden ham,
mers.
A French explorer has discovered on
the west coast of Africa what he re-
CARDS as the vainest people on earth.
They are the Pahonins, warlike tribe,
whose main employment Is personal
adornment, chiefly by means of tattoo
ing. Great ingenuity is also exhibited
in dressing the hair, which is arranged
in astonishingly elaborate fashion.
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Depew's Explanation Failed.

About a month ago constituent OF
Senator Depew came to him to seek
his influence In getting an Office.
"You write letter telling what you
want and 1 will forward it with my in
dorsement," said the Senator when he
had heard the mans story.
Yesterday the man met the Senator
in the capitol lobby.
"You remember telling me to write
you letter." he said.
20, yes" was Mr.. Depew's reply, as
he cordially grasped his visitor by the
nand. Let me see. You sent me the
letter, didn't you. and IL | remember
rightly, / indorsed 1t strongly"
NO." said the man, 81 never wrote
the letter. I've been sick. Washing
ton Post.
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Volcanic Dust.

The Barbados Agricultural Reporter
has sent to this office n specimen of the
volcanic dust which fell on that island
on May Z, s and o. Borne from st.
Vincent" 1t says, 'in the upper strata
Of the air, and there suspended, this
stun Obscured the sunlight, and pro-
duced the phenomenon of darkness. In
color and consistency 1t resembles Port.
land cement" 1t quotes the following
description of the dust by w. G. Free
man Of the local department of agrlcul-
ture:
From the calculated results of a
series Of observations made in Strath-
clyde on the fall of volcanic ash, it
would seem that, at a low estimate,
about thirteen ounces fell per square
foot between the hours of 3 p. m. on
Wednesday and 8 a. III. on Thursday.
This, perhaps, may not appear a large
amount; but look at it from another
point Of view. Thirteen ounces per
square foot means III ounces per
square yard, or, to express it In famil-
lar terms in an agricultural community,
no less than 1862 tons per acre.
Leaving for the while minor units,
such as acres, we find that 1920 tons
of volcanic ash were rained onto every
square mile Of this island during the
last twelve hours Of darkness. Suppos-
ing the fall to have been approximately
equal in depth over the whole island,
the almost incredible amount of 1,699,-
$40 tons Of solid matter was added to
Barbados last night."-New York
Tribune.
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Prov, Il

We want you to prove our statement
that Monopole Spices are the purest
and strongest in the world. For sale
by all grocers. To enable you to do so,
we will send you free 10-cent tin of
white pepper. or cayenne or ginger or
any other variety you may prefer, if
you will send us two 2-cent stamps for
postage, and give us the name and ad-
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packed with every can. Send to Wad-
hams & Kerr Bros, Portland, Oregon.