The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-15
RUNG IN TO COUNT THE VOTES
TAMMANY MEN DISGUISED AS
REPUBLICAN, INSPECTORS.
President Bruce Catches Two Of Them
with the Goods On and Forces Them
Outflow About the District Leaders
Who stood for Them n Republicans?


President Bruce Of the Republican county
committee made the discovery few days
ago that some Tammany men had been
appointed az Republican inspectors OF
election. He got clear cases on two OF
them, and demanded and received their
designations.
As each district leader is supposed to
know the stripe Of man he recommends
for appointment to count the votes, this
was bringing home evidence that some OF
the Republican district leaders are on most
friendly relations with the Tammany
leaders in their districts.
1t was reported to me that several Tam
many men had been put in as our inspectors.
and made thorough investigation. !"
said Mr.. Bruce. an two cases / found
that out-and -out Tammany men had been
appointed. l lost no time in calling on
them for their designations. They gave
them readily, and men were appointed
in their places of whose Republicanism
there can be no doubt
Mr.. Bruce said he had not been guided
solely by the manner in which the men
we're enrolled, for it often happened that
man was enrolled in the other party by
mistake. He knew of several men Of I'M
Improbable Republicanism who were en-
rolled as Democrats through some error
Of their own or OF clerks in making the
records.
1t is understood thai the districts in which
the Tammany men were found were both
Republican districts normally.
The designations of these two men ended
the matter Mr.. Bruce said last night that
he had no evidence against any other in
spectors and did not expect to ask for any
further designations.
Mr. Bruce now views the campaign most
! hopefully He was delighted with the
turning in of District Attorney jerome
as a fusion speaker, and said he was the
one God-given man above all others to lead
| the fight against the grafters.
Mr. Bruce had the district leaders at
| headquarters yesterday afternoon and told
them they must do everything possible to
bring out the registration on Friday and
| Saturday of this week He also sent an
| appeal to the Citizens Union to instruct
its workers to join with the Republicans in
this regard. and as result all the Citizens
Union district leaders sent for their election
district captains last night in their district
headquarters and made plans to call per-
sonally on every voter believed to be for
fusion.
President Bruce visited three Assembly
districts last night and made remarks cal
! culated to put some ginger into the district
captains He went first to the Fifteenth
district headquarters at 75s Eighth avenue
where George w. Wanmaker is leader. He
urged the captains to get every man in
their districts to register
~The cry in 1901 was Turn the rascals
y" he said. "and the cry now Is. Keep
the rascals out We ought to be able to
/ register as big vote as in 1901"
He went next to the Twenty-seventh
district headquarters, at 789 Sixth avenue,
where James W. Perry is leader, and finally
to the Sixth district club at 81 Marion street
where Port Warden James f. March and
his captains received him enthusiastically.
In each Assembly district he had the roll
Of the district captains called. All were
present in the first two districts and only
four out of twenty-three missing in the
last.