New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-01


known dough day On this day Tan-aay
district leaders get their "stuT' IN bags at th-
Fourteenth Street WiEvan. and take Il back inra
their districts From ths Assembly district y
10 the election district and zach captain goes "a
the place Of oaIloti1s on election morning with
E0Odly share Of dough in his own pocket r.
moment the polling place opens the election district
captain votes his entertainment committee &c
thirty. each Of whom received his g osts1xfoly
for a days work. literally Cor his vote Witn
the entertainments committee volunteers,
dozen Office holders. saIoonkeep--s ard
others who are Tanmany retain-rs for ether
sons In this fashion and before O'Clock n.
Tammany captain in election district south %
Houston-st- viii have voted 30 Der cent. Then his
entertainment committee which has voted II IN
stantly sent out the district TO bring n sns
Democrats who vote because O. party reasons By
noon every natural Democra- Il the district las
voted and the Tamnany election district captai-
row ready for work Fifty OF seve1ty-Hvs votsru-
the purchasable element. who b. renat-i1x az
home have announced themselves are EFF By
this time the word has from headquarters az
10 how the day Is going Each district leader las
issued HIS final orders hfs final dough" and his
final advice to the election district captains. II
the victory is certain. the price Of votes Is cheap
II the result is still IN doubt the election district
captains supply OF vote making -s-un's Is prae-
ueaIy unlimited Suppose the outcome L. r.a-
sonably close The Tammsny district Leaders IN
Assembly districts Ike the Id WITH With. With.
4th. 8IIth. XVIII and XVIII the lower East Side
districts are Informed By that their supply
Of money viii be unlimited. but it Up to them TO
save the day.
Then the word goes to the election district cap
tain His entertainments committee" begins fts
scour FOR those who have not voted and BIZ not
voting intimate that they were waiting 20 %
seen" Through tenement. bzrroou and cafs the
drag net goes. s.. and perhaps late n the after
s. 80. IS paid in cash into the hands OF the
voter. accepted by perhaps from rSty to seventy
five voters IN each district. most ot whom would
not vote ar all otherwise This Is -hs final power
o. Tamnany on the lower East SIDE Take the
eight districts named. give them on an average
twenty election districts. and there are at least
eight thousand votes 90 be made BY uOnsy-eixnr
thousand votes 70 secure which Is ouly a bust7s.,
transaction and against which fusion can have No
protection There are OF course the "noatsrs- bur
they are relatively few In the main. the Tam
many vote IS divided the entertainment cou
ulittee. the straight Democrats the place holders
ard the purchasable third
All day long the district captain SITS IN The ooIItn
place IN his hands he holds lis CT the regis
tered voters OF the district One by one a. rhsy
come IN he checks them OF. watching every man
who goes into the polling place timing every Tam
many voter. ana woe 70 the reputed Democrat who
having received his price. fingers IN the ballot
BOOTH for the first maxim OF the East Side eisrrsr-
captain Is 10 delay is scratch" and those wiz
take lis money must vote straight n addition
70 voting right" Az day long getting bis food
as IT Is brought IN 10 him. the Taznany cz2tsiz
sits By the ballot box faces % the voter
receives whispered fntinatfons from his ENTER
tainnent committee and perhaps one. or rzics
during the day jumps down from his perch. erits
a SHREK his followers and dashes oue 20 azsisf
IN administering a brutal beating 20 some brfbec
voter who has stayed in ire polling place Ious
enough TO justly the suspicion that he has nor
voted straight ticket.
Where does the money actually change hands,
Is the question frequently asked.
II changes hands IN the tenement room or N n,
rear OF a saloon whsrs the voter listens 20 .x
H-~T1 Tfr-~1 -I 49, - -
single member OF the entertainment committee
There is never any money changing hands IN ths
polling place. never any sign OF corruption but =
one watches carefully one can tell b. the keen
glance % the Tamnlany captain when ot his
voters comes u.
DO the people whose votes are bought deliver
the soods? This IS another frequently asked qJles-
ton In the opinion o. the East Side. they DO in
a large majority OF cases. partly from fear since
the Tamnany captain stands before their magma
ton the pOssessOr OF unlimited occult fncorula-
ton. partly because they have no prejudice. no
sentiment Voting Is TO them a matter OF co1vic-
lion never, a matter OF commercs always
What happens when the Tanuany captains
money gives out?''
II happened IN close election district OF N.
With Assembly District two years azo WHEN ~
some reason o. other the money gave out noon
and there were three hours when The political char
ity department strapped Those who were m
te-ested in the figures in that district discovered n
their surprise when the votes were counted thai
the Soctalistc vote had more than doubled In that
district and IN no other OF the Assembly districts
To quote the words OF Citizens Union watcher n
that district When the element OF money was
removed the voters dispassonatsy cast their votes
for the party not affected the slightest e.
gree By money transaction
Close elections are determined ny this vast cor
ruptiou fund already in the hands % Tsurrany
which viii be poured into the lower East Side sis-
tricts. Vigilance there may prevent the voting %
few Illegally registered persons. out Il viii not
reach 10 detecting the actual purchase % votes.
The Tsnnany majority nay be down but f,r
many years come the election district captain %
the lower East side. armed with his huge rofI %
Tong green. viii remain the master OF the s1t1a-
l ttou, maklrz his rlajortr1es oy turning Tanmary