New-York tribune., 1904-08-15
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ATTEMPT 10 STEAL ELECTION.

The morning after the election the Buffalo
newspapers announced the defeat OF the two
leading Sheehan candidates. and al the same
time recorded the suspicious facts that returns
from scme Of the Democratic strongholds were
being held back, in violation Of law bv +ba
sheehaa inspectors, and that some mysterious
movements Of the Sheehan leaders were fol-
lowed by offers 10 bet that Love and B.sseu
had won. On following days appear articles
with hot headlines denouncing the attempt
Of the Sheehan sang TO steal the election
Mr. Sheehan was not in Buffalo when these
flaming denunciations appeared. The Buffalo
Express which had been taking an active mart
in the fight against Mr.. Sheehan. published
long ACCOUNTS Of the situation. Here are 4 few
extracts from the articles Of November 10:
Never before in he history Of Buffalo has 50
disgraceTul, 50 Dald, so glCring. so determined
50 apparent an effort been made 20 defraud the
people ot their expressed viii the Democrats
. undertook Yesterday and are still proeacurjTy
They are trying 10 steal the ofT7ces Of District
Attorney ana superintendent Of Education. The
aaIl-sheehanltss AID the Sheehanires, the repu-
table ana disreputable, have Joined hands in
this endeavor
A number OF warrants were sworn o,,. last
night for the arrest Of negligent and dishonest
inspectors. The police Of the First Precinct re-
fused 10 serve the warrants last night.
The Jaw requires that within fvysr+,--four
hours a+ier the polls are closed every return
shal be fled with the City Clerk. An should
haFe oeen n at 40 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, and yet, when City Clerk Marshall closed
his once, al = o'clock last night six districts
were sian OUT. Ont for another 175rb- 5r4-i-r-
Wh!ca they could be juggled az the secret VIII
OF nose WHO had them. Who are these Der-
sons inspectors or Democratic AUTHORITIES
bCsly engaged in TRANSFORMERS figures so that
bsse4 4Aa Love might have Offices 70 which
fhe people had elected others7
On Monday, November i, The Express thus
described the situation:
-. sstsEaaEs gt5 s dsvslOPnasnts only sdded fuel 10
the IRE or anger. for the Democrats pushed
through their steal. and now have figures on the
ofncisl returns 70 show the election Cf 7 owe ana
55sseiL ne formers election is claimed b.
Second District CT the First Ward TO hear from
= stiStte- @ csse demanding the arrest
OF board or inspectors
n detail the story or how the anal bit NJ
81. Emerson majority was wiped out by the
last return fled Yesterday morning IS told
turtnef on. II Was a clean steal Of 100 votes
from 9iT- Emerson. This last return was from
the First District cf the Eleventh Ward on
Tuesday night the result here was thus given
Love, lobi Emerson. lS4 On the Official return
flee yesterday this vote was. Love 2ST: Erner-
son. n A marvellous change!
Il Is stated. and ar AFFIDAVIT printed IN this
moTning paper supports the statement. that
On W eduesuay morning about : O'clock
Patrick Smith Democratic inspector. dro-e
70 ne mouse OF Louis SchaefeT. 4 member of thu
hoard of Inspectors Tor that district and sad
The return was wanted right away Schaefer
gave il u hir1. n Disappeared for thirty hours
only 70 -eappear IN the City Clerks Office yes
terday morning so altered as 10 give Love 100
more votes than he received. That return must
have been held Back until i was known ex-
sctly how many votes Love needed TO elect him
Shd then tii=y were given 70 him.
John OsJc-lenshi. chairman OF the hoard Of
inspectors for the Fourth District Of the EIev-
snth Ward, testified in court on November il
fhst The retura for the district was made out
st the Democratic headquarters the day after
election II came out in the testimony that
Gus" Echeu, one - Sheehan's tools, had
promised protection .or the men who were
making Out false return. The testimony ran
IN part as fellows:
o.-Did you read the returns before signing
them? A--No. only looked them over.
A.-No.
Q.-Then you don't know whether they were
right or wrong A--So-
Q-Who came n while you were waiting?
A--They called him Seheu.
9-~hst cid he say2 A--Not much only
Odd Mr.. scheu say he would protect you7
A--semething like that
Q.-From what? Al don't know.
PROOF FOUND IN BALLOT BOX.
The reason for the examination Of okoniewski
came out in court the following day. when the
ballots which had beer cast IN his district were
found IN the ballot box and were counted IN
open court Through the stupid blundering of
the inspector in destroying the unused ballots
and returning 70 the box the voted ballots. when
he had been ordered 10 do exactly the opposite.
enabled the Republican lawyers TO show the
Democratic steal in open court. William H.
Hotchkiss one Of the counsel. had gone TO
okoHiswskTs house TO tell him he probably
would have to make new count Of the votes.
What's the use OF a new COUNT said the
Pole The old ballots weren't destroyed"
f7fdrfr burn them 90 asked Mr..
HotChkiss. in astonishment.
why. 20. we gave them to The City Clerk
and gave him the key 10 the box"
The Democrats lawyers were dumfouudsd
on November - when the ballot box was pro-
daced III ccu-t and the ballots were taken out
and counted under tie judges ere The fraud
n The Official retl1n. which had been "doctored"
81 Democratic headquarters. was made plain as
day. The naw count showed that votes had
bsen stolen rom Emerson ana ou.rby and
gwen 10 Love and BlsseiL The bottom fell out
Of the Democratic case al once
The Dznocratic lawyers gave up the aght for
fraud. as7d the correction Of the returns showed
The elr1t.oE o. Emerson AID Quinby beyond dis
D1te
Lieutenant Governor shsehan. who had come
70 RZEalo with some buster that he would run
70 sa-ta and answer the charges OF fraud was
dumb "a an oyster. As his friend OF q later
dAy Rig Bill" DeveTy. would say. he had been
"cauy-r vft.7 -l-e goods on hirss." He called q
conference OF his heTchrnen. including Scheu and
Sheriff Beck. but the true reports Of the secret
tax were not allowed TO get into the news
papers.
The laying bare of he plot 70 steal the cleo
tou created sonae additional excitement and in
elgnauon aaeag the people OF Buffalo. and a
1und or many thousands Of dollars was raised