Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-07

warrants were also placed in the hands
of the police department, tonight.
While the usual predictions of
trouble at the polls were made, Supt.
Morgan and Police Commissioner Nc
Adoo announced, tonight, that the
forces under their respective commands
were working in perfect harmony and
that every precaution had been taken
to protect the ballot and guard against
any disorder.
distribution OF funds by Tammany Hall
attracted a crowd Of spectators, TO-
day, which blocked 14th street in front
of the hall.
The distribution was conducted by
Philip ]. DOnohue, the treasurer of
the Tammany Society. He sat at big
desk in the council chamber of Tam
many Hall with the sergeant-at-arms
on guard at the door, One after anoth-
er the captains of the Assembly dis
tricts drove up in carriages to the front
of the hall and were admitted to the
executive chamber where bundles Of
money in 81 and s. bills were passed
over to them.
They carried it away in Satchels and
are said to have got from $1,000 to $1O.-
000 according to the needs of the dis
trictS.
! Charles Comisky, a Republican lead
er of the % Assembly district, was as
saulted and left insensible by gang
of rOughs. this afternoon, as he was
| leaving the criminal court building,
where he had been to press charges
| against men accused of illegal regis
| tratiGn. He was so badly injured that
| he ,!ill probably be confined to his
| home for several months. Mr.. Comisky
| was in company with one of Supt. of
| Election Morgan's deputies, who says
| that five n.en committed the assault
and that he recognized three of them.
District Attorney Jerome at the final
rally of his supporters in Cooper
Union, tonight, made a sensation when
| on reaching the platform he exhibited
a plate from which. he said, he had
just discovered, circulars were about
to be printed purporting to be issued
| by the Jerome nominators and con-
| tanning directions for voting for him
| self. which. if followed. would have
| invalidated practically all the ballots
cast for him. The city, he said, was
to have been flooded, tonight. with
these circulars but that the plot was
revealed to him by a man employed in
the printing Office in time to stop their
| issue.
The circulars bore fac SMILES of the
| Republican and Jerome ballots and di-
recting voters to place their cross at
| the top of each ballot. instead of at
the top of the Republican ballot and
| in tho haci1, Tornnn'S
the other, as has been directed in all
instructions previously sent out.
Exhibiting the plate, Mr.. Jerome
said:
Il got this because there was good
honest man in the printers shop who
brought it to me when he found what
it was. When l got there the press
was waiting to turn out thousands of
these circulars; signed jerome nomi
majors" advising the electors to vote
in such a way as to have every ballot
cast for me void. l didn't do a thing
but stop them. 1t means one last de-
spairing effort of the boss. If the Re
publican ticket is elected or the NUM-
cipal ownership ticket, or the Demo-
cratic ticket they keep it among them
selves in a way, but if ! am elected
your candidate put in nomination by
you over the heads of them all-ii
means a revolution. 1t means that the
people once will take into their hands
the powers that rightfully belong tc
them.
New York. Nov. 6.-Today will wit.
ness the closing scenes in one of the
most remarkab BILE political campaigns ir
New York City's history. The two ole
| party organizations have been invaded
by a new and great force which. under
: the name of the Municipal Ownershi,
{ League and with William R. Hearst a.
its candidate for mayor, has conducted
a oonpaipn ca yiporOuc and ca ual