The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
ANY MONOPOLY OF THE SCALES?
UAMMANY SAYS "IT'S AS MUCH
OURS AS HEARST'S."

ecarceIy an Independence League Petition
That Is Not Confronted by Another One
-Tammany Protest Against About
Every Hearst Corporation Petition.
The Boardo Of Elections is having it's trout
kIes deciding which OF two rival demands in
hearty all the districts in the county is
entitled to get onto the ballot under the zodi-
kcal line storm sign OF the scales. TheTam-
MANY men say that any n who saw It
6rst is entitled to the emblem and that al
though the Incorporated Independence
League claims a monopoly of IL there is
M virtue in the claim. The Board Of Elec-
lions will have to render a decision to-
morrow. It is possible that the matter
will be then taken to the courts.
LAWYERS Herbert r. Limburg and Daniel
y Cohalan agreed that the question, which
affects thirty or forty cases. should be
argued before the board on one specific
case and that the decision should apply to
all other cases but should not determine the
MANY protests based on priority OF fhing
petitions, legality Of signatures and many
other points. The board set the case for
o'clock Yesterday afternoon and at that
hour the rooms were crowded. The specific
case was the protest made against the In
dependence League petition for Francis
Burton Harrison, the Tammany nominee
for Congress in the Sixteenth district.
Harry B. Davies has also been
bv the Independence League by petition
and the difference beween h two petitions
is that the Davies petition has the approval
ri the managers Of the incorporated IN
dependence League. which is run from the
Gilsey House. Limburg represented Dawes
end Cohalan represented Harrison.
Mr.. Limburg said that the Independence
League was a corporation and that Harrison
had no right TO the name or to the emblem
AZ he was not even a member. The League
mad nominated wiTl0m r. Hearst and the
rest Of the State ticket with a petition signed
bv 10000 names and that of itself gave the
incorporatoIs the right TO the name anu
the use Of he emblem.
Mr.. Cohalan in reply said that F. b. Harm
son had been nominated by petition signed
bv 5000 electors in the Sixteenth Congress
district. The incorporation OF the In
dependence League was ingeniously done
20 get around the law but the incorporators
had tried TO do the impossible. II this
thing was TO be allowed there was nothing
90 preveut four or five men incorporating
a Republican party using the emblem the
ballot box and barring all others from
using that name or emblem. The Inde-
pendence League had nc right TO the en-
blem. the scales. until they had won thai
right at the polls. The emblem belonged
to the Municipal Ownership League.
Reeerving its decision on this, the board
took up specifc protests and 1t seemed
that almost every nomination made in the
name OF the league had been protested
There were so many cases that President
Voorhis allowed only ten minutes to q
case.
Tammany men have fled afidavits by the
SCORE that the Incorporated Independence
League petitions are fraudulent in many
instances.
Thomas ]. McManus Of the Eleventh As
eembly district will present thirty-five
afidavits tomorrow to support his protest
against Thomas Gloeter. John F. Curry
Tammany leader Of the Thirteenth Assembly
district, has prepared 1872 affidavits to sup
port his protest against Philip l.. Mcclure
William Dalton and Peter l.. Dooling OF
the Ninth district, w. j. Boylan OF the -Four.
tenth district, Maurice Featherson Of
the Twentieth district and many Other
Tammany leaders are preparing many
af6davits to show that there has been FRAUD
in getting the league petitions. IL is alleged
that there are fictitious names and names
of non-reeidents n n~on-voters on mos
of the protested petitions. A lot OF notar1ei
got into trouble last year tor nelPlng IL
the manufacture of this kind OF ware.
There was a protest against Henry Clay
Peters, the league nominee in the Thir6
Congress district. This protest was mad
bv John GiIlen of 70 Hooper street, Brook
lyn. II was the old story about Peters