New-York tribune., 1906-10-28
FRAUD, SAYS WOODRUFF
Declares Illegal Petitions Were
Fired" for Tammany Sale.

Timothy 7. Woodruff, chairman Of the Repuoh-
can State Committee, charged yesterday that uIo
independence League nominations when were
thrown by the Appellate Division OF the eu-
preme Court had been purposeiy prepared III
fraudulent He said that Shearn ana o'iet
Hearst men who handled the petitions must nave
known that they would not stand MI 0'ui u-
made the following statement;
have never been able TO understand how any
body could be so careless as the ateaa,s pipis piape
We're in the preparation Dten1aS 81 To- have
thrown out. Even as layman reallzed sI .iiaI one
storial and Assembly nominations when the dis
tr1cts totally dissimilar
IL I had beep managing the thing L certainly
would not have permitted anybody wanted TO gel
anybody Sn n ought to Know that multiple petition
contrary law, and practically certain TO be De
five Judges on any bench to decide unanimously
in case Of this kind The unanmity & OF The the
Clarence ]. Shearn whoever had charge OF
the preparation of the petitions. must have known
On the surface of things 1t looks as If 1t would
snef pe wo ee viii Want to vote full Independencs
League. ticket will now be prevented from doing doing
ucan and the Democratic tickets These men will
hand the whole thing has been obviously Illegal
that there may be some secret scheme back or 1t
all which would Offset this superficial advantage.
There was a marked inclination On the part of
some Of the Assembly candidates to accuse the
.Gilsey House clique" Of Intentionally sacrificing
them in the interest OF Hearst Tney seemed TO
think the league had been sod out Tammany
Robert Stewart one OF the Brooklyn Indepen-
oence League judiciary candidates, expressed him-
self as being confident that the Court Of Appeals
would reverse the decision Of the Appellate Di-
vision. Mr. Stewart said the decision could affect
only three OF the Brooklyn Independence League
candidates II might affect these because protests
had been filed against their nomina tions The rest
OF the ticke: would surely stand, he said because
fl too lata TO file protests Mr.. Stewart is
counsel for the defendants in some dozen suits in
stituted by Democrats the legality of local
league nominations.
Senator McCarren said yesterday that the Gv-
csion OF the Appellate Division In Manhattan. de-
carins invalid all Independence League petitions
or an omnibus character. would exclude all hide
pendence League candidates from the ballot
whether they ran for Congress, the State Senate
or the Assembly. Fe said
have personally examined all the petitions of
brooklyn candidates, and those for Congressman,
STATE senators and Assembly of the omnibus
character. which the cour, has nronounred invalid
] do not how there can be any doubt that the
decision affects all Brooklyn candidates It seems
TO I me very doubtful whether the Court OF Appeals
Will give Its decisions in time be of any value
IN m the preparation of the ballots. do not know
regarding the character OF the petitions
The decision has been the worst kind of puzzle
for the Hearst men in Brooklyn. They could not
determine whether the decision affected them or
not large number of them called at the local
headquarters TO get definite information yesterday
They assured that they were all right" This
assurance based the opinion of Henry A
Powell. chairman of the advisory council He said
that the league candidates in Kings County were
in New York County. He said that the methods OF
drifting petitions in the two counties different
name of Congress and Senate candidates on ON
nibus petitions because the Senate districts
o,striGts 5 The opposite method Of drawing indi-
had been followed in Kings