New-York tribune., 1907-09-19
MURPHY DIGS UP PLOT.
JEROME EXPECTS FRAUD.
Justice Seabury Holds Democratic
Primary CdiI Vahd.

The daily plot" at the Tammany Wigwan
yesterday turned out to be the warmed over
plot Of the night before-the one about the
wicked Mcclellan Board of Elections shifting
inspectors to strange districts and summoning
Tammany Hebrews work the Jewish Day
Of Atonement.
Charles 2. Murphys imagination these days.
after a long rest at Good Ground, possesses the
resIlienCy of a volunteer organist. and he keeps
the typewriters at Tammany Hall busy record
ing his mental impressions. Mr.. Murphy was
in conference yesterday with Daniel F. Cohalan
chairman Of the Tammany law committee who
IA certain that the Board of Elections has vio-
lated the law in not announcing the appointment
of the Manhattan election inspectors by Sep
tember /.
President Doong says that the Tammany
elections officials would have been appointed on
time II they had been sent in time by the
Tammany Hall people Mr.. Cohalan says that
Mr. Doolin,; had the names before September /.
but that the Board of Elections had failed TO
examine the u1en. the law directs.
How about transferring? suggested Mr.
Murphy. nodding AT Cohalan.
We have received word" continued Mr. Co
halan acting on the bosss tip. that all the in
spectors are to be transferred on primary day.
so that organization men will find themselves in
strange districts. That cannot be to insure an
honest election. for ought to know who
are entitled to vote so that there will be no
ringing in OF 1oaters voters names"
Tell 'em about McAvoy's district" suggested
Mr.. Murphy.
Mr.. Cohalan explained that fraudulent lists
were being circulated there bearing bogus sig
natures of McAvoy and purporting to be official
recommendations by McAvoy to election inspec-
tors. Mr.. Cohalan then told OF the threats Of
the Mcclellan men to strong arm the dis
tricts and throw the Murphy men into the river
And the Mayor says he wants orderly
election said Mr.. Murphy, with the look of the
heavy villain in a Bowery thriller.
Commissioner Bingham and District Attorney
Jerome had a long conference pertaining TO the
primaries which are to be held next Tuesday.
The District Attorney told the Commissioner
that he had received reports from various dis
tricts that trouble expected and suggested
that the police and the District Attorneys forces
work together.
After Commissioner Bingham left the Criminal
Courts Building Mr.. Jerome wrote a letter to the
Commissioner stating the subjects talked over
at the conference. The letter read:
In confirmation of conference this morning, I
would say that Tuesday OF next week the pri-
maries will be held in the different Assembly dis
tricts in this county AS you are no doubt aware.
over the primaries. For number of years. the
primaries in this city have been farce and dis
grace to a civilized community. Voting other
peoples names, repeating and voting from six to
occurrence as TO scarcely attract attention. Non
residents of districts are brought in to vote and in
not few instances decent citizens have been ter
ror,zed bv crooks and strong-arl brought
from other districts. In several ricts last year
Information has to that leads
beIieye that in several districts in this city there
is a danger this year that the grossest frauds and
Violence viii occur As the Superintendent of Elec-
tions jurisdiction over the matter the citii
beg that you will take such steps as may seem
n Won wise insure the citizens at least protec-
tion from violence In these districts.
''g' sbaT send out a number of my own men. under
n Iower TO cooperate with you In securing testi-
ony and ,ne o fear Tcbe eo fan an
Ss am advised the 1tth. 10th, ed, 18th. 11th
and Slst
Justice Seabury has sustained the call Of the
county committee of the Democratic party de-
enite the fact that the Board of Elections de-
cided that the call was Illegal Justice Seabury
says
Tho functions of the Board of Elections are
not legislative, and 1t is not within 1ts province
nor within that of the courts to attempt by con-
rtr,ctjons which do violence to the plain pro-
yis,ons of the statute TO remedy What may pe
conceived to be defective In the exstlhs law
- folIovs that the determination of the Board
~ T,iections upon the objection to the call or
should be reversed, and the Board OF
Eiactions should be directed 20 pub1sh ine can
as provided by law and 10 print the ballots IN
s,,bstantiaI conformity to the usual forms
ON September 3, 1907. the chairman of the
eeneraI committee certified and delivered to the
custodian of primary records statement of the
conventions, committees members or eandi-
ao+es 10 be elected "in each unit of representa-
ton This statement was. filed. Objections
were made to this statement upon the ground
that under 1t enrolled members OF the Demo-
cratic party would be permitted TO vote Tor DEL
-o.as to aldermanic and municipal court con-
,en,,opa in districts other than those in which |
th.,, lived and could therefore aid in the NOM
0oattuued on second psSe