The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
New York Democratic State
Chairman WI. Connors
MAKES GRAVE CHARGE
Declares that Republicans are Pre-
pairing to Steal Election in New
York, but That Dead Men Will Not
Be Permitted to Vote and Law
Committee Is Named.

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A dispatch from New York says
charges were made Thursday by w
]. Connors, chairman of the Dem ,
cratic State committee, that the Re-
publican organizations in upstate
counties had padded the regulation
rolls with from 10000 to 10000
names, and to prevent the casting OF
a fraudulent vote the executive com
mittee had appointed a State Law
committee with former Judge Alb
| Parker as chairman.
Mr.. Connors said that the Law
committee would bye composed o.
about 500 attorneys, and that on
| election day these attorneys would
be assisted by special deputies to
| each election district t osee that
ballots were honestly cast and count
| ed. Mr.. Connors said:
There will be nc voting Of dead
men by the Republicans in this eiec-
ton, and the State committee will
see that our opponents are not per-
| mitted to run owe from Pennsy.-
vania and Canada to vote them n
! this State. Already we have discov-
| cred hundreds of cases of fraudulent
| registration up State and have sue
| ceeded in having the names stricken
from the lists.
I'VE want a square deal. We are
not going to buy the election, and
we have not got the money to buy
it with anyway. We don't propose
to have the Republicans rob us
as they have done in the past
National Chairman Mack declared
Thursday night that the change IN
Mr.. Taft's plans by which he Will
speak in thirty-fve cities and towns
in this State instead of speaking In
only a few of the larger cities as
previously announced, indicate that
the Republican managers felt the
Necessity of carrying this tSate'
which was virtually acknowledging
that they felt they were losing Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Kansas. Mr..
Mack said that if the Republicans
were certain of the middle Western
States they would not need New
York.
Speaking of the letter of President
Roosevelt demanding that Mr.. Bryan
declare himself on the labor question
of the day, Mr.. Mack said that Il
there was any labor man in doubt
about voting for Bryan the reading
of the Presidents letter would con-
vince him that he should cast his
vote for the Democratic ticket. Mr..
Mack said he had received reports
from Ohio that the reception tend
cred Mr.. Bryan in the Buckeye State
was the greatest demonstration
ever given a Presidential candidate.
Mr.. Bryan's meeting in the city
next Tuesday night, when he viii
speak at Madison Square Garden is
to be made the occasion of a Demo-
cratic rally in every Assembly dis
trict in New York. Not only as
Tammany Hall arranged for over
flow meetings at the Garden, but
there will be mass meetings In Coop
er Union, Hamilton Fish Park ana
in scores Of halls throughout the
city. A.,
The demand for tickets to the
Madison Square Garden meetine
quickly exhausted the supply ana
stands will be erected outside the
amphitheatre for overflow assem-
blages. Besides Mr.. Bryan, Governor
Hoke Smith, of Georgia: Congress-
man H. D. Clayton. of Alabama and
| former Congressman John L. Lentz'
| of Ohio, will address the meeting. "