New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-15
TO STOP FRAUDULENT
VOTING BY TAMMAW
FuSIonlStS Take Great Care to
See Illegal Acts of Former
Years Are Not Repeated.
LEADERS TALK OF CAMPAIGN
John T. Cowan, Former Aqueduct
Commissioner, Breaks with
Organization to End
Murphy Rule.

Samuel s. Koenig. president of the kepuo-
[ ican County Committee. upon whose shout
ders the burden OF the fusion fight in TINS
county this fall will lie. was in conference
yesterday with representatives of the Inde-
pendence League and the Democratic
League They We're working out the plans
OF campaign, but Mr. Koenig said last night
that be was not ready 10 announce the
plans Next week however. il is expected
that the campaign viii be opened with a
rush.
Great care IS to be taken this year TO see
that no fraudulent voting is carried on by
Tammany Hall, as in other years. Edward
r. Finch. chairman OF the committee on
fraudulent voting Of the Republican Club,
has reported that already his offers Of re-
ward for evidence that would lead 70 the
conviction Of any colQnizer. repeater or
ioater had brought in much information.
THE surprising thing" he said yester-
day, lis that much Of tho information tells
of alleged Illegal registration in the resi-
Dental districts along Fifth avenue and
the West Side, rather than in the Bowery
and lodging house districts. The commit
tee has been informed that it was intended
10 colonize as many as 2,5oo thirty-day
voters in the empty summer hotels Of Ohm
Y McKanes old stronghold. the Gravesend-
Sheepshead Bay region This district and
two Assembly districts in Manhattan are
being closely watched by the committee.
and II the plan is carried out prosecutions
will follow
"Al the information sent IN 90 the club
is being specially investigated by a force
Ice 4 enarf4I af lg
being made 70 get the man higher up'
who marshals the sordid army OF ballot
thieves"
Criticises Board Of Elections.
Abraham > Gilbert, legal adviser OF tie
Republican County Committee last nigh'
filed q formal protest with d. Gabriel Britt
president of the Board of Elections because
of the latter's actions late on Friday night
/ I'm refusing 10 permit Mr. Gilbert 20 see tine
certificates OF nomination for the Demo
cratic County ticket lie said, I'm part:
! ON behalf OF the Republican party
should Ike 90 know by what authority you
undertake 20 keep from public h5pecuon
any certificates, ana why any distinction
I WAS made betW aeu the Democratic Ger
tifcatpg of nomination and other celtln-
/ Gates of nomination. I'm tine particular case
2 in question 10 was OF no special Importance
so far as ] knew, but the practice - Wlchtu
and vicious. and one which. Wnen LOAoWtu
bv your predecessor. was seVerely con-
demned II YOU have the right TO Win
hold from public inspection one ceruncats
YOU must have the right 20 WlinhoIn lIoin
. public inspection other certlncates
In this connection your aLteuuOh ~ c"Iltu
f 90 the fact that tie Board OF rIr'tipil' ~
4 intended TO be bipartisan, not partisan
. that the Republican members or me Oo4tu
are as much entitled TO see ctLG"catr-
and other papers fled immediately upon
/ their filing a. are the Democratic members
+ OF the board
Mi Gilbert said that when he applied 10
/ lie record clerk IN the Board OF Elections
ON Friday night to see the certificates OF
county nominations fled by the Democrats
/ he was told that they had not been filed.
President Britt was locked iu his room and
would not be- seen When me came out al
la.25 twenty-five minutes after the eXpira-
lion Of the time for ding certificates, Mf.
Britt handed the record clerk TWO GER
tjcates pinned together. The certificate
nominating a Surrogate and Sheriff was
stamped. apparently by your Office time
/ clock" declared Mr. Gilbert. "at HE
/ D. M. The certificate Of nomination Of the
Supreme Court justices was not stamped
in any way
Calling the attention Of Mr.. Britt 20 the
law stating that certificates Of nomination
are public records as soon as dlet Mr. Gil
bert went on TO say. 81 had hoped that the
recent reorganization Of the board would
stop these unfair partisan methods
Britt Tells Of Boards Activity.
President Britt refused TO make any COM
ment ON the protest OF Mr. Gilbert last
night. lie mad given out, however, long
statement purporting TO show the great ac-
tivitv Of his office this year in seeing that
the law was complied with in registration.
I'VE are sending around our clerks 10
each registration place, the statement
went on TO say. "to see what the inspectors
are doing and 20 find out If they are max
ing the proper entries I'm the registration
/ hooks At the end of each DAY they will
/ turn in reports"
Declaring that ne could no longer stand
the brutal methods Of defying public senti-
u1ont used by those In control Of the Demo
/ cratic organization in this city and state
John f. Cowan. former Aqueduct Com
+ missioner and for years prominent in the
I Democratic party. last night made pubic
. his reasons for joining with the Democratic
/ League i'm the support Of the fusion ticket
THE attempt 20 force through the Legs
Iature a charter in the interest Of an un'
/ considerable monopoly he said, has been
I frustrated by t.e revelation Of IT'S iniquity
f The last resort OF desperate valor vas the
Infamous Levy bill the avowed design oi
which was 20 disfranchise independent vot-
crs. II il deplorable that while a Demo
[ cratic wave is sweeping over the country
/ it should meet its greatest obstacle in the
/ excuses Of the machine in this Empire
: State