The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-29
LEADERS ANSWER THE
COLONIES SQUEAL
A Mess of Untruths. Half Truths.
MisinfO rmatiOn and Ir-
relevancy.
WHAT IS KINGS TO HIM ?
Removed In This Whole
County
WHAT IS KINGS TO HIM ?

TetnaTks dJ SnlCHGO Oh Weuueruhy hlsh'
about the Republican primaries In this
county. He said that some were out
and out untruths, that others were hall
, truths and that in 9th er cases the Colone
had been misled.
Our election inspectors were removed
whenever it was thought they were not
with the machine" the Colonel said ia
the Chicago audience in beginning his
list of definite grievances.
That IL untrue said Mr.. koenig.
"All told there were 3.5tO election OFFICERS
in Manhattan and The Bronx, four to ar
election district The county committed
records show that there were 10 resigna-
tions and III removals. In addition &c
these there were few more Immediately
prior to primary day. The designations
are Of course voluntary and had little
OF nothing to do with the primary fight
man finds he can't leave his regular jot
for an afternoon at the polls and has
to resign Most OF the removals are
because Of personal differences between
district captains and the inspectors.
The captain asks his leader to have the
watcher removed. and act on the leader 4
recommendation as matter OF course
The Colonel told his Chicago hearers
that eighty election inspectors were
! removed and anti Roosevelt men sub
stituted in the Seventh Assembly district
where william Halpin is leader.
Il removed these men myself, said Mr.
Koenig. Il did it because Haipin de-
clared his unwilIingness to cooperate with
the organization and would not take the
or rganization badges. The fight was be-
tween the organization and Halpin, not
between the Taft and Roosevelt forces
| have received no complaints from the
Seventh Assembly district on account ol
my substituting organization men FOR
Hslpin men. Col. Roosevelt has no
ground for objection anyhow. for ne
carried this district
Mr.. Roosevelt = next specific objection
was: In ten election districts Of the
Twenty-sixth Assembly district the bal
lots did not arrive until 3 O'Clock in the
evening. The polling places had rhen
been filed up with Koenig-Taft men.
who occupied the remaining time in vot-
ing and gave the Roosevelt men no time
to vote until the polls closed al O.
Mr.. Koenig replied: That is Samuel
Krulewitchs district He had me on the
wire every little while all the afternoon
saying that he couldn't get any ballots.
He was wild. He told me that he was
losing many votes for Taft. The fact
is thar if the ballots had got there on time
the Taft delegates would have run further
ahead Of the Roosevelt men than they did. y
Mr.. Koenig went on To say that cleo
ton district captains are in the habit
Of being on hand at the opening OF the
polls and that they go out az soon as they
have voted and round up ltAe voters.
That is their job. When the ballots
didn't come they had to hang around
and wait for the ballots to arrive. Thus
they couldn't get out the whole enrolled
electorate. As for the statement that
only the Taft men stayed around until
the ballots arrived. that was ridiculous
complaint.
The Colonel's list OF grievances con-
tinued: In three election districts Of the
Twnety fifth Assembly district the bal
lots did not arrive until four minutes
of o. and here again the Taft-Koenig men
had taken possession Of the polling places
and they kept the Roosevelt men out
until il was too late to vote
Mr.. Koenig had no personal knowledge
OF the conditions in this district. but
the leader, Frederick c. Tanner. didn't
wait long before writing to Judge Duell
the Roose welt chairman. who WAS said
to have given the information to the
Colonel. He asked Judge Duell to name
the three districts and give the names
and addresses OF any Roosevelt men TO
whom sballots were refused until leu
av.I hA
kept out OF the polling places until it
was too late TO vote. Mr.. Tanner wrote:
ON the contrary. in every election district
OF the entire Assembly district voting was
going on for at least two hours before the
closing OF the polls and In most cases for
the entire six hours. Even In the districts
where there was the longest delay by the
police in the delivery Of the ballots i'm
promptu ballots containing the identical
ca andidates as the official ballot were used
over the protest OF tho Roosevelt watchers
II YOU will give me at once the names OF the
dist riots tcomplained OF | will give you the
atfidavits of a number OF reputable citizens
I'm each Of these districts who actually voted
long before the time referred to by you AZ
the time when tho ballots were first
furnished.
The Colonels next allegation was: In
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth election
districts OF the Thirtieth Assembly dis
! trict when the ballot boxes were opened
our watchers saw several bundles with
| from 2 to ballots folded in each voted
as one, 80 that in each election district
| twenty ballots were voted over the mum
ber OF men recorded as voting. All OF
these ballots were marked in the Taft
column in spite OF the protest 1 oul
watchers"
Mr.. Koenig did not know at first hand
about the Thirtieth and didn't want to
20 on record with hearsay. But a mar
who was in position to know said that
the ballot in the Thrtieth was one OF the
longest Republican ballots and that il
would be physically impossible to fold
four or five of them together and then
jam them into the ballot box
There just wasn't big enough hole.
he said That's all there is to that"
| Col Roose welt: -In the Twenty -thr,
Assembly district the names Of the Roose
welt delegates were not printed ON the
ballots at all,
Mr.. Koenig: That's Collin Woodward 4
district, II IL clean As whistle. The
Roosevelt men made "a good showing "
II was explained elsewhere that all hands
agreed to count for Col. Roose Il dele
gates In this district all ballots marked
with the cross beneath the Roose Welt EN-
blem whether the names were in the col
| umn or not.
| The Colonel: "In the Twenty Sc venth
Assembly district the entire Roose vel,
| ticket was left on the ballot"