New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-20
SAYS TAMMANY HAS
WORKED BIG FRAUD
Within, of Honest Ballot Assn.
Asserts Repeaters Filled CITY
, During Registrations.
TO ARREST FOLEY MEN
Schmittberger, Investigating
Lodging House Addresses,
Finds Thirty eight Per
Cent mot at Home"


Tammany Hall, according 10 + s,.s.
Within. managing director OF the Homes,
Ballot Association, has succeeded in reg.
istering large number OF fraudulen,
voters. This belief OF Mr.. Within. A..
pressed last night to a reporter for Ths
Tribune. was based on the reports OF
watchers of the association and informa.
ton received from other sources
From now on the work OF a special
corps OF assistants of District Attorney
Whitman. working under the direction
of Arthur e. Train. who has been spe-
cially retained for the task, will be de-
voted to trying TO put some Of those re-
sponsible for these frauds as we'll as the
men who actually commit the crime be-
hind the bars. In this work they will bs
assisted by the private detectives In the
employ OF the Honest Ballot Association
the Fusion Campaign Committee and the
police.
Already one Tammany election district
captain In Brooklyn. William Mccormick.
has been arrested charged with aiding
and abetting false registration McCor-
mick. who was arrested late Saturday
night, was held In $1,000 bail by Masis-
trate Hylan in the 10th District Court,
Brooklyn. He was charged by an Honest
Ballot watcher with having Induced Paul
Bundig to give q fictitious address when
he registered in McCormicks district In
the 18th Election District Of the I'd As
4 ATT nCfnhAf
also was held In like bail for hearing
on Wednesday.
On the same dsy Magistrate Hylan has
summoned the board OF inspectors In
charge of the polling place to explain why
they refused TO challenge Bundis wnsn
asked to do so by an Honest Ballot
watcher Emory r. Buckner, who was
counsel to the Curran committee, VIII
represent the association when the cases
are called Wednesday.
The fraudulent registration in Big Tom
Foley's district, the I'd OF Manhattan.
will result in the arrest to-day OF nys
followers OF Tammany Hall, II was said
by officials OF the Honest Ballot Associa-
ton last night.
There has been systematic EFFORT 70
pad the registration rolls this year
throughout the city," said Mr. Within.
"Our watchers challenged 1884 In the -four
days OF registration, and Of these i.ai
dropped out of line at once, which proved
conclusively that Y per cent Of the men
challenged were repeaters.
Gangs of hired guerillas have worked
throughout the city. They were trans
ported by automobile from one polling
place TO another. Here is one Illustration,
Fourteen men presented themselves first
at the polling place in the 18th Election
District OF the 18th Assembly District
and later the same men appeared In the
It'll Election District of the 10Th Assembly
District. When the first man was ehal'
lenged in each OF those election districts
all the others dropped out Of line. Hal
an hour later the same fourteen appeared
In the I'd Election District OF the =th
Assembly District and tried 10 register
When the first man was challenged all
again dropped out Of line and left the
neighborhood. Central distributing points
were used as headquarters for the repeat
ers.
The association Is informed that Po-
lice Inspector Schmlttberger is investigat-
ing 5000 names registered In the prelinni-
nary lodging house registration required
by law five days after the fling Of the
lists found that 100, or SS per cent. were
not at the addresses given.
DR.. Talcott williams, president Of the
Honest Ballot Association. said that the
1000 watchers in It's service would begin
to-day to check up the registration rolls.
call at each mans house and meet him
face to face. so that repeaters could De
spotted on Election Day. He said the as
ISOLATION had a detailed personal descrp-
ton OF every man who registered In tne
districts where colonization is known 70
flourish.
DR.. Williams said that the hrst tine
one Of the Honest Ballot Association IN
vestigators was refused information W
any householder about persons resistsred
from the house a test case would be begun
under Section 797 OF the penal law. which
makes II crime to refuse such infor-
nation.
The Bureau OF Municipal Research N
a circular TO be issued to-day, suggests
that deputies from the Board OF Elec'
tons should not be assigned to theH
home districts, where, II they accom-
plish any good results. II hurts their po-
litical friends. They purpose comparls
lodging house signatures OF this year VIVA
those Of previous years. and a third ne"
step suggested is to place policemen IN
side OF polling places instead or OUTSIDE
They also suggest that agencies worAihe
for honest voting should be invited not
merely permitted, to compare work oon'
with work required by election ofheia's'
The bureau says there is still time TO or
ganze enough help. so that the rouune
work Of inspection officers may be prop,
erly checked as to work done. facts foun'
and reinvestigations made.
WINTRY WEATHER AT HAND