The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-03
FRAUD IN ELECTIONS
HERE, THEY CHARGE
Honest Ballot Leaders Would
Have Registration Days
in the Spring.
BLOW AT MARGIN TRADES

IfIN VI '"N
committee on suffrage engaged in sew
oral debates to-day with representatives
ot the Honest Ballot Association and
Tho citizens rnion over the honesty OF
.., lions in New York city.
John T. Dooling, former head of the
po,rd Of Elections. and John q. SAKE.
,x.s,ate Senator, insisted there were
enough safeguards about the elections.
AIber, s. Rard OF the Citizens Union
and Edward r. Finch OF the Honest
Ballo, Association declared the elections
were far from honest.
The hearing was on the proposed
amendment introduced by Herbert Par
sons. moving forward registration time
to spring, 175 days before election.
eliminating the present provisions for
bipartisan boards of registration and
recurring voters to vote from their
domiciles. Mr.. Parsons declared that
unless registration day was moved
ahead "ft will he impossible to clean
up the registration rolls" The present
law does not give sufficient time for
(lgpN4ng up inc VIE ut tih
Mr.. Finch declared that even the sig
nature law was being evaded and he
told Of cards being handed to illegal
voters to show them under whose name
,h,y we're voting and how this name
vas written.
some Doubt Raised.
beautiful romance" commented Mr..
pooling.
10 you really believe that?' asked
Nj. SAKE.
Mr.. Finch said he knew II. He named
9 dc zen States which have moved their
registration days ahead so the rolls
could be checked up
Another committeeman asked If Police
Commissioner Woods hadn't checked up
the rolls at the last election and IL
that election hadn't been honest.
NJ. Woods tiicd TO do the best he
G, IA said Mr.. Finch.
lie didn't give n direct answer. but
o. a canvass would show that many
! mes on the registration books were
I re Illegally.
There was an immediate dispute as
O. the honesty OF the special election
and Mr.. Finch told of the 500 voters
IN one election district who swore they
didn't vote. but their name were voted.
Mr.. Bard declared that the time be-
tween registration and election was so
short that only political parties are
able TO check eac.i otn,r in their dis
honest onslaught on suffrage"
ITO say New York c';y elections are
COW free Of dishonesty . "a overshoot
the mark" Mr.. Bard declared.
As proof Of tho failings of the sigma
ture law Mr.. Bird cited an instance
h. said had been proved by handwriting
experts Of "a little gang of four or
five men going around TO district after
district and signing the lists One
man signed NOR. tn~I ht,y times, Mr..
Bard insisted.
Foreign Systrr Urged.
The suffrage committee also gave a
haaring ON the amendment introduced by
Seth O at The request of the Pro-
p~ortional Representation League, which
would change the system Of e~lecting
delegates to representative bodies. such
as the convention. the Senate n As
semhly, Common Councils and the like.
L. e the proposed scheme, which
follows the systems in vogue in Switzer-
land. Belgium and Sweden. candidates
receiving the highest number of votes
- 'l''Aths SotldllslS ldNOT tlt ScneIne,
Nh..h is advocated as a cure for section
slism.
Prof. jeremiah W. jerks, instructor OF
goveI nment at New York University.
declared that proportional representa-
ton would take away the temptation
Toy vote buying. as control Of = delega-
ton could be obtained only by the pur-
tAdS" of an enormou number OF votes.
lac system would produce "A better type
o. public men, give voters a larger
range OF choice. strengthen party gov
efhincnt because the men elected would
represent ideas rather than a geographic
cal district.
j. +. Shane OF Albany represented the
Socialists in favor OF the proportional
REPRESENTATION system. He declared that
IN socialists want this system in order
10 get their share OF representation in
public bodies.
o'ners who spoke in favor OF the plan
were Prof. c. G.. Hoag. secretary of the
American Proportional Representation
League; Henry Il. Hammond. sccre-
tAry or the New York State League
John T. Eastmond, John j. Murphy.
tenement House Commissioner OF New
iofN, and Robert II. Elder.
5uhCS
Israel 7. Dcyo OF Bingham,on intro
su''d proposed amendments to prohibit
sorN gambling M to force the incor-
porh on OF stock exchanges and re-
nlrNs the Legislature to pass laws
't Ih"lr supervision and regulation.
'oes' amendments are carefully
raw 50 as not to interfere with
Ns mate trading said Mr.. Deyo. zone
It'd" amendments puts contracts for
ouylH and selling stocks and commodi-
yes %" margin where the parties intend
" close the deal on the basis of market
f'o'N'1ns in the same category as lot
"rI"', poolselling. bookmaking and
on'r forms of gambling"
Jo10 Mitchell told the Committee on
Industrial Relations that he favored a
constitutional provision permitting the
legislature TO enact a minimum wage
"r women and minors, but not for men,
state Labor Commissioner James NJ.
,,Nh'h thought the Legislature should
sNen he hroadest power by the Con-
luton To enact not only n minimum
'se 10Y men. women and minors. but
70 pass laws which are likely to be de-
manded during the next twenty years
result OF recent programmes for
auV'aI Justice. such as old age pensions,
Unemployment Insurance and providing
'onip"nsation for occupational diseases.
preanized labor in this State opposes
sNIhs the Legislature power to pass a
minimum wage uot only for men but for
women or minors either.
Not In accord with Labor.
am not in entire accord with New
'"h State organized labor on the mimi