New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Forgery on Vouchers q,
Attempts to Corrup.
Voters Are Charged
Remedy Is Sugge.ted
Grand Jury Would Fix NJ.
mum Wage Scale for Poll
Workers

Former Coroner Timothy ~
president of the Eccentric Fir.n..s
! Society of New York, and head ot..'
labor bureau of the Mitchel.nn.:.s
Campaign Committee, was indict.d q"
terday by the extraordinary grand j..
which for two months haa h.s, :
vestigating the activities of the ru.;.s
committee of 1917, in raising and M.
tursing $1,610.o00 to reelecs 49,
John Purroy Mitchell.
Four indictments were found ...
healy. Two Of them charge yiol,t,,s
OF penal laws prohibiting attempt. !.
influence voters by offers of mon.-
political preferment. The others .h..~
forgery of the names of labor ol.I,.s.
10 campaign vouchers and petty larc.,,
IN collecting money on the an.
forged receipts.
The grand jurors, the maiorit, !.
whom were Republicans, and vh...
foreman, J. Sinclair Armstrong. "A.
TWO contributions to the Fusion f,,s
nied yesterday with Justice Goff 4 4.
supreme Court a presentment ,s.,,..
mending stringent legislative .n,,s.
ments prohibiting wholesale and +.
discriminate use of money for n,
tions.
Justice Goff thanked the Juror, 4,
their work and promised to send a..
recommendations to Governor ma
man ito be presented by him or ~ n,
successor" to the Legislature ~ q.
proper time"
Hea!y Is Fourth Man indicted
Healy is the fourth man to bs Il.
dicted for his participation in thu ~,
Mitchell campaign. The Others var,
William Hamlin Childs, executive
chairman; ex-senator Josiah T. Men.
comb and Ex-Governor William Sulres
They are charged with conspirinr d
conceal in their reports to the Seer.
tary of State the payment of 5000 Il
Sulzer and $4,000 to Misha E. Appss
baum, OF the Humanitarian Crit
They have been arraigned on suver
sedlng indictments for pleading nex.
week. Mr.. Healy will be arraiened On
May "a. :
The grand jury declared the eH.
oence regarding the amount of nony
spent by the Fusion committee seefnl
so detrimental to the purity of thl
ballot as to warrant strongest cor
dennation." The grand jury founa
that the Fusion committee plscsd
Sl10,S6l cash in this manner amonr
Fusion district leaders.
Referring to the payment anony.
mously of $4,000 to Misha E. Appel.
baum. the presentment adds:
There is before the grand jury o.
well substantiated evidence eass
where a large amount of money WI,
paid to one individual apparently viii
little reason and with no obligation o.
the part of its recipient to further TIE
political cause for which the money
was subscribed"
Maximum Wage at Polls
After recommending laws to define
maximum wage of a worker at ths
polls and the prohibition of payment
of excessive compensation for such
services, the grand jury goes on u
summarize its suggestions as foIlows;
The payment of large sums OF money
the day prior to election in cash for we
on Election Day is a trying source Of evil
and an immediate remedy Should be pro-
vided.
Laws should be enacted to make ia.
possible the purchase by money uf ths
influence of any newspaper, and Il 11San
not be permitted that news items and cdr
torials should be paid for. directly Of m
directly.
No political committee should b. pa.
mitted to give money to any society. sgf
or organization with the intent or for tne
purpose CT controlling or influencing ms
votes of persons connected with any saes
organizations.
All political parties should file the nsns
of all watchers. workers and district ~.
tains (male and feFnale), with the name
of an alternate. with the proper ausnoFs
ties. to be designated in the City -
County of New York not more than sniiv
days nor less than fifteen days before ns
regular days for the primaries or seneis
elections and the different ~
litical parties shall pay not TO exceed ~
for each watcher or worker at the poI
and not to exceed $25 to each captain
district. -
All primary and general elections snosn sss.
be held. whenever possible. in avs'nc. =.
public buildings convenient in eacn an
trict.
Report Of Contributions
Any individual contributing $l.wv
over shall file written notice o. ~ ~
contribution with the Board OF Eiec.D. =
at least five days before the eiectfop =
: aid of which the contribution has Ds
made. -. H.
All political advertising shall sa1
whom the same is inserted and ny NSSS
the cost thereof is betrayed.
A statement of all contributors :.
ceived by any political committee = ~
7 election. together with the names sae
: dresses of the contributors. snouM ~ y
, filed with the proper offic5als at iesI ssss ~
days before election, and after tns ~ ~
of such report, such committees sno
not be permitted to receive furshn ~
tribution. ...,...
The grand jury feels that the ins.u.
ton into the extravagant expeno.uusS =
money in the campaign OF 1911 VIII -
vain unless the people of this county .sst
brought to realization Of the faes ~ =.
the laws of this state should msks !,
; possible. in the future. any agrceulsan' ~
conspiracy to buy an election wHo
use of money. :.
The report ends with the, eons.s
sion that large and unchecked eAPsS Pw;r
ditures of money iii campaign. =.
,, inevitably come to mean coffups
penditures.