Show Ill J t ns erns ernsOn One On aSs lo reflect upon Mi III sits fart frt that municipal election In lii m pa many m nf ot our larger Cities dU turn out flUt en entirely onu to the th Ih nf or the th majority of the Ih naturally aik k khow how 1 Ia It U tons clone In In a country where wh the majority in theory rule how hw I It for fill a e minority to tn manipulate the ballot box lI x In the It interest Interact of or graft ran and nd vice For nr In a city where when Mr the tI majority of sf tn the an are men join with moral Ideal Idale Id and md even n the th women tot ot how ho 1 I III It to tn elect dl e p pk keeper keepen k en to the city eity council Munell arid and 00 men also ho are r financially Interested In the Ih aale isaic 1 tit of damnation to t the Ih m mIn less ex In the tI gift rIft of or the th It I evident that the manipulators of itt ripe elec election I tion that turn out contrary to 10 the will of the majority are ar rome ome of H it b ek art the tIKI secrets crU of which are Not Hat public property tro t tA A contributor to the Independent for May ta 11 JI W PInch In an abia bIe article on The Th FIght Plent Mr fUr a Clean U show Jtb w bow how re is Ie r done don donby by which p Proc of fraud fraudulent fraudulent vote vol sic are being In rl every election After a In nv In 1 iet T IR tt ew York the tM oem com committee mitt reputed rep that the number nil Alber of ot wholly wh Ily fraudulent vote volee IB Ie l aa as an annual final nual election tn In tUe Borough of ot Man n never v r falU fahl fal below b 0 and In ejection Important far fur ex MM tNt that r With odd against him what win ean M the tM vot voter or er do de Mr M fa an on one et af f the producer r rot of ot fraudulent vat told lold the organ on organizers Izere that IM he would b he able ble to deliver 60 SMI vote voted from hi lit district though the ther r registered vote Wh was wa only That la Ja lahe he i promised M 15 fraudulent votes vole or more than 37 n per Ir cent t Theme Them are Ar the be method employed HI lii wit wife and nd he ho Ute the Ut flint floor 1001 above abo bov the of nf a three the tory etory hou houie e over to accommodate a n family on ott 01 rush ea hOOt loor name were to 10 lx I be registered a living with them and nd lila his wife If knew w her role rale He lie 11 hail hall been n able I to 10 provide some eone odd Jobba jobb for fw the man who rented ranted the tM floor above stat and In return Ute tide man mn and nd hi hla wife were went w to stand tand cover for seven eevea The Tb woman who rented the top liner floor wa wu to pretend that live lived with her hei herIn In c of ot th the payment of her hr rent for a II mouth month The Th barber In the Iho theba ba m nt favoring a teady wan WAIl willing to put a In the sear rear I Ito to cover coyer a double d cot 1 and make pre preten tones ten for tor Dr two more moe He lie had poise gone to every ever one on who had hd taken name the th year before and nd hast had urged ur ad the n of tit the th Increase In In addition he h had the Janitor ansI anil the th ltee e of every evry apartment hou hu e and the proprietor of f every house with wills room mama to 10 let It Wherever there h wa waa waa was wasa a nt apartment he ho had endeavored voNd and nd In Sn moat cane easse ca with to tu the th Janitor to say aay It U wa we oc or occupied I by h the nol whose name nam he furnIshed The person living In I Ih hi h whom he knew he h ap approached 1 hed directly and nd other h he ap al approached through mutual friends friend Those Th who were wre willing lIlIng he paid either with a each h consideration or a future reward A doctor who wa wu hoping be tn lit be Je ap appointed appointed p pointed a as aa a euron r unit pled pied r a bo hot with wit h hi III father and broth brother er or and wa was willing to take tk four ad additional 4 name Mm Tit The Inmate 1 of a dis di disorderly dl orderly 1 hove hoy had been at cent pel t away and nd cots cot t ha ham Ii been sent cent t In Inand inand and the Uie th house luHMe 1 bed bad a aIg at t renting D room to melt only A table stable In the Mock had bad cover eo for mr eleven eI eImon more mon If It tiny any question were 11 naked of ot 1 men mea m their only naly aw was wac to tobe tobe tobe be that they thy worked end and test tet tit IM in th the table ta lie He t wa was a employed In Ina I Ia Ina a city itt department and consequently only put In an aa appearance for a few tew minute once OM In the tile meaning and one once In Ute afternoon every one aIM on In the 11 department und that It wa was w the month before election n H U had bad kept In tn mind min all 41 the th year around the Ut real work that he waa woe ani to do Whenever any favor wa wu done for any n hosts b holder hulder or n r there re wa was Always at the Idea that t this tola perron n might b be ob oh obtained ae a a never cover for additional tal When Wh this thi man mn had procured Mi hI IM US vote voter or 01 aa as many a as he be could be lie behind hired hind hlf a vacant basement nt near the pol polling polUn ling hog Un place The story continue 11 Hare Mer M he be It bad had a helper In 1 cheep charge e who wh had bad a U t of 01 the lb pUce trees from fro which the name nm were to be registered Throughout the four days day or of tra tine tion he h would be visited from time hoe to time by to a man whom he h would know and who would introduce to him hInt two or three Ut men m menat at al a time lime and ad od these th the men me would be sent Milt Into the basement and aall there given Iven the tile name nam and address add and an Information under r which they th y were ear to togo go up and register In tn th the ft n i lai a A As win soon rn a they hoI het i i d I they would conic Lonia back t U tin lU i is nt and would be hi furnish i 1 S m iiI t a sup jt upon which they w ud write the I th he nuo and nd r II I hI ild ti they iny th had Ju jut t registered 4 and nd the th name of the It person with whom wh they th hud hod IId they thy Hied Iii im On thi Ihl m islip klip th they y would nl al o alln aign lUc Itt name Jut Jutt the Ille same sam a U as they signed j I It In the polling place IlIce Having mails this thle slip out und and turned turn It In the th would receive II si apiece ap for registering and aAd KO go 0 off ocr with their lender leader HI to another polling place P to meet mt the man who ho wa wu there here In charge of ot the Ut same me work The object of having the Information put on a H slip aliI and the th name nune signed Ined aa as a the ther repeater r Mt had It on th Ih tim Uon bon bonk was waa w to have RV this thin III i ady to 10 0 turn torn over oer in to the th man stian who ho vote Ote under this th name DAn on election day New York AM ha to overcome 0 nyc thIs evil enl bf hr III two law one 0 known a aThe as The Taw I und nl the th other othera as a 11 The Hou holder Last one nfl make mke It I to to Identify the I he voter at t the th ballot box and nd the th Intention of the th other In III h to prevent collision be M between Mth tween the th repeater and nd In Inthe till the attempt to a false fal mi reel deuce It 11 I Is hll that In IM 10 I not nt no It Iss than tOO SI flO 1 v ere era ro UI lJ out nul In Xe N Now York tork more mope were wr cant a the thene Ih ne entity Ity of pro protective pr lr measures mur murTho The Tho t In Is I one on of general g nal Inter eat set Even In our ur city the fraudulent t tt vote t ha In tile late te year Ml assumed u rather formidable hi ions end and nd repeating lIn hee hll not bri be n is unknown It 11 I ii a R that be carefully looked Into I to The honest hone t voter every everywhere ever where 11 need needs further protection by ii the law I the robbers robber that take tahe away hi right an as a by fraud |