The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-26


eENEw YoRx, Oct 81, 1888.
esDgAR SIR--Two of your letters, written
Yesterday, have found their way to this eityj he
project which you laid oHt is not wholly under
stood by your friends here. The position which
thew consider themselves placed in, is easily
summed up, and their only fear is, that you may
nave misunderstood their motives and desires
If you have made any arrangements which tend
t. anything beyond d general supervision OF the
polls, for tne purpose If detecting and prevent
ing illeg Il voting, you must at once unequivo-
cally abandon il, and look to them for any eN-
pen,e which your pSeripitatc steps may have oc-
casioned We value the highly as any
portion Of our fell0w-citizens value it, but we
are determined not ia enter into any sort OF ar
ransement which under any circumstances, could
b. construed into bargain for foreign votes.
We therefore take the earliest and most chsc-
tive mode Of saying TO you that, w.ile VIC are
ready to submit to the expense which you may
have incurred in your preliminary arrangement,
we will not cOuntenance any system v hieh cans
IN any way, encourage TIE importation of vo'
tiers.
We know your desires, and shall b. willing to
meet your wi she's provided thew are basel upon
the simple Point of protecting the rights of the
honest voters, which we deem your only hope or
expectation"
This con .ludes the letter; am AIT certain .
whether this letter was sent by mail or by Mr. |
| Ford; | think MIR Ford went on tac instance Of |
| Mr.. Draper and Mr. Bowen; do not remember |
whether ever Mr.. Ford or mott / do not |
know MIR. FOrd'S first name or reSdenrej he was |
| a pe rson MIR. Bowen knew; Mr.. Draper has the
draft of this letter, from winch the copy have
! re ad was made Yesterday; there was Rony fur !
n sIed at the time of writing this Letter, to be |
| sent to Mr.. Glentworth, but | do not rccoilect
| the amount; believe gave the money to MIR.
| Or per and Mr.. Bowen, from the iu,id which
was in my hand; my impression is 1t was S2oJ, l
| III
dent it was 500, at all event, that is all |
| know OF; presume have memorandum at my
Office whlc ellis precisely what the amount was;
| Mr.. GientwoIth returned to the city immediate
| " after the writing vi this letter, | think 81,
| am not positive. He did not have interview
with me at my office on his return; according to
the best Of nay recollection ] met him III Broad
street; do not remember any agreement TO meet
| at Mr.. DIR iper's house wuh MIR. Bowen, Mr.
| Grim iell, ami MIR. Wetmorc, sat rday night
following hi return at 10 o'cl, ok, nor 90 re-
| member any such meeting; two years have c.
Iapscd 81 ,cr that time. | cannot tax my recoi-
lie :ti0n, it time Of great political cxc'tes
aent and occup ttiOn. | do not T-nember
! meeting at Mr.. Diapers until O'Clock ON lH-
day morning, at which Mr. CT nt~orth
| present. The letter have mentioned was writ
ten at Mr. Grinnel's house. | do not remember
| Mr.. Draper giving Mr.. Glentwofth one or two
d -afts sight ON Mr. Charles Gall, of Phiiadei-
pl'a, amounting to two thousand dollars, any
| ,uch sum. No drafts were seat on to Mr.. Client
| worth by Draper at the time the let,et was writ
ten tn Il know Of; and tank it could not have
% cen without my knowledge.
NJ, .S0Glentw orih dia not, 10 my knowledge,
coon 10 Philadelphia in III sprng of 1899
win view TO make any arr a lgement ab'u
tn. sp,i"g election know Henry w. Ha-
| ms, OF thi; city. | do not know niany money
b ing 10 ward ID by him to Mr.. Gl4ntworth e-
ia r in the fall OF 1885 or spiiAg uf 1899. M.
K - TT Swar won't did hot go TO PnIiadelph
at ether of our instaace, nor did | know thai
he Wen, to Philade phia, DeT did ever hear or
know oil any othGr person or persons going 10
Philadelphia for OF on behalf OF the Wing PR
ty, kept Mr.. GleDlworth, before stat d;
and he only for the avowed, and drc.ar. d, and
so bell we'd by me, purpose, oil bringing inui
vIiuals here 10 detect illegal votes, winch, il
Vas sail, tie other side intended to bring rom
Philadelphia TO vote here, which intention
fully believe they meant 10 carry into ctfec !,
which was the sole reason ofmy swing my a. :
probation to Mr.. Glent~orth's gong to Pan
aepha. do not remember what the two lei
tiers were, alluded to in the letter above copi d,
nor do know TO whom those letters were writ
ten. they were such, however, as led us TO fear
it was possible Mr. GlentwoTlh might do VIII,
would not meet our appreciation, and be cOnsi
te 1t with right and Justice, and The di-iiuct u
Outstanding under which we gave our assent 10
mis- going, though atm bound to say from my
distinct recollection Of the rtierS that there
was nothing in them which could ,how Thai
Mr.. Gl ntworth was actually engaged in
understood fro n Mr.. Glentwortn, that
il egal proceedings.
veral persons did come on from Phila lelphia 10
d tect illegal lo;eS that fall; he did not st,te lh-
number; | do not think 1 ever ht AID the NUN
Der from him, or from any body else; he stated
that there was not near as many came en-
/ l.,.,., L
be written. do not know, FROM inform ,tion
or otherwise, who had the disposition or ap-
Pointment of these men after they came II
| think, how,v r, MIR. GIentworh told me h-
had the disposition oil these men, and that he
came on VITA them. have no recollection
how many he was author ised To employ, ci
bisg on for this purposr--it was not man,
however. l have nt recollection 0, kmowled-e
of how much money he was authorized 10
spend for this purpose.-l cannot say Whether
he was limited ds 10 alnounl-jei he must hay,
been. | have ~ doubt ne was. | have no
knowledge that he wrote from Phla tel piia, "a
to the terms upon which he could e men to
come on-he certainly never wrote 10 me, and
had no communication With him except as
above. do not remember that he furnis - d
an account to The cotnn ttee OF money spent by
him. There was no account kept by me OF ir
monies paid or sent to hi.n, or by II v ote else.
that know OF. 1t was pretty ex.itiay times.
and ri.id accounts were not kept. | never
heard Of persons being sent Ioin Albany in this
way, under similar or any other arrangement,
with Mr. Gtnworth OF any other person.
Mr.. Glrntworth, | do not think ever told
me the men that came on here with him, voted.
did understand, but from whom cannot tell,
that there was illegal voting on both sides
think | saw it in the Evening Post. II was in
consequence of that. that |, as one, was desi-
rous to have Registry Law.
r. NJ. BLATCHFORD.
TaksB and sworn this 22d day of Oct, 1910.
ROBERT II. MORRIS,
Recorder of the City Of New York.