The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-10-27


yored TO implicate in alleged attack upon the
purity Of the elective franchise have resorted TO the
forms Of Judicial proceedings give apparent solemn
~ TO their accusations, have deemed IT proper
contradict them in manner solemn they have
been made. We therefore appeal TO the solemniy Of
our oaths and pronounce the charges, far they
tend to implicate US, calumnious and false.
r. M BLATCHFORD
SIMEON DRAPER Jr
JAMES BOWEN,
X. G.. WETMORE.
CITY and County Of New York. ss.-Moses IA
Grinnell Of the city Of New York being auly sworn
doth depose and say that he has read the depostons
of j. d. Stevenson and others, contained in the Stand
ard OF this morning and that the same far they
implicate this deponent untrue; that this deponen
did directly indirectly employ the said James
b. Glentworth TO go TO Philadelphia any other
place. for the purpose Of procuring persons TO on
10 this city for the purpose of voting has he any
knowledge or belief that he employed by any
person persons this deponent remembers that pre-
vious To the fall election of 1885, there a report in
this city which believed by this deponent that
the Loco Foco party of Philadelphia and other places
intended to send to this city persons not entitled 10
vote, for the purpose of voting their ticket and that ii
therefore deemed advisable by this deponen and
others, that persons who were acquainted with the
residents of Philadelphia and other places, should at
tend our polls for the purpose of detecting any such
illegal voters II any such should appear that this de
ponent never had any conversation with said Client
worth In relation to his going Philadelphia nor did
| he even know that he had gone to Phadelpha until
some time after he had gone that the first knowledge
| OF deponent that he in Philadelphia arose from
reports letters intimatng that the said Gentworh
was about employing persons TO come on TO this city
| fol the purpose OF voting that this deponent imme-
diatey after hearing such reports was consulted by
| X. M Blatchford Simeon Draper Jr and James
Bowen, as TO the most efecual mode of the
contamination of such plan II any such was contem-
plated by the said J b. Glenworth; and tina, there
UPON the letter following was TO the said B
| Gentworh:
| New YoRx, Oct. 3lst 1888
| DEAR SIR-Two of your letters written YESTERDAY
have found their way TO this city the project which
you laid out is not wholly understood by your friends
| here. The position which they consider themselves
placed in, is easily summed up and their only fear
that you may have misunderstood their motives and
| desires Ii you have made any arrangements which
in any way tend TO any thing beyond general super
vision of the polls for the purpose Of detecting and pre-
venting illegal voting you must at once unequiyocay
abandon it, and look to them for any expense which
your precipitate steps may have occasioned Weyalue
the cause highly as any portion Of our fellow cti-
zens value il, but we are determined not to enter into
| any sort of arrangement which, under any clrcum-
stances could be construed into bargain for foreign
votes. We therefore take the earliest and most efec
tive mode of saying to you that while we are ready to
submit to the expense which you have incurred IN
| your preliminary arrangement, we will not counte
| nance any system which in any way encourage
| the importation Of voters
"We know your desires, and shall be willing to
meet your wishes provided they are based upon the
simple point OF protecting the rights of the honest
| voters, which we deem your only hope or e1pecta'
| ton"
/ And this deponent most solemnly asserts, that be
never did directly indirectly employ the said J B
| Gentworth any other person persons to go 10
Philadelphia TO any other place, for the purpose OF
procuring persons to vote in this city, at the elections
Of 1888 1889, q at any other election or at any
other place. does he know or believe that he was
employed by any person or persons and that If any
or if any such persons did at any election who
were not entitled to vote, the done without
the knowledge, consen or appreciation Of this depo
nent; and far as deponent knows or believes with
out the knowledge, consent appreciation of the said
r. M. Blatchford, James Bowen or Simeon Draper,
| Jr. M. Fl. GRINNELL,
Sworn to before me, the 23d day of October 1910
i c.. S. Woodruff,
| Judge New York Common Pleas.
| City of New York, ss-- Richard NJ BIatchford be
ing duly sworn says that he has read the affidavit of
Jonathan ID. Stevenson in the Standard and other
pers of this day; that deponen did either alone
orin connection with any other persons, directly
indirectly employ James b. Glentworth in October,
1885, at any other time to procure persons to come
to this city from Phlapephia to vote at our elections,
and that he never concerned engaged in any
such scheme or project and that all mpuatoDs to that
effect contained in said affidavit, wholly and on
tirely untrue
R. NJ. BLATCHFORD.
EGBERT BENSON,
i judge Of Court of Common Pleas.
City Of New York, ss-James Bowen, of the city
of New York, being duly sworn, saith that he never
did directly or indirectly employ engage James
Glentworth, any other person. to induce persons TO
come to this city vote at any election and that he
never concerned in any scheme TO that effect and
all charges and mputatons to the contrary hereof are
utterly false.
JAMES BOWEN
Sworn to, Oct. o. 1910, before
EGBERT BENSON,
i Judge Court Common Pleas
City of New York, S. Robert G. Wetmore being
duly sworn, says that he has read the affidavit OF 10
nathan d. Stevenson in the Standard aud other pa
pcrs of this day--that he did, directly lnd
rccty, employ or engage James B. Bentworth, any
other person. to induce persons to to this city TO
vote at any election and that he n;erned
IN any scheme project TO that efiect-and all char
and untrue.
ROBERT c. WETMORE.
Sworn to, Oct. %, 1910, before me
| EGBERT BENSON
| Judge Court of Common Pleas.
City of New York, ssSimeon Draper, Jr., being
duly sworn says that he has read the affidavit of Jo
nathan ID Stevenson in the Standard and other pa
pers Of this day that deponent did, either alone
in connection with any other persons directly or
indirectly employ James B. Glentworth in October
1888 at any other time to procure persons
on TO this city from Philadelphia to vote at our cleo
TONS and that he never concerned or engaged in
any such scheme, and that all imputations that eff
feet contained in said affidavit are wholly and entirely
| false.
Sworn to- Oct %, ls4O before me.
EGBERT BENSON.
| Judge Court Common Pleas.
To THE EDlroR-Sir The undersigned had in
In ke tatc char0 IN