The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-19

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word, they appear perfectly reckless of
their own and care not how much they
injure the character of others.
TO THE PUBLIC.
We gave this afternoon denial of the
statement which had been published in
the Standard and other papers, assailmg
our conduct in reference to past elections
in this city. But since those who have
endeavored to implicate us in an alleged
attack upon the purity Of the. elective
franchise, have resorted to the forms of
Judicial proceedings to give apparent
solemnity to their accusations, we have
deemed it proper to contradict them in
manner as solemn as they have been
made. We therefore appeal to the SOL
emnity of our oaths, and pronounce the
charges as far as they tend to implicate
us, calumnious and false.
NJ. II. GrinneH,
r. NJ. BlatcTord,
Simeon Draper, jun,
James BoWen.
r. c. Wetn1ore.
Then follows the affidavits of the a.
bove named gentlemen, who aver in the
most solemn manner that they never en-
ployed Gleltworth or any one else, d.
rectly or indirectly,t TO bring on voters from
Philadelphia or elsewhere to vote in N.
York. The leading loco foco papers ac-
knowledge that these gentlemen have full
ly exculpated themselves, and that their
testimony is entirely satisfactory.
City and County of New Fork, IS !:
Noah Cook, Forwarding Merchant Of
said city, being duly sworn, saith that
he has read several afiidavits in a paper
called the Standard, published in this
city, in which it is represented that this
deponent and others, were in the Fall of
1898. and Spring of 1889, engaged in
procuring and introducing into this city,
persons from Philadelphia and Albany,
for the purpose of voting at the elections.
! This so far as am concerned, is untrue
in all its parts and particulars neither
do know any person belonging to the
wing party who was engaged in any such
enterprise. During the Fall Of 1888, l
was furnished with information from
Newark, Patterson, New Brunswick,
and several other towns in New Jersey,
from Philadelphia, Albany. and from
several towns in Connecticut that ar
rangements had been made and were
making by the Loco Foco party. to send
large number of persons to this city. for
the purpose of voting the Loco Foco
ticket; this information in many cases
gave the names of the individuals who
were to come here to vote; in others tue
names of the individuals who were en-
ploying persons to come to the city to
vote, with the amounts paid to each indi.
vidual. had particular information that
in Philadelphia an Office had been open
ed in Chestnut street, under the super
vision of persons of the Loco Foco party.
named to me, and that they were send
ing on large number of individuals, the
names Of some of whom were given,
and which individuals did as was in
formed, and firmly believe come on to
the city, and that some of them did vote
the Loco Foco ticket; and that many
more would have done so but from the
measures taken by this deponent and
others to prevent it. And the deponent
] further saith that after coming into the
possession of the facts, he advised and
aided in procuring individuals to come on
to this city to be stationed at the different
\ Polls to detect persons sent on to vote
the Loco Foco ticket. That most OF
these persons did, by appointment, meet
this deponent at the National Hall, and
were by him directed to the several
Wards where they were to be stationed.
| And this deponent further saith, that he
knows of no person having voted illegal
lIy at either of these elections, although
lhe was Informed at that time. and be-
Ilieves that there was illegal voting, par
ticularly on the part of the Loco Foco
i party. And this deponent further saith,
THAT so much of the aaidavits as relates
Ito the procuring clothes for the use Of
any person at the National Hal, IS SO far
4 as he is concerned, and as he believes, all
others, is totally false.
NOAH COOK.
Sworn this 23d day Of Oct. 1910, be-
fore me. w. r. BEEBE,
Commissioner Of Deeds.
From the purport of the various affida-
Wits, Of which we regret we cannot give a
more full summary, it may be presumed
that frauds to certain extent were COM
mitted in the election of 1888. It would
be strangeif it were not SO, after all the
allegations to that effect, which have been
/ made by both parties, for years past, I'M
der the system which has prevailed, OF
voting without any registration OF voters.
/! is well known that the Wings have la
boured earnestly to correct this system,
for the purpose of preventing the frauds,
and it is also known that the Van Buren,
party have laboured, as party. 10 pre-
vent the reform. It is easy to infer there.
i fore. on which aide the most frauds have