The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-28


us in an alleged attack upon the purity OF the
elective franchise, have resorted to the forms
of judicial proceedings to give apparent soIem-
nifty to their accusations, we have deemed II
proper to contradict them in a manner solemn
as they have been made. We therefore appeal
to the solemnity of our oaths, and pronounce the
charges, as far as they tend to implicate us, ca
luminous and false.
M. Fl. GRINNELL,
R. M. BIATCHFORD,
SIMEON DRAPER, JuT.
JAMES BOWEN,
r. c. WETMORE.
City and County Of .NetO York, sS.-Moses
II. Grinnell, of the city of New York, being du-
Il sworn, doth depose and say, that he has read
the dispositions of J. ID. Stevenson and others,
contained in the Standard Of this morning, and
that the same, far they implicate this de-
ponent, are untrue; that this deponent never did,
directly or indirectly, employ the said James Is.
Glentworth to so to Philadelphia or any other
place, for the purpose of procuring persons to
come on to this city for the purpose of voting;
nor has he any knowledge or belief that he was
so employed by any person or persons; tins de-
ponent remembers that previous to the fall cleo
lion of 1888, there was a report in this city,
which was believed by this deponent that the
Loco Foco party of Philadelphia and other pla-
ces, intended to send to this city persons not en-
titled TO vote, for the purpose of voting their
ticket; and that it was therefore deemed advlsa-
BILE by this deponent and others, that persons
who were we'll acquainted with the residents of
Philadelphia and other places, should attend our
POLLS for the purpose of detecting any such illc-
gal voters, if any such should appear; that this
deponent never had any conversation with said
Glentworth in relation TO his going to Philadel-
phia, nor did he even know that he had gone to
Philadelphia until some time after he had gone;
that the first knowledge of deponent that he was
in Philadelphia arose from reports or letters in
timating that the said Glentworth was about
employing persons to come on to this city for
the purpose of voting; that this deponent, imne
dIately after hearing such reports, was consulted
by r. M. Blatchford, Simeon Draper, Jr., and
James Bowen, as to the most elfectual mode OF
preventing the consummation of such plan, If
any such was contemplated by the said j. B.
Glentworth- that thereupon the letter fol-
lowing was sent TO the said j. b. Glentworth.
"NEw York, Oct. 3lst, 1888.
ssDear Sir--Two of your letters written yes
terday, have found their way TO this city;-the
project which you laid out is not wholly under
stood by your friends here. The position which
they consider themselves placed In, is easily
summed up, and their only fear is that You have
misunderstood their motives and desires If you
have made any arrangements which in any way
tend to ANYTHING beyond general supervision
oil the polls tue post Oi u6ttNtllB pre-
venting illegal voting, you must at cnce uneqGiv
ocally abandon it, and look TO them for any ex-
pense which your precipitate steps may have oc-
casionei We value the cause as highly as any
portion of our fellow citizens value it, but we
are determined not to enter into any sort of ar
rangement which, under any circumstances,
could be construed into a bargain for foreign
votes. We therefore take the earliest and most
effective mode of saying to you that, while we
are ready to submit to the expense which you
have incurred in your preliminary arrangements,
we viii not eountenance any system which can
in any way encourage the importation of voters.
owe 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
hopes OF expectation"
And this deponent most solemnly asserts, that
he never did, directlyaor indirectly, employ the
said J. B. Glenvorth any other person or per-
sons to 90 to Philadelphia or to any other place,
for the purpose OF procuring persons to vote in
this city, at the election OF 1888 or 1889, or at
any other election, or at any other place; nor
does he know or helieYe thathe was so employ
ed by any person OF persons; and that il any per-
sons Were so procured by the said j. B. Glen
worth, or if any such persons dId vote at any G.
lection, who were not entitled to vote, the same
was done without the knowledge, consent, or
appreciation Of this deponent knows or believes,
without the knowledge; consent or appreciation
of the said r. NJ. Blatchford, James Bowen, or
! Simeon Draper, Jr
NJ. II. GRINNELL,
| Sworn to before me, the 23rd day Of October,
1910. c. S. WOQDHULL,
Judge New York Common Pleas.
| City Of .Net1 York, SS.-RIchard M. Blatch-
ford being duly sworn Gays, that he has reSd the
affidavit of jonathan ID. Stevenson in the Stan
dard and other papers Of this day; that depo-
nnent never did, either alone or in connection
with any other persons, directly or indirectly,
employ James B. Glentworth in October, 1883,
or at any other time, to procure persons to come
en- to this city from Philadelphia to vote at our
| elections, and that he was never concerned
engaged in any such scheme or project, and that
| all imputations to that effect contained in said
affidavit, are wholly and entirely untrue.
r. M. BLATCHFORD.
Sworn to, Oct %, before me,
EGBERT BENSON,
Judge Court Common Pleas.
City Of .Nete York, ss.-James Bowen, OF the
city Of New York, being duly sworn, saith that
he never did, directly or Indirectly, employ en-
gage James b. Glentworth, or any other person,
to induce persons to come to this city to vote at
any election, and that he never was concerned
III any scheme TO that effect, and all charges and
imputations TO the contrary hereof are utterly
false. JAMES BOWEN,
Sworn to, Oct %, 1910, before me,
EGBERT BENSON,
Judge Court Common Pleas.
CITY Of Neto York, sS.-Robert c. Wetmore
being duly sworn, says that he has read the affi-
davit of Jonathan ID. Stevenson in the Standard
and other papers Of this day--that be neYer did,
directly or indirectly, employ or engage James
B. Glentworth, or any other person, to induce