Litchfield enquirer., 1840-11-05

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 ect of frauds, alledged to haveabeen committed by the Whg party in that city, in procuring enndry per- ton in 1888. Great excitement has prevailed in the city in relation this matter, and very contradictory staements are before .heHpublc. The following con- densed account of this exciting affair; we borrow chiefly from the Northampton Gazette:
 From the aidavits both sides. we gather the fol- lowing evidence in the case. We think it is substan- red the election in 1898, in New York city, by m- porting voters from Philadelphia and elsewhere.
 is contained in the affidavit of Jonathan D Steven son. He swears that James B. Glentworth, Tobacco Inspector the instance of R. M. Blachford Sime- on Draper, Jr. James Bowen; R. c. Wetmore, and Moses H. Grnnel, wen: to Philadelphia just previ. 0us to the election of l938 to procure persons to come to New York to vote at said election He pretendS to give the minutiae of the whole lransacion--the names of the contracting parties in Philadelphia, | and also the names of the persons who could be ob-
 ained to come to New York to throw illegal votes.
 voters, which s3o dollars per head. He ayened that hs statement derived from Glentwoy.h hnl- self The Mayor of Philadelphia and High Consa- 1 ble Young, are implicated in the transaction. | Glenworth was put under oath by the Administra. ton party, and he declined answering any questions the Ss hs %JuG %Gas Ss
 paid James Young, high constable in that city, rising of 800; and that abou, 30 men came from PLadeE l phia to New York at the instance of Young; but lie could not say that any of them voted.
 ] James Young was sworn by the same party He stated that Glenworth came to him in Ger. 1888, andi WAIeG 10 ger some Heu p Vue at tIe ensuing eieo~
 non in New York city. Young obtained, througHa laborer by the name of Strne, 20'or 24 names. .1-
 Young paid the money received from GTentwor,h, to
 the leader of the men ns they were about to embark for New York. He thinks they to receive aboua S20 apiece. When the men were at the wharf, Young states that he addressed them as follows 1 Now men, do not send you there 10 vO,e-dO not attempt to vote and get yourselves into irouble-H you do you must Ike the consequences He further object in going on. told them to sec if there were any persons there from Philadelphia that would offer to vote that had right to vote and if they did, | put them out.
 The foregoing is ihe substance of 'he evidence to- snbsanlia'e the charge agnins, MT Grinnel and the o,her gentlemen. of procuring illegal votes at ,he elec- 1 ton in 1888. We have noticed no evidence enli,ieh to any weight among all the afidavs drawn Er;h by the accusing party, which goes show that any of | these men who came from Philadelphia did actuny 1 vote. They were partcnl larly instructed hv Mir l Young not to vote though very possibly some of
 them did:
 l The other side of the case e:-
 1 Messrs Grinnell, Ba,chford, B'wen, Draper and Wetmore, severaly declare, under onth, that ihs staeme nf Stevenson, so far as regards hem is qYo5,fedly fase. They aver'hat they never rmp'ovI ed Glentwnr'h. any oiheY person, procure men at Philadelphia te coe in Neav York
 Their explanation eff tssmaer is as f'Eows Previous 10 tue eiectioni 1898, information; from sources to be relied to the knowledge of Mr. Grinnell and others, thai1tiIe Administration party were making arrangements to import voters from 1 Philadelphia, Albany and o'her places. The 'only
 feasible plan which suggested itself these. gentle 1 men. of protecting thtir halOt boxes from such outrage was to procure individuals from these various places, who would be likely to know the persnrs whom the Admlnlstra' ion party could obtain to de- posit illegal votes, and staon them 1he l,alit- boxes. This plan carried into execution without eo"cealment' and moi 10 drlr"nd hut to protect the ballot boxes. Ii was matter Oi public nuioEety and has never been denied by the whigs.
 Glentwcrh h was sent to Philadelphia to obtain ncn- for the purpose. md money furnshe.! nin by the whg committee cf N. Y city. 10 drray all expenses, of paying the for trir fir.e. their travringrx- penses sc. Afcr Glentwrlh had .,nee,n Phiiaaei-
 DhS InfI,n that Genfwortll was obtaining nicn tn cone tn New l York:o vote. A !eees wnH,en by MT. Grnnr.' was immediately gent Il" h!R o mhltr tic annexed is an 1 ex'ract--
 "Lf yon have mn1c anv arrangements which ih any way tend 10 anything beyond general surervs-
 ion (" he nnls for the purpose 0fdeiecIiny and pre- venting illegal voting, you must at unrlnvocahS ly anndpi it and look fo us f,f any expense whici yoFr'rT~c'rHhs "s'rps may have occasioned. We citizens value II. hG, determined nos 70 enter .. ] into any sorts"t arransrncnt w,'cl, under cir cnms,ances c"4ld be construed into bargain for foreign voes We there fore take the earliest and most effective mode of saving you that while we are ready to submit 10 ,e expense which yon have incurred in ynnr preliminary arrangement. vc will not eUinenanre any system which in any way encnnrage the importation of v,'ters."
 This shows, beyond question, inst if there Client wor'h's efforts and influence. (and prohu- bly, there was,l he alone is responsible; for he % 'a for
 Stevenson fnrthcr stated that, in order to ,rsf 'he truth of Gcnfworhs g story he went Philadelphia, on the 18th 0t October inst, wh4 Letter from Glen,- worth to ,he Mayor of Philadelphia. rroiessing ,o wish to obtain persons to vote in N. Y. at the ap- proaching elections and in this way enabled its> mplraIe a large number of inc Wings of Phiade- phia ot high standing, on these charges.
 Numerous aifda wits from the gentlemen implicated
 m Philadelphia. have appeared, denying m"st une- qnivocany the truth ot the charges, attempted to be fastened upon theHby Stevenson
 Sleeping nt Chnrch.--Dr. A., of Cambridge. was once rather embarrassed by in his gregaion. An insane man, who had received pub lie education. and waa strongly attached to the doc. tor had observed in the forenoon of warm summer Sabbath that several of the congregation slept in the evil in the afternoon. the maniac having filled his bosom with windfa!ls from neiglboring orchards, posted himself in convenient staon in n side ga@- ery. the front gallery being occupied by college st- dents. Presently afteH the service commenced, he observed one aseep and disengaging his hand from. sleeper This occasoned some disturbance, but when it subsided,a second seepers head was pelted with an apple. The preacher observed the occasion of the disturbance, requested his insane friend to de- sist. '.Dr. A." said tie maniac, "mind your preaching and T7l keep the dogs awake" It win there was less inclination to sleep in the audience than usual
 On Saturday evening last, man named DayidH Dennis, committed to the jail of this town, charged with the murder of Tom Hamilton, his neighbor and acquaintance. It appears, that, under the influence of ardent spirits, they had quarreled, and had two or three personal encounters. Hamil- ton proving too strong for his opponent these con ficts the latter w;thdrev to h;a dxyell;po coso a+