New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-15
last eight elections 1:

votes OF edcH party, WIN inc dgBitSde, az nc
last eight elections:
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Ell. ssna;on) l5,2g1 ,s.s9 s2e35
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1913 -. tMayoIj ......... 1913 &,3J iisc
Now this table drawn from Loco Foco sources
shows that the Loco-F oco vote for Mayor at the
last election, was Ais gscater than the highest
ever given for Mayor before, while the Wing
vote is but l06 less than was thrown al the same
canvass The Loco Foco vote is even 3,422
greater than was thrown in the Presidential can
vass Of 1910, canvass which has never been sur
passed for excitement the history OF the coun-
try, and when every vote that was TO be hid was
cast--while the Wing vote Is but little less than
then. 1t is idle 10 attempt to explain this by the
natural increase of voters, the Post of last even
ing does for why was not that increase visible al
the last Charter Elcction-that of 1872 Then
the Loco Foco vote was COS less than in lS40-
notwithstanding this prodigious natural increase.
A strange progression this must be, which during
The interval from 1910 10 1912 decreases 603, and
then within the next year increases 4, IA. The
Posts arithmetic will not answer here. There
was no unusual excitement To call out voters at
the last election. The preparatory canvass was
far more quiet than usual. No vital principles
were involved TO call out the considcrdtc nor was
there any room for passionate appeals, to arouse
the mass On the Loco-Foco side especially, the
sole considerable motive to extra eXcrtlon was the
hope OF regainiRg possession Of the C'.y treasury
the treasury from which their Ahern5 and LloYds
az aileady stolen hundreds Of thousands, which
has filled the pockets of scores who are somewhat
less bare-faced though not whit less scrupulous,
in their villanies, and TO which hundreds OF them
always cling with lccch.likc tenuclty. This, OF
course, could only influence the suffers of the
camp-the wire pulleTs OF the party, men whose
principles and interests arc one and indivIsbe; or
rather who never dream of principle bat as con
venient contrivance for robbing with IMMUNITY.
This is precisely the class and the only class of
the Loco-Foco party that were aroused to extra
ordinary cxeruon in the last election; and II Is
owing TO their INSCRIPTIONS vllainy, which forgot
its prudence and o'erleapcd ITSELF that they pre-
vailed by majority which now starcs them IN the
face, like an unwelcome accuser, and exposes
their frauds by their very enormity. The record
of their votcs-without word Of comment
proves their victory to have been dishonesty
gained: and their ingenious NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cipher till the next Election, without diminishing
in the least the force of the condcmnng evidence
they themselves have furnished.
The precise manner in which this enormous
fraud was effected may never be clearly exposed.
Much of it, we have no doubt, was accomplished
by repeated voting: and in City where the Dis
trlcts are as numerous as they are IN this, nothing
is easier than for FIVE hundred men, who know the
Wards and can thus refer to places OF pretended
residence to 90 from one to another and cast t,cc
thousand votes without fear of detection. After
the Election over it Is, OF course, utterly I'M
possible TO find them, and even if found, they can
not be identified with that certainty which the
law requires. Rigid and fearless challenging
would doubtless remedy much OF this-though
not all-ior we have heard OF scores oil cases in
which Loco ocos offered their votes, but dc
chned, on being pressed, 10 swear them in.
Brute force cxerted III numerous instances,
and with most ruihanly ieIoci,y, to keep Wing
voters from the Polls This was specially the
case in the Sixteenth Ward, and the authorities in
attempting TO suppress the violence were beaten
from the ground. The mob ruled the polls and
more than three hundred Wing voters were KEEP,
from voting by clubs and bludgeons. The Mayor
we are told, was applied to to prevent this outra
geous bruiaEty--but declined TO interfere though
he aiterward came ont and harangucd the mob
axhorting them, by all means, to defend then
richts-in other vords to use their clubs il then
votes were not sufficient.
But i, is useless nov ,o speculate vaguely OF
the causes OF this mob triumph We trust thai
means viii be taken to ascertain, 50 far as posi-
bic. the specific instances OF volcncc and v,llainS
which may conc TO light. That the oalest means
achieved the victory no one seriously doubts; ano
the honest and intelligent of the Loco. Foco party
arc themselves ashamed oft Some of the least
scrupulous OF their demagogucs, however, glory
In il, and make public boasts of the success o.
their schemes; and IN this spirit E. +. Purdy-
the Loco Foco Alderman OF the Tenth-said &C
Alderman Brady of the fifteenth Ward, that j
they aad hGd tsco hours longer they 'coatd a2rs
carried srery Ward in the City; and from the
means they adopted we have little doubt they
would. tits idle to pretend, as some OF them CO.
tina, the number OF nsturalized voters sufficiently
swelied the hist; for the number was much less
than usual, and will not In all reach one thousand,
while of these, especially of the Irish and Ger
mans, fair proportion voted the Wing ticket
The election was carried BY the bascst and most
outrageous viiainy and we beg the Electors OF
the City to remember that the same splr.t which
achieved this victory has the guardianship OF their
interests and the handling of their money for the
wear to come.