New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-22
"YOUR BULL CORES MY OK"

To he Editor Of The n. y. Tribune
SIR: In your article of the 2lst inst, headed
Brooklyn City Jddge-An Outrage you remark
that you doubt if the annals Of political ugglery can
show mesner act than has been practiced in giving
the certificate 20 johnson instead of Culver With
out referring 70 the case Of Cook, who deprived
Welsh of the State Treasurershp for the whole term
Of office, and has since been rewarded by the Wing
party eectDg BIN Controller Of the State, let me cah
TO your remembrance the case of this very Judge
johnson at the fret Judicial election held under
The new Constitution of this State johnson and
Rock well opposite tickets for County Judge o.
King County; upon counting the votes, II appeared
that William Rocksell had one or two II forget
which more than Samuel + johnson Samuel john
son. however, had four votes more than enough, II
allow ed 10 elect him. The County Canyassers gave
Rock ell the certificate and but johnson to the
trouble and expense of quo xarrdHto which result
ed after delay Of sixteen months and deprivation
of the office from johnson for that time, and at heavy
cost for counsel fees ON his part in ousting Rockwell
and giving johnson the office. Since that time H0ck-
well has been elected Judge OF the Supreme Court.
This instance at least is "meaner." Again: II you
mean to assert by the term political juggery, that
party politics had any thing 10 do in the giving the
certificate 10 Johnson you are mistaken az the most
experienced ard prominent Wing in the Board OF
Canvsssers voted so to give the certificate and he
YVES not alone in his position that the Board could
only add up the returns and declare the result.
No. Mr.. Anonymous you have not made out
parallel case, and if you bad, it would not avail
YOU. Samuel johnson and Samuel E. johnson are
two different names, $50 are Benjamin WEIGH
an6 Benjamin Welch, jr,) aDditis BY no means GER
tain that voter for the formerintended to vote for
the latter. But "E. ID. Culver" is the very game
BIZ which the late candidate for Judge in Brook
IN il CONN only known; there are thousands who
recognize him as 'E. ID. Culver" to hundreds
WHO know that his first name is "Erastus."
But the. canysssers refusedto allow him the votes
actually cast for him BY his fHu name Of ErGstas d.
Cu!rtT-refused to let the Inspectors correcttheir
returns so as TO conform to the ballots actually
cast, and thus threw away several hundred votes
actually cast for Erastus ID. Culver Is there
any pretense ola parallel to this in the case of
Rockwell and Johnson Mind, we do not cay
that the action of the canvassers in either the
case of Cook and Welch or in that of johnson
and Rockwell was or was not right, but simply
that it affords no parallel, no justification for the
treatment of Mr. Culver
1t il rather a bright idea Of our correspon-
dent that one of Mr.. Culver's opponents in the
Board is :" leading and prominent Whig'" Bless
your innocent soul the men who burnt or hid
the Wing State ballots at more than hun
dr.d polls so that no voter could find one, were
leading and prominent Wings" Who doyou
imagine this leading and prominent Wing" sup
ported for Governor led.