New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-26
Tup sRo,ssToOK ELECTION pRAves.


We Sill nor pro-eei to chow the manner IN which
thsy were PerPstrat-d aid exposed
We 9ill srr SAP thst tu. the excellent regis
tryl,ws Of thar Safe, it would have been quite
impossible 10 fl the frauds directly upon
their perpetrators. IS "a. done In the Aroostsok
inSe.tsstion. The rrg'ssry laws Of Mare provide
that in al the uDoresnzed townships of tko State,
which includes al places that have not set up reg
ulsr town government a lat Of voters shall
not only be kept at the polls, but that it shall BE-
sesled mp in open meeting 90 election day, along
with the account of the votes, aud be transmitted
with that account TO the Secretary Of States Office
This provision was Intended TO render protection
against fraud on this point perfect far a, legis
lAtive provision could GO, and If usually accom-
phshes tbi, end When il does not, as il did not
in the case under consideration it yet affords ample
means Of exposure after tte frauds are prs:ticed,
IS We shall see.
At the election in the French plantations, tao
polls were supervised BY outside politicians sent
there for the purpose. There ars three OF these
plantations, Van Buren,, Madawaska and Hancock.
Each Of them was put IN charge of efficient Demo
cratic caDvassers and electoneerers. TIE nom nal
officers of the plantations we're likewise Demo
crshc This state of things left everything In the
hands OF the fraud playing party.
AtYaD Buren,, they made clean work, admitting
everybody, and then counted the votes privately
where the operation could not be overlooked. At
Madawasks, one Madigap, s United Ststes Custom
House officer sent up from the town OF Houlton,
obe huodred miles distant; took charge oil the
polling place, and kept possession through the whole
Gay. He is represented az scattering his money
freely, right hand and left, among the Freucb, mea
and women alike, and as trading st the poIls In
mixed tickets, at dollar and nsf bead tor the
voters. He kept regular tslles 10 pencil on tao
aindow-sill over which the votes we're cast mide
use of blue tickets in order to more certainly control
his men and closed the days work with counting
and declaring the votes. The blue ticket arrange
men. was carried out at each OF the other plata
ten,, although directly il violation of the law.
1t was at Hancock, however, that tue principal
fraud vas pfacticed. Here, things were carried
with rush, and without semblsnce OF fairness or
decen-y. To begin with, afo.ty sal)n cask OF GIN
was emptied by the voters before they began to
vote This maddened them, aud tue election after
ward was simply drunken carOusaL rns Han
cock poll was supervised by another United STATES
Custom House officer as We have heretofore
stated, of the name of Dckey, who presided, ~as
himself a candidate, held the ballot boz, received
all the votes, counted them, made the retlrn, and
chested all the way through. No republican
could remain at this poll, and the only man who
attempted to challenge voters was driven of tue
ground. Everybody voted who offered, some of
them several tunes, aud some Of them voted oJ
the handful. The voters we're all supplied with
plenty of money IS well as gin by the Custom House
Officer DIckey.
The whole story at this poll is told By the De no
cratic clerk and assessors Of the plantation in state
ments which we find attached to the reports, of
which the following are extracts:
HAscock PLAsrArros Oct. 25, 1853.
Nm II CuLit6'-I am clerk OF Hsocook Plsuta.
tom 1t the last election here everything WAS 10 a
hubbub cOuio Rot check the names on our lei, nor
anythir ee; Toe krer cnmen were all drunk election
day; the cleo ion wac called al O'clock; got to the
POLLS soon after l2at any rote before the tlne-but
the polls had been opened some time; the ID crit
ters were all drank tried TO keep check list odtt
right well have been tbroSn to the devil there
az after but may be not, don't know; Dickey came
ard get the plantation books from my " IL wnils was
gone away some time before the election, and hare
htrer seen them since; they had checklist 1ben
cot to the polls it kept by Frenchmau, forget
his name sno Eaton, Dickeys clerk; there Wac a
crest uAny persons present names were not on
the list Of voters; there were great maay more
voters here this year than last-whotber they we're all
legal voters not don know tue list OF voters WAS
posted before the election the people voted fast it
was impossible TO check them they pLlei over one
another ike a flock Of sheep 1t was all hubbub, and
the devil ~ pay; there w0ud be no difficulty glth 70
check list if the voters would let run alone should
ike 10 see an election without run, oooe
don't know half the voters; l don't thiGk
there is teDtn of them can read or wrtei
cont think hs the Of % years old have ever been
below the Grand Falls; the leading men here have the
reIs in their own hands and waUtt make things look
well as they can for Lber own sile Mr. Pase was toe
Only Republican about the polls election day, AID they
drove tim OIL the aay they abused the old gentleman
was ridiculous it was too bad he lie very nice man
and good citizen Dickey did most OF the york ne IS
lawyer doctor and mot anything; he knows more lsw
and gospel than most body Dere he told at toe
close, = Ny God We have yOtsc like -. have
Lot worked go long for nothing voted Tor DIckey
Martin Sarge, Assess0r-Pretty mucn our who's
vote in this plantation 10 French; they act more lac
wild beasts election dsy than ike men, there could be
DO more pallDg ard hauling snOrg parcel Of wolves
iost out OF the woods than there is among them the
day Of election; the men | didn't know, Dckey did;
ought 10 be- way for tee Assessors 10 know
ali the volers; The Ffencbmen have somebody 70 for
Lsh liquor for them election day; at the las; election
few OF them s,riDped themselves naked aod Jumped
right ND and down saw one fellow stark naked, With
10 shirt Oh, and ms drawers dowD around his feet,
jumping right up and dom several French women
were looking al him never sa people act so bad
they do they Don act Ike human beings az all
they don't know anything about our poitios good bad
or ndifIs rent, Gon think the is 10 y Of them
tina; can read or wfiie.
HANCOCK PLANTATION, Oct. %.
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