The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-04-19
Correspondents Of the n. Y. Tribune.
Connecticut Election.
Democratic rranaS Exposed.


majority obtained by us over the Sham
\ Democracy on Monday last Allow rht,
\ therefore, to say i wore in explanation.
! We knew the sshams were using morey
I freely, but we supposed they were max
( Ing struggle II carry the close towns.
ard secure one hFa.ch Of the Leglsia
,ure, or both branches, ,Arather than to
make any great gain in the general vote
We had never known any gsea; fraud
iare, We Supposed the vote for G.vt,nor
would depend up Il tho liccmen OF the
State with gold it cou'd noi induce our
voters to give Buckingham less than 2,
500 majority, aud We confidently artici-
pa'cl majority Of three to four thou
sand.
But it now seems plan was laid to
take tic election out oi the hands Of
Connecticut frccmcn, and put it into the
hands Of imported instruments from
New York.
This was the plan: We have Reg
istry Law. but our Board Of Scectmen
in each town, can admit any man to vote,
by ordering him registered even on the
day Of election. Moreover, any man
who was ever voter in Connecticut can
vote wherever he happens to be on elsc-
ton day, provided he shows a certificate
from the Town clerk Of the town where
he was made an clcctor, in proof Of his
being freeman. On the register, or
votin. list, in each Of our cities and
larger towns are found Of course, the
names Of many absentees, and some
dead men. Our Town Clerks Of course
will furnish, as cory Of record, a Ger
titieate Of elec:orship for any one made
freeman at any time within the past
twenty years or more. In this way the
door is open for great fraud. For in,
stance, Sham Democrat in Now Haven
sends to Hartford and procures from the
Town Clerk here, certificates 10 favor of
200 made electors at different times in
By gone years, Fernandy then brings
from New York goo men, who take each
a certificate aud present themselves at
tho New Haven polls as the frcemen
made in Hartford, according to the rec
ord Again, on election day, the Shams
lock over the vo,in: list, aud tnd names
Of 50 absentees, and dead lrishmen.-l
They bring up 80 Of Wosd's men to
vote on their nanes; no questions being
asked, ordinarily, and il being difficult
IL identify any of them or to dispruye
identity in the hustle If election day
Wood passed the Sabbath before elec
ton III New Haven 1t is said that
perfect rush Of men came up by the
steamboats, on Saturday ui9ht and san
day morning, and on election day the
vote Of New Haven WAS larger hs ,61i !
tban year ago. when our tca.rrsSmcn
wa,e elected, ane great effort was mad.
ard suee ssin'ly. 10 gel gu, full v"te
Ga Tuesday morning, hear some 800
lri-hmen left New Haven for New York,
doing business probably in your city,
and coming to their country seats to take
part in the exciting contest OF Monday
In the little town Of Meriden III OF
these certificate votes were cast; and
when the polls closed in this city on Mon
day eve, crowd Of Irishmen were stand
ing about the Selectmen waiting to be
registered, the Beard having been en-
gagged in that work all day, although
they had been in session most Of the
time for week before to attend to this
A Democrat said to me on Tuesday.
that had Fernando Wood known how
many votes were needed to defeat Buck
ingham, he had no doubt he could have
as easily elected Seymour as not. 1t
It was thought that if Buckingham
majority Of last year was overcome, the
State would DO sure against the Rcpub-
licans. But no, the country towns where
the people live, so increased the Repub-
loan vote that Buckingham il elected
in spite Of the great frauds.
Last year orr Republican vote va