New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-07
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Correspondence Of TIE NY. rrihnne.

Corfesr ondepce Of Tie N. Y. Tribune.
| HARTFORD, April 5, 1869.
You may be surprised at the small majority obtained
byus over the Sham Democracy on Monday last.
Allow me, therefore, to say word In explanation.
We knew the Shams were using money freely, but We
supposed they were making struggle to carry the
close towns and secure one branch of the Legislature,
or both branches, rather than TO make any great gain
in the general vote. We had never known any great
frauds in the elections Of Connecticut, therefore, We
supposed the vote for Governor would depend upon
tie feemen of the State, even though some OF them
might be bribed to voie-aganst their views OF right
end Justice. We knew that II the Administration party
covered the entire surface of the State with gold,
than $500 msjority and we confidently anticipated
majority of three TO four thousand. -
But it now seems plan was LAID TO take sae eiec-
ton out of the hands Of Connecticut feemen and put
il into the hands OF imported Instruments from new
York.
This was the plan: We have Registry Law, but
Board of Selectmen in each town, can admit any
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 70
| be on election day, provided be shows certificate
from the Town Clerk Of the town where he was made
an elector, in proof of his being freeman On the
register votpglst in each Of cities and larger
towns are found of cOurse, the names Of many absen.
tees, and dead men, Oar Town Clerks OF courss
viii funsh as copy OF record certlhcate OF eiec'
torshp for any onelnade feemean at any time with
in the past twenty years or more. In this way the
door is open for great fraud. For instance, Sham
Democrat in New Haven sends 10 Hartford and pro-
from the Town Clerk here, certificates 10 favor
of 200 men made electors at different INES IN bygone
years Ferpandy then brings from New York 200 mon,
who take each certificate and present themselves at
the New. Haven polls as the freemen made In Hart
ford, according to the record Again. on eeeuon Gay,
of 50 absentees and dead ishmeD. Theg bring up -
of Woods men to vote on their Names mo questions
being asked ordinarily, ana it being dticulto identity
any Of them to disprove identity in the hustle OF
Wood parsed the Sabbath before election in New
Haven. 1t s said that perfect rush OF men came up
by the steamboats, Saturday night and Sunday morn
pg and on election day the vote Of Ne v-Hsven
larger by 1,67l than year ago. when our Congress
men were elected and great effort wss made and sue
cessfully to get out full VOTE On Tuesday mornag.
| | hear some 300 IIishmen left NewHsven for New
York doing business probably in your city and coming
to their country seats 20 take part in the exciting con-
| test of Monday.
In the little town of Merden l41 Of these certiicats
votes cast; and when the polls closed IN TINS sy
on Monday eve, a crowd of Irishmen were standing
about The Seecmen waiting TO be registered the Board
having been engaged in that work all day, stnouSa
they had been in session most OF the time Tor week
before to attend to this.
A Democrat said TO me on Tuesday, that had Fer
pando Wood known how many votes were needed 70
defeat Buckingham, he had doubt he could have az
easily elected Seymour as mol. IL Wss eA1eSns s1s
majority of last year was overcome, the
State would be sure against the Republicans Bat no.
the country towns where the people live SO inere ssed
the Republican vote that buckingham IL elected II
| spite Of the great frauds
Last wear our Republican vote 40 239, this yesr
43 &c., ard yet our majority is cut down from 800
| to 600.
Our Legislature will probably this Spring, passlawi
restricting the certificate voting, and demanding reggie
tration OF voters some days before election. In the
Presidential contest we shall doubtless have more
| honest vote.
owing TO direct nterposition Of Providence for had
| not the Shams made an error In their figures, they
would have oveIpowered NJ. II. c. 7.