The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-05
The Beiligersnt Forces At the Ballot Boz
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inc 0eibBersht Forces At the Ballot Boz
Tomorrow.
The great struggle at the ballot box to.
morrow in this city Is Of vital and special
importance, owing to the immense number
OF votes to be poled and the ioiuence which
the successful polling of all the conservative
ballots presented would bear on the vote of the
whole State and We deem it necessary therefore
to call to IT the attention of those who are on
the side ofjnstice aud fair play to the South and
the maintenance of the Union against the de-
signs OF revolutionary parties North and South.
The number Of votes registered In this city
5000 voters not registered, but who will have a
right to ballot on certain conditions. The appa-
rent vote is therefore about $4,000. From this
number probably 10000 may be deducted for
those who. from one cause or another, have
been registered twice over. The balance
would thus be ll5, 900 persons DESTROYS to vote,
and the question arises whether there Is time
enough to poll the whole or not.
The time allotted in each district'is 62i
minutes which, multiplied by 2l7 districts, gives
l3i COS minutes in all for the polling of
lis 600 votes, which is quite insufficient for
the purpose. A minute aud half fer each
vote is about the average time, and that would
only permit the polling of 10000 votes between
sunfie and sunset, which Is 25 900 les than
will be offered. Should even &C, 900 be boiled,
that will give at least $4,000 majority against
the republicans.
Now, 1t is highly important that as many
votes as possible should be polled 10 New York
city, because for every one polledby the repuo
licans two will be polled against them. Their
game therefore, IL obstruction aud delay, in
order to have as few votes poled as possible
Indeed, they would be glad If there was not
vote at all polled in the city of New York, for
then they would have sure thing in the State
But il is on the majority against them
in the city of New YGk that we
chiefly depend for counterpoisDg their aggre
gate majority in the State, without taking the
Empire City into the account. Now, as 10 some
of the districts 1t would requie the polling of
mere than two votes to q minlte to get all into
one ballot box-for instance, IN the third district
Of the Nineteenth ward, il which there are
1920 registered votes, besides unregistered,
to be polled in GA mnutes-the friends of the
Union and the constitution will see the necessity
of voting early themselves and inducing their
neighbors on the same si1e to vote in good
time. 1t is the early vote tat carries the day,
for near sunset there is always rush, and num-
beers of votes are crowded cut. They will see
also the necessity, too, Of net causing delay by
challenging votes, unless there is good cause,
for delays will affect the Conservative side in
the ratio of two to one.
The Reg istry law was invented by the rpub
licans for the very purpose of causing delay in
the vote of the city Of New York. BY pressing
early 70 the polls and avoiding all unnecessary
obstruction of genuine votes their Object will
be in a great measure defeated. We trus that
the Sheriff, too, will exercise his undUbted
constitutional and legal right to appoint such
a number Of active and reliable deputy saeriffs
for each polling district a. will keep the ballot
box clear Of any designed obstruction, and as
will not permit black republican police to
show favor TO their own friends and prevent the
polling of conservative votes. As thu whole
vote of the State, including New York vii be
very close, and hundred ballots, more OF less.
may decide the contest, not only for the Empire
State, but for the whole Union, we think very
man will recognise the importance Of scoring
the polling Of his vote at the earliest possible
moment