The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-05
The Vote for Presidential and Guberna.
tOrial Candi idates,


The New York Tribune of this morning pub
lshes The followlng:-
There was no more resolute, persistent
gallant effort made for Grant and Colfay any
" b. re than I'd thus city. We had several WorkD
clubs in each ward and Assembly district, and
We held local and mass meetings necessarily, at
whh h there was ab Jndance of good speaking,
music, ard pyro econic1. Our parades and pro.
cessons NAV have been surpassed III mum 1srs
but in nothing else. And our vote was nearly
equal TO our highest eXpectarons, Here is a
record OF which we have right to be proud: -
1S56-V OF this city tor Fremont 17.77l
1861 Vote OF this city tor Lincoln 1920
lS64-VOte OF this City I Ir Lincoln 36,6Sl
l6eS-Vote Of This city for Grant 47,77S
Ours has been steady, honest, healthy
growth, in defiance OF enormous patronage,
robbery, and corruption. There are not less
than ten thousand persons residing here who
live IN ease aud luxury on the PUN Ter of our
taxpayers and OF the strangers who rom time
to lime cone ong u. The proIesslNnh gam
blers are humt 1ons, able unscrupulous body,
and they are iuliy aware that the impunlty they
enjoy III pluck'ns their dupes OF millions per
anDum depenJs on the unanlmlty and efficiency
OF the sopporl they regularly give 10 the Demo-
cratic ticket.
'Our rumsellers are about six thousand in
number. directly controlling at least thrice.th4t 1t
nun ber OF voters; and at least seventeen thou
sand OF these reeu arly vote and work tor the
party that they know to be most favorable to
Their traffic. 30 the John Aliens, KIT Burns,
and all keepers OF haunts OF infamous and de.
and vote accordingly. There are not so few rs
Thirty thousand legal voters in cur city who
bate and oppose the Republican party because
they OePm 1t less tolerant OF vice aud immo-
rallty than It's antagonist, while they prefer 10
live ana thrive by pursuits which promise gain
to their ministers, while they debauch aud
destroy their vo'gres. The Republican party
must become more compialsant towards vice
ana wrong II 1t would make itselt popular with
the governing class IN our cItv.
'Y ct, in dehaI ce of that class, its instructive
dread, and its imDlacable haze, we are nearly
or quite two hftbs OF the legal voters here
though we were hardly one fourth in 1856.
From the smallest BEGINNINGS the Republican
party have steadily gro gn, until a majority of
ournatiVe born anu very considerable minority
OF our hdoped ciuzenS are uoW i's earnest
supporters. OF our merchants, bankers, aud
business men generally clear majority are
Rel ubllcans, al so of our engineers bull lers,
and otner captains of industry. All we reed
IS an honest Vote-every legal vo er
casting only one, and no one ele
casting any-and We shall soon be strong enough
10 c. nstraln our local ma tiers 10 govern less
r'cklessly and far less corrIply But ira I'D 1lent
olnP, unless stoutlS resisted aut eXtiroated,
wlil very soon prove the ruIn not merely or the
Republican paIly, but OF the republic itself.
Houest men VIII refuse tn vo e year after year,
II they see that their votes are Lui ihed bV those
OF repeaters,' so that they mipht as well cast
lbem into the IRE as INTO the ballo'-boX. NoV
is The tIn to resolve decsiVPlV lhht thus species
OF swndlms. which compIIcrtes fraud with
treason, shall be stopped forever"
The Election TO be Contested.
The II ebune also says:-
"The monsrous aud glaring frauds that were
DeruetIaled on election day III most of the wards
OF this city by The Tammany Ring have excited
the greatest inoiananon In the minds of re-
speclabe citizens OF DO h parties Tue letter
signed with Mr lden's name, addre,sed TO ,he
prominent D.m ocra's OF every coun'y. 10 send
the estimated hepuolicau majO 'iiies as soDn as
the polls bad closed, so that the exact number
OF yo es required could be asceriained before
The canvassIng was concluded in the city; the
refusal OF the cauvassers 10 count the vote In
Dany OF the districts; the numerous lists of
fraudulent voters IN possession OF The Republican
State Committee the interference OF
deputy sherihs; the increased Demo-
cratic voc, form a mass of evidence in Pos
session of the authorities, in licauug fraud on the
vote Tor Governor, which will demaod OF tue
Court of Appeals close scrutiny of Hoffman's
election. The current topic of discussion last
evening In all the Republican headquarters and
az ihe hotels was the proposed contesting of
Hohmanb election, A number Of prominent