New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-14
THE ELECTION FRAUDS.


voters Of the state voted for Grant Coax and Grswou
and that that vote OF the majority has been oyerrued
and subyerted by wholesale fraud whereofhe issue OF
counterfeit naturalization certificates tho reglstiaIoh
OF aliens and nonresdenB legal voters, ana the po
ing OF tens Of thousands Of Illegal votes by repeaers
were incidents.
Tho undersigned were appointed committee to take
these subjects into consideration and fully investigate
I'm respect thereto with authority TO institute and prose
cute any measures in connection Herewith which should
be deemed proper and eXpedent and with authority to
solicit subscriptions for the purpose indicated.
In entering upon the business assigned them, they
deem It proper aude to the several branches to which
their attention will be directed.
l. In regard to the manufacture ind issue OF FRAuDU
LENT CERTIFICATES, it appeared from the preliminary
proceedings the of Rosonburg, under indic
ment in the United States District Court that tho ac
cused had Acknowledged having himself sold 1000 OF tne
fraudulent certificates and that he had offered 10 furh
5000 TO the witness on condition that tey shoud ho no
used by Republicans These certificates weIs wu t,
scattered by mail and through agents throughout the
State showing that the conspiracy extended lar ana
wide. II should be remembered, that OF similar issue
of fraudulent certificates IN Phadephla IL was nSu W
Judge Read, that the whole issue Illegal ana con
trary to the act Of Congress"
proofs have been already gathered showing mat many
thousands OF fictitious names ana names Oh ueau . he
names false residences attached were frauduehty
TC6nrOled In numerous districts.
B. In regard to REpEATERs ascertaned that gangs
Of men engaged on the day OF election IN gong from
poll to poll, and voting many tllnes III hucccS-oh
4. sTufFlSG THE BALLofBoNEs AND fE AAui; ~
COUNTING. IL vol known that the ruial dstIics oi
Ncw-YOrk would give large majority ioi CRAM hlu
CoaN, and Griswold aud the result SHOWS l't t, 70
void carried "a counties, while HOFFMAN carried pui u
beside New York, Kings and Albany mat the conSPlH
tors might be assured OF INC hummer " t o,n,
would be required III Newly Grk and BROOKLYN 10 accom-
plsh their Object, circular marked Irrde ana Sicny
fou6deigI was issued dated from the rooms OF the
Democratic State Committee, oct. n.
please AT once 10 communicate with reliable per
in three or four principal towns ana ~ earm C o., o
ihia endl 10 Telegraph TO william NJ Tweed, Tammauy
Hail. at the minute Of closing the polls-not Wang or
graph be follows This town will show Demociate
gain (or loss over last year Of - or this one II sur
iicienty certain: TINS town VIII give hepuOHc"h Vi
Democratic majority Of -"
THIS Circular proceeded TO say: THERE IS OF COURSE
An IMPORTANT OBJECT TO BE ATTAINED"
The delay in the return Of the city vote tho uneNampeo
argeness Of the vote reported as cast IN various city as
tcts and is occasional excess over the vGde egai ana
fraudulent Inscribed the registry, sufficiently lnd
Gates what tho important object to he attained,
and in what manner that object was accomplished
T. TIE MAYORS PROCLAMATlON.-The attention or the
community having been called TO the conspiracy IN ad
burg by the timely and judcous charge OF Judge Bene
diet Of the U. : District Court, and by other develop
meuts an official character 10 became the duty OF an
good citizens 10 challenge and arrest Illegal registration
and Illegal voting 10y whomsoeyer II might 90 Attempted
or whatever party II WAS intended % benefit
Under these circumstances, proclamation was Issued
by Mr. Mayor Hoffman. the Democratic candidate Tor
the GOycrnOrshp and the person most interested IN the
Of the conspiracy. In this proclamation the
Mayor with small regard to official dignity and courtesy
% customary propriey, assaulted with partisan
violence hitherto unusual IN such documents the Grand
Jury Of the United states Court and United States on
ca as attempting interfere with the freedom 81 cleo
ton IN the Empire state complained that INC authority
of the Judges aud the seal Of tho supreme Court OF ihe
10 protect the purity Of the franchise NJ dangerous men,
who had themselves combined Tor unlawful purpose
Evidence he declared, acCumuang that they we're
doing what they did.
Iirsi~To conceal and cover their own schemes
OF fraud. which they hope 10 cOusumatc b the ad OF
untricd or pardOned criminals
Seoond-so excite the masses ~ tho people In this
oil fIflfH la Il All
OF disorder aud violent resistance"
The proclamation calculated 20 persuade the thou
sands OF innocent foreigners who had been supplied with
the fraudulent certificates OF citizenship that they hah
right to use them aud TO deter honest ana
challenging votes that they believed To be illegal.
3. TERRORISM AND NIoLESCE AT IHE IoLts.-on tho
morning Of the election system OF terrorism was re-
sorted 10 by Democratic partsans allotted ~ deputies
of the Sheriff to prevent the challenging 81 Illegal votes
one Republican Inspector arrested ON his way 10 the
polls aud another Mr.. Urmy, while receiving votes IN
the performance OF his duties as Chairman 81 The Board
and when his person sacred from arrest Of cyl pro-
cess dragged % prison pretended warrant pre-
pared in advance and issued by his Democratic associ
ates OF the deputies engaged ~ THIS arrest
which Judge James characterized as an infamous OUT
GENTLY perpetrated under color Of law IN city theatet
In districts there was no challenging for the
simple reason that chaleDgers there protection
By these, among other measures yet To- 6o developed
rled % completion. Commenced under color or law.
with the cOnnyauce Of courts OF Justice by the Issue Of
fraudulent certificates which used Tor fraudulent
registry furhorcd by The Illegal voting oi tens Of thou
sands aud by gangs " industrious rcpeatcrs, and then
tanned by secret CIRCULAR the plot also indebted for
It's accomplishment 20 the encouragement afforded by the
proclamation OF the Mayor and TO the deputies OF the
Sheriff with void warrants Illegal arrests threats, and
violence.
against the supcudous fraud thus perpctrated against
the people Of this city, OF this state and as regards tho
electoral against the nation IL may De that our
State and Congressional legislation, anticipating 40 such
crime, has proceeded upon the suppo-ition that our
Judges and other officials would Do uniformly the pro
ectors OF the franchise and the tools " cOnfpra
tors against IT. purity II may be that FOR two years We
effected Temporary triumph over the men honestly
chosen by the people aud i. In the face OF proofs that
compel the belief that tho Democratic mJOrtles were
obtained 10y fraud
If this be So and md ourselves without redress
indemnity for the is due 10 ourselves and
children. TO the nation and the world that enter our
protest against the wrong aud that we obtain by all
proper means. ample security for the future.
II Is said by some who would discourage the proposed
nyestgation that In the late election similar frauds
resorted 10 by both parties. We're this avornent
true, IL would increase and not diminish the necessity Of
the most thorough scrutiny for IL would Indicate head
long tendency Ia the politics Of State, that might
almost make men despairOf just government In Repub
lie and prepare them accept desposIn AS an escape
from anarchy. Utterly dIsbeeying the charge tho Com
mitee nevertheless, hope that the Mayor and his
ciates who have so confidently proclaimed H. will bring
Justice every Republican who may have been guilty OF
IL has been our acGuiescence In the lesser aud partial
frauds Of TRmmany Ring In former years, aud the
impnnty with which that Ring has plundcred and dis
graced city has ombOdcned the preparation Of
this gigantic conspiracy To control tho Government Of the
state and the Nation Nothing can be more clear than
that similar acquiescenco part, that the
conspiracy has succeeded, would tend 10 make fraud IN
elections disease chrome IN the body polite spreading
from city 20 city, AMI from State TO state unt Re
public should have become ~ rotten the Municipal
Government OF this metropolis.
When fraudulent election Is engineered by party
spraors under the and protection Of
ent Judges, the returned vote longer indicates
sovereign Will Of free people but simply the hudaciOus
designs OF desperate faction, who regard politics as
game where truth and honor have place.
Indeed. the success Of the Rebellion would neces
sarly have dealt more deadly blow at tho honor and
prestige OF the Republic and Of Republican Institutions
throughout the world, than general debasemcnt the
franchise similar TO that which now conrOnts ms, sub
jectng the entire State 10 the control OF local ring un
parallecd In iniamy. Already Is the forcing itself
upon honest OF all creeds and parties that with IN
dvdua local judges ready 10 abe afraid resist the
nagraut against IN Of election md fbo