The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-19

many Hall clique got the informa.
tion wanted, and the important OBJ.
ject that was 10 be attained, was
attained. The Now York Post
states the case as follows:
"The reports from the State re
ceived at TammaDy Hall, by vii.
liam NJ. Tweed, Immediately after
the election, seem TO have been,
like those received by others, very
favorable TO tho Republicans. He
doubtless had, at 8 o'clock, in an
swer to the secret circular to
which the signature Of Samuel j.
Tilden was forged, substantially
the same returns which reached
the public about IL o'clock, and
satisfied the best judges that the
State had gone for Grant and
Griswold by small majority. in
spite of the enormous majority of
81, 900 then supposed TO have been
cast for the Democrats in tins CITY.
but tho returns from most Of
the city wards were still held back.
In ten or twelve wards the vote
could not be obtained by the po.
lice officers until there had been
ample time to send instructions
fron Tammany TO the inspectors
to stuff the ballot boxes with the
required number of tickets, and
aftcrward TO count them in fnlI.
"The secret circular discIoses a
plot laid by the Democratic Tam.
many Committee to cheat the peo.
pie out of their decision, it taey
should decide against Hoffman,
The dctudt holding back Of the re-.
turns on election night ShorS 10 a
moral certainty tadt the plot WdS
carried out. But the absolute dc.
mOnstration in figures might havo
been impossible, but for the stupid.
ity, either Of Tammany in demand.
ing, or of its tools ut the ballot.
boxes in attempting. more than was
needed. ...
The conspisators had provided
ample room and verge enough
tor their frauds by registering Tor
ty thousand more names than
there are legal voters in the city.
VI this excess, some thirty thou
sand, at least, were in districts
which they controlled without
check. They had but to keep II
careful account OF the number OF
false names registered IN each vo.
ting district, and the conspirators
at Tammauy might send TO each
district directions how many oi
the false votes should be credited
TO Hoffman. The only precaution
required was that no district
should report total vote in excess
OF it's registry.
I'm the haste and confusion oi
the conspirators on Tuesday, this
precautiOn was neglected. Then
tools have, in many instances,
either been carelessly instructed
or have exceeded their instruc.
tions. For example, we find in
the World, which attempts TO turn
the,whole subject of fraudulent vo.
ting into q joke,that the t,eenty frs'
District of he Eighteenth Ward re-
turns d mJoriyo 440 for Hoffman
in a uote Of 500, the total rey'Stra
ton Of the district being 322; ana
that the TGsntieth District of the
Nineteenth Ward, out of a registry
of 800, returns 43S UoteS for Hof'
man and 1873 for Grisi0oLd.
The Sun has taken the trouble
to mako table Of the districtI
in which the Tammany conspira
tors have thus blundered, aud find
no less than twenty-five OF them
returning an aggregate majority o
1885 for Hoffman, and OF 3,7G'
Tor Seymour; probably much NOR
than halt tho total majority 10 b.
returned for the latter in tn,
State. ..a ..u .... .....
"These twenty-five districts, be
, ing fraudulent on their face, cal
) form no part Of the returns accept
ed by the State canvassers. The,
must BIZ thrown out first of ALL"
; The first news from New lor
! City that the actual vote wa
: twelve per cent. less than the reg
istry lists, that the city had no
given Seymour above fifty thou
sand, aud that the State had gon
: for Giant, was, we have no doubt
the true news. Tho city return
werc held back several hours long
!. er than usual, Then il appeare
= that Sey mour had over sixty thou
: sand majority. 1t was after
o'clock Wednesday morning her
before we had the full vote of Ne'
York City. That in addition t
q fraudulent registration and natul
T. alization there was extensive, syt
/ tematized ballot box stufing, tber
r is no manner of doubt. The fac
q that the number of votes roturnc
shows ip twenty-five districts
larger number Of votes than wer
!. registered, is an absolute demon
n stration of fraud, and proves wit
# rare precision and force tho put
3 pose OF the Tilden Circular. Th
!, New York World has made a wea
4 effort to fix upon Republicans tn
|. ballot box stuffing, and declare
II that the Republican vote in th
y city OF New York Of forty .seve
!. thousand was simply preposteI
l. ous." This vote was, howeVe
p simply in correspondence with u
I increased Republican vote throug|
v out the country, and the Post al
r initiates tho Worlds weak invel
n ton with few figures thus:
D. "The fourth district of the Ski
n n