Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-11-13
The area, Frauds in New York.

York, have instructed their executive COM
fn,i,iee TO investigate the frauds in New
fork,hy which it Is clear that the democrAc,
gained 25.oOo votes Il is believed ihat
sufficient fraudulent votes can be proved NOT
only to overcome the apparent 5000 ma
jpri,y for Seymour, but also the apparent
IL 600 majority Tor Hoffman. The extern
and sysiern OF these fraud, can hardly be
conceived. The New York Commercial
/ Advertiser, very carcfulpapsr. ssy.:-
Tho returned vote il not onl, worthless.
We are sorry to say, bat rotten. Take. for
insi ance. the Sixth Ward, 1851 names wer,
regisier-'i-the vote - &. 1888 for Hoffman.
and SCo for Grisw oll--total ,+0l. showing
that tue, voted Sithin ESQ Oi the number
/ registered No honsst nan will saw that
there are in the Ward 300 legal voters.
! Here IS clear fraud OF 2jG0 votes for Sew
mour and Hoffman. The sam. frauds were
seen IN the Seventh. Flew, nth Seventeenth.
Nineirenlhand 1 twenty First Maids. Never
IN the history oi elections ~As ever Wit
/ messed such bar, laced ballot box stufiinc
The election ~ the city IS nothing NOR.
Than mockery aud a farce. IL Is no
expression Of Ih" people. 1t !, the voice Of
wickcdncss ,n,ensifrd.
| private circular OF T. j Tilden. chair.
man OF the Democratic State Committee, has
come TO hight. requiring returns to be sent
10 ham from the county immediately upon
the closing OF the polls withou, waiting Tor
the official count IN order that the demo
cratic WiT, pullrrs IA the city might make
some estimate Of tie majority they wou!I
need 10 overcome ,hU country maioIii, -
10 carry out ,h's programme many q The
/ inspectors IN the city refused TO announce
the vote until very late hour-,ieubtle-s
IN order that they might receive their in.
/ suuoiions a. 10 hcw many were required
/ Tie republicans could nc, lana inc beiotc
hand that II Was possible TO work up moro
than 10000 majcriiy Tor seymour IN New
York city. Hence they were as,ouishcJ
when, at +. NJ. 1t was announced that
his majority was s. 900; aud coniouudci
when, after midnight, 1t was reformed a..
nearly Gu eco.
Undoubtedly Alabama Georgia ard
Loui,iana were to-, TO the RspaLlica-,
simply because the Union men we're deicrr, !
irom voting by tie threats. olJrascs and
murder, Of the adhcr,ut. OF ,hs Democrat.
ic" candidates. 10 the North an a,rociou,
Effort was made IN October to defeat the
Republicans OF Pennsylvania Aol InIla1a
by colonization aud boeu, naturalization.
Tie l"d'ana Republicans c.cap,i dis
contiuIo from The first named cause, Will,
false naturalization certificates gave Phaa
/ de pLIa 10 the seymour men at ia. iir,t
elociion, ar! gre re- uccd The Republican
majority in the State Two ihou,Anl more
h,niuckIIn. colonisel into Indiana would
have elected the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor. and ~ !. probable that II all the
Illegal natnrahzaiiuns IN the bands Of the
Democratic managers Of Pennsylvania had
/ been voted upon ~ the October election.
the Keystone" -uld have fallen from The
Republican arch. The seymour purVeror,
Of fraud did not estimate at it. full strength
ihe popular uprising asain., the Copper
head leaders who nominated Sevmoar but
I II must be confessed these ia-le.s scheme.
came very near .ccccssfui contamination -
Lewiston journal