Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-12

@The f!sa@ins expose from tn y
I. Evening ztst viii afford or rea,icrs
ono idea Of The manner in Which t.e
democratic loader, cheated the republicans
OF; OF victory in New York -
Ia war. il IS said, Binuler is worse
tIian crime; aisi the httntl7rS ot the
Tamnnthy cons pif'at rs on Yaas,iaY night
threaten 70 be nipre damaging 10 tii2lr
rcptti.stiea. tnd more oLiHge'oIs to their
al 9 IS, t:tHA even The cnoFthJHs crlt.es
tag} had committed IA forging votes dur
H., tlia day.
raMmanv Hall. by William ". Tweed.
ifnnc lately after The election. seem 10
have been lil.c those receive BY others.
ecrv iavefaUic 10 the Republicans. He
slo,, 5tieSs AID. az eight o'clock. in answer
10 The etreL cireulIr to w.i'.h the stigma
tnrc vi Samuel J. Iiilea was forged. $40.
st4ltisllly the same reI,irns wiiica reacird
the public abuu. eleven O'clock, and N-Alsl
! satisfied tie 5est judges thai HE state had
/ gouc for Grant and Cri.wo.d By a slnai!
majority. In spite Of tine enormous maj 9ri-
~ Of 50,0u1 then Supposed to nave been
east tor he democrats in this ery,
But the returns from most of The city
! wards were still heidi eacs. In ten or
I
! etl b. the police officers. until there had
! been ample time to send instructions from
/ IaMnaany to the inspectors, 10 stun the
/ ballo;-5pXes Wita tas required !suAiber OF
7 tickets, Il al Afterwards 10 COUNT tac + in
, idll.
! The Secret Circular lisclo,es plot l,il
+ by the Democratic famnlany Committee to
cheat the people out OF their decision, II
/ thly should decide against Hoffman. The
actual holding back Of the returns oH elec-
/ iioa ni1 lat SHOWS 10 moral ccria MY that
I the plot was carried ont. But the abso-
/ lite demonstration in figures might have
t been Impossible, but for the stupidity, ei-
ther OF lainmany in demanding, Or OF is
| tools al the baliot-boXes IN attempting,
more than was needed.
The conspirators had provided ample
raon and verge enoHgh@ tor their fra0ds
ny registering forty lnUus lad more name,
Cham lilere are legal voters Ia tae city,
: OF this excess, some thirty thousand. AZ
: least, were in districts which they con-
/ tfoiied without check. They had bus to
keen a careful account OF the nunJcr OF
I falls. names registered in eaca voting dis
I MET. and the coIspilsltoIs at Iammauy
nighL seHd 10 eacG district directions n0W
many OF the false votes should be credited
4 70 Hoffman. Tie only precaution rcqnir-
( Ell was that no Gisti!ct silOu.u report
4 total vote ii excess u lis registry.
In the haste aa1 eonfuslOll OF the con-
/ snirators on fucstl,y. this precaution was
neg elected. Their tools have, IN many in
stances, either been earelessly Instructed.
! or lave exceeded their Instructions. Tor
texmnpia. we find in the itOrit, which at
/ tenlpts to turn tile whole subject OF irdid-
ulent voting INFO Joke, that the Twenty
first district OF the Eighteenth ward re-
turns Il majority of448 for Holman, in Il
yoie vi 5JJ, the total registry OF the DIS
trift Ling go; ANA that tlIe TWeuijc.h
district Of the Nineteenth ward, ou1 OF
registry of 320, returns y votes for lloil-
man aHl l3S for Ggi.Nuld.
Tie .9nu. has t3tSea The troable 10 Hahe
4 Table OF lle districts in Wiillh the lam
many consnirators have thus 5nndcteI,
and lads no less tlIan twenty Two OF thc,ii,
returning ;n ass@rp .-ate OF 1, 80 FOR hod
Ilaal. and Of 2..GJ llf ScyMoar; probably
.fl,t. 5..... ~. '.l ftha total iG1 i.'y5.u
BE fcta4lufi lar Inc fl,tcr N he = Hte.
.lcsa twenty-five dlStricts. being ftau-
tlelc,it on their face, can form 40 part of
tlle ct1rns areep-od by The stale Canvas.
sers. iltey must be thrown cut hrst OF
all But they suggest another inquiry.
Il The cease'fators have numbered IN =
ogtlel 3ss die riets. 40 as to expose thenl-
selves upon the race Of the reiirus, Ia how
MANY oGAe.s have they succeeded ia keep
ing Nunu the tuuits of fraud tltey had