The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-06
How New York was Carriod for
the Democrats.
BuspIeIous Z Circumstances.

1tABRADA4HlN-SAECA "a
S. from ne reg 9o1,5e sis, 81 WeiHslaGtl.
WHAT DOES IT orEAls2
The following has been extensively
published as q true copy of circular
sent, Just before yesterdays election,
to leading Democrats In various parts
of this State:
Private and Strictly ContTdontiGL.
Rooms DEMOCRATIC STATE Com,
Oct. q, 1858.
MY DEAR SIR: Please at once to COM
municate with some reliable person In
three or four principal towns and IN
each city OF your county ard request
him Expense duly arranged-1or this
end) TO telegraph to William N. Tweed,
Tammany Hall, at the minute of clos
ing the polls-not waiting for count
such PERSONS estimate of the vote.
Let the telegraph be as follows: "This
townswill show a Democratic gain Tor
loss) over last year off," Or this one,
ifsufioiently certain: "This town will
give a Republican for Democratic) ma
jority OFF, There is, of course, an
object to be attained. BY a
simultaneous transmission up to the
hour of closing the polls, but not longer
waiting, opportunity can be taken of
the usual half hour. lnl in telegraphto
communication over lines before actual
results begin to be declared, and be-
fore the Associated Press absorb the
telegraph with returns, and Interfere
with individual messages, and give
orders to watch carefully the count,
Very truly yours,
IS. j. TMDEN, Chairman.
: II this document be not a forgery
and the story Of its issi1e a pure fabri-
cation, IL Is certainly so suspicious in
It's appearance as to call for an exPla-
nation ofsits true meaning from the
gentleman whose name is affixed to 1t.
His position and standing in the COM
munity are such that he cannot afford
to rest quietly under the imputation,.
which itfastens upon him, of being q
party to a'conspiracy TO defeat the pop
ular viii by trtckery and fraud. AS the
matter stands now the instructions
which he appears TO have Issued. admit
of no other interpretation than that it
was his intention, in case the m4jorities
of his party elsewhere than In this city
should be insufficient to secure the
Stale, to supply the lack of false counts
here. The meanness and Wickedness
OF such a'trRnsaelion require no com
ments. r- lti...rs- -. ESD
Observe, in the first place, that the.
object of the action. recommended is
not plainly stated in this circular, but
only limited at. "There is, of course,
an important object to besattained.0
But what objectR Why are Mr.. Tilden
and his associates SO anxious to know,
in advance OF the Associated Pfess re.
turns, the approximate vote of the
parts OF the Stale outside of this city /?
They do not ask for exact figures
they will be satisfied with estimates.
Setting aside the improbable supposi-
ton that they desired, In case ofde-
feat, to hedge their bets on Seymour
and Holman, there remains only one
conclusion, and that is, that they had
some plan in view which they dared
not explicitly describe, but which was
no less important than thr figuring out
of Democratic majority by foul
means, II the fair result of the election
was against them. This view of The
matter is oorroborated, too, by the con-
duct of the canvassers in the Fourth
and Seventh Wards, in holding back the
returns last evening long after the time
at which they should have made them,
Here We have a measure originating
with the Democratic State Committee,
sanctioned by its Chairman, which, to
any person or common sense, seems to
contemplate disHraceful piece of
knavery. Let the Committee now, and
above all, let Mr.. Samuel ]. Tilden
come out and explain to the public
what this circular means; for,sif thew
do not, they will have no right3to re-
pei any charges which may be made
against their honesty as citizens and
their honOr'as gentlemen. E
FsoR ne same. -J
THE DELAY IN SENDING THE VOTES.
The Canyassers in one each OF the
Districts OF the Fourth and Seventh
Wards, and in some other wards, In or.
der to delay the sending of the returns
to Police Headquarters, insisted upon
reading the names OF every electOr on
the ticket. This plan had been pre-
meditated, as 1t was known at the Gem
trail ONCE in the afternoon. In the
Fourth Ward, one of the Canvassers
reported that the work was all done,
but the other refused to acquiesce, and
insisted upon reading the names all
over. There was only one opinion al
Police Headquarters about the matter,
and that was, they desired 10 so ar.
range matters that sufficient number
Of votes should be counted in those
to carry the State, at all haz-
From ths Tribune Of Ysdne,day.
: ssa sls THE GIANT FRAUDS vafj
8 The Empire State Is nowise behind
her Free sisters In loving, honoring and
Grant and Coifax, nor in do
yotton to'the principles they 50 fitly
With an honest vote, New
York would give not less than forty
thousand majority for GRAFT and Gris-
void. In this city, their supporters
largely exceed third OF the legal vote,
while they are u decided majority OF
the native. born electors: We are over
hero through the issue and
nse OF reams of fraudulent NatuTalIEa-
ton certificates and the uefatious, sys.
tematic operations, OF Hrepeaters,U or
ganized and paid to register In many
and vote from poll to poll. If
Il shall prove that our State officers are
thus cheated out of the returns, we de-
mAnd a contest, and a determined eff.
fort to unmask aud punish The villains
les whereby this result has been effect
I'd. We urge that meeting betheld, a
committee appointed, and the collection |
u eVidenceioommenced forthwith.