New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-15
BAXrER-sr.
Registered. Leg'l voter
BOWER,
Ragislsrld
BAYARD ST.

coats and hats aud who voted second and third time at
the poll being furnished by person in attendance
at the polls with list Of from the registry Of those
who had not yet voted and who continued this system OF
| repeating In other.votIng districts
VI Terrorism and piolenoe the dry Of election
resorted to- to prevent tho challenging OF Illegal votes
and two Republican Inspectors improperly arrested
Ono Of them by bogus warrant issued by two Of his CO.
Inspectors and served while no was performing his off,
cia duties at heipO, frOmGwhich no was dragged to
| prison.
VII. To he proclamation Of Mayor Hoffman the alton
ton OF your honorable bodies is specially directed,
having afforded official TO those engaged
the attempt influence the election by tho OF
ticates, genuine In appearance but void In fact by
assang the officers OF the United states and is grand
jury having attempted to interfere with the freedom OF
election in the Empire 5tate by complaining that the
authority OF judges the seal Of the Supreme Court
Of the state dened. and by denouncng those who
attempting to protect the purity OF the franchise
| designing and wicked men. The proclamation was as
, follows;
80 sRoc1 Axlrfos
Mcoa. oyrIos, New.Yori. Oct 81, 1854
IL < P.ope 0Js Cs Of We the eve Of an In
pOrhi election .IeteDsn, perrdes the whole eonmaa
Unsepuos designing and dangerous men, political pArpsis are re-
sorting extraordinary to Increase Gross and nnfoandea
charges made By them against those high In authority
Threats male sgas hiud citizens and the authority Of the
Judges the Supreme Court def Grand Jury the
States Court Summoned through the those who
scheme informed been
preliminary sfsrlns1n which Is usual and which Afforded BY Law
for protection Of character End In sr, haste and
bills oBicmeni Ens, divers persons ioihe openly ored
OfndlDg the discharge their public dulea The United
States Marshal violent political partisan has ASSUMED to himself che
power and ay Of appoiung on special deputies TO take their
place pol and the electors Of the sass
their high privilege e osstiog ,br votes for
Of che Nation sd sais Ills tho s' tine IN the hs.
tory country that United States Goyesns sea have
ate pied interfere FREQ elections 10 tAs Eaps State and the
Is attended With danger
Rvlsres aoeauar b The combination a jangeroai Who
have carried Into execution these unataa and
Jasiissbls movements. done for two purpo,esi
schemes Of fsrt Which they
bore the aid Of untried psdeusd criminals
excite The people Ia this % who opposed
to them as them OfdOder and 'oss resistance
10 tho day CHEF Magistrate Of this city, call 1pen
all good people ante PrsTsBiDg The eOnsammaos Of this scheme
Lei a uI.eh esreJ those sbo seek 70 perpss
great ~he heJ charge fnts upon others and above al Yet
then iA there a b. Of violence disorder On the
sr election ,i order essential 90 the welfare OF
The y prosperity 0fAo STATE AL he ,uisbasse OfsA' tights "
the people.
kosx bu, ., ana An.y can from any eaeAn. Of The
paddle g,aA Those .E,hoh Aoss o., on ALIKE fnd sr
isstos 10 he of ssd the pressaea Of order
ra bowcys be declared by threat 90 a" hon the
a.s,rg Of Bis s Pos s-bsrs b, ls, hA sssri hs
ss, boldly tssoluisy Nth eAlnnsss and sssy
sBd bis psss prseoa nndef The ss AMI hHy eoa,u
,asei .ssAotsl,s q s,Ais 81 ss~-rsss 81
% shory 'ss, BY Law. hereby sseT srsvsd o.
CPS hs.d doar paid any per
The and eOuvo.o. Of charged With
suuns oh.ses ahs1Eg 'O.sr 10 the eIsrs's Of bic
righ, an. seCoL
In vlse ~hsrcf h,rs b.su-to SCI ny hpa osssi s
ID. Cly Hail. e ss.YOih h, oi.t dJ Of October, 1861
yoHs 7. HoYynss. Mayer
This document, singular In its disregard Of Official
courtesy and proprey, calculated to bring into dis
credit and contempt United States officials for thelf cf
fors 10 preserve the purity OF the franchise, and tended
to noutrAze the effect Of the udcious charge OF Judge
IN
ned aliens TO bcove that they had right to use Ger
tncaes duly signed aud sealed without regard to the
manner in which they obtained; and TO deter
honest citizens and inspectors OF elections from individual
attempts " ebeek by challenge Illegal votes which were
thus virtually encouraged, while those who were honestly
endeavoring protect tho franchise were officially de-
nounced as wishing their own schemes OF fraud
Tho attention your honorable bodies s asked also to
the gcircular, throwing light upon tho tactics
and morals OF the faction by which the fraudulent con-
spraey had boon organized TO change tho vote OF tho
State 1t is perhaps proper to say that Dir. Ihden'
whose name Is subscribed to IT, has publicly denied That
ho authorized but the undersigned have evidence TO
show that the circular did from the rooms OF tho
Democratic State Commitee-that they have reason TO
believe that arrangements were made in accordance
with the provision Of tho said circular for tho transmits
sion tolograms that kilograms were received from
the rural districts with estimates OF tho VOTE addressed
TO william tIM Tweed, Tammany Hall. as therein
many casos kept back until later hour than usual on
tho night Of the olecton that the Democratic Inspector
IN one case declared no ordered TO keep them back
that in some districts tho police were compelled to ap
point new account OF the refusal OF the
Democratic canvassers 70 properly and promptly pro-
coed with the oanvassing and that when the returns
wero made In many districts at late hour tho next
morning. the vote was already stated, largely In ex'
cess Of the legal voters and In some districts IN excess
also OF the votes registered The circular was 90 follows;
Private and s,detlJ sortienusll
Roos, oy ruE DxNocAsTio STATE COMMITTEE Oct H. ltes
Mr. communicate With some reliable per
son ia three or pnp tornin each eJ sfour county and re-
qu... (eps,uy arranged for this eSd to telegraph to william
Tweed Hail. 1.-THE minute Of oesg the polls not "si1ng
for the CONT, saeb PERSONS estimate Of TIE rsse
Let the Telegraph to be a. olOSs
This town will show gal, Tor loss, si year oil
umbsrl OF this op HtgfsebtY ssrsni This tosn sill give
| Republican tOr Demoeraliel majority ef---."
There IT, coarse nportsa: object 10 be aed I asmui
p.ou, a. tho closing The polls bo. uOi Logger wait
Ing Opportunity The usual hathOur lui ,slesPAie
S. before r;'S seS to S ."s sd
,s vita 'ii,dd, messages d az. S sae c1S, we
Upon tho foregoing statistical returns faets, and state
| ments the undersigned respectfully submit
That they indicate the existence Of conspiracy which
certain connected with tho ssuo OF oera
Gates and tho release habeas corpus OF persons ar
rested for false registering and Illegal voting would
see TO indicate initiated and carried on with tho
cornzanoe and conniynnce Of local judges aud other
court officials that tho conspiracy had It's agents and
eusssros In various parts Of the stae OF EewYofk.
and was intended TO carry the recent Presidential and
state elections by fraud Fret by the issue OF hpudu-
lent naturalization papers on gigantic scale, 70 which
encouragement virtually given by tho official proca-
nation OF tho Mayor then by fraudulent registration
| and fraudulent repeating, and lastly by cir
cnar, secretly and strictly confidential, dated nj
| tho rooms of tho Democratic State Committee,
which une rpaned seems Ito indicate that its authors