Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-12

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Read the following account OF the man
ner in which democracy d trying 10 win
in the large state Of New York, against
the legal voters Of that commonwealth,
aud thus place her in a iulsc position be.
fore the country and tho world, New
York is a republican State through and
through, and with au honest vote, would
have gone overwhelming ior Grant and
ColiaN. We arc glad 10 observe that
measures arc being taken 10 detect and
4 ferret out this most abuminahlc and whole
sale system OF fraud, which is continually
being practiccd upon the Republican
party in the city Of New York Tho fol-
lowing is a special dispatch To the Boston
journal from New York, aud dated NOV,
/ It'll:
The evidence j, auaumulating that the
returns ofsoyerl wards were kept back
for fraudulent purposes as stated in the
midnight dispatch TO tho journal. Tho
election is the absorbing topic of CONVEX
! suti,,4,-iH l.!S-lity to-day. anl the ont
ragcous frauds committed by the Tam
many leaders are denounced hyall honest
men,
i The fraudulent vote iscs,imatoa at oycr
twenty-five thousand. The authorities
have evidence that fifteen thousand illegal
votes were cast, and Mr. lloiIman's cleo,
/ ton will be contested.
Last night for the first time since the
Police Commissioners have had the APP
pointment of Inspectors and cauyasSers of
! Elections, the men filling these positions
refused TO obey the instructions given
them to make prompt canvass OF the
votes cast in the various polling districts,
and il is said that their action was die
tated by the Tammany leaders and agreed
upon early in the day.
Heretofore the Canvasscr, have prompt
\ " counted the votes as soon as the polls
were closed, and made their returns ac-
cording 10 law without ever giving rise to
any suspicion that ballots had been tam
pered with.
Last night the reverse was the ease and
in addition to the outrageous frauds COM
mitted yesterday, many OF the canvassers
acted in such manner that their move
mentS can only bc accounted for on the
superstition that they intended to tamper
with the ballots
| Usually the vote foT the first name on
the ticket is known at police headquarters
by nine o'clock in the evening, but owing
to the perverscness of some Of the can
vassers last night the vote for Grant and
Griswold was not known until many
hours later
| The Police Commissioners remained al
headquarters until 4 o'clock this morning,
Judge Bosworth was called from his house
at II o'clock for this purpose. So obsti
nat. were the tools Of the Tammanv Ring
that they would not obey an order OF
\ Commissioner Brennan, who Is member
of Tammany Hall.
I At o'clock Mr. Brennan aud Mr..
Mannierre joined in issuing an order 10
canyassers to lay aside all doubtful bal
lots and proceed with the canvass as fast
as possible. No attention was paid to
the order and it became necessary to re-
move some of the men. The delays were
evidently concerted, and made for some
unexplained reason in the interest Of the
| democratic party.
! A Democratic canvasser in the Sd dis
trict OF the 18th Ward insisted that the
police aud all other persons should leave
the room while the vote was counted
This would not only have been viola
ton of his instructions, but also a viola
ton OF law. A most thorough iuyestiga-
ton will be made by the Court of APP
peals. The State will yet be counted III
the Republican lines.
Several Of the New York papers publish
, the following, purporting to be a true
copy OF a secret circular sent just before
election to leading Democrats in various
. parts OF. the State. lis bearing upon de
velopments referred to above will readily
be seen:
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FROM THE DGNocH>Tlc STATE Cow, !
: oct ", 1868. I
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: municate with some reliable Pcrsyl il
three or four principal towns, and in cacl
= city of your county, and request him eX
pense duly arranged for this. end, to tel
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