Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-20

quired was that 40 district should report
total vote in exceas Of ~ registry. 81
I'm the hasie aud confusion Of the eons
spifaiors on Tuesday, this precaution was
neglected. Their tools have, In many Va
stances ,,either becn.cnfelcsly instructed.
or have exceeded their Instructions. For
example, we find In the World. which at
tcmpts to turn the whole subject OF fraud
plcnt voting iutp n Joke, Har rae Totay.
first District Of fhe Eighteenth Ward re-.
turns n'qjoriy OF 440 for HOFFMAN, IN
pof " boo, ne totqi registration Of The
.isrleS Jans I322; asaa iat me Trsntisth
District " Me NiaeteenM Ward, out Of a
registry ~ 32Q, returns 1913 rotes for Hofr-
NAN and I3S III GRlswoLp.
.The Sen has ~ ken the trouble to make
a table OF the districts in which the Tam
many conspifators have thus blundsred,
aud finds no less than twenty two of them
returning an aggregate majority Of 1856
for Hoffman, and Of 3765 for Seymour;
probably much more than half the total
majority TO berelutned for the latter in
the State.
These twenty-five districts, being fraud
ulent on their face, can form no part Of
the returns accepted by the State canvass
ers. They must be thrown cut first Of
allp 8, ~
The Rrst news from New York City that
the actual vote was twelve per cent, less
than the registry lists, that the city had
rotrivvHesty bur above fifty thousand,
and that the State had gone FOR Grant,
was, we have no doubt, the true news
The city returns were held back several
hours longer than usual Then Il ap.
peared that Seymour had over sixty thou-
sand majority. 1t was after 3, o'clock
"Wednesday morning here before we had
the full vote Of New York City. That in
addition 10 fraudulent registration and
naturalization there was extensive, system
affixed bhllot. box stufiing, there is no man
ner of doubt. The fact that the number
Of votes clurned shows in Twenty-Five dis
tricls larger namber Of votes than were
registered, 10 an absolute demonstration Of
fraud, and proves with rare precision aud
force the purpose OF the Tilden Circular.
The New York World has made weak
effort to fix upon Republicans the ballot
box stuiFing, and declares that the Rcpub-
can vote in the city of New York Of forty.
seven thousand was simply preposierous."
This veie, was, however, simply in cores
pondencc with the increased Republican
vote throughout the country, and the Post
annihila,es the Worlds weak inyention
with a few figures thus: 5st
THE fourth district of the Sixth Ward
had registry Of S22 names: it returns
$40 votes for Hoffman aud u for Girls
void. The tenth of the Eighteenth Ward,
in registry Of 406, returns 455 for Hof
man. ia for Griswold. The twentieth of
the Nineteenth Ward, in a registry Of 800,
gives Hoffman 438 votes, Griswold 1874
Here then are four specimen districts
in which the fraud is gigantic and indis
putable. Win perhaps 900 legal rotes IN me
Josr, there are 1876 names registered
and they retsrn az ae'rat aacjority for
hjohn e. Huffman Of 1895, or twenty more
than the whole number Of names on u
registry already doubled by fraud"
Mr.. Greeley said in his speech at the
Onion Club rooms: ~. 5....l
1.-The election just passed showed that
singular result--that whereas, not only
throughout the rura. districts ofthe Union,
except where collision or fraud vitiated
the vote, there had been largely in.
creased Republican vote, but there had
been, also, a similar increase IN the cities
as well. Except in cities like New Or
leans, where voters were repealed by
threats of assassination, the vote paraleled
that given in the country for the Republi.
can candidates. II was so at Boston, San
Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and
all the cities, with one exception. New
York and its suburbs were the only excep
tons to this rule. Buffalo had been re-
deemed, and so with Rochester and a ma
jority of the cities of this State. The
vote Of New Jersey was carried against
Grant BY the county Of Hadsen, on our
border, and in the belt of townships sur
rounding New York we saw the same
thing, and nothing like il any where else
in the Union where the people were
allowed to vote. New York City and her
suburbs stood out in glaring contrast TO
all the rest Of the cities Of the Union"
The exceptional ease of New York and
Hudson County, New Jersey, is.the result
Of fraud, and the fraud which controlled
thirty aine electoral vofes was the strength
of the New York ring. 1t was what they
depended upon all the while. 1t was the
root of their assurance that New York s
shoice must be the choice Of the Demo
cratic Convention, for the ring could not
be expected to do cheating enough to car.
ry thirty nine electoral votes for West
ern Democrat Pendleton for instance. 1t
is most fortunate thing that the thirty
nine electoral votes caused by the frauds
of the New York ring do not affect the
general result If they had done so, the
situation would have been difficult and
dangerous. The Republicans of New
York must hunt down the scoundrels, ex-
pose their tricks, and advertise them
thoroughly, sparing no pains to make in
yestigation thorough, and to have upon it
action that will be effective. There is
nothing else that they can do now Of equal
impcrtance.-l Commercial.