The New York herald., 1869-01-13
TUE ELECTION FRAUDS.

Probable Early Adjournment Of the Commit
tee-The "Rural Districts'' TO be Looked
After-Naturalization Sfatistics-The Other
Side Of ssLnrry'' FarreIps Yarn.
The Congressional Committee appointed to inves-
tigate the alleged election frauds In this State was IN
session all day yesterday and examined large num-
ber of Witnesses mainly OF the lower social orders
or the greater proportion Of their witnesses
must necessarily be drawn from this class, as 1t ts
their fate usually to be the instruments by; which
other men, worse, at least equally bad accomplish
objects Of an Illegal nature, and who, though the
instigation and conduct Of fraudulent transactions
may be traced TO them, have generally combined
matters SO that less wealthy or less cunning men
shall "do the dirty work."
The committee win, In all probability, temporarily
adjourn their sessions in this city In day or two
and the sub committee viii, 1t Is expected. proceed
to some OF the interior counties of the State where
half that is promised to be developed actually Is
elected Of the gentlemen In the rural districts
win experience shaking up that viii be astonishing
II not entirely desirable.
Nothing definitely shaped In regard to the pro-
babe course be pursued after the evidence taken
by the committee shall be submitted to Congress has
vet been decided upon but among the measures wncn
win in all likelihood be urged and adopted VIII oc
the repeal OF all existing naturalization laws ana
extending the term Of necessary residence Of aliens
desrOus OF becoming citizens, or Imposing any
onerous obligations. win render the perpetraion OF
The law as projected win preclude, among other
things, the possibility Of any one judge attending
to the examination and admission TO the rgnts OF
citizenship more than certain number per day.. /,
The committee has proved in this connection tnat
Ge s O S 81 we're
upwards Of $4,000 men. In this interval three
Sundays were included, and deducting these .nsrs
OF about l. 800 persons naturalized per day. Tneso
were-excepting, perhaps, one or TWO hundred ous
OF the total number-all naturalized by one Justice
In the Supreme Court single judge naturalized be-
tween the Sth and 23d Of October, over 10000 pen
sons. It has also been ascertansd nom tne recoro5
persons presenting themselves. has appeared Tor
several hundred persons IL has been clearly proved
nifty times In one day, fortyfour another, on sue
ceeding day thirty-seven, and again twentysix.
enty-four Aliens and minors in two days.
Larry Farrell's version OF his interviews ana
relations with Messrs. Foster CLASSY aud Davenport,
OF the Union Leage Committee, appears TO be true
and untruA The gentlemen referred to admit that
they nrst knew Farrell as Mr Pierce" but say that
Weiss, who said tnat "Piercer had valuable infor-
nation respecting the repeating process. After
some assurance by Weiss a. 60 what G fiefce" woulq
mttee rooms. ..Pierce- subsequently appeared,
and Mr.. Classy questioned him as 20 the nature OF
the evidence he proposed TO furnish. "Piercen was
reluctant stale tins. but after being told that the
committee wished TO know precisely what he pro-
y
could produce two hundred other persons who
repeated on the democratic ticket; that this WAS
done under the super1ntendence o. Sheriff O'Brien;
that sheriff O'Bren gave these men tickets on which
we're the names and addresses they were to give In
voting. &c. Pierce said he could notr 90 on tho
stand as q witness himself; ''it would not do" He
called several times subsequently, and, being urged
to bring of the witnesses he wished 10 furnish,
interposed objections and excuses and at last
represented that he had actually dsbursed over 500
In maintaining these men and keeping them TO-
gether," IN the expectation that the COMMITTEES
would require them, and wanted 70 be reimbursed.
After some consultation between some OF the men,
bers OF the committee It was decided to give hrnl
thirty dollars repay his outlay and to bring hin
up to the scratch with his witnesses II he had any.
He was finally urged TO bring the men. 80
that the committee could examine them
individually; but no again pleaded an
excuse, aud when closely pressed volunteered the
information that the witnesses he would bring would
.'swear TO anything the committee wanted them to
swear tor He was informed that they were pre-
csely the class Of Witnesses the committee did not
want. He left, and his presence has not since been
"experiencedr NJ the committee rooms. Messrv.
Foster and CLASSY affirm positively that Pferces story
about their remarks regarding the removal from
ONCE Of Governor Holman, and that they had
threatened TO direct their attacks against any par
tIcuar individuals, or what the committee or the
republican party was going TO 40, was piece Of the
absurdest invention on Pierrc's part, they having
never expressed such views In regard TO this inves
tigation, and certainly, n they entertained them,
they say, Pierce one OF the last men to whom
thay wOud ack nOW ledge IL.