The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-19
The New york ELECTION FTauds

fhe new 7 OK Election Frauds.
The elaborate report recently issued by
the Congressional Committee, appointed to
invest igate the election frauds in New York
city last fan, is document Of the highest
importance. Nearly two hundred solidly
printed pages are occupied by the testimony
laid before the committee aud the results to
which they arrived. The conclusions en-
forced by this array of evidence are even
worse than had been spprehended. Not
only did thousands of aliens procure certif-
Gates of naturalization IN the month just pre-
ceding the election, but ppyriads of certi6-
Gates were granted in the names of fictitious
persons. In many cases single person held
twenty or thirty OF these fictitious certif-
Gates, and voted as often in a single day
Moreover, the frauds committed in counting
the votes nearly equaled those in the casting,
and it comes clearly in evidence that the
Democratic Presidential electors, as well as
Governor Hoffman, were elected only by
virtue of the fraudulent votes which the cor
rupt wards of New York city and Brooklyn
were thus enabled to poll. The energy of
Judge McCann of the superior court was
such that he was enabled TO issue 2,IO9
fraudulent paper in a single day while
Judge Barnard's achieyments foot up to only
955 per day, but lis average was remark
able, amounting daily to 7ls, from the Sth
to the 23d of October. In round numbers
the bogus naturalization papers issued by the
two judges we have named amounted during
the campaign to 64,343, a number that am
ply explains the increase of $4,000 Demo
cratic voters in New York city since the
previous election. These papers were dis
tributed not only in New York city and its
suburbs but throughout the state, and threw
very clear light upon the Oopperhead
gains in Buffalo, Auburn aud other interior
towns of New York. In all the black record
not single fraudulent paper has been traced
to Republican court, Blanks were printed
at the expense of Tammany, and were
poured out by tens of thousands. Meanwhile
no man has been arrested, no Judge brought
TO trial for this rank crime against the state.
like our own state New York is couteuted
to be represented by the vote of dishonest
minority, Governor Hoffman holds bis seat
as the exponent Of lie, that when he laid
his hand upon the Bible to take ths oath of
Office should have withered his arm and
frozen the perjury on his.lips, By thesame
instrHmentality E Fem Dickinson to-day
represents the Ninth District of Ohio in Con-
gress A ripple on the surface Of public opin-
ion and faint grOwl from the public press
are the only protest against this gravest OF
all crimes-the burglary that steals the
liberties of free people -C2egetq4ld Leader.
the Presidents curb rein is to be loosen
ed. The Tenure of Office act is to be indeti-
nitely suspended. The Judiciary committee
Of the Senate has been closeted over the
matter, and in view Of the Overwhelming
vote Of the House for it's repeal have agreed
to advise that it be suspended for an indef-
mite period This amounts, of course, to its
practical repeRhfur the present, but as it will
still remain law on the statute book, it can
at any moment be restored should Presi-
dent become refractory. This will he re-
,rded as piece of consumste generalship
on the part of the Ssnate. 1t satisfies the
country, which wanted to have President
Grant fully empowered to appoint honest
men to Office, and, ,.while it does not perman-
emily give up the res training power of the
Senate. throws the responsibility Of good
appointments on the shoulders Of the exc
eutiYs. e'