Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-04

The. report ofthe Committee OF Con.
g~e-s which investigated the Tammany
election frauds seems, to Judge from
the full abstrct given elsewhere, to
present as the authenticated digest OF
Sworn evidence, facts familiar for
months to the readers of Tux TRIBuNE,
and 20 base thereon a series OF recon-
mendations Tor legislative action alto,
gether too elaborate to receive an, st
tenti,n at this Congress. but too Just
and tao obviously demanded to he .ong
neglected by the next. Look once
more at the facts. 1t is proved before
this Committee, on the testimony OF
many, aud nnimpcachable witnesses,
that. ,-
j. Thousands of aliens traudulsnLly
procured certificates ST naturalization
during few weeks Immediately pre-
ceding our election. @., sraa@
2, Many hundreds OF certlfc ates
were granted in the names OF fictitious
persons, that those holding them
might have facilities tor voting many
times. s#,
3. Many hundreds holding these
certiti ates did thus vote many shines
ranging iron twice up to forty times
or more. 4E .-
4. The frauds committed in count
ING the bollots were nearly equal to
those IN casting them.
D. There was a combination OF Of
fcers, Judicial and Otherwise, to pro
tect those committing these frauds.
| and no one has been punished for them.
8. The Democratic electors for
| President, and the candidates on the
Democratic State ticket, were elected
only by the aid OF this fraudulent
| voting. r
Look again ut some OF the facts de-
veloped in the examination of witness
IS on hese points: In the Superior
Court, in single day, and mainly by
the solitary exertions of the indefatl.
gable Judge McCunn, there were is
sued 2,lO9 naturalization certificates,
In the Supreme Court, in a single DIV
toward the close OF this heated Dem
o.rrtic term, Judge Barnard issued
955 naturalization certificates. From
the Sth to the 23d of October that re
markablc Judge issued daily Average
OF 7lS. The blanks printed Tor this
Court (Which had never issued natur-
alization papers betore), and for Judge
McCunn's Court, were on scale
that looked to their issue only by tens
OF thousands. The fees were paid by
tickets on Tan,many, printed with .,
quaily splendid protusion. Both: courts
are proved TO have knowingly and
deliberately issued papers to men who
never appeared in Court st all. They
were sent broadcast over the city, and
distributed throughout the State
Not less than 6s,343 of them were
ISSUED from the two courts held by
Judge Barnard and Judge McCu ~
I Not one fraudulent paper has. beer
traced to any Republican Court. 8
i We have statedthese facts in as cold
and passioness a manner as we car
command. We submit them thi
morning to the sober Judgment OF hon
est men-,t whatever party withou
one word OF comment.--N T. Tribune
! When Abraham Lincoln was law
yer in Illinois, he and the Judge once
got to bantering one another abou
trading horses. and it was agreed tina
the next morning at 9 o'clock, the,
should make the trade. the horses (
be unseen up to that hour, and ne
backing ont, under a forfeit of $2a. Al
the hour appointed the Judge came
up, leading the sorricst looking specl
men of horse ever seen in those parts
In few minutes Mr.. Lincoln was
seen approaching with a wooden saw
horse on his sholdcr. Great were the
shouts and laughter of the crowd, and
roth were greatly increased, when Mr..
Lincoln, on surveying the Judgs ami
NAL, set down his sawhorse, and ex-
claimed, swell Judge, this is ,heiirst
time | ever got the 4orst Of It IN a
horse trade t4 s9 -
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