The New York herald., 1870-04-07
Oar RECONSTRUCTED City Governmsnt-rhe
Now Election Law.

the republicans with the Tammany democracy,
we haye new Election law for the city and
county Of New York. A pretty stringent law
il IL, too, and If properly enforced 1t Is law
well calculated to put an end to perjured
voters and fraudulent elections. We have
published the bill heretofore; but in order TO
tx its general provisions in the mind Of the
interested reader we here briefly reproduce
them.
All our local elections not otherwise pro-
vided for, are to be held with our general
! November elections. There are to be five
separate ballot boxes in our city and county
elections, beginning with the box for 'Presi-
dent" as No. !, and ending with the box for
inspectors of Election" as No. 8. The polls
are to be opened at six A. M. and closed at
five r. M. On the third Tuesday in May,
1870, at the election for judges, and after
wards every year In November, Including 1870
two Inspectors Of election in each election dis
trict in this city and county are to be elected,
aud the Mayor is to appoint third in the OPP
posing party candidate highest on that side,
the law carefully providing in other respects
that one OF the three inspectors shall represent
tho minority party Of the district. For the
coming May election the old Registry law and
its officers are to be applied. At all our local
elections each party shall have the right Of
challenger at every voting place, and ho shall
be protected by the police. Inspectors and
registrars violating tho law are to be deemed
guilty of felony and the penalty Of the State
Prison. Voters are to be alphabetically and
very carefully registered, number Of house,
&C., and, If in tenement house, number OF
room, and any elector is to be free to inspect
the registry of his district and mark such
names as he thinks proper to be challenged.
The duties Of the inspectors and boards of
inspectors are minutely defined, and the Board
of Supervisors is required to establish q
bureau of elections. Each district shall have
two poll clerks, one Of each party, and no out
siders are to assist these officers or the inspec
tors in counting and making up the returns
In the next place, the law specifically pro-
vides against any false counting or doctoring
of the votes cast in any district. The city is
next, by the Common Council, or, if they
neglect this duty, it is by the Mayor, to be
redistricted that each election district shall
comprise as nearly rs practicable about four
hundred voters, and no poll is to be held at |
any place where liquor is sold. Fraudulent |
registering and voting, false swearing, &C.,
are made felonies, and other election laws !
not inconsistent with this act are continued in
force. 1t is made, in conclusion, the especial
\ r or ~
prosecute all complaints made under this act,
and there are to be no suspensions Of judg-
ment in such cases by the courts.
This law is the compensation given By Tam
many to the republicans for their assistance
on the new Charter. Greeley does not like
the bargain. He says he ''detests political
dickering." He does not believe Sin voting
for bad bill that some one else shall help us
to pass good one." The cOpperhead organ
says that, stripped Of its deceptive Masks"
the new Charter sis scheme for investing
Sweeny, Tweed, Hall and their corrupt con-
federates with the whole municipal authority"
but still the ''young democracy" are going to
renew the fight against ''the ring" in the May
election. The poets Of the Post earnestly
wish that the new Election law may purify the
ballot box, but they are not very hopeful of
such result AS for the new Charter, they
pronounce it an tedious law" passed by q
combination of ''corrupt men,"
The old adage that ':the proof of the pud-
ding is in the eating thereof" is the test that
will settle the value Of this new City Charter
and this new Election law. Both parties and
both factions of the democracy with an
exceptional member or two, are committed to
these acts, so that the responsibility is shared
among them all. 1t will not surprise us, how
ever, if we shall next have lively conflict in
the democratic camp and in the republican
camp ever this Albany coalition-on the one
side against the Election law, "the ring" and
its favors to republican oflce-holders /; and on
the other side against the perpetuatlon by re-
publican votes of the power Of Tammny Hall.
We think that the new Charter is good be-
ginning in the shape of consistent, harmo-
NOUS and responsible city government, and
that this new Election law will prove an excel
lent thing as check upon fraudulent voters,
repeaters false counting and doctored returns.
We think, too, that Tammany is now in q very
good position to hold the city and the State,
and to play the leading hand in the democratic
game for the Presidential succession.
DocToRED TO DEAiH.--Recently doctor
up town gave his patient in the course of one
day fourteen grains Of the sulphate Of NOR
phine. This is equal to eighty-four grains Of
opium. 1t does not appear that the patient
was in the habit Of using opium, and If he was
not this was an overwhelming quantity. 1t
would kill man whose brain was In oil the
vigor of health unless he was stimulated by
active inaammatory disease. But the man to
whom the medicine was given had brain
weakened by the use Of rum, and was then
aleepiess merely because of the loss Of cerebral