The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-02
New York Frauds.

This old hackneyed theme has been thor
oughly exploded by the figures taken from the
census report, which show that New York
CITY has always cast less number of votes in
proportion TO the population than the Radical
counties Of the State. Mayor Hall showed
this up in II table, which has been published
carefully comparing the ratio votes to the to-
tai population. In speech Mr. Hall says:
This table as made up of this vast popula-
ton is i'll the first table by the Depew cen
sus Of 1868. 1t then has the vote of 1868,
when it charged that Governor Hoffman
was elected by fraud by an undue preponder
Rnce of votes to the population of the city of
New York. And this is the table. side by
side Of population and voters, county by
county, and then is calcuted the per centage of
the relation of the vote to the total population
/ begin with New York; the per centago of in
habitants To one vote III the city Of New York
IS 1; :. Well, 1t Is very exact. The very next
county above that is "A Republican county,
where the percent. is 1. The range, all the
way through up To- Tompkins, Ulster, Warren,
Washington, Wayne, Is "a, 81, ts, -, :,
- In Tioga, which is very strong Republi-
can county, the per cent. was 81. 1t was
though, almost one percent. greater than in
the county Of New York. In Otscgo, which
was a Republican county, 1t was ga ratio
greater there. In Montgomery, Monroe,
kimer and GeueSee it was greater than i'll the
county of New York. and the only county
where there was not greater proportion was
in the county OF Clinton, which is Demo
cratic county. So that by following this
table down we find that in rural counties, i'll
the counties that gave great Republican
vote. the ratio of population and the vote
compared together gives greater number Of
votes in the population in some of those cOuH-
ties than in the Democratic county OF New
York. And the inference is not only logi-
cal. but arithmetically exact, that the city
and county of New York, in that year when
we were charged with pcrpetrhting fnuds,
Didn't cast, in comparison with rural and Rad.
icsi counties its full proportion of vote in its
population. And j eau only hope that such Il
table will be scanned by Radicals who ARE not
40 blind, who are not 30 iufuriHtcd 10y their
party malice. which Mr.. O'GuTmHn has spOk.
rn about, that they will omit to see how strong
we stand in uur Argument as rrpcllmg this III.
famous charge Of fraud. in uur election. which
is being made against Ms. Now for the pruC.
teal part uf II. Mr.. Marshal Sharpe has rc.
turned our population at 900 more than II
was in 1860; the Inference, therefore, Is lOgI
cal that we will bU entitled t1 greater major
ity than we had in 1865. Aud we commence
this canvass with the understanding, undcl
such calculation ns that, that We ought, il
we turn ont the voting population, to give
majority 1000 or b,OOO greater than we gay,
Gov. Hoffman in 1868. And il we increase
that majority by 1000 or 5000 more. rs W,
will he entitled 10 under this aTithmcticnl cal
culation, then we shall elect Gov Hoffman by
the largest ma ority which any State in tn,
Union over gave any such ticket.