New-York tribune., 1870-11-12

| ,,o,ors has complained that ne "as P'oo'""0"
from registering, or, being duly registered from
voting as he deemed best.
But. in spite Of our Republican fcnds ana
ouarrels. which impellcd the nomination OF
rival Republican candidates IN several districts
and 40 paralyzed us that full quarter of our
yotes were not polled, Hoflman's majority In
1870 xas reduced by no less than 1900 votes
We believe he had as many legal votes as In
1893 vet his aggregate in tho City Is cut down
more than 25OOO votes, In defiance OF the
nost desperate efforts and lavish expcndi-
ture of public money. There were not
less than Ten Thousand men receiving
pay from the City's treasury when our
late election was held who would not
have. been on the City's pay-rolls mad
there been no election this Fall. Boulevards.
street-swoeping, strecs-Opening, street-paVng
with Nioolson or other devices, Central Park,
Crot0n water--in short, everything MUNICIPAL
were made to swell the long array OF Tam
many electioneers and voters. And yet, with
all manner of drumming, cannOnading, rocket
firing, and immense outdoor meetings night
after night, Hoffman's vote is reduced from
1852 to not far from $4,000.
How ven0mOus, how reckless OF appear
ances, this has made our Democratic oraclcs
and wire-wOrkers The World evinecs as fol-
lows
"PoLITICs IN THE r0sT-0rPICB
"An article In The Freeman's Journal brings charge
against the administration Of tho PostOce IN this city
which even those who most fully convinced OF the
willingness of Radical officials in all departments to pros
tute their positions for party purposes will find 1t diff
cult to believe And 1t IL yet made In such circumsan-
tal manner that the officials inculpated VIII hnd IL I'M
possible 20 disregard It, Tho charge is that tho letter
carriers have intrusted with dccoy letters intended
10 enrap persons ho might hare registered under false
names or false addresses To sustain IT. 1t Is alleged
that tho sworn testimony OF letercarrier can DO
adduced II necessary and that the name OF the witness
would be given but that he would infalhbly lose his
place his revelation traced TO him. our authority
very well exposes the utter futty OF the device alleged
70 have beon adopted toward the prevention OF raudu-
lent voting But that is not the main point The ques-
ton IT, supposng the charge to be true. whether officials
intended the whole public of New-fork shall be
employed at the public expense 10 promote he Interests
Of q small faction IN it, Obviously they cannot DO
set upon such o service without detriment to their
important duties. 1t Is alleged that serious detri-
ment has In fact occurred charge made hke
this one is entitled to attention. from whatever quarter
IL comes The popular Indignation which drovea British
Postmaster General from Office for tampering with pri-
yate spOndence when he had the excuse OF dsn
terested desire for tho public safety will bo intensified III
It shall he discovered that EewYork postmaster mas
employed the machinery Of his Office to the delay OF the
correspondence which his business was to see promptly
transmitted in spying out the ways of suspected men,
wh no other ezeu,e desire for personal or partisan
success The only way In which to renstae the Post
Office IN public confidence Is for the post officials to ehal
enge and insist upon Investigation Of the grave
| charges made against them"
Comments by The Tribune
| We t1ust the "New-York Postmaster" Will
preclude all necessity for investigation" by
| frankly proclaiming that he did everything
! in his power to detect repeaters and other
| fraudulent voters, prevent the consummation
of their criminal intent, or (where this proved
| impossible) bring them to condign punishment.
At all events, ace should do exactly that If We
stood In his shoes. 1t is the duty OF every
GOOD citizen to do all he can to prevent
the pollution Of the fountain of republican
rule by illegal voting; it is more especially
| the duty of those in authority to do TINS.
| A postmaster who would not do his best TO
| reduce illegal voting to minimum ought to
be ANONYMOUSLY kicked out. The repeater ia
| a public enemy. He is felon and traitor
as dangerous as and baser than any rebei
armed to subvert by bloodshed our republican
liberties. lie ought to be hunted down like
wolf and made to realize that his crime IL re-
garded with universal detestation and abh0r-
ence Yet here is q great party, which
hires cunning lawyers to pettifog the case
of these villains and exhaust every legal quib-
bic in the hope of screening them from justice
Ia il not clear that they who do this are
morally as guilty as the criminals they con-
spire to shield from punishment 7 Who does
not see that the party which thus makes itself
the accomplice and fence" of repeaters knows
right well that they are its useful servitors
and that it is their partner in guilt