The New York herald., 1870-10-13
Fixing" TEE ELGCTI0N.

The Last Census Dadge-ltow tho fsndicnIs
Propose to Dsiranciise Legal Voters in
this City--A New Use 10 be Made CT the
Censag Returns.
About three weeks since each Of the Assistant
United States Marshals who have been employed TO
take the census OF the Southern District OF New
York received written notice, signed by one C.
u. Murray requesting them TO call imme
diaely upon him at hts Office, No. Warren
street, rooms Nos. and g. upon business Of import
ance to themselves. Now this, little notice was the
innocent cause OF considerable degree OF alarm
among many OF It's rcclpients for feeling conscious
that they had not done their work In nearly 50 salts
factory and thorough manner as they should have
done, they were very naturally thrown little or
their equilibrium UIoa receiving notice addressed
lii such an official manner as was thus one.
Doubtless many oil them thought Mir. Murray had
been sent here by the Washington authorities TO G-
vcstigate the thousand and one complaints that have
been made against the shameful manner IN which
they have mistaken the ccnsus,<and consequently
they gave No. Warren street as wide berth as
possible. Two or three OF them. in fact actually
Contemplated '.skcdadding' from the city and
Vicinity, and even went SO lar as to pack up
their e Old CARPET I,nS bags q anaod ana inquire the
natey, perhaps, for their friends and nelglbors,
they soon learned, through some OF the others who
had put on bold front ana called upon Mr.. MUIR
ray that that individual did not propose TO do them
any harm, but. the contrary, wished to give
OIL them five dollars cash down for what he termed
q small consideration.
straightway the inevitable carpet-bag was again
r1i1eVcu Ol lis contents, ana the IlL.c excursion
which they had 50 rec ntly ana seriously been con-
tempatirg 10 more northern climes was abandoned,
at least FOR the present.
Eut this Consideration Of Mr.. Murrays for which
he had so many tye-6ollar bills TO distrlbute.-
what could Tie 'gamc' BET Why Just
simply this-Fach man should take q small
blank book which Mr. Murray would give him,
go over Marshal Sharres ONCE, In Chambers
street. and there get the book containing the returns
or population which each had made to that office
and from these returns copy into the small blank
book the naae age, color, place OF birth and resi-
dence Of every male person twenty years Of age
and upwards. for use IN the next election.
or conrse Mr. Murray Is but an agent OF tho Repub-
llcan State Central committee, who furnish the
money which he pays out Tor having the copies
made.
During the next election, on the Sth OF November,
the republicans propose to station man nj each OF
the polls, with copy or the returns for the district
In Which the polls are situated whose business IL
shall be TO challenge each and every voter who
comes up &c deposit his ballot and whose name does
not appear upon said COPY Of census "stnrns.
Now from the loose and inaccurate manner In
which, ii lis well known, the census has been taken
in New York city, there are o great many
legal voters whose names Will not appear upon
these copies Of returns, aud consequently tney VIII,
Notwithstanding they may have been legally regis
tered be challenged. and perhaps wholly prevented
from voting at AL. II THIS programme Is carried
out as ii most assuredly will be, 1t viii be most
outrageous piece or b ness, and II now remains TO
bn seen what measures VIII be taken by tho city ai-
tnorlties prevent the perpetratlon OF this whole
sale GiSfr auciiseMent