Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
The New York Election.

The following dispatches show
the preparation for enforcing the
law in New York City against the
threatened resistance of Gov. Hotf-
man and the Tammany ring:
New YORK, Oct. %.
Attorney General Alderman has
established his headquarters at the
Astor House, where he will remain
until after election to pronounce up
on all questions of law that may
arise. He is instructed to see that
all the rights of the citizens are re-
spected, and that the authority of
the United States Government is
maintained in all its integrity. He
was in consultation with United
States Senator Conkling yesterday,
and the Senator subsequently re-
marked that the determination was
to enforce the act of Congress at all
hazards. No doubtful or questiona-
BILE power will be assumed by the
officers, but they will enforce such
processes as they are assured they
will be sustained in executing. The
preparations for this purpose are
being perfected every day, and there
will be no lack of authority to back
up the officers. The sth United
States Infantry will arrive in New
York harbor toni ght from Charles
ton. This regiment is about 600
strong and will be reinforced by
400 recruits who await its arrival.
1t will find its quarters on one of
the islands in the East river, and
when the emergency is over will
proceed to the Canadian frontier to
go into winter quarters. Other for
ces of considerable strength will
find it convenient to concentrate in
the vicinity of New York during
the next two weeks, and though few
people will probably ever see them,
the fact that they are on hand will
be consoling to one party and will
exercise wholesome constraint up
on the evil doors Of the other.
The United States officers charged
with the duty of executing the laws
of Congress for the preservation Of
the purity of the ballot, mean bust
ness this time, and the Government
means to sustain the Attorney Gen
eral, who telegraphed to the Presi
dent last evening that matters were
quiet in this city, snd that the re-
sistcncc on Monday was not of a
serious character.
Secretary Robson left this city
on Monday.
The naval forces at Brooklyn and
upon the waters Of New York Har-
Dor will be held in readiness to sus-
tain the officers in executing pro-
cesses and enforcing the laws. There
is no backwardness anywhere.
The following special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Gazette gives a faint
indication of the necessity for all
this preparation:
New YORK, Oct. 24.-Manv peo-
pile are predicting a terrible riot on
election day, owing to the dctermin
alton of the Government to have an
honest election. Troops are being
assembled here from several places
along the Atlantic coast, and will
be distributed so as to come into
speedy use in case they are wanted.
Many revolvers have been sold
within the last ten days, and the
roughs in the interest of Tammany
threaten to make muss in ease
their cherished liberties of repeat
ing are intertercd with.
Theodore Allen, a shoulder-hit
ting gentleman, formerly Tamma-
ny Democrat repeater, but now an
earnest Republican, was arrested
Saturday, on charge of perjury,
dating back to 1869. Allen publish
es statement, denying the charge
against him, and says the arrest
was for political purposes, to keep
him from exposing Tammany Sc
crets- lie says "Senator Norton
colonies forty or fifty repeaters in
his house every election, and has
them vote for him early and often
When the registry closed in my dis
trict last year there were only 255
voters registered, but s65 votes
were pollcd. | canvassed the dis
trict myself, and found there were
really only 1874 legal voters. In the
whole ward there are only about -
900 legal voters, and about $500
votes were polled. But this year l
mean to cut the votes down to their
legitimate number, and | shall pay
particular attention to Norton's
house, My arrest will do Norton
and his party more harm than he
supposes.' The Republicans and
the Young Democrats are working
together to prevent Tammany frauds
but thus far they have made n, ar
engagements to vote the same ticket.