, 1870-05-20
TEE ELECTION IN NEW YORK
CITY.

TEE ELECTION IN NEW YORK
CITY.
| Ekercnt1rE-Th Colorcd Voters =
Wonlan,s Rights.
A REPUBLICAN ACCOUNT.
From. uie .yetc lIork 1fn,es, Hay 1a
Those Of our citizens who had occssion to
! the quiet that prevailed in the various wards
and election districts, the lick of all excite
| mont or apparent interest in the election, and
| tho absence Of the crowds that usually tlronG
about tie polling places on election day, will
be astonished at Tie heavy vote that is return
the rot@ fnp- Thoy, will scarcely be-
love tla9 &kpf yesterday only lacks
tlrce or fou9 nd OF being tie heaviest
ever cast in al And yet, il the returns
are correct, such q the fact. The vote last
November, which was the largest ever cast in
the city, footed up lit, ,373- The 1ote returned
at yesterdays election will fall little short Of
liz, ,0G0. This can only DO accounted for on the
theory that more yotes found their way into
the ballot-box than there were men who went
to the polls, or clso that there vera moro
counted than were taken from the boxes. This
| theory is borne ont By various facts and fg-
uIes connected with the registration, Which
prove clearly that there must have been an
| immense deal Of double voting on the part of
citizens or double counting on the part Of
| inspectors. Take the Fifth Wand for example.
| The total number of votes registered in that
ward at the election last November Was 1856.
At tho December election following ifty-two
more names we're added to the registry. Dur
ing the present month 1909 more names were
added, making altogether 4,695. Tho Soto re-
only 321 less than tho entiro registered nun,-
Der for lust November, December, and tho
present mouth Of May added together. The
deaths and removals from the ward since No
vembcr last, in the ordinary course Of events,
ought TO lave been at least double that num-
beT, and there il no doubt whatever that llun-
drcds Of votes were pollcd or counted in the
ward Tint were never cast by the men whose
names are on the registry. A similar state OF
facts exists in several other wards, proving
conc1usivcly that the grossest frauds were per
petrated in yesterdays election.
In view Of the exposure Of the grosB slec-
lion frauds in this city at the last fall election
frauds that were fully admitted and con-
demued by both factions of the Democratic
party in the halls of the Legislature last win
terit was not generally supposed that they
would ko again resortcd to at this election.
cd, as they did last November, that their own
candidates as well as their opponents might
be made to suffer from these frauds, they de-
mauded that repeating should be stopped" !"
Tho nti-Iammany factions Of the Domocra-
CT, who claimed that they had been forced into
Tie business in order to fight the devil with
| Lis own weapons, nlso echoed the demand
that '"Tepeating must be stopped" And get
| in no election for years past has the busi-
ness OF repeating been carried on in moro
I open and shameless manner than it was yes
terday- The police made not the slightest
effort to prevent it, though they saw it done
continually before the1r eyes. and they &C
tualIy refused to arrest men for doing it
Wien called upon by citizens and even A1agis-
trates, snying that they had been placed un-
der the orders Of the Inspectors, and would
make no arrests unless requested to do SO by
them. ....-.
In the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh,
Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Seventeenth Wards,
gangs of repentcrs marched to and fro from
ono poll to another al day long, without tho
slightest indifference from tho police, In
.ome cases they wouid walk out of tho polling
places into the middle of tho street, and there,
IN the face and eyes Of the police, would
change their coats and hats, and rccciv--, ,,o;-
names and directions from the lezt:sr o ~ . w.
gangs before starting for r. next noii 10 re-. re-.
peat their ballots. ..oi only the policn butthe
N 1eapee1olo! Elections were perfectly cognizant
y <s,c1f dolngs, and so far from making any
effort to prevent the frauds, in many cases
tn ey facilitated their ircorasnission, and apPe.Ivd
to be in full sympathy and co11usion with the
reporters. In the First District OF tbs Fourth
Ward the frauds wero SO dagrant that ono Of
the poll clerks became appalled, as their enor-
Judge Bos~orth's Office to relate his expert
ence. He stated that lie had seen ono man
with club foot vote si1 times without ques-
ton from the Inspectors; th8t he had been
called on to record five men named
Powers as having voted, when the registry al
with the general fact, that whereas the regis
hy contained 200 names, at 101< o'clock 500 OF
these Ind been voted, and no check Whatever
had been4cpt upon the registry Commits
nloners brennan and Napierre visited the poll
ing place Of tho district, and became 10
charges, that upon their return the Inspectors
we're sn1nmarilv dismissed and other men mp
pointed, with the hope that they would profe
better ones.
The question will naturally occur to every
reader how such men came to be appointed
Inspectors OF Election or why they we're not
taken into custody by Commissioners Brennan
and ManierTe after their rascality was thus
plainly demonstrated, instead Of being merely
suspended. This question tho Commissioners
may pefhnps be able TO answer The question !
viii naturally be asked, too, 1ho paid these re-
peaters, for they certainly do not do that kind
arc enabled this time to tx the re-
eponeibility where it belongs. None I
Of the Democratic factions o.
posed to Ta1n1nany Hall, neither tho Young I
M Demperaey," nor tho "pemossatie Union,"
ct in The field, and therefore had no motive for
employing 1epeaters. Unless they were e1n-
ployed BY the Republican party, which no enc
pretends. they must hare been employed bg
Iammany Hall, ard the election frauds yester-
iay n1e tc be set down as another specimen OF
tie borsted A' reforms" that Reconstructed |
lammany promised to inaugu1ste under thu
lew charter. |
Justice Hogan, rho resides in Morris street.
ciTst Ward, presented himself at the First
LECTION District, yesterday morning, for the
purpose OF depositlng his vote. While await
'ased to hear strange man announce himself
s Edward Hogan, and proceed to vote in his
aEe. Judge Hogan Immediately challenged
[:e rete, but tho Inspector refused to notico
lie cliA 1lenge, and deposited the vote Of the
cpeater IN the ballot-box- Tho Magistrate
eater, when the policeman refused to do 20
Mess directed By the Inspectors, under whose
rlers he said he Tas placed. Justice Hogan
as, therefore, cheated ont Of his vote, and.
though he WIS, could obtain no re-
resE. {
Probably the most Jealous class Of voters in {
le city yesterday was tho newly enfranchised :
lacks They seemed to appreciate fully the :
nportance Of their new responsibilities, and :
~ few of them neglected to have their :
ames registered The whole number recis- =
red WAS about 3. .oo0, and, with very few e1- ],
ptions, they voted the Republican ticket.
fact, in the district of the city whcro their
lmbet is tho greatest, including large nor &, o
IN of the Eighth Ward, one colored man only T.
Is suspected by the knowing ones of being :.
creant to the friends Of his race, and voting =
til the Democracy, and even with regard to = :,
1ly and obtained their ballots, md, With =
ide Of their new citizenship strong upon :, y
EN-, marched confidently to the polls. and, {
r the first time IN their lives, exercised tho y
;ht which marks their political equality With ~ ~
Q white race In several Of the election dis g.
r distributing Republican votes, and n
,ere they. had not, they found no Q,
hculty in obtaining the requisite ammuni- =.
= for tho party contest, and were seen safe ~ ~
through by their brother Republicans. No ~ ~
position vas shown on the part Of tho rough -
.ment Of tho unteuifed Democracy to IN
'fere with their exercise of the privilege nf pt
ting, Tor, as tley we're modestly content " "
III casting their ballots once, they were rot ~ ~
,,alded as very formidable riya1s. Tho DOLL ~ ~,
''-places at which they voted we're among ~ -
4u1etest and moft orderly in the city. "
gned at the Jefferson and Essex Parket Po- "
Courts, yesterdsy, for Illegal voting, was ~ ~
eedinglT limited, and in view Of thn vast III
~ OF repeaters who crowded the different =:
Ang-bootha and the apparently efficient ~ Il,
asures which were nade for it's detecfon. "
very surprising, and IVES the cause Of 80
arnent in each court. The total uumber on on
ught ag up at Jefferson Market ras ten, Of IN IN
J five we're conyictei md ,,a,5 - r. eaesa ye.
ex Market Police Court there were aiY =
ice they were admitted ~ hi ~ pbsJts u sui
RED to have been always prepared at 10 tiol
Ut distance from tho PRECINCTS nj fha Govt Lie
prisoners we're Of that parficn1s, ~ o1.s. jur
ch are inseparable from noiit;c.1 Tro. s1ass tlii
and seemed to be possessed Of alf Tia
nent characteristics that distinguish the;r MI
'ciatcs- There mas an exception, however. A1'
le casee OF three colored nenn1a xhn Tar