New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-09
THE NFW-UdVEN VILLAINY.

That fraud has been perpetrated In counting
the votes polled in the WITH Ward Of New
Haven at the late election is undoubted. The
check list shows that but 1874 votes were
polled, yet the returns for Jewell and English
together foot up 1874. There is no room for
dispute as to the fact that the return did not
truly state the result of the poll. Thereupon
the Republicans unanimously say, Let us slit
/" this matter to the bottom. and ascertain
"what is the right of the case.n "Nol mop
respond the Democrats " don't investigate
"you can't 90 behind the returns Even
Though those returns show on their face that
/" they are false, they are nevertheless con-
"clusive.o
Can any one doubt that they knO,c that the
truth would show them defeatedf
AS was stated in our last, there is no ques-
ton or doubt as to the votes in that Ward
for the candidates not borne on the State
Ticket They are as follows:
Representatives.. ..Repub- 5a DEM OH
assessors. ...Repub.. 80 Dein'' oa
Board Of Relief...... .Repub.. 500 Dem 600
The above are votes whose accuracy IS I'M
disputed And yet it is pretended that the
whole Democratic State Ticket received lOo
more and the entire Republican State Ticket 1OO
less than their fellow candidates on all the other
tickets! Who believes it'll
The Worlds correspondent says:
"A fmsy pretext trumpcd up by the Radical papers
IL that the rs for English found In the baotDox
are too many the Democratic Legislative ticket
poled but about 6ls votes in the Fourth Ward But
can be proved beyond question that scores of Republic
cans voted for English They supported their own Leg
sative ticket but voted for Mr.. English instead of Mr.
Jewell for Governor The Nep-Haren Register rsports
at least thirty OF these is nothing unusual Tor
Mr. English ahead of his ticket. He is the most
popular man in the State irrespective of partisan con-
siderations."
Here you see the pretext is that "scores of
Republicans voted for English" few did,
and the true return shows it-English having
IA more votes than any other candidate on
the Democratic State Ticket But did ALL the
Democratic State ticket run one hundred ahead
of their party strength? 1t is not Engllsh's
vote ahead of his ticket-it is the vote returned
for the ,chole Democratic State Ticket ahead of
the Democratic vote on every other ticket, and
ahead of their party strength at this or any
former election, that proves the fraud.
The same correspondent says:
"The Radical smelling committee from the Legislature
have been in deep consultation to-day. They evidently
nonpussed Some enraged Radical started the idea OF
canvassng the Ward and soaring up 5s men to make a
davit that they voted for Jewell This however, would
be "A farce aside from the fact that the committee are
clothed with power to do such thing and that 1T
could have legal significance whatever 1t is notorious
that thousand such adayit be forthcoming If the
committee are willing to pay for them. The committee
will reassemble officially tomorrow and we shall know
then what they have decided to do"
Bear in mind that no man voted whose
name was not on the checklist, and that the
aflidavits of others would answer no purpose.
New Haven is not so large that men could
make atfidavits that they voted as Peter Jones
or Richard Roe when Peter Jones and Richard
Roe are OH hand to expose and confute their
perjury. To say that thousand of the regis
tered and well known electors of that Ward
could be induced to swear that they had voted
for Jewell, when in fact but 419 did so, is to
libel the citizens of New-Haven very foolishly
Those who are trying to get at the bottom
of this dark business, and ascertain just what
is wrong and how its correction will affect
the result, deserve the praise of all good citi-
zens and champions of the purity of elections.
There are others who seek to middle, to be-
fog, to cover up, to prove that the truth can
not be ascertained-that returns cOnfesSedly
false must be accepted as conclusive.
Can any one hesitate between these