The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11
DISTRICT ATTORNEY b. r. TRACY.

United states District Attorney Il. +. Tracy was
found IN his ONCE about o'clock yesterday after
noon by representative or the HERALD. Mr.. Tracy
announced himself very happy To give his views on
the election and reform questions.
"It commences TO look IA though you we're going
70 have q rather lively time or It over here, Mr..
Tracy" remarked the reporter. do you think you
will be able to prove all you charge against the
democracy in this election businessis
..We, we arc going to have lively time OF H.
ana we VIII prove every single charge we have
made against the set OF scoundrels who are ruling
this CITY, Why, last year there were $4,000 votes
cast IN this county, and. If you remember that was
considered large return ana so it was, too, for
that was an exciting canvass aud now this year we
told that 10000 were cast. II 10 not even alleged
that republicans have repeated, aud the demo-
cratic canvassers allow them from $4,000 10
$4,000 votes. We claim that there were not
more than $4,000 legal votes cast IN this county,
therefore every candidate on the republican ticket
Is elected. In every democratic ward where re.
publlcans not protected by the police-and the
police protected republicans very little, ! assure
you-gangs Of ton or twelve repeaters travelled from
dIstric. TO district and voted all day. Last yea1
there 1900 votes cast In tho Second ward, and
this year the democratic canvassers make II appear
that there nave been 2,2l6 cast, an Increase OF
seventy per cent. The Fifth ward returns 1000
more votes this year than last. The sixth and
Twelfth wards have done tho same tnlng. making
than four thousand eNtra votes In these wards
alone. In none Of the republican wards has
the increase been more than five to eight per cent.
In district Of tho ward the inspectors, all OF
whom democrats refused 10 canvass tho
Assembly ticket until the next morning. then
they knew JUST how many votes they wanted To
elect their canddate--l30 were put In. Now, does
II stand 10 reason that $50 men voted the Assembly
ticket 10 none other In tho FIRST district OF thg
Sixth ward there were poed 1919 v0te5-l, l53
democratic and l6T republican. Now, TINS was a the
rate OF Two votes per minute each man
voting eight tickets, during the time tho
poll was open. Now we Will show
by persons who were there That 1t was not crowded
at any time ana That Intervals oi several minutes
| elapsed when there were NOS any votes cast. We
viii also prove that there were 800 names put on tho
| books before the polls were opened. All oil these
500 names Were written IN one hand and all voted
the fun ticket After these 500 names the hand
men DO not vote---al OF them--the full ticket. One
man tells me that he was ut the pol as soon az II
opened ana voted NJ once ana now ms name
appears on the poll book as the 81 tn voter.n
swell, Mr.. Tracy, you said, believe that the
police force did not render any projection to the
republican vOtcrsf'
!. "Ycs str / said So They not only did not render
any protection republicans, hui they ana III some
cases assist the repcaters Alderman Weeks, or inc
Twenty first ward, says he saw man vote In MS
own district ana then get Into carriage WIN cap
tain Mclaughlin. OF the police force, anu drive IN
another district ana vote thcren
III you contest his election, Mr.. Tracy, do you
think YOU VIII succeed IN having the certificate
given TO the republican candidates ~
''YOu may be sure We VIII, and not only that, DuG
W,yu bring every one Of these repeatcrs ana ballot
box 70 Justice We VIII make this the dear
est lob for them t9ey ever undertook"