New-York tribune., 1872-08-15
ADMINISTRATION TACTICS.


| GRANT pARTIsANs CHARGING EACH OTHER WITH
| FRAUD-THE ELECTION LAW OPENLY DiSRE-
GARDED.
(PRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSRl
! WILMINGTON. Aug. 12.-The Grant party has
an honest majority OF more than 1000 negroes IN thS
New Hanovor) county A fusion OF the Conservatives
with some Republican boters in 1870. reduced this ma
ory to s7 and correspondingy strengthened Shpp ana
Wodde This year the Grant party again had rival can
ddates for county honors the field but, though many
Conservatives voted the Republican boilers county
ticket very few negroes supported Merrimon ana Wad
dell and so Administration recovered about haf OF
what 1t lost two years st their majority Is nearly
200 less than they actually entitled to aud less thah
they will carry the county by in November unless the
efforts now akDg bring the dscontented element
into the Liberal Republican party succeeds. IL Is De-
canse Of the triangular nature OF this contest that the
charges OF Illegal registration in this city most loudly
made by one faction the Grant against tho other
| REPEATED VIOLATIONS THE ELECTION LAW.
The new election law OF North Carolina Is very e1pcit
in its terms regarding times and places OF regisra
ton 1t the registrars TO keep open their DOCKS
between the hours of sunrise and sunset on each day
Sundays excepted the first Thursday in July 1872
up and including the day preceding the nrst THURSDAY
in August, 1872" Any legal voter might register during
that time and the books always TO be open to the
nspecton OF citizens Of the precinct, who might copy
the names Of persons they desired to challenge or whose
right TO vote they might for any reason suspect Any
other registration than that prescribed by law was man.
| ifesy irregular, and in the opinion OF many lawyers
would vate tho election held under it, Now 1t Is not
denied that the registrars in the Fourth Ward OF this
city kept open their books later than sunset on the DAY
before election The Star OF this city called attention to
| this fact at the time. aud the postmaster, in reply,
printed in The Erenng Post administration organ) the
following card, admitting It, This was repubshed Dy
| The Journal yesterday morning:
| A NEW DoDGE.-Marsha Canaday and myself dld al
| n Eapn
until o'clock This was for the purpose or giving opPor
tuny those who had not registered TO do So ihis
Of business matter of right and interest within inc
land II The star wants to ind new dodge let nun feier
| " 'n0 P'''''e Ed r. BRINK.
The registrar in the Fourth Ward by his own confes-
sion this afternoon, kept his books open until O'CLOCK
ON some evenings and received the Of voters at
these illegal hours. I have seen an affidavit by the
registrar OF the First Precinct the First Ward Of Will
mngton that by direction OF Postmaster Brink and the
limited States Deputy Marshal. Ike kept his book open
after sunset the night before election discovered
| that in the Second Precinct OF the First Waru men
whose names were not on this years registration book
but were found previous lists were allowed TO VOte
The law required the registrars to revise former voting
lists so a. 10 make them contain the names OF all legal
voters living in the precinct election day, and VINO
had been previously registered but where the bound
area Of apv precinct were changed since 1Sl an en-
tirely new registration ordered The necessity Oh
this is apparent. AT the last eiection theIo was o'
one voting place in the First Ward Of wilmington
| now there are two. IL a man was allowed
! IN vote on tho old registration, he might vote
NJ both precincts by registering anew at one and voting
ON the old registration at the other. also found that
nj the same precinct about forty coored boys voted VINO
were not of age Each was challenged, but maze
| oath that he was q years old The chalengers, al
though they knew that the fellows swore to fasehood
did not have legal proof at hand and the votes Oh
| course went in.
| INTIMIDATION AND DOUBLE VOTING"
ain Harnett township in this county ABOUT elght me'
from Wilmington companies OF coored militia were
present at the polls several hours during election Day
gentleman residing in that township was IN winning
ton to-day lie says that these companies came from
onnosie portions of the township The commander OF
one was armed with saber the others carried no arms
in sight The gentleman demonstrated with the cooreu
captoiu who was armed against parading on election
day and the man replied that he had permission IRON
Brink to take his company out Brink the postmaster
at Wilmington and am informed, colonel OF militia
1 The entire vote in Roblnson's precinct brunswick
Comfy. was thrown out by the County Commissioners
FOR irregularities as has before been reported saw
Gentleman to-day who voted in that precinct and who
told me something about the irregularities" there.
number OF negroes who voted at that place were proved
10 have voted also adjoining county In many IN
stances also two State tickets were folded together
showing that they must have been deposited by the
somo man. heard to-day though have no means Of
verying the report that Ezabethtown, the county
scat OF Bladen C0untyJ in 40 instances the second
ballot was folded into the first and that they were all
| counted Gentlemen living in Wilmington, and VINO
any assed every precinct OF Baden County, say that the
Adm nstration gains there cannot possibly be honestly
acco united for This double voting took place also In
| Colum bus County At Pennington shingle and lum-
her precinct where almost every negro voter is en-
Moved by ono Of two gentlemen, the Administration
vote was increased 49, though OF the gentlemen re-
| ferred to assured me to-day that he had no more
men now employed than he had year ago, while
the other had Forty double votes were found
in the balotb this precinct and in counting one OF
| zach doublet was thrown out don't know what the
law reguires I'm such this State. but In other
States where there Is manifest intent 10 defraud Dy
double voting both ballots discarded Witnesses are
ready TO make aidavits that in Masonve precinct IN
New.Hanover County at least six more votes were cast
for Waode for Congress than for Merrmon for Cover
nor Whom the vote counted, there more bal
lots in the than had been registered and whie Mer
rmon was beaten by only IL woes, Wadde was beaten
| by 30. Half dozen white men Who'll voted In that
precinct for Caldwell are 30 much disgnsted with the
osnner IN which the election conducted that they
have declared their 2truasylQa 70 have nothing
/ to do with the Administration psfty.
THE FRAUDS WIDESPREAD.
The result OF single days inquiry, such as have
been able TO make here In Wilmington has convinced
that frauds ana Irregularities OccurTeu III every
county In this vicinity. The instances have given
above are street gossip, but facts which OBJ
| taned from persons who at the polls witnessed
what they related me, and woud have no doubt be
willing TO Testify TO theirI TRUTH before any COM
mtee OF the Legislature. How many Illegal votes we're
this and adjoining counties there is no means Of
asceralnng though Is evident that the numbers must
have been considerable. find the people of Whining
ton undecided TO what 1t is best TO do. One OF the
most eminent lawyers OF the state in conversa-