New-York tribune., 1872-10-11


to make the cheating little less apparent, has been
finally ns1 al 76ls7 to save the wages Of members OF
the Ring, who had made bets that the PenitentaIy
candidate would ahead OF his ticket, and that 10
would have more than 10000 majority in this city, 10
say that this result has honestly obtained would be
TO insult the OF every who knows any
thing about Philadelphia politics; and the worst OF II
all that respectable solid merchants aud bank
OF the Quaker CITY, TO whom the people look as e1-
ampes Of honor and ntegrty, not only know how the
will of the people has been subyorted but their sense on
political morality has teen bunted that they have
conniyed at t-subscribed their money to help accom-
plish It,
Nobody in this city pretends that the election on Tues
day honestly fairly conducted or that the ballots
were rightly counted The evidence OF fraud is found In
the returns themselves. III there was weak man
on the Grant Cameron ticket It he whose name was
at its head while great part OF the strength OF the LID
eTal ticket given 10 1t by the name OF BuckaleW
think IL needs argument TO prove that honest
Democrats, whatever they might think OF the
action Of the Baltimore Convention. and how
ever they might intend to vote in Novem-
Der, could have motive Tor deserung
Buckalew and voting for Hartranft II is surpositon
that shocks the sense. If the case had been
reversed and Buckaew character had been proved TO
be as bad Harranfts; IL IL had been noooSs"ry to
pardon Penitenary convict in order to get witness
TO prove his honesty and IL even that witness had re-
fused to swear the statement TO which he put his
name, while his opponent had kept himself pure
through long years Of public service, and
earned the reputation OF being an honest man
and statesman, might have expected TO see ms po
tcal friends desertng him and going to the other SIDE
But Hartranft did not have the entire support even OF
his own party. Three formidable organizations that
have heretofore acted with the Republican party re-
fused to vote for him--the Liberal Republicans
led by Col. McClure the honest Grant he
pubcans led by Col. FOrney and the Municipal REFORM
Association These all supported Buckalew and two oi
them exerted their influence for the election OF hercu
to be Supreme Court Judge, ard yet in spite OF these
facts Hartranft reported running ahead OF tho re-
mainder of the cket-ahead even Of Mercur, who has
the respect and confidence Of all honest members OF his
party.
Need tell you how this was donei The whole nefa-
rious plan was spread before the country days
before the election and letters from this city already
printed have given Of the particulars. In the first
place. repeating and ballotbOx sufing was never so
boldly and openly carried before even I'm this city
Gangs Of repeaers from New-York and other states
and from certain wards m IN TINS iG Gy' ~ % "Iio votGr
during the day from 10 TO ~ tines they were protected
by the police and United states Deputy Marshals, anu
sometimes led by the former in citizens dress Ihey
voted early in the morning on the names OF wen Known
the polls and reateDed with arrest lor Iepea51ns
they insisted their right TO vote learned toda OF
personally known to every one OF the GdGo'i9n n
officers, and a Republican VINO, lniehha.eeu 70 ~
scratch Harrauts name from MS lchet, Iouhu
had een voted on by REPEATER he insisted on his right
to vote and went the City Hall TO get the opinion OF
the State Attorney ana or one or inc Judges
Armed with these, which were favorable 10 hs cla ne
returned to the poll and found that during MS aDSehcS
a second repeater had voted on his name. There
was not In the whole city, probably, sllgle
precinct in which this false personaon was not carried
on to greater less extent and IN some wards the
fraudulent thus east amounted TO thousands Men
bought they never were before. Ihcre are, IN
market aud for sale. The Democratic organiza-
tion IN the campaign now closed was less compact
II haep ne
seeing that they could hope for nothing in their
party sold out" Cameron and company hud tho
money and were ready pay any price. On the other
have ALWAYS been most active IN elections
entirely in their power. nave been told to-day that
tee was q member OF the Whisky Ring, ana that
the statement which Mara has made contains
serious charges against him Ihls STATE nent
was used 10 force him to the support oI
Hartran1t. the alternative being prose,
cution in which he would not have United
States Dstnct-Attorney swope TO defend MN; oiher
''keep quiet" aud their eutenans bought over 10 the
support OF the Ring Grant implicated ny TINS same
statement of Maras were protected Di the ohleu
Government through Its representative, e"obe, VINO
defends Mara in return for the affidavit
thus Grants Administration takes criminal
aud extOrts from him statement lmplcailng ieang
members Of both parties. For that paper the United
States DstricAttcuey comes from Pittsburgh to Phlla
delpha TO defend the criminal holds IL Ia hTTorem over
n threatening prosecution IL they dare TO oppose
tie Ring and threatens Mara with the Penentlary II ne
allows a word about the Grant Republicans VINO aided
abetted him ia crime ana VINO were canddates IOr
office, escape his lips. shameful history was
never written Finally there was false counting such
a was never known before. The evidence OF tls lsaso
atent Three paI ate majorites returned after
The been counted the Ring being unable 10 ue
termine what figure TO place II. What is TO De done
about iti That question only be answered atef the
smoke of the battle has more nearly cleared away
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