Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-19
The State House Row Exposed
How the Philadelphia Radical Ring
Carried the Elections,
From the Prsss Of '9-6au.
SIGNIFICANT RESULT IN PHILADEL-
PHIA.

FROM the Ffess Of '9-GqB.
SIGNIFICANT RESULT IN PHILADEL-
PHIA.
The Return Judges yesterday met and de-
claTed the official result Of Tuesdays election
in this city. The majority for the new cosnli-
tuition proves 10 be "a, l20 instead Of 1884,
which was the summoning up of the ward
msjorlies furnished to the Mayors Office,
and thence to the newspapers Tuesday even
ing.
The history Of this election, including the
extensive false counting planned beforehand,
the different sets Of ward returns during the
day, showing rapidly increasing majOriIies in
favor OF the new organic law as the futility OF
any practicable frauds became more aud more
apparent, and finally this last and probebly
correct result constitute altogether q most sig
nihcant commentary upon the system by which
Philadelphia has been governed for several
years past. This series Of conflicting results,
We regret to say, strongly confirms the charges
OF wholesale manipul alton which have been
frequently made II shows the supreme Deces-
Sity Of the reform measures which are the con-
spicuous features Of the new constitution aud
must intensity the rcjoicings Of every honest
citizen at our escape.
Lale Monday night men in the con 6dence Of
the powers that lCcre boasted exultingly that any
possible majority the rest of the State might
give In favor of ratification could be more than
counterbalanCed here They openly proclaimed
that the city could be made TO give opposition
majority Of 10000 il necessary, aud in some
quarieTs, even 10000 waa mentioned as a not
impossible figure. These boasts we're made,
too, in the face Of the notorious fact that there
ives no considerable opposition among the
people of either party. The inference is obvious.
But the events OF The following day prove the
nature of the reliance.
| The first returns from the Mayors office, at
one o'clock on Tuesday showed a majority oI
5400 against the constitution, in the Nineteenth
ward. This was subsequently, corrected in
part, at least. and largely reduced, the small
msjorities returned for the instrument in all
the other wards, except the Tenth, being at the
same time considerably increased. But even
after all pretended corrections, the Nineteenth
ward was returned on the evening Of election
day as giving $50 against the constitution. By
the official returns the same ward is found tC
have cast majority Of 1851 for The instrument
! he changes in the other wards are sufficient tC
make up difference Of over 900 in the tota
msjorily OF this city
There could be no clearer evidence of ihI
fact that the vote of Philadelphia has, of late
been returned at whatever figures snited tbs
necessities Of the political leaders. They have
J heen able TO produce msjorities 10 order, ant
thus completely nuliify the will of the sOVer
eign people, The new constitution aims a de
strucliVe blow at this vast eugnery, and it need
only few finishing strokes from the people t.
bury il beyond resurrection. A new registr!
law is inevitable in the interests of honest elec
tions, and iftbe same overwhelming popula
sentiment which carried through The conslitu
tion shall now be brought to bear upon th
Legislature, which is soon TO meet its demand
. will be obeyed aud the work Of reform auspi
ciously begun