New-York tribune., 1874-07-03
PHILADELPHIA RING FRA DD5.

LEONARD MYERS ACCEPTS THE CoNGhbSSioNAh
NOMINATION or THE BOLTING CONVENTION
HIS EXPOSURE OF The MEANS BY WHICH HE "A'
pEFRAUDED OF THE REGULAR NOMINATION.
[FRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or ii'h mn
PHILADELPHIA, June 30, 1sH.-Leonard My
ora publshes letter In the Sunday papers ana n ."o
daIes OF this morning in which he accepts tne hon"
alton of the Bolting Convention In the fHth Ooee-
sono, Dstrict and claims to be the regular bepnoc""
o,,ae The grounds OF his complaint against the pro-
fossedy regular Convention which nominated the HON.
Alfred Harmer were stated In briefl In IiE IRibOhb VI
Saturday. The following extracts from DIS iet'er VIII
show more fully the nature OF the frauds which he says
were practiced to rob him OF the nomination III Is
worth reading by people not particularly Interested III
our local politics as showing what farce nominating
conventions are in city ruled by Ring mr' hyers
says:
rule OF orr party lately adopted renders 10 obiga,
tory to accept the credentials OF delegate when sgeu
by two out OF three OF the election officers f0r lne 9
time in the history OF the Republican or any other party
the Convention cannot be the Judge or the "
its own members III the majority OF the election oeeIs
make fa se retufn the Convention Is p0weres 10 OK
anime into or redress 1t. AntiAmerIcan ana an,i, ~
Republican as this rule Is, these po.ters deterlheu 10
accent when wrong could be done. and dlsregardeu
when suited them; and with TINS ehd IA view my oo 20
very heavily upon having only certain humoer Vi
delegates In the wards where they had control.
In tho Twenty-dith ward six OF my deleg2tes pre-
sentcd credentials signed by all the officers. Inc hA
ecutiye Committee cOOy refused to counterslSn nhe
as they did in the OF two In the T"enyhrh msto
and gave certificates the defeated candidates one OF
WHOM his honor be 1t sald refused to accept tle m
suit But in the Nineteenth Ward where the scneuis i
was unexpectedly frustrated by the drawing OF Idr
Committee they insisted that their frauduen returns
than l6 in number must under me rnI, ~ We lc
crpied as final because signed by majority Oh Tue to
ton officers and 1t was the refusal OF the lehS VI y
opponent In the Convention 10 auinit hupel a.,
signed by all the election 0ihcers whlch ntst alouSou
your own Just Indignation and that OF the Convention
II they could be excluded because the Executive CoIn
mjttecs had illegally refused to "cOunersgn ther GER
tho rtIe
delegates from the Nineteenth Ward, some legally
ons Pet a Should have been excluded
in that Ward the Executive Comhite9 @ onit.o1 a. w W
dId not have majority III humoer VI an 'H'
In the second division Of the Eighteenth Ward the
LOCAL officers were driven away by violence. aud the
whole conduct OF the election fraud In the tnir-
teenth division OF the Twenydfth Ward, WITHIN rev
minltes from the closing OF The poll the officers an
nounced votes had been cast being far III excess
cate tI the humber of votes poed my In the
sixteenth division OF the Twenty-SecoDd Mdru poico
0ihcer acung Inspector stuffed the oai0t-V8A, AZ
Inc twenty first division OF the Twenty-hith War1' a
police officer. acting as officer OF the elec1ion WIZ h
violently elected my watcher, anu theh a@itcIeu @ INC ene
returns. and other police officers III tue stue WIZ AoPS
voters the p6 81 one instance lh'stlug p nO,u
ing the election where his fraud could be- anu was,
better perpeirated. 49, ,,,.
But TIC carnival Of crime was in the Nineteenth Ward
There Ring had arranged TO win AT any and al hd1
ards. la Thirty y-hfth Division OF the Hlheteentu
ward, after brutay ASSUMING inc Watcner 1 na1 ap
pointed and waiting hour after the polls Closed 10
hopes he would leave, united otaIcs Ch-'el openly
nj c1 "A arg
box took out aud pockcted p;.nber Of my OVID. ana
the delegate OF his choice was al once declared elected
In many Instances the 0:fcers refused 10 allow my
watcher In the room, being In the Eleventh Dvlsion
of the Twentytbird Ward, where he was excluded for
half hour, during which time 3J vOes were pQieu lor
their delegate, most OF them Illegally. In stll Qtber
divisions the figures were reversed III order 10 deeat
my friends,
Mr. Myers has been twelve years Congress- and his
record Is that of faithful and credtable representa-
tive distinguishing himself chiefly by his vigant care
tnfe NJ he
sents One would suppose that o column letter from
such man. charging frauds and violence IN the prl-
maries and the convention in his district would receive
great OF attention from the newspapers OF the city,
As have not one OF them has line about
it. "Mum" is the word all around. Myerss manifesto
is printed as advertisement aud Is not even referred
to as a matter of local This is shabby treat
ment after his long service to his party, but
SO long as the RiDg helped elect him, term
he had nothing to against It's Weiknown
iniquites. Nobody heard him protesting against the
Daot-5ox stufng and falsfcaon OF election returns
which gave the city to Harranft In 1872 when 1t voted
for Buckalew, nor was his voice lifted in behalf OF
reform in February in the desperate efforts made by
the Ring to perpeuate its power Now 1t is his OK that
is gored and the poor realizes at last what cor
rupt heartess INSCRIPTIONS organization 1t Is that he
has training with all these years. All would have
gone smoothly with him, and he would no doubt have
kept right along approving Ring candidates until the
final breakup which will inevitably come, sooner
or later, IL the apportiOnment had not con-
soidaed MIN and Congressman Harmernt0 one district
1t requires small amount of courage TO decare war
against this powerful and arrogant organization, and
Mr.. Myers exhibits the first requisite or reiOrmer.
Besides has fair play his side Ii the Ring had
kept its hands off aud permitted the voters to settle the
quarrel between him and Harmer lie would undoubtedly.
have come long way ahead Another point In his
favor s that he has ability as representative
than his competitor. While not ranking among the
leading members Of the House. he is active worker
and can his views upon the floor with cOnsd-
cradle force; while Mr liumer Is never ueard except
in response to the roil-call.