, 1875-04-29
"CHEATINu or BOTH srDfg !"

| CHEATING or BOTH s1DEs."
Tho organs OF tho conspiratora l,ayo veeretl
around on new tack. Unablo to deny the
! overwhelming evidences Of Wholesale frauds
| committed Inst Friday, they now sing ont In
chorus that both sides cleasctl, both sides
+ stuffed the bal1ot-boxcs. One Of them says +:
That frauds were committed in The election Last
Friday IL not improbable. There has probably naror
beeu held Al clacsion In this etly In which fTs's WIRE
mt committed. And many elections hett in this city
could be cited tn which the fsauds committed wers far
mora glazing, pnipahle, snd nndenablc, than they
were in the chsyter ncction The election t1,e frat
| Tuesday tn this month furnishes such csae.
| Do tho frauds committed on the frat Tnca-
day In this mouth at the town elections fur
nisll A justification for the lnonstrouB ballot
box stuf!lng committed on tho fourth Friday
Of the snme month? The frauds practiccd Mt
the town elections were undoubtedly I'M
mcnse in mnny Of the wards, but tho matter
in issue was SO slight TINT nobody felt Bslfll-
cicnt interest therein to contest them. hut
Mt last Fridays election the question at iasue
WINS city charter, which ia very important
matter, rs It affects the whole city for many
ycar,-how many no ono can tell.
Tho Ring organ undertakes to cast s,ls-
picion on the purity Of tho election in tho
Sixth Ward; MISC in tho Fourth, Fifth,
Twelfth, Fifteenth, and Seventeenth Wartls,
which gavo rnaioritics against tho charter Of
1872. 1t Offsets these wards against tho First,
Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, md Eley-
cnth. We say to the Ring organ, Don't be
quito so fast in " tumbliug to your conc1u.
sions Just loo1 over the following facts and
figures before you raise the cry OF "stop
thief:
The tothl voto cost in the Sixth Warl nt the
November election last fall WINS 3,104; wlli1s
at tho election Inst Friday It was only 1,133,
or on<-taird rs many; whereas the First Ward
polled last fall 1,0Jl, md on Inst Friday Lice
votes1 How docs it happen that the vote Of
the First Ward is nearly double what it was
last fail? That tho bnllot-hox WIS stuffed +
to tho extent Of 1900 to 1,400 votes in this
one wnrd, is too evident for serious denial.
Take tbs Second Ward: 1896 votes were
returned as found in the box, but lust fall,
after m exciting canvass, only Lib votos
we're polled. The best opinion Of tho ticket
peddlera is TINT not to exceed 400 votcs woro
cast in the Second Ward, and that fully 1,1Oo
were stuffed in tha box. Light IL cast on
this point by the vote Of the adjoining
Third Ward. Last fall there were polled in
it 2,1t2 votes, or rs many as in both the
First aud Second Wards. Last Fridny
only 3s7 votes wero cast in tho Third
Ward. How came it that tho vote
Of the Third Ward was loss than ono-fourth
Of what was polcd Inst fall, while that of tho
First and Second WAS far greater,-Jt9 9S7 last
Friday to o,11+ last fall? Tho difference can
only be accounted for BY ba1lot-bo1 stuiing
to the extent Of more than 1000 ticketa.
Last fall the Fourth Ward polled 1,9so votes;
on Friday Inst only 588. In The Fifth Ward
2,517 rotes were cast lost foll, but on Friday
Inst only s92 were polled. Yet these ARE two
Of tho wards Which the Ring organ charges
with having committed frauds against tho
Rings sohcnao1
Let us next Take a look at the result in aorno
of the West Side wartls:
Tsnh Ward 1aat fall cast
Tanth Harl laat Friday. CSC
Compare this with the Eleventh Ward:
roas.
Eleventh Ward 1aat fall cast.
Eleventh Ward Inst Friday.
How happens 30 extraordinary difference
as this? Last Friday the Tenth Ward pol1el
abous onc-thirl Of Lost falls vote, and
gave about 100 majority against the charter;
wlereas ths Eleventh Ward ia returned
as polling considerably 1arger vote than
last fall, nnd M giving l,4G7 minority
for the thing! The villaiuy Of this return is
as apparent rs tho noees Of the knaves who
atu1od the Eleventh Ward poll.box.
Take mother caso !:
go. .. Fokts.
Twelfth Ward tast last fall l.................l,B
Twelfth Ward cast last Fftlay.. sis
Seventh Ward cast Last fall. ,B77
6arsush Ward c4At l4st Friday y.............-l,Jl ,Jl6
How happened It that full yoto WINS re-
turnefl in tina Eeventb 3Vnrd 1yt1en MI fho cv