New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-28
REVIEWING THE ELECTION.
THE COX COMMITTEE COMPLETES IT'S
WORK HERE.

TERMINATION or THE INQUIRY-STRIklNG OUT
| THE NRw-LoTs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN
NEw-YoRK-TEsrIMoNY FROM FRANKLIN j.
orTARsoS, DIsrRICT-ATToRNBY BLISS. AND
OTHERS.
The Congressional Committee Of Five resumed its In
yestigation OF election frauds yesterday morning at the
&C. Nicholas Hotel Mr.. Wadde offered resolution to
indefinitely postpone the further consideration OF the
power OF the committee to send for or papers
Mr. MacDougall offered the following as substituted
Whersas The original resolution offered by Mr.. Cox,
which this committee was appointed failed 70 en-
them % send for persons and papers Therefore,
sentatiyes empower them to send for persons and
papers ard for 10 enforce the subpoena dees ecHm
This adopted.
d. Jewell of New-Ios testified that he knew Of no lille
gal voting personally, but informed by inspector
of elections that 60 given from OF vacant
| buildings at Atlantcave. nnd Paeifc-st.
III. l. WyckOf testified that he did not know OF any
fraudulent voting, but well satisfied that there
were votes polled than there were voters. The
general opinion Of the people that tho vote was ex
cessive.
George H. Crawford Of East NewYork testified that he
saw one man vote who acknowledged that he lived in
Brooklyn The claimed that he had known others
in Brooklyn who voted in Newly ork.
Nicholas Rapeyea, inspector Of the lid District OF
East New-Yor the last election knew Of no Illegal
voting OF any persons living In Brooklyn having
voted saw forty fifty strangers around the polls,
fifteen twenty OF whom challenged and swore In
their lie had met OF these persons since
although ne was well acquainted with everybody in
town. An associate inspector OF election, Italian,
was proprietor OF liquor store in Brooklyn.
Mr. waddell objected TO further examination OF wilt
nesses from Ncw-Los, as tho testimony did not show
any connection between the elections in Brooklyn and
in NewIots and he moved 20 strike ont all testimony
previously received rotating TO the election at NewLots
His motion prevailed. tho Democratic members voting
in the Affirmative and tie Republican members In the
| Mr. ID
be done with that portion Of the testimony already re-
ceiyed proving that persons living IN Brooklyn were
seen voting in Gew-L0ts
Samuel g. Nelson, candidate for member Of Assembly
from New-Lots, Thomas q. Herbert, Police officer at
East York and other witnesses gave additional es
tmony about the New-Lots election substantially Ike
| that Of the previous witnesses
Franklin J. OttaTson testified that he had made
poltca and social statistics special study. Ho had
reason TO believe that the census OF 1875 was largely
fraudulent regarded voters, and that both the regis
| traton aud tho vote excessive Ills convictions
were founded from the procyity OF the controllers OF the
Tammauy Democracy TO be dishonest and upon the alb
souto logic numbers He did pot assert That all Dem
ocrnts were dishonest, but that every dishonest man.
every vagnbond gambler, Illegal ruu-seller, tramp
oafer every bad citizen IN any limo OF business from
burglary down 20 French poole, instinctyey and
| practically IN favor Of tic Tammany Democracy. Az
ono time when property qualification was required
FOR 4 voter In this State tho Tanmany leaders ar~ty
desired 10 get control OF the Common COUNCIL
In order 20 so money ra!scd by those leaders ana
two houses were purchased ~ te Fifh and one IN
the Sixth ward; the one IN the Filth was put In tic
names Of 100 owners, Of whom Daniel ID. TompSns
aftsrward Governor Of the State, was onei tho SKIN
Ward honso had 80 owners. These newnade propricto
OF real estate gave solid vote oI Tnmmany winch IN
this way got control Of the Common Council ana some
important advantages In the legislature In support Of
bis assertion that the vote returned In this city Wah
ar,Iy In excess OF the vote, he stated that
sideraly moro than One-haf the population OF the city
Il female; of the people between - and 4O - per cent
are cmale that city 80 largely inhabited oy loi'
cicncr5 there h necessarily excess o young ohldren
that IN the whole country the proportion OF human be
ns, under II ycarss about 81 per cont and that IN THIS
city II 4, much larger; that dcdUctng females aud BOYS
| under II there cannot egtmncly bc more than ~
voters TO 1000 inhabitant which would be ratio OF
little less than and half persons to one voter
Time would not permit him to 20 through the city IN do
tail and he would therefore take tho lower part Of the
clty-the Grst seven Warts-Nhcre the population has
been regularly decreasing Tor 30 years The total popu-
ation OF these wards Ia so l26353, and In 1873
40 2s5 decrease IN five ~ fsno per cent TIE
vote given In s7t 1929 the voters by the census
O; 1873 were 80 173 IN number Increase Of s7o'ioo
pcr cent Il was manifcSy impossible that where there
was decrease OF nearly I'VE per cont IN the population
there could c an Increase Of the vote equal To nearly 70
! nor cent The aggregate number Of voters iraudu-
! lentiy returned Ia this city In the census OF
| 1873 be presumed 20 be from 10000 10 49,
| COO Under tho excit, meat in the recent cam
p,ign there were registered IN round numbers In the
city proper emitting the .ucwlyauncxed Wards OF west
chester about $50 900 voters. The census IN the same
territory gave nearly 100000 voters 10000 more than
caud Ice FOUND by the persistent efforts The OBJ
icct OF this % Tanmany absolute eoaro
u the State and ultimately Of the nation. The Tammauy
MAN was 10 repeal the Registry law and the United
states superylsory law, and then the way would have
becu clear 10 get necessary not merely $4,000, hut
more thnn twice that majority this city alone. The
sure foundation of Democratic supremacy In this city
has been the foreign and especially the Irish vote In
1874 the number Of native in the city 60152
and OF foreign voters 1926 the foreign born being d
vdcd into Irish II .459; Germans and others 39,667
In over 100 districts the of 1878 returned
than w lee m many voters were registered ~ October
1874 In wards the natiye-born voters were returned
I'm tho crps. as 1915 I'm excess of the registry The Tor
I'm horn, yo'ers Ind increased In 1O5 election districts
oYIs wards IL l0I In the ccnsas above the registry
The registry Ia 1876 compared WITH inc voters re-
turned Ia tic census 1873, the witness taking the
Eirst ward rs An example. Inthe eight election districts
OF that ward the total number OF voters by census was
793 Tic numbcr registered, 2539 In spite OF cam
ss hv both parties OF uueXlmpcd earncStne3S, sup
posing The 90 be true, only about OS votes IN lOo
registered 10 suppose chat more tlsn threetehls on
the voters In the First Ward refused To come near tie
| polls WAS manifest nonsense.
In Namnaton, The witness stalea hat ne was
oTekeeper the CusOmhousc, but pad no assessment
| on his salary in the late campaign ...,,,,,.,,., ~,
| II ~ SNYDER OF Jersey CITY made an examination OF
the registry and east the late election IA com
pared YIN the previous S be sr With ' the names in ts
directory In the two election districts ne iOuhd ais
cren,rcy NJ about 100 names He had Inquiries made NJ
Tho rcpnted residences for verifying the sS 10 WIS
generally remarked that there were large number or
ibni an attempt would be made TO COLOMBO voters,
| particularly In his own district In $50, Z,orZ votes
NE yoto was Increased 20 3769, which led hun sup
pose that from 800 Ia 800 voters were cooized. lie
tnew was possible to have an honest increase OF
O97 In the vote as 1t was very sohd dslre ana no
| new buildings were erected. Between the closing OF
| I'M day uI ippt