The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-01

p0LITlCAL TOPICS.
EiectinS IL Reform President by
Fraud.


From the New York Tribune
A Reformer who wants TO be elected
by iraud-what sort Of thing is that? Mr.
Tilden is Governor Of this State. That
office he did not steal, and has creditably
filled. Had he gained it by fraud he
would have been in the power OF scoun'
drels. But now ballot suffers and per.
jurcd repcatcrs are trying TO make him
President. One word from him would
have caused all honest registration. Yet
the registration proves 10 be the most
Infamous and fraudulent this city has
ever seen. To one man, the overwhelm'
ing proof which Mr.. Davenport haS gath
cred is useless, for without any mans
help Mr.. Tilden knows the truth. As
Chairman Of the Democratic State Com.
mittee for years. he knows this city. As
Presidential candidate he has watched
the details Of registration as reported
with intense personal interest. After the
stupendous infamy Of 1865, Mr.. Greeley
forced upon his attention facts which Mr.,
Tilden can never forget, and, as he watch.
es the returns from certain precincts day
by day, he knows that the same infamous
work which was done in 1868 il being
done even now to make him President.
A word from him would have stopped it,
But Mr.. Tilden utters not word of re.
straint. He looks on and says nothing,
while jail.birds swindle the people Of this
State in order TO elect him.
In 1865, though Chairman OF the State
Committee, and though circulars prepar-
ing for the fraud were signed with his
name, 10 pleaded ignorance. That plea
cannot serve twice. After one such ex.
perience it is impossible that he does not
watch the registration OF certain pre-
cincts. Hereads hepapers. Any paper
Of either party has said enough 10 draw
his attention to those well known pre-
cincts. To him, as to others less well
informed, the figures tell their own story
He cannot be ignorant that in certain
precincts his friends are preparing to rOt
the people Of their most sacred right
Yet he Is silent. Small politicians, who
hunt for petty office, and make no claim
as great rcfOrmerS, are distrusted. and
despised when 1t is proved that they
"wouId not play false, and yet would
wrongly win" But such men are needy
and sometimes pitied. Are we ready Il
make n President OF such stuff? II is mo-
yet too late for Mr.. Tildcn to refuse Il
be elected by fraud. lie, and he alone
can drive all reporters out OF this State
But does anybody suppose that he will
Decent pcOrlc-have something TO sa!
about this business. According to Hoses
Bigclow, Civilization sometimes doe
git fOrrard on powder cart" but does
any real reform ever get forward BY
means Of u periured registration? Will
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams lend hi
name to help q candidate who consents
to win, il he can, by means Of repeaters
viii Mr.. Parke Goodwin contemplate
with pride The fact that the most rascally
scoundrels in New York are the ChoS
en- instruments in that work OF "reiOrm'
which he advocates? Such men are moi
responsible for what Mr.. Tilden has done
as he may not have been responsible III
the first for what his friends have done
But as one word from him would have
stopped periured registration, one word
from them would have stopped his tOIer'
alton OF such work.
tits not too late for Mr.. Tilden's re-
spectacle supporters TO expostulate, or
at least, 10 rid themselves Of responsible
". Tho people Of New York want ar
honest election. At least, II they are &c
be swlndlcd, they do not want to sec dc.
cent citizens calling 1t "reiorm," and
praying that the swindle may succeed
II this piece Of iniamy is carried to the
end, or is arrested only by Federal off
ciAlS, and not by Governor Tilden or his
respectable supporters, why should plain
people hereafter put more trust in such
so.calIed reformers than in unbluShing
knayes who profess nothing? In that
case, respectable supporters Of Mr.. Tilden
will find that their countenance Of this