Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-20

HJt Atl ltCONcTcu lTOil Htt WOuHus, are
ready to rush to the defence of the Turk
and engage Russia in war There is no
longer much question that Russia is ready
to run all risks. 1t remains only to be
seen if there will be any opposition. The
situation is fast becoming critical.
From Senator Banes Speech in New York;
Democratic Frauds In New York.
John 7. Hoffman was elected Governor of
your State in 1868 by fraudulent vote, and this
same vote was given to Horatio Seymour. That
fraudulent vote was manpuvred and manipulated
and originated-I do not say by whom; | do not
know the ntricacies of New York democratic pol
itcs and God forbid that ever SHALL say on
the testimony of the last candidate for the Presi-
dency of the democratic party, Horace Greeley,
that the present candidate Of the democracy, Sam
uel J. Tilden, was the author and inisher of that
fraud. And the letter which you have probably
all got by heart-I feel as though | were carrying
Goals to Newcastle when refer TO 1t in New
York audience, but il cannot be referred to too
often in order to get the catechism of New York
political rascaty by heart to avoid it's the
proof of what Mr.. Greeley charged. This letter,
which was addressed on the last week in October
to every one of the rural counties in New York
you all remember it. Mr. Tilden sent out letter
saying MY Dear Sir-Please at once to commu-
nicate with some suitable person in three or four
of the principal towns, and in each city of your
county, and request him Expenses duly arranged
for this end) to telegraph VIM. NJ. Tweed, Tam.
many Hall, at the very minute of closing the
polls, not waiting for the count, such persons
innate Of the vote in your county. There is, Mr..
Tilden continues-I omit portion Of the letter.
an important object to be attained by the smulta-
neous transmission at the hour Of the closing of
the polls without longer waiting. Opportunity
can be taken of the usual half hours lu in tele-
graphic communication over the line before actual
results begin to be transmitted by the Associated
Press. Yours, very respectfully, Samuel j. Til
den. Now there is hardly intelligent school,
boy in New York that is not able to read that let
ter between the lines, and to understand what Mr..
Tilden meant and what the men in the country
who got that letter knew he intended to be under
stood by ii. That letter was just as though MIR.
Tilden had said MY Dear Sir-The rural coun-
ties are nearly all republican by large majority,
and we greatly fear that these majorties will be
this year little worse than usual. But if at the
very moment of closing the polls, without waiting
for the count, you will manage TO communicate to
US promptly what these majortes are-that is, to
my friend VIM. M. Tweed at Tammany Hall-he
has q voting machine here that can doubtless beat
the world. That is what was done That is what
was VIGOROUSLY done. And they got them in,
and they made out, think, 10000 republican ma
jory-you know more of these details than l do
and they declared the democratic ticket vctori-
Gus by 10000 majority, which was confession
that the rep lblicans had carried the State by $4,000
majority.
l am quite awsre-and put it In an interlocu-
tory way right here-that Mr.. Tilden says he
never wrote that letter. l believe he says Tweed
forged it. Applause.l / have not the honor of
the scquaintance OF Mr.. lliden, nor did l ever
see MIR. Tweed. But think 1t is fair that Tweed
should be heard on that question. Laughter and
applause Tweed is coming home, and right
here in the city of his great achievements and
triumph, | respectfully ask the suspension of pub
lie opinion on behalf of Tweed Laug liter and
applause. No matter about that. This fraud
was committed and that deed sank deep into the
hearts Of the honest men of this country, and it
was taken up by Horace Greeley, then editing
with all his ancient fire and energy the New York
Tribune. His object was to arrsign Mr.. Tilden
in an open letter, and he took him by the throat
and shook h i'm before the public opinion of the
continent and said, Thou art the man. and he
went on 10 give the details, showing where this
precious fraud was committed And the result of
Mr.. Grceley's exposure of the fraud in the New
York Tribune was the passage Of the Supervisors
law, which, as | understand it, was simply that in
every city of 10000 inhabitants, in which any re-
spectacle number of electors think they cannot
have falr count when a national officer is to be
chosen-an eector for President or representa-
tive in Congressional the United States NAV
cause a supervisor to be present to see that an
honest count is had. And say that it is plain
on the first blush that the man who objects to that
law contesses his Willingness and his desire to
commit some sort of political scoundrelism.
[Applause.l And | wish to say here on behalf of
New England, where belong, that in New Eng
land we have IL or IA cities of over 10000 nhab-
itants, and they all republican, and there has
not been found democrat reckless enough to come
forward and swear that he did not believe a fair
count and an honest declaration of the vote could
be had. Applause. Ii understand the politics
OF New Y DIRK at all-and do not pretend to I'M
defstand much about them-l believe there is not
an honest republican in this city who is not will
ing to swear any day that, unless you have a su-
pervislon OF the count here, fair count and
honest declaration of the count is imposs Die. APP
plause. Very well then, gentlemen, this being
the history of this law, and Of its being on the
statute book when the sundry civil appropriation
bill was under consideration, up jumps a demo-
crat aud moves to repeal the Supervisors law, and
the point of order being overruled, it was repealed
SO far as the House of Representatives could do
it. and they carried it by party vote. With some
little observation and experience in legislation,
both State and National, / do undertake to say
that | never knew a proposition in legislative
body so absolutely and irredeemably Infamous
that was. Never! What was it, gentlemen
Why, 1t was taking the charities of the United
States by the throat in he spirit OF the corsar and
the pirate and saying, You shall not have one
dollar Cor the helpless. brave soldier of the army,
or for the helpless, brave sailor OF the navy for
their asylums; you shall not have ore dollar to
spread cot in a naval military hospital on
coast or lake, gulf or river, or ocean; you shall
not have one dollar to bring q starving American
from foreign city where he may be begging
aims from door to door; no, you shall not have a
pint Of oil to light the beacons your coast those
eyes Of the ocean that warn the mariner of rocks
where shipwreck and disaster lie before him you
shall not have dollar for those charities unless
you agree to repeal in the same bill the Supervi-
sors law, in order that we may cheat enough in
New York to carry the electoral vote Of that State
for the democratic party. Applause.
That is what the House sad-n Just SO many
words, and they waited that bill for Just GA
days They attempted for 81 DAVIS To weary and