New-York tribune., 1876-12-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ELECTION FRAUDS NEAR NEw-YoRK.


rEsTIMo Ny BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
ScoScERNING JERSEY CITY AND NEw-IoTs.
At the session yesterday Of the Congressional
Committee on the election question arose as to the
seasibty OF attaching witnesses for non-attendance'
Samuel MITCHELL foreman Of the Broadway Street Rail-
road who has lived at East New-YOrk for IL years. tes
fed that he saw number of persons voting In East New
York who came from the Ninth, Twenty-ilrst, ana
TVveuty-fourth Wards Of Brooklyn, and who made 1t
practice TO 20 about to different towns and vote Many
came there in wagon loads TO vote at 80 cents head
The total vote was much larger than ever east before
Tie town was usually Democratic by about 300 majority
and this yea= the Democratic majority was over |OV'
block Of 10 buildings which were ordinarily unlhhap
tied were suddenly occupied just before election by men
only and Immediately after election were as sndde MY
vacated ON election day about 20 persons voted VINO
claimed their residence these buildings, though there
was no sign Of any families occupying Them lie nau
seen several who had not been IN the country SIX mohh
but who had naturalization papers ana assumed tue
right to vote He had become dsgused with the re-
sllt Of challenging that he had given IL UP. He mad
heard Judge Spencer who was an inspector at the spring
eecon say to the person challenged II you are resi-
DENT OF the town, and good Democrat, that Is ai
WANT The witness said he had choked persons VINO
attempted to vote illegally. Mr. Cox asked BIN IL II was
the habit Republicans to choke people at the pos F0
ing Illegally The witness responded that lie thOuGht
wOnld be good thing they did. Mr. Mitchell also su
thst at the Spring election he candidate for ONCE
1a
and pei sous offered tovOe for him for 90 cents Wmeh
declined TO give, and consequently was not elee,ou'
Alderman Robert Hill Of Brooklyn testified that
though he could not swear that persons voted besy
IN his yar-the Twenty-ftb-he had been credibV IN
formed that there was colonization OF YOteis IOlu
Rew-York and Jersey City The total vote was 2oOO,
which was 600 of tho usual vOte thogh aoS'
$50 were prevented from ballotng by the polls cioss
The registration 800 in excess OF th't Oh SV 9'
and the excess was evidently benocTaue' H0 w
creased Democratic majority
I II snrnoer Of East New York said he saw several
De,aons who voted but were not residents He md no'
nee any one challenged, aad thought 1t woolo pe u
te ATTEMPT to challenge His recollection WAS Un@' Law
votes was the greatest number ever known 10 h'e Oo
cast previous to the Spring election, Wieh WIS P"
Harry exciting one and at which l,oOO VeUs "ei0 ~
turned 200 of which were conceded by bo'n p@r"ss "
he fraudulent He did not think the population oil New"
Lots was as large the past summer as herelOioe' anu "
least zoe of the votes cast in November were lmporueu
Dudley S. Gregory, q resident Of Jersey Ciy Ior 4V
wears had no personal knowledge of Fraudulent regis
tration but thought 1t strange that the regisaou wac
1000 in excess of that before the Spring eecnon W
Mattrsoi sugar Tefner, and NONRESIDENT 0i Jersey
Civ Conducted 10 the polls Nov companies Oh ~
and 80 men, in whose hands he placed Democratic ucKes
which he instructed them to deposit As Mr matterSon
had in his employ 1880 1000 men, TINS E'ct ae-
counted % a certain degree for the large DcmoeFac ma
tority The witness claimed that the Republicans gen
orally secured the German vote
TX Pangoru of Jersey City testified that the increase
of the vote ia the parties Jersey CITY hadnot oeeh
in proportion to the population, as fully hroeours oi
Tho increase were on the Democratic vote. Colonization
was largely carried out
wliau Walsh Clerk Of the Supreme Court, and Thos.
8oe6 Clerk Of the Superior Court called to testify
relative 10 nafuraations They showed that no persons
wore nafIralized ia the Supreme Court; about 200
were naturalzed IN the Superior court Det3etA JuS
and Nov n Mr. Bocse described the method OF natural
izaton and stated that more papers yer grinted
Jest men he added did interest themselves in poll
ties owing TO the impression Ihas tne july % 80 "1 1I
made up nom the poll lists. This, however was not
recess C. H. Benson of the Republican Committee
of Hudson County cOrrohordted the statements OF bI
(regFy relative TO Mr.. MattcTsOns marching companies
oi men 10 tne polls and influencing them 70 vote the
1amocratie teet Tie re stry lists OF this year showed
An excess of thousands over any previous y car
tS Ss toGa vote cast was ii OSi In 1875 the population
was 1O9 227 and the tOtl vote cast was lotla. Al
Ow5e Ss 5660 o ss tbS1St the population last November
would have been 115OO0, ana me nnnper OF N9IS 70 pe
east is 400 but the returns showed that 1896 Nobs
were cast lie could not account f0r TINS excessive
vote se ont upon % vote SHT Who had not Voted Oce for
several wears, or that there was fraudulCHt yOtn5
There were many challenges OF those supposed 10 DC Don
residents who upon being challenged did not attempt 10
vote The same ratio In the increase OF Voe iOf edch
party shown at each election until tnls year.
When the Republicans had their legitimate increase
while the Democratic increase was larger tan Was eN
lent Colonization of voters was anticipated and me
Republican, Committee apLuled snI-cGnGtoe ;, 70 re-
ouesr Chief Superyigcr MuTheadwbO, Tie witness as
serted worked against the interest OF the Republicans
10 appoint representative Republicans as supervisors
and United states marshals out Of forty or moro names
recommended by the coEunittco only a lew were al
pOpted and in answer 20 renOnStranccs hr. Muirhead
SAID that hc was boss OF that job and he should run
itD Men had registered uuder dead mems names,
from vacant lots, and from unOccuped houses
Thirteen persOus arrested and taken before NJ
Murhcad, who immediately discharged them. Ihc wit
ness made statement of the Of the lid Assembly
District In S74 there 1lG7 votes for the Kepn
nean candidate for Assembly. and III 1870 llgO Inis
DeIaOcraIe votes. Mr.. Cox made motion To have this
staeRcut struck out Of the record irrelevant, and this
was ordered by srict party vote, under protest from
Mr.. Wells.
William W. FaTrier Of Jersey City supported many OF
the statements made by Sfr. Benson and Mr. Gregory
He challenged Is 20 mon Who he alleged, were non
residents aIid who afterWard swOre in their votes.
Corporation Counsel Whitney ald Commissioner DaV'
port are summoned for to-day.