, 1876-12-26

man Of the horse-rallroai companies running Into
East New York; aa,v great many Of these ille-
Eal voters coming 10 Town OH tho cars; othcrs
came In wagons; witness lad frequently hcnrl
drivers Of wagons offering voters hy the load at
80 .ents head. At the last election ilo sa"'
nj least six Illegal votcs cast during the hour he
spent AZ the pulls. The vote A. tMe last elec-
tion YVES excessively large. Tho town was gem
orally Democratic by 300 majority. At the
last election tho town gave Tt.den 100 majority.
Witness spoke Of a block Of buildings, ten In
days before elcrtiofl, antl wcrn vacated itnmedf.
atGiy after election. At the spring election
wttiIets raw tMlccmaIl named French driving
= vagon.!oass of yoters rum Brooklyn, xh:s!'
ness was then running for Supervisor. 1lc was
defeated, hut could hare been elected II he had
paid about a25 for Illegal votct. Witness raw
no one challenging at the last election. VII.
ness had challenged at fFevtaus elections, hut
was thoroughly tIi.gusted with challenging. At
one election witness challenged voter. Judge
Spencer waa the Inspector. Mr. Spencer asked
H. r. rse,sa seiss that he be ss sa " ~ ,s t%~n
good IemoeTati" be contIn,,ed. "Yes'.
replied tho mau "T1len you can vote" sali
MI. spcnccr. Wttuces satd to S.r. spctHer:
"yon ought to challenge that man." "l'shsw,','
lives In the town. and that Is enough for me-"
The elections IN the town are generally con-
Quoted In an illegal manner Two-thrds OF tho
Inhabitants were Foreigners. Many voters were
persons who Ind not been IN the country lung
enough 10 vote; wftnces said one man voted
who admitted that he had only been IN tile
country slx snunths; witness clicked ono man
whom ee saw attempting to vote tat tt!e tltsd
time In one day: witness Was asked X It was
tho habit Of Republicans to choke Democrats
who they be1Iereh were yDtlDg Illegally. ut
would he Kootl thing for the country" said
the witness, "if they did make practice Of do.
AID. Robert NH, Of Brooklyn, q resident Of
tile Twenty-iifth Ward, testified that tile vote
in his wara Was about 1,63o; this vote was e1.
ccsslyc BY about Goo; to the total number Of
were kept from being pollcd by the delays, IT.
officials In charge Of the polIins-precfncts. Wit.
ness had heard q great deal ot tatk abont
Of getting illegal votes. He attempted to give
the substance of conversation TINT took plagu
between him and friend, relative 10 atl alleged
"colouy" tukcn into Bruoklyn fruIn Jersey
who declared hcarsay evidence entirely out of
order.
dudley 8. Gregory, Of Jersey City, Was tic
next witness. lie. too, pos ordered to .conflne
1to testified that while al h's votlng-prcclnct lie
| saw Mr. F. o. Mnttersop, engur manufacturer,
who WAS not q resident uf Jersey City, marching
up mcn from his euEaF.lt.usr in batctics of
lHEEAf 1NA kHCf HGlE dEtH iltUd&s3
they were given Tickets to yote. and they voted
without looking ut them; Matterson did the
same thing. at many other polling-precncts; ;
the vote in Jersey City IN the full was largely
| In increase Of the Eotc IN tho spring; wltnchs
believed that there was Illegal registration auu
| voting.
Henry Springer n ear-conductor. on ono u
the East Ncw York railroads, testL!lcl
| New York about Sir years; he was voter
| at the Second District, and was ut the polls
severnf times Oh elcrtion-tlay; at one time he
| saw three men vote whom he knew to be resi-
people standing around tho polls WHO were not
latton oi East New York, Mr: Springer testified
TINT In lis belief it was smaller last fall than
smaller ii. the fail that, In the spFIng, but this
year the difference WIS greater tllan eyer before.
A comparison Of the votes pollCd tu tho town
| would show that The mil votes were always lcss
! thu town prior 10 Inst apEing was a little over
1.4o0; last spring there was very exciting cleo
t!on about school matters, md 900 votes were
cast; everybody nrgue.l TINT the vote must have
a,1oo aud over, there could be no doubt. that It
| was the result of large importations OF voters
the population WIS larEel foreign. aud there
were very few naturnizattof,s last fall; witness
was aa Independent; he belonged tn no political
Organization.
Y. X. Pangburn, Of Jersey City, editor Of the
Etxnt4q .]our,.al, stated that the population oi
jersey City in laiU was $4,000 hy the Federal
ccnsus, und iu 1875 was ITO, SEl BY tho State
| census, Tho 2ycrrge yearly increase in pOpuln
tton was little over 500o Witness was uf thu
opinion that the incrcaac during the last eight
cen mouths WIS less thnn for any corresponding
period !n the last tn @ years. Ihe TX vote II ln ls's
WIS II, ld3. lul In 1916 II was e, S08. THIS III
crease wua, IN thy opinion Of the witness, clear
" indicative Of fraud. Tho Increase In the vott
wus. astuuts',sng!y sn favor OF the Democrats
Probably three-tourths of the increase was Or
polling gplases during the day and noticed thu
prese'lre Of y, grrat many strangers, person.
whom nobody knew ''anYthing aoout. i
,sss uer:sss SSatpD 9a9 ip9qFy' rtaess %o W. nt,
ttecd q the, places le Visited wn
not, upon his own knowledge. charge ile9u
voting, but would, II allowed, make statement!
llcyed well authenticated. OF course, Mr.. Co,
said "No,n to this proposition.
James McGtan wa: called By Mr; Cox to dls
pute thu testimony OF Ats. G. X. Miller, rclAttv'
spcctor of the First District in New Lots: II
Ills Judgment there was nothing fraudulc1,
abuut the election In New Lots; there was, III
believed, no illegal voting ot my knd; hs az
New Lots upon tic ground tGat the. clec,io'
was Ill exciting one !; he thought the full yot
Of tue town would bc about :4,tO; Mr. Miller
s,atemvn. was that the legal vote u
ea esamtns'i, s the Witness u"!tted Tut hS s la'
heartl definite charges Ut fraud; ha ha,
heard thut u TOW ot houses, tho sune row I.
wllicl, Mr. Mitchell, previous wltness, referred
WINS Inhabited few days before the e!cettull All.
vacated immediately after, by about seventy Ine'
who voted IN New Lots; tic Republican yutt
cast ut the fall clcetiun lid not vary nuclt ffos,
tlle regular Republican vote; the !ncscass va
| vii admit tsf TINT IIr