, 1876-10-25

two ,lnya Of registration In 1s7,, Hj,5f3 itcraons
Registered, while tht; ycar the number !c:ds"
4sy, II would prohabiy' no. be claimed by my
one that this wins a legitimate incrcasc. ALLOW
ing Tint the cntirc rcgtstration should 'n only
twice TINT Of tho first two ,ays, md TINT the r-
represent ti,c grnwti Of The city. It would then
be natural to conclude on general principles
that frnud Ind been thus far practlccd Int II Is
H e rely o. .s sfnc'H rnsis; for
taken directly fron official records, show Tint.
especially, there has been Illegal rcgstgring;
md That. tn The First. rhln1 and Fifth Wards,
IN the year 1868, fl this city, nbont 80, ,00 illc-
gal aturnltzatton<napcrs were 1na1e nut In onn
form or another, amt used in THO noiorionsly.
@ q .eeo acrs ~ ss Mefe yss5 s e Is e cnt T
but comparatively few IT them were used, owing
tp the vigilance Of The Supervisors Tltoso hold.
ing these papers arc this year apparently afralt!
ase adope % te s eapes" sns q that aa
they arc nnttvc.horn.--isl that casc OF cUnrac,
rc1uIrtnE no nat,iraizat!on-papcrs: Records
slloS Tint 30 per cent Of tho voters 4, district
years I ;oownv m a electun % Th, G had bcrn ,s tbs
ease in the seVcuth Election nlstritt. In 1874.
as before that ycas, sevc1l-eights OF the voters
there were lrsll1ncn, whereas, 1uring the puss
who @ resteTc s Ii tIat dsirlet % s sera ,Sat Ia they
were nattvc.lnrn,-ai, incrcasB ii natfyc-born
votcrs for which tho usltal clnngn Of population
cnnlt not nt nil uccount. This Is true of ntflcr
Tilo cn.e viii whiel. ti,c trcctpopulatioa has
bcrn accommodated with iotn!rilcs Ia we'll H.
lnstrated by the fact that twcnty-fonr persons
this year registered ~ living IN house Ut very
tricts, FROM whci, the highest number Of voters
ever lcfore registered was fuu., and from Which
IN 1877 not single person was rcEisteret. This
Is not an Isolated casc. The city is fuil Of ten.
without warming" Indeed, n systematic rlan
to COLOMBO the lower portion Of New York with
inesl from the upper portloMs Of tho city, aud
from l,roolIyn and Jersey CITY, Tor the puEl'osc
campaign. Tho sccontl Assembly District,
comprising the Fourth and Sixth Wards, ia the
one In which this system Is being fully carried
number Of ftrnmps' lodglne-lIouses md tenement.
houses, which are ttade uBe OF for thu purposcpf
allowing tile tramps and yngrants gathered from
NIL parts Of the adjacent country to register IS
leeally-qualif1ed voters: The number 81 appt-
cants for registration claiming 10 be natiyebo7l
has Increased since tho last election zoo per cent
10 the Fourth md Sixth Wards. Formerly
there were not more than five or ak natisc
District, out Of 200 pcrsone registered los
claimed to be tlntive-horn; auu ,nauy Of tlcsc
men spoke tho English language With q marked
Wera S Evidently forea1s. s args s n"mbcr n' I q
theee 1lntivc voters come from the house at No:
149 Chatham etreet, known Us the Howard
House. This house hns already been given as n
registered as loslgors at tllo place, aud pay 10 Of
2J cents night for hes1. Some idea OF the
capacity Of the place may be gathered from the
fact that they give their bcd-nnnbers ringing
fEpm ls up to 1b3, Thc proprietor stated that hat
or four days, sometimes tot wecks. They had
1t was never reserved for then,. 4 man
nging the colony nt the Howard tIousc, super.
Intending the registration Of the dodgers, and
is declared to have FHf1 that lie hnd registered
thirty voters frutn TINT house, and would run IN
fill Is ony one one u sts scorc @ 81 smiar snsea. ii
No. 40 franklin street fa M italian plnce. kept
| by Joseph Boronca. II is dinpidntcd house,
Ia which tho proprietor cla!.s to have SPACE for
ieSn from ts * ess oi al Gs nstonalts @
! Onc resident Of the ward stated that the place
liud been scyclas times closed by the police, and
TINT In his opinion thcrG was not ,s Isgs voter
strect resistc. respectively eight, n!ne, snt! six
MIN, taiil to he "bar.rooin voters" who sleep
III little rooms back Of bar-roome. The Ancrl-
Gus 1.o1ging-huusc, at No. Is New Chambers
asserted TINT, tlc nights these lodgrrs arc al,-
sent, they ars establishing similar residence
nnd registering In other districts, where they
propose to vote on election day.
Another fraud which ia being carried on, 1t is
alleged, is tIiat OF exchanging naturalization
papers for tic purpose Of facilitating. these col
| o1ilgation-frauls. As mn example Of how this
| IL dollc, John Doe and Richard Roc present
their papers and register in one tlietr!ct, anss
district, where John Doc presents tho papcrs OF
Richard Doc and registers III Tits tlntnG and vtco
versa. These men nrc not expected to yntc,
but on elcclion-lny repenters will vote on Il thu
Dcnocrltic Inspectors III the Fourth mud Sixth
Wards arc sul TO be not only willing. but anx-
iuls, TINT any md every llnn who presents him
sclr should register anu vote; and It Is due
| by thB Republican Inspectors that tho number
| 0f voters registered In those wardB III two days
docs not cxccetl tho total lumber OF votes cnsi
III 180S when sllch cuoflnU1s frauds were n.udt
upon the elections.
Ia 1873, just before tho elections, naturaliza
tfo1epapcrp were issued in blank l>y wholesale,
signed by Ja1l,es NJ. Sweeney. Eight Of these
papers wcro detected in one clcctlon-tistrict
Fourth Ward, while manv had probably beer
overlooked. II Ia stated or good authority thut
IN cffnrt is being made to colonizc tho Men
sessatn % BY and 81 a Seqt fss assnS Her Il t
voters will he registered from thut place; 1r
Some districts much infornalty has bee.
noticed In Tho matter Of registration. Me-.
tSout pee sng take .s sai f !,
Law; and mon we'll known In the district havt
Lecn allowed to scgister without. disrlayinE
their nntnraltxat!on-Impcrs. An old resiaei1i
stated that he disl not 6c1levc that thcre wcrt
Assembly District; hut $500 Ind registered II
two days, and he did not think thut less tint
LEGO votes would be pollcl by fraud In th'
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