New-York tribune., 1876-10-26
THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.


rpArps PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED VERIFIED by THE
EXAMINATION OF The UNITED STATES sUPFRVi-
soRs-CURfOsITIEs OF THE REGISTRATION.
The work of verifying the lists OF the frst
two days registration was completed In the several aus
ict- YESTERDAY and Chief Supervisor Davenport ana DIS
assistants began the revision of the returns III heo or
topr eecon districts where the fraudulent registrations
ere Thought 10 be the heaviest the lists were sent back
IN he AGAIN verified by new men. Mr. Davenport sald 10
TRtRuSE reporter yesterday that the veIhcahon had
heep thoroughly and with few exceptions satisfactorily
done The fraudulent methods by which the registry
uss had been uuduy swelled in some districts were wen
understood and he expected to be able to Keep the gangs
OF repeaters from coming TO the polls on election day
He should look he aid, for unusually large vote tis
Fal-the largest legal vote perhaps ever poed ~ the
city He did not think that the increase
I'm the registration all fraudulent, vi
that the amount of fraud IN any district couiu
be estimated from increase OF the vote Inc chlac
fer and not the amount OF the increased vote shouu DC
considered in determining whether an honest regStra
tion had been made For Instance, the population oI
many of the downtown wards had been shown by the
oensus returns to decrease every year. An unusually
large registration IN these wards would therefore give
good ground for suspcctmg its fairness ON the other
hand considerable increase in the wards above lWeh
tethst was to be looked for from the growth III popua
ton in that part of tie city In regard TO comparing the
increase in the Democratic Assembly districts with tha
an tho Districts where the Republicans had majority
Mr. Davenport said that such comparison could be
any test Of fraudulent registration An increase III 'e
vote OF the lid Assembly District which was strongly
Democratic for instance would not he attrloutapie
10 the same causes or be OF the same
character as gain in the vote Of uptown Republican
district like the XIIth Again. the total vote OF an AS
semby district might show decrease this year as com
pared with 1872 and yet much fraudulent voting might
be done The lid District showed decrease from lo'Z
OF 80 votes and yet in Of the election dslcs OF inc
district the false registration had been very heavy thS
year The character of registration was the only test
Of Its fairness
The reports of the verers to the Chief Supervsorsho
that the methods OF illegal estratOn which have been
fully described in TIE TRIBUNE have been practced III
nearly every election district To very large extent and
demonstrate the fact that the fears OF unusual frauds
in each district has not been computed Ini
q few ex iracts taken nj random from the omSiiai
returns Will show their general character Ihe
SueTysOrs o the I'D Assembly District report that thcy
place of residence AS the Howard House al No l49
Chatham-st. This is the house mentioned ih M0aI"y
TRIBUNE the headqnagt II 0r - men Jolh
was not found at No % JsmeSst He lives In BIOokhh
Michael sullivan. VINO registered at No 43 ONyerS
has been dead three months, and some one Il UAnE -
vote in his name JOIN ConrOy has not lived at NO 90
Pearlst. for year ami haii SIX men VINO are lCsiS
tered at No 34z Waiesj aud NO % Cherfy-s' feSloc
lively, do not belong there. , -
In the IiId Assembly District Thomas Leigh was
never heard Oi az No. 80 BoweTy. although ne CANNED
tnat number as his residence AT No 243 MqlDcrIy-St,
two old ladies were much surprised 10 learn tlt I%ts %
Casey ana James Baldwin lived IN Their house. IhtN
had never seen them. An Old coorcd man 0cc1SlohaR
in from the country 20 sloepat No $50 BoWelE,
claims TO live there also john BucaeY ls warrant,
and il fortunate as to nave home al No; ip9
Caual-st. although that was the residence ne prooaDg
hoped To vote from. Two more members OF ms IfoicS-
sion had no abiding place at No. Centre Mdikct
Place No 225 Calial-St Is not dwelling place, ana
No. 227 Is store with no sleeping place a'aeEcu io
which three more votes axe scratched lIom the
list
In the WITH Assembly District. Michael Murphy left
wOId at No. $50 ChcUyst. that If ANY one inquired loi
him at that number 20 that tie hftd thcrt Olt inc
Inmates o. the hosc told the supervisors tie truth ana
kurphy one is many votes On the same street
No 1877, lives Mrs. OBIicn, Who tod the oI'eI tat
her son Jeu,ps was not voter by year, although ht
NCas registered. TlouHs moved from No.
yoc from tt district Five men arr registered from No.
20 East Broadway none Of whom can bc fOuhd. EOd!
others rcgiste red as residents OF the h0ne al no 81
6Outh-st. wHch burned 10 The gonnd three iOhlh'
ago. Two men gave No. los Madsun-S, as Icsi' nee
VITO do not live there The Is TIE case at No lJ~
The supervisors in the With Assembly District sent III
long list O missing men who registered rom ttht.n'
NAL" hCardngl0scs and other places ab"t INC pieis
In they should not come back, john Nodh OI No
Vaudamst, ana George Morris OF No 80 Claiason-st,
have tried to provide Tor the con'inHeh'! ~ -
twice each llar case OF absence 81 IN nj - tit o
John II. Farrell, vho from force OF halt EIs,ru d.
No. . ChariOnst., although lie removed from theIe
I'm the VIh Assembly District tie frauds numerous
Adam Bull and Edward Cupper DO not 1--we AT No 81
EufOlkst nor do Ferdinand Phistcr and Carl q. lrbc
reside at No 249 Dedncey-sL In the intervening As
is shown. In latter district Is an Illustration OF Inc
plan of vOtn- cony.cs names III the case Oi Henry
DOunely friends did not want him 10 lose his VOC
germ in tic IcnlenllrJ anu 5" na9 mn ~ a. a.
No. Ills SrcOuddye. AZ NO. 1850 lMlfGdNt is tIe
Both OF them arc registered there, and neither hives III
that election district. Charles H. Rancl was mistaken
about living a. Nc. 81 East EchtyseC0udSt lie Is not
there lad case is That OF Comrhus Moor VINO he
told the truth about living al No lis East Ohchundrcc
andtwenty ytlilGst, is sleeping tlesc increment ugH'T
IN a vacant lot