Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05
CORRESPONDENCE
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.
THE METHODS oE FRAUD. :

cured the high privilege Of Inter
viewing one of these gentlemen, and
seeing him manipulate tissue paper
ballots in the most approved style.
I also had the benefit OF the larger
vie ws of one Of the directors 10 the
business, who obtained q great de-
gree Of proficiency in the art of
classifying vote in New York and
Philadelphia in past years. In or
der to test their theories, [ saw a
chronically unfortunate candidate
who had for years been beaten in a
favorable district by methods for
which Il was diff cult to account,
but who had made a study of the
subject in order to ascertain the
real causes of bis defeat. The com.
parison of the OK periences of these
people ell ables me to give a pretty
fair summary OF the methods of
election frauds. In substance they
are the same as the tricks of the
magician or the card-sharper, and
consist entirely of sleight of hand,
which, on any epecial subject, can
be learned by an intelligent man in
very few days, or ever hours.
THE CLASS OF MEN CAMERON
SELECTS.
This explains why the Pennsyl-
vania experts are almost all selec-
ted from among card experts, and
dabblers in the art OF magic. Just
as the magician would produce a
half dozen green apples from an
apparently empty pocket SO these
knights Of the polls will produ 20
any given number of ballots for one
side in place of a like number really
cast by the voters for the other.
Their leading lodges are three, and
l name them in their OWE parlance:
LIST, Ringing IN ; I'd, Ringing out 1;
and Sd, Crowding the Box.
THE ORIGINAL SCHEME FOR
FRAUD,
The first plan resolved upon for
Ohio and Indiana was to crowd the
box, that is, to insert during the day,
or when the ballots are dumped for
counting, a certain number Of Re>
publlcah tickets, and then to rely
upon the simplicity of the opposing
inspector, or election judge, to con-
test TO a correction by a withdrawal
of an equel number of votes of the
opposing sides.
WHY THIS PLAN WAS DROPPED.
But the exposure Of this scheme
published a week ago, compelled
a change of tactics, and the con-
federated conspirators have been
reduced TO only two plans Of oper-
alton in addition % employing a
very large number o: DULLES and
roughs from New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia, each Of whom
get a hundred dollars bonus, ex-
penseu literally paid, and a COM
mission in accordance with the re-
suit they produce
RINGING IN.
This choice phrase "a the ex-
change of ballots On deposit. For
instances voter casting a ballot,
headed with the name Of John
Smithythe instructed expert wal
easily Substitute, without reasonable
probability Of detection, a ballot
headed John Brown. Ii your rea'
ders will bear in mind how human
sight IS deceived by a magician
when deceptirn is expected, and
all the faculties are aroused to de-
tect it, they will easily conceive
how they a be deceived during
the excitement of voting, when nt
such fraudulent practices r sus
pected. Any person properly in
structed for a few days can ring in
allots, that is, put in the box {
ticket different from the one handed
to him by the voter.
RINGING OUT.
The process of Bringing out" is
as might be supposed, exactly tn
~avo.oa rf tho ppncnea NJ Grin o;p