The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-11-02
New York to be Carried for
Tilden by Fraud.

The Tildenites, knowing that the
only hope of electing their candidate,
lies in carrying the State of New
York, are now preparing to re-
peat the gigantic frauds upon the
ballot box which were perpetrated by
Tilden and his friend.Tweed, in 1868,
when Hoffman, Democrat, was made
Governor, by stufing the ballot
boxes in New York City. Thus a
majority of over $4,000 for Hoffman
in the city alone was counted up, of
which fully $4,000 was fraudulent
We have the authority OF the Brook
lyn Argus, a Democratic paper, for
this statement, and it is no doubt
true.
It will be remembered that Hor-
ace Greeley, after that election, pub
lished in the Tribune, a letter to Til
den, who was at that time Chairman of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, in which he boldly charged Til
den with guilty knowledge of the
stupendous fraud, and showed how
it was managed, by means of Sc
cret circular, sent out by Tilden be-
fore the election to every county in the
State, requesting some honest friend
to send to headquarters in N. York
the probable vote of the county, as
as soon the epolls closed, in order that
the Tammany Ring managers in New
York City might know how much
majority was needed in the city to
overcome the Republican majority in
the rest of the State. By this means
the required number of fraudulent
votes was ascertained, and they were
promptly forthcoming; and thus
the people of the State were shame
tully defrauded of their choicefor Gov
ernor, and a tool of the Tammany
Ring placed in the Executive chair.
The Argus gives the following fig
ures, to show what has been the usual
Democratic majority in New York
City for the last five years:
Is71........29,I 100 1874. AZ, 500
1S72..-.-...--..-23,1O 100 1875. Zg, 200
1SIS........ -.... "a, 600
From the above it will be seen
that the average majority in the five
years was about 10000, and this the
Argus says is about the honest Dem
ocratic majority in the city.
The very large increase in the reg
istry of votes in New York city and
Brooklyn for the coming election,
has justly excited suspicious that an
other gigantic fraud is to be attempt
ed in order to elect Tilden. The
Argus says:
The ''Bureau" is evidently prepar-
ing to force large fraudulent vote
in Brooklyn and New York. There
have been two days of registration in
each city. Thus far the two days
registration exceeds that of other
years as follows
1874 1875 1876.
Brooklyn. n...........-..44,6 900 47,l0O 67,7OO
New York .75,cOO $500 1l6,OOO
It will thus be seen that the increase
of registration is over so per cent.
in both cities. These are downright
evident frauds.
On the strength of this largely in
creased registration, the Tilden or
gans are claiming majority of 65,-
BOO for Tilden in New York City, or
!, 1000 more than the fraudulent ma
ority of $4,000 for Hoffman, in 1861
But the Argus very sensibly in
luires:
'How, we ask, are these majorities
% be doubled this year, when it is
veil known that the increase of urban
has never been so small,
md when, as is also well known, the (
,onded, banking and specie resumpt- !
on men will vote against Tilden
without reference to party? 1t has I
,een answered that the Democratic s
in 1868 was $3.50. Yes,
7e know that the vote was so count =,
d, but those ballots were not voted,
nd could not have been. The Re
ublicans polled their usual vote, al !
hough in some of the Wards they 7
-ere counted on the other side, and :
ne total vote was 81, ,S35 more than it
as two years later, and Hips more
han the vote polled two years previ- I
usly. Full $4,000 Of that pretend
! majority eoas fraudulent. A total
ote of over 10000 greater than the
anne Wards have yet reached, was +
nnounced. Deducting the average
lajority of subsequent years, which
e will call 10000, from the alleged t
700, shows the fraudulent vote to
ave been about $4,000.
The Republicans are, however, r
and we hope they will
ave nothing undone to secure an
onest vote both in New York City !
Id Brooklyn. If ballot box stuffing, =
and false registration can .
, prevented, or even checked to a "
rye extent, in those cities, we are as
,nfdent that the electoral vote OF Pt p'
le Empire State will be given to u
ayes, as we are that Ohio will roll
D at least 10000 majority for her
vorite son. p
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