The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
A Warning.

Fair minded citizens who have witnessed
the utter recklessnes exhibited by certain
class of constituencies Democratic workers in
the attempt to get the names of persons upon
the voting list who have not a shadow of
ground to claim the right, must be apprehen-
sive of the result in case that party should
get majority of the Board of Aldermen. In
such an event, it is safe to predict that four
or five hundred names of persons would be
added to the lists whose exercise of the ballot
would be fraud and an outrage.
What resulted in Manchester N. H. last
year when the Democrats had control of that
this city should that party get control of the
city, would follow as natural consequence in
voting lists. It has been clearly demonstra-
ted that sufficient illegal votes were cast in
two wards of Manchester last March to elect
state senator and member of Congress.
The policy which the reckless Democratic
leaders of that city have inaugurated may be
seen from the following extract from letter
to the Boston Journal:
There has been considerable speculation
among Republicans as to what tactics the De-
mocracy would employ to carry this city at the
approaching election. At last, however, they
have shown their hand. The cheek lists of the
several wards are posted, and the plans of the
enemy are revealed The true character of
New Hampshire Democracy cannot be fully
appreciated until their management of the
check lists Is understood. Last year thew car
ried wards three, four, five and six, while the
Republicans carried wards one, two and seven.
In ward three last year the vote was: Repub.
HCan 2n0 DnmOnrat DcS remporapoo IL
there were some seventy or eighty names on
the list not checked The printed list, when
posted last year, showed 385 names, while 12O
more were written on. The list as posted to-
day shows Jour hundred and eaghty names, and
allowing the same number additional as was
put on last year would make a total of str
hundred voters in the ward at the present time
A close canvass of the printed list shows the
names of more than fifty Republicans left off,
some of them old and we'll known citizens. IT
is notorious fact that there are not SO many
voters in the ward as last year. A number of
tenements are empty which year ago were full
at some OF the places are put down all the
way from SIX to eighteen voters when it is well
known that there are not half as many there.
The boast is openly made that they (the Demo-
crats) intend to vote them ALL On the list are
the names of dead men, minors, persons out of
the ward or city, and many others who have
not the shadow Of right to vote. If the list
was purged OF all such it would be cut down
one third.
In ward five it is pretty well known that the
cDecK iist, as handed in to the printer, had on
IL ABOUT 100 names, but uopn this being nosed
ABOUT 1t was cut down about four hundred, so
that as posted it now contains in the vicinity of
l3O0 names. When posted last year it contain
ed between 900 and 1000 names, and as made
up Wnen voting began there were 1884, If the
same number was added as last year the check
list will show an increase of about 400 voters,
or an increase of more than two thousand peo-
pie IN the ward in single year The ward
lines have not been changed, and there are said
dred vacant tenements, great many of which
were occupied year ago. There cannot be so
many actual voters in the ward by $50 or 200 as
there was last March. These facts show clear
~ enough by what means the Democratic lead
ers propose to carry the city and state.