The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-27
AFTER THE ELECTION.

On the day after the election, the
american gave to its readers the following
rueful commentary -
FRAuD TRIUMPHAST.-The election yester.
terday resulted in the "counting in Of Col
onel George P. Kane to the Mayoralty of
the city. So far as Colonel Kane himself is
concerned, there are few men in the city of
any party whom we would sooner trust with
the Mayoralty if untrammeled and backed by
a good City Council. The selection of Judges
by the Supervisors OF Election and the retu.
sal to give any representation in majority of
the wards to those opposed to Colonel Kane S
election indicated a purpose Of fraud and
ballot-boS stuihng which the returns from
many Of the wards show to have been accom-
plished, with all the usual thoroughness of
the experts chosen for that purpose. Take
the Ninth ward, for instance, and we see 35I
more votes reported polled than were cast at
the Presidential election, whilst Colonel
Kane majority IS l,l64, more than double
that of Mr.. Iilden. In the Fourth ward
there were GOO more polled than at the Pres.
idential election. In most of the wards Of
the city pudding tickets were poled, and no
less than 60 of these were found in the bal.
lot box of the Fourth precinct Of the Fifth
ward. In short, the general expectation that
Colonel Kane would be counted I'M has
been fully verified and Mr.. Thompson has
been counted out just as Mr.. Warheld was.
They had full control of the inside of the
voting rooms, in defiance Of the law, so that
the whole election was a farce. Where a
Republican was admitted as a Judge, as in
the case Of Mr.. W. l.. Wilcox, in the Fourth
precinct of the Fifth ward, he was not allowed
to look at the tally book or take any part in
the election, and a private tally which he
kept was snatched ont Of his hand by ruiiian
at the window, whom police refused TO ar.
rest. They had everything their own way,
aud might have made the vote Of Colonel
Kane 10000 more, it necessary. Whilst it
was evident at all voting places that an unu.
sually small vote was being polled, the
returns show that a larger vote was counted
than had ever before been given in the city
except at a Presidential election. and ia
some Of the wards the vote returned is even
larger by several hundred than that cast nj
the last Presidential election. The colored
voters TO the number Of at least COCO abstain.
ed from voting yesterday from fears of get.
ting into trouble or being arrested, but
ballots were put in the boxes for them. In
the eastern and southern wards we do not
believe that more than half the ballots cast
for Mr.. Thompson were counted for him. In
some Of the precincts and wards there are
a larger plumber Of voters returned as polled
than there are nsmes of yoters on the registry,
clearly showing that ballots we're thrown into
the boxes by the handful The boxes when
the voting commenced we're NOT opened in
some of the precincts to see that they vera
empty, although demand to examine them
was made by the Republican Judges and per.
emptorily refused. The work was overdone
by these anxious patriots, and there is every
reason to believe that thousands ofvotes cast
for Ms. Thompson never went into the boxes.
Mortified and embiaered, the Ameri.
cans TRADE must be taken with many
grains Of allowance. It's statements Of
foul play and fraud are all coptradieted by
the utteFapces Of the other Journals. We
subioin the rcisaFks Of the San, Gazette
and Bee.
How the ELECTION WEyT OPF.-'fhe alec,
dos Eas characterized by no disorder Only
g paea we're arrested 10 the city during Tie
day. Saloons we're rigidy closed, and there
vas no drunkenness. Nearly the full strength
Of the democratic FauT was pplled before ~
O'clock, and the crowds were drqwD OF 70 the
races, leaving the streets Of the city almost rs
quiet and as free ffcus crowds Is On Sqrday.
The Democrats displayed excellent organiza.
ton ia all the precincts, The tieketholdars
and workers were il large measure well
dressed, and there was notable absence Of
the roNghly-dressed men who have frequently
been seen 1T previous elections. In precincts
where there Is good colored population re-
spectacle. looking colored men were holding