New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
TIE cox ELECTION REPORT

PRUDENT AID JUST MEASURES IN NETWORK,
BRooKLYN, AND JERSEY CilY-PHILApELPiiIA
OIHrEWIsE-MR. DAVEHP0Rr's WORK.
Congressman Cox, from the committee APP
poin eel to investigate INTO alleged frauds the cities Of
NoWYork Jcrsey City Brooklyn and Philadelphia, SUBJ
u,ci is report some time ago; bat, owing to more IN
portsnt news thon eigrossng TIE Pablo nad, only
short all,ion 70 it made in the TmBCSa la rcsHd
70 the election in this and other cities the report
says:
Tic bulk Of the Testimony taken IN the cities o. Now
York jersey Cy, ana Brooklyn shows beyond "a doubt
ma, her. Was an unusually fair iUct each ,cc-
tion, which does credit 10 the virtue. iEelhete, It
citizenship OF those cities In ihe CITY Of New ioEA ne
Commits Of Police, who nave certain functions N
ties though the local organization outside Of the F"t
craI officers, W DcnocmIic il y unnecessary To 'u'.
10 whom should ne dii31i d ilc ho.p. OF iiAA5
tiiS election 50 iAu,Jll!, pth6'ni aat II-I.
tie subject OF tie election II Philadelphia tlo CONF
mitlcc say:
It appears from the evidence taken that the syafc0 Of
oblrct5as. and t1i me Whole ilachnery reg ,ation
and election is peculiar % that CITY AMI saie me iro-
rd the subject ~ san Gnd .gctpn r., we tAi K,
well adapted 10 secure tie purity Of tic ballot ut to
ie5'..a!.. tna g.gA %s 80 '' s'' % US 10 ''''
The ar OF the excessive registration m Philadelphia
Decuuts more apparent Nhr1 Il is KNOWN INA over
10000 Of the names registered were successfully az,
,ackct and the stricken on Ot ma'ari WITH ei
ninr.teathS tic ,US attacked In court H'rr .
attacked b. Democratic petitions. In conclusion |"ls
hcH IN Phadiphia on The I'm OF Soy@m5er Lot
Congressman ana Presidential electors. and csperay IA
the Registration urcc ding ~ tarto We're Ftfj -eat !S
i, ,f, ~, ,,, and but for which the r. sat would
pruiab have been different, the remedy for which DO -
arcit u gree m-..l he found an amendment vi to Cec-
lion and registration laws in tlH; state.
Considerable space is gwen 10 tue work Of Commits
,ioicr Davenport The committee say
Nj. Commissioner DdveDpOit hIi maps OF every mouse
and bHildng IN iAe Gy. the'e maps were ''tt'',,H
y5ur Nose, It's number or nd 10 It's ,t"r' ~
rooms change The character or quality Oh Uc d",
.Gg without It's beng FtSse1td - u.s. H"pt'i'p'' a.,
the doubtful, suspected, o. bad houses ere r,>r.
aud known. When ,l,s. change, ra made tIa, i'i >
brought To the attention OF the iuAeo1ii lh c- ot
100 rust, ANA All trouble ap?i~ei AM AL "rorS reg
80 that rs compcndious stirercnt resulting frui1
hc.e prud measures, may DEE said uili oat %
1nlr.i an,t nos, su.prtG. Of ffl; ana ot of tAcse
500 Tor whom warrants wer issued only 300 came 10
orally OF IA class which las rigt 10 VOC. lie iA''s
are lr'ght'ntd am EeW away ~ "e iIFtrii''iA y.
arrested 30 per cent were a,"ch % vote as LEGAL voters
rhc UmueA states COMMISSIONS has confirm q tho
statement OF other officers, "Aicn the r'hhlt t- -
ute ref rr,d 10, that Aai was a. if l cicc'h '' 10
had ever aaoWn ia the Ct5 ul Ay"-l old anu As q. iol'
vr 1888 for his c.icu.atious Then Nca-Nors I'D
I3D9I voters. TIC increase since teen IN tae H"tns
population was IL ~ ., a.. rom 10, 81" -, -
1868 1t Was a.; and from SO 10 1870 !; Vas 10,
making tota OF Ia icr ccHt 10 - years "i ~ yer
/ cent prI year. The commissioner, Wring Tie N"aA>
IOpua.IOn OF 1888 ana The mgraS' per crni, 5hoN
MINI that We should have had In l,i5 6@,9tI; a state
rcus, returns 63,327, being >ilt oiHeFeltr 10
! tn. decade. From 1913 10 loJJ tac pr cent
! OF increase, by iuw almost aS exact =
science would xiv" Ss6Oli the STATE census rlNh"!
SIS - OF difference Oh fony 20 years. TOM ~
tue t!dsd decade Nc ind the pei cent oI nicii .a
eve lI9,2Ol. Inc STATE census returned l-@'''' e..
d!e.ouce OF only l2G IN 80 years. Taxing ne an' Peg
cent from 1860 10 1870 aui tuc Jtat J. ~, BE- N''L
have lJI, jlJ; vet tc vote S.t OILY 4sftb@I 80"
Tie registry aDOdt $4,000. There clH De no i-il "'
sent nom IIrps 81 tD.s Kind. IL would De NVt ]" "D
serve the ratio 81 voter, 90 population ~ me oN''s
years. Calculations Of tai, KIND much more ~'"
and re liable than sporadic cases 81 ilaGu i'"'N7
ont ol personal local ambitions In $50 iAt i"I
| votes cast 10 pOpulat on was 10 90. IN tnt ~
Presidential year, lsI4, II WIS 10 6.36i ~ le4' 20
sol 10 leGI 60 6.14 IA 1865, 40 5i9i m ~ ~
| "A very l..ht vote. 1t ! io 4.3j; aLd ih lS'o
! n WAS 1 10 GIL Inns shows 4 ulat-tut.
tween l-76 and 1851 of Only % per cent lu,s
ejaculation might be made more elaborate. In the VtN
Iuuty 81 Nh Davenport there j, rlabO dl O. "a 80
| logic OF which Is unassniaDie. The RATIOS oi various
years prove each other only AS 10 tho proportion
tween voters and population, but Is 10 the proportion y
votes actually east to voters B} the table tAdS ~
what years fraud predOnnnaies. In lSis the propo
oi votes 90 20 100; 49, Il; ID 800,
So 1860 $40; ia 1854, -; in sos, los. Wh'h 20
proportion shonld have been So IN 1877 ~ 10; ia ieto,
$40 All the elements Oi growth brlun2nS 20 "N
Cty Ike New-lork, including the southern elei.ps
which I.s IN since the war, aud the ninll-l't4,"
which has been running down In the last Two years ~
firm fact and furnish the reason why the piopVhl'
OF voters to population Is greater than heretofore l
also show that 1876 not year Ut excess OF i""'
| whatever may be affirmed OF other years.