New-York tribune., 1878-10-18
THUELoW WEED On THE DISPATCHES.

THUELOW WEED On THE DISPATCHES.
A PUNGlNr REVIEW or IHE TILDEN METHOD N
PonnC--Uow THE GREAT RFFoEMER TX
TENDED his TACTICS FROM TIE STATE 10 TiI
NA4IoN-EEsUIIs OF THE RECENT DISCLOSURES.
ThullOw Weed, i'll conversation yesterday
about tie cipher dispatches gave some Ininlscon'os
Of the devious methods oi the m1cracy IN times past
to elections winch cy could not San honestly
at the baIo-Uox He outlined tie s! stem OF bdliot-b'N
-tutug, false reg try and naturalization ana othcr
rau uleut methods adopted m THIS CITY g. secure Dem
ocratIc majoIltIes Mr.. 1dcu, hc declared had simply
extcudod the sseL from The state To thc Nation Ihe
receut disclosures he held "a, the climax Of ihs
system Of frauds The result Ae thought could not fan
to bo political death Mr. Il dn ana serious compro
mise to the parry which has given him moral support
The conversation opened with the standard qurs
ton what thought Of the cipher dIzPtiches In Tc
apon-e, Mr.. Weed saId:
81 regard the disclosures which so seriously affect The
character OF Mr.. Tdcn and the agents employed III the
four states where it was attempted to purchase
Presidential electors, as The elimination "f q I'i-
serc, Of frauds. by means Of which results Of elections
/ IN TIN, state have been changed Thr Wing p'uv bad
! 10 cont,ua against yaIous modes OF fraud
for thirty Ayears Ballot box sjuHIug wa.
/ nractisad in largo cities. Fraudulent ua'wa-
za ON papers annually sgclicd the Democratic maor-
ties in the City Of Noa-York. Amer %" pns,ae" oi th
Regstry law, thousands Of names were iFaudli'utH
registered Gangs OF known as rep"aiers wcr" al
nuay organ ized During the war, viii be remembered
when absent soldiers allowed to send nom" thor
votes the Democracy by extended system Of fraud ani
forgery expected carry the state and Woul" have
done 50 but for the timely discovery OF tneir plot
DfuoCEATlC METHODS OF FRAUD.
"Bltlargey "a the Democrats prohted By these various
schemes when Messr-. Tdeu, swceng, Tweed. Connolly
ETC. assumed the control an easier aud more elective
invented This process determined thc sdts
I bv J.
-eturus IN this way Marshall o. Roberts,
| who received the majority Of votes for Mayor IN
| 1868 was counted out, and John T. Hoffman
was counted in. In 1869 tho tactics OF Ianmany Han
were in use to affect state election 1t was IN that
cleo ion that the following wel-rcmembclcd circular
vas sent into the all the election ds;rcis II the state
Private and strictly conhdentiall
Rooms OF DEAocEAIc STATE C9M%lTfLE'
| MY DEAR SIR: Please at once 10 commuIi"ate with
| some reliable" pcrsOn IN thice Or Iout l"'n'I
1eGlr Inn trxpcuscs duy arranged 10 Tins oudJ To
te,rsr.pr - Nm w. Tweed, Tammauy Hail. at the NM
persous estimate OF the vote. Lrt the telegraph BE-
| 40 folows: IAIs town Will SHOW DemOcId''.
--mficcntIy certain: Thi' town Will give kcpnh-
hcan (or Democratl, majority OF mere s,or c"ui 't
an in uortaut object to he attained by hmuIlaHeOus
Transmission at toe hour OF closing lHc pom, hnl no
longer watnt Opportunity can De ,'tgm o r I,'l
| over lines before actual T'snn7 , ,it,, n,,ah 10 q
Pres aDsurbs the telegraph with returns ana inter
M win ind iduaI nessAgo- and give orders to watch
'Si''"'' '''' sAmrLl j. TIL6EN, Chairman.
MR.. TnDESs CAMPAIGN DEVICES.
"The object Of the circular TO ascertain as nearly
~ might bc how largo a Democratic majority
was required IN Ncw-York 10 overcome the Re-
uublican majority in the State. When the CIR
culsr 20 winch his name wds appended, and
| its fraudulent object were disclosed, Mr. Tden
rcpudiatcd IT, as he viii doubtless repudlate the
Gramercy Park cipher dispatches. The fraudulent prac
! tcr, however, continued until the election
( OF 1872, when it was interrupted by Mayor
1 Han, to the sensible
| clusion that under the existing circumstances
it would trife with the popular SCI tment
That there be no doubt on the subject briefly
recall peculiarly interesting event In political hIs-
tory CITY, The cutre conduct our clectDus AZ
| well in the appointment Of inspectors as in the
! reception and control OF the returns, 10 vested
| in the Board Of Police Commissioners That
Board was and is non-partisan but that time the
late Henry smith, Republican Commissioner. was dan
geTousy Ill at Amsterdam, Mont yOmery County. The
other Kepubncan Commissioner, MaBerre, in the au-
pontment OF inspectors OF elections selected Repub
cans residing in the upper wards, who, it known
| could not ecrve in the First. Second, Fourth
and Sixth wards This done FOR the purpose OF filing
the vacancies at tie last with who could
be tampcrng win the returns. Superintendent
Kelso, though q Democrat, unwilling TO the Repub-
can p0rty cheated informed the late Justice Dow
ling OF ManieFre's resche-A Bowling immediately aI-
prised OF what going Not being well enough
To leave my house, 1 requested Mr.. Bowling 10 ask
Mayor Hall TO call Ho did 10 I'M
mediately. Relying upon long years OF political