The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-06
ing political parties of the country have sub.
mitted reports to the House OF Represens'

ing political parties Of the country have sub.
mitted reports to the House OF hepeesens'
atfveS on the
EXTENT OF THOSE FRAUDS.
A committee of the 10th Congress after Iuil
inyestjgation reaches the conclusion that the
number Of fraudulent votes cast in the city o.
New York alone in SO was NOT less tnan s,,-
900. A committee of the 18th Congress IN
oninion that for every one hundred actual
voters of the city of New York I'm 1S6S one
hundred and eight votes were cast. when. IN
fact, the number of lawful votes cast coula
not have exceeded eighty eight per cent. OF
the actual votes of the city.
By this statement the number OF trauouIent
alone was between thirty and forty thousand.
These frauds completely
REVERSED THE RESULT
of the election in the State OF New fork ootn
ficers and as TO the choice OF electors OF the
President and Vice. President OF the Unfteo
states. They attracted the attention OF the
whole country. 1t was plain that II they con.u
he continued and repeated with tmpunity,
free government was impossible. A dis-
tinguished Senator. In opposing the passage
long time believed that our form of Govern
ment was comparatively orderly and honest:
Even the opponents of these laws have
borne testimony to their
VALUE AND EFFICIENCY,
and to the necesSity for their enactment; !. a
G0mmlIyee
members q majority of whom were opposed
to these laws, In their report on the new
York election of '76, said: The committee
country and to other cities this remarkably
system developed through the agency OF Dotn
local and Federal authorities, acting IN nAk.
mony TOR an honest purpose al IN NO ot p t,me
where there has been an e4pIes,
sion of the popular win through the
forms of law. Has there been more cTm !,
Institutions? Whatever may have been the
previous habit or conduct OF elections IN
those cities, or howsoever they may conouGI
themselves in future. this election OF 1916 VII
stand as a monument of what good faith,
honest endeavor, legal forms and just au-
thority may do for the protection OF the elec-
toral franchise. This bill recognizes the au.
thor.ty and duty of the United states 70 ap.
point supervisors to guard and scruttntze
Congressional elections, but 1t
DENIES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
all power to make its supervision efectuai
The great body of the people OF all parties
want free and fair elections. They do mol
think that a free election means ireedSH
place of an election should be the sanctuary
for lawlessness and crime. On the day OF an
election peace and good order arc more nee
than on any o.h spd da feebless CITIZENS
| the aged and intirm. should be ana snouic
have reason to feel that they are safe in tine
| exercise of their most responsible ousy anu
| their
MOST SACRED RIGHT
| az members of the society, their duty and
| right to vote. The constitutional authority
| to regulate Congressional elections wnicI
belongs to the Government OF the Unitee
| states, and which it Is necessary TO exert Il
secure the right to vote to every citizen pos
| sessing the requisite qualifications, ought u
| be enforced by appropriate Legislation: -
| far from public opinion in any part OF ths
country favoring any relaxation OF the au
] of elections from violence and corruption.
| The trainers of these laws have NOT peer
disappointed in their results. In large cities
under their provisions. the elections haV'
| been comparatively peaceful.
| Ibelieve it demands greater v1gor DOth II
| the enactment and exaction of laws framet
| for that purpose. ANY opposltlon' any PaI. .,
| can partialtty which experience may nav
| shown in the working of the existing law
NAV well engage the careful attention both
Congress and the Executive, In their respect
| i've spheres of duty, for the
CORRECTION OF THESE MIscEIEFs,
| as no Congressional elections occur until at
| ter the regular session of Congress will hav'
been held. There seems to be no pnplic eA.
sideratiOn at that session of any adm1nlstra
| ton details that might improve the presen
methods designed for the protection OF 81
citizens in the complete and equal exercls'
| of the right and power of suffrage az sucl
| elections, but with my views both OF the con
stitutionality and of the value OF the existing
laws
| IcAN NOT APPROVE
any measure for this repeal except In con
| nection with the enactment OF other leglsia
| ton. which may reasonably be expected :
| afford wiser and more efficient safeguards 10
| free and honest Congressional elections.
ISignedl RUTHERFORD d. HAYES.
Executive Mansion. May %, 1879.