New-York tribune., 1879-04-24

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Mr. VANCE CDcm.. n Cl int oduced bill aboshns
| the tax on stato banks. Referred.
! The SPEAKER called for reports of committees.
| Mir WARNER Dem, ONO. from the coninltlee on
pg certain ,tious OF the Revised Statutes relating 10
| coinage. Printed and rccommitted a., ,bor
Mr. WRIGHT tD.m., Peun.l chairman 81 ~ ihe ,' haDp
Comnip reported resolution granting mat cninin m
toe leave To 80 during tHr rccrs-' ana &
~ 600 10 meet It's expenses. Adopted after Drei de
The call Of committees having been concluded ID. before
the eXDlratiOn of the morning h0U tue oIHAhH" nv
| cccded 10 cal states iOr resolutions. r.i - roeo
| MI FERNASDO WOOD ID IN, " " offered REQ
lutlon That the President be requested To consIuer
the Aps,Hoi W r. Frco for the negotiauon OF treaty
| which shall secure n equal interchange OF lne
products and manufactures OF each country anu seiYo
io cement closer relations Of amity, trade and com
MIR WILSON Dem, W. VA offered resolution call
ING ON inc secretary Of the Navy Tor certain nior
| ton m regard to the Naval Academy. Referred; o
Mr.. ACKLEN CeIn, Lal offered resolution d1p , ,he
claims 0f United states citizens against the GoVernen'
Pending acton on the resolution. the morning hour
The following bills were introduced by Mr.. cox cox
| 0Jcm., " - and referred Amending the laws rea,
ing to merchant seamen in regard 70 the Japan Sc ln
demnity fund settle accounts OF laborersi 10 & p,o
tcct the propagation OF sa water sn 10 and 10
| rnerce between the United states ana Canada anu :"
i, Cisnoa iate Consul at Cyprus to retire National
bank notes for the enforcement OF the elght huur
for the termination OF the NATURALIZATION treaty WI"
Prussia
MR. FRYE on NEw-YoRK ELECTIONS.
THE FRAUDS OF THE PAST BY THE DEMOCRATS OF
TIE METROPOLIS.
The House then at 1:35 p m. went into Com
mittee of tho Whole the Legislative Appropriation
BILL with Mr.. Blackburn (Dem.. KY In the chair.
Mr.. FRYE (Rep, Mel opposed the repeal OF the Fed
eral Election laws chiefly OF the good effect
OF their operation in the CITY OF NewYork, where he
said false rcgstraton repeating voting on the names
Of dead men aud tho registration OF conycis had been
pretty eectuay stopped by the enforcement OF those
laws He spoke on this subject substantially fOlows
New-Iork City has a population OF about l'lOO,OUO
| About 80 per cent OF tine people reside III 20
| 900 tenement houses, containing each fonr FAINT
| lies and upward-6C5,OO0 In 10000 houses only
| seventeen States III the last Presidential election
more votes than this city 1t p9lie9 more votes
| than Vermont, New-HampsIre, ana kh0de lsiand
There were lodged at station houses In Is3l' i53543
peTsons 10 1S1 l3ZS & persons persons in in Is7S
persons in 1876, 1sG,S76 persons. with this great
army Of vagraus, criminals. depiayed ana desperate
| men with foreign population OF males over t1rr agy
! of twenty-Oue according 10 the census OF ls'o OF
many whom know absolutely nothing OF our nsIllu-
| tIons OF the principles OF our Government, what may
| we expectl Let the past briefly speak.
Is37-A committee Of the Assembly IN their report
declare that they disgrace to the state, and
! manifest wrong to the country"
1S44-Ilrougn them alone the state was o5t 10 eury
is5e-Another committee declare that the election is
| not az all the win OF the people.
ls5s-Another committee declare OF late years fraud
and Stimulating al me Dio'DoA nave Oc'olno 'A''H'''
Is60Iin one election district, for sxy-threo
!
Two irish boys Of widow, one six ana the 0ther
eIu were registered. Ia the Twelfth Ward 900 ont 0
3jOOuamCs were cirauuuchti StFchtu h"Iu, Jo0 H'i's
is62@General Wsizworth, the Union candidate for
Governor was defeated by HoratO Seymour, and IL can
be safely asserted thq false registration repeating aud
INSCRIPTIONS count III the city gave hIh more votes
| Than b. had majority ~ the whole state.
| lS63-IAe notorious Judge McCuun was elected by q
deliberate manipulation OF The votes.
ls6l-in the campaign Of Lincoln and Mcclellan mar.
vellous frauds hdC heon set on lOOt by orstu surlh
| LF,g gd leads
concerned were stcd and tired before lullllarF
commission m WasbiUgion The cty was full OF SOut.-
| ern sympahlzors dcseIters, bounty jumpers thcNcs
and Other characters Inc agents OF the tou
IJorscv were nm stronE force on The Canadian border
and IN constant communication IN their spies ana allies
IN the city, Application wa- made to he autho!lths ~
washington for projection and General Butler with six
! thousand troops was sent forward The election was
| isG6-Tweed Ring In full power, and its Will law
! Every form Of fraud and violence was rcsored TO-
And this IN spite the fact that Kennedy was at the
t, dlsc osed over 600 not TO br found at the
places they claimed to register from: This Wis the
| ng m the CITY PARK De addressed by General Butler
Horace Greeley and Governor curtin. Ihat attempt Is
! Nsw-YorE. 4 howns. raving mob OF Democrats ruled
mi zea annually m these courts 1857 1868 both
Inclusive, 56s2-maLy more IN The Common I',ds
inan IN the supeuor bu. Judge Mccnnn was to Presl9e
i'm the latter hIs year. with JaurE IL sweeney, c.rf'
and Judge Crdoz0 could be used N the former Ca1ozO
sworc them IN I'm squads; single runner brought be
fore him 10 one Jay nine eq.as' u. @ w.
man brought in twenty, Vouched f0r thcm All iue re-
ayre before having been ~ said, less than 5000.
! ls65-T.a stupeudous; Illegal reglstrat on
and repeating seemed almost % he the rule. careful
revision OF The lists made, aud thousands OF names
| were found irandulently cnefed-lh the Llehth
! Ward alone over 1000. Companies OF men from
/ Ncw-Jcrsey aud Pennsylvania yOled. Rum ran In
streams; ot assaults and murders were tie order
| The courts we're started, and as TIE TRIBUNE said
fLey ground Out citizens lat the rate OF 1000 day,
with slemuity than ana qule as lnuch cttr-
ity displayed iu converting SWINE into pork IN I'm
ctunuu usctiu2-housr.' In tie superior Court alone
nearly l1OuO per."ns received their certificates ,
1s65-Faise registration, forgery lrdIduieht haturl
zatioE, repeating, ana every fraud and crime AGAINST
! the elective franchise eliminated. The courts were in
league wlh the democrats 90 destroy the st fcsse OF
purity at The ba Ot-JpX. Tho superior Coull Tor tlls
business practically went into the control Of Judge
NcCunn, f,sudu enty tltcteu' no" tauu'da.e Ior e
election supreme Court, never before having any
thing TO do with naturalization. presided over ly
Judge ljarnatI' a-sO Sahuil"Io o' 1'ecStoh' mus
| two judicial sc0undres stripped or their coats ana
prepared Tor business Barnard on the 6 OF October,
declared tAdt ne Nod atJthn 10 no O'her ousIness
than tns until the next iern The ready courts must
hilton in proceedings. The following table VIII show
no neglect this direction Superior Court, October =,
re- So ap6IcaIions oetober l. received 10000 cerd
cates October To- received 10000 certificates; October
16 received 10000 applications Total applications,
10000; toid c.r,iticates, 10000. In the supreme
Court thero were 1000 applications and 900 ceItf
aeaaqaarsrs for n.nrao@ og were we're at No. Gent Genre
red ticket 10000 in number, reading thus;
Please naturaizo the bearer. MD. GALE.
Chairman Naturalization Committee, Tanmuny Hall,
Aud tbis presented the clerk court, order
on Iamnaly for the ices:
THE FRAUDs or 1868.
NJ Frye called particularly to the
OF 1865 when such an enormous number OF men we're
provided with naturalization papers He clted the cs
umony Of Mr. IeVerson, Colonel George Bliss jr Henry
Lyle and Marshal Robert Murray, concerning the way
naturalization went I'm 1868. Leverson said the
aliens were in in batchos OF from ITO to 1SO Lyle
wa. IN the naturally business and sign him
them before: lie would make OF any that
Into his head. Mr.. Frye continued:
In the supreme Court there hri IN tho clerks
office rs sworn certificate. from October 20 October
~ lNoIO. But 70 600 blAnA appcations bad boon OBJ