Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-31
TIldcn Frauds i'm 1876.


lisbed long and elaborate article in rela-
ton to the frauds perpetrated by Tilden
and his agents in the election of 1876. 1t
shed new light upon the political events of
that year, making plain what was be-
lieved by many republicans but not fully
understood. 1t shows that there were
democratic frauds in Northern as well as
Southern States. The demonstration is
made in the following manner.
All the Presidential elections for half a
century show practically fixed and uni
form ratio between the voting population
and the total population, and between the
actual vote and the whole numberof voters.
From 1928 10 1876 there is scarcely any
variation in the proportions. The popula-
ton increases the vote increases but the
one in the same ratio as the other
Now, every Presidential election for half
century exhibits and establishes such
ratio. In the whole series. there is no
marked departure from the one unvarying
standard. Suddenly, in 1876, all the pro-
portions undergo very decided change.
and show results which are morally i'm
possible. Every election prior to 1876
proved that the actual vote never came
within twenty per cent of the voters: but
thenit isrepresenteda rs coming within eight
per cent. Prior to 1872 the vote increased
at steady rate; but from 1872 to 1876 it
is represented as increasing four times as
fast What makes the development the
more striking is the fact that this unnat-
ura and inexplicable increase comes in
the three Northern States which are known
to be the theatre of Mr.. Tilden's special
operations. From 1910 to 1860, the popu-
lation of New York increased 50 per cent.
and the vote 30 per cent; but from 1860 to
1876 the population increased % per cent.
and the vote 80 per cent. Similar results
are shown in New Jersey and Connecticut.
The republican vote in all is what the
course of statistics would prove it to be
the anomalous increase is wholly in the
democratic vote. How can these facts he
honestly explained.
The facts rs to the Southern States of
Florida and Louisiana are equally striking
and confirm the republican claims. The
pretenson that Mr.. Tilden carried Florida
is based upon figures which make the vote
larger than the total voting population of
the State. The mere statement of such n
proposition carries its own comment. So
of Louisiana. The democratic figures al
lowed no republican vote at all in five
parishes where there was republican
vote OF more than five thousand. Yet the
same figures represented that only $50
voters out of the entire number in the
State failed to vote. Such pretensions are
lrreconcilable with reason or with honesty.
As to New York il is well-known that the
shrewdest political calculators estimated
that the vote in 1876 would be about ESQ.,
600, which would have been 100, 600
larger than ever before. That was
regarded as very liberal allow
ance, and what was their aston
constituent when it was reported at l,0I7,-
$50, which represented the percentage of
non-voters at only 4.s, whereas even in
the confessedly fraudulent election of 1868
it was lib and never in any other cleo
ton was less than 10 per cent. All these
facts together point Enthusiastically to the
systematic preparation of raid spread
through several States by the same cum
ming and INSCRIPTIONS hand which, when
the prize eluded him in every other way,
attempted to bride and buy the canvassing
boards of Florida and South Carolina. 1t
fully explains also the anxiety on the part
OF the democrats for the repeal of the
election laws and the establishment of
what they call free" and "open" cleo
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The young lady who was elected State Lii
brarlan of Indiana has gone and got married,