The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-04-26
Mr.. Frye's Speech,
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS I'm NEW
YORK.
The Kind of Free Voting the Democrats
are Contending Fer.

posed the repeal Of the Federal Election laws
chiefly on account of the good effect of their OPP
Grafton in the City of New York, where, be
said, false registration, voting on the names of
dead men and the registration of convicts had
been pretty effectually stopped by the enforce
ment of those laws. He spoke on this subject
substantially as follows:
New York City has population of about
100000 About 55 per cent of the people re-
side 10 % 600 tenement houses, containing each
four families and upward-605 600 in 25 600
houses. Only seventeen States 10 the last Pres
idential election cast more votes than this CITY,
1t polled more votes than Vermont, New
Hampshire aud Rhode Island. There were
lodged at station houses 10 1871 136,743 per-
sons: in 1872 17.215 persons; III 1873, 1S3,854
parsons; in 1874, 22l 1868 persons; 10 1875 217,-
552 persons; 10 1876, 1856 S76 persons: With this
great army of Migrants, criminals, depraved
and desperate men; with foreign population
of males over the age of twenty-one, according
to the census of 1875, of naturaIized citizens of
141 179, aliens, 4S,305, very many Of whom
know absolutely nothiDg of our institutions or
the principles Of our Government, what may
we expe Z? Let the past briefly speak.
1874 committee of the Assembly In their
report declare that "they We're a disgrace to the
State. aud manifest wrong to the country"
lSa41Through them alone the State was
lost to Henry Clay.
lS56-Another committee declare that the
elecuon is not at all the will of the people.
looo-Another committee declare "of late
years fraud and Stimulating at the bsllot-box
have become extensive and enormous"
106O-ln one election district for sixty-three
names registered no person could be found to
represent them. Two Irish boys, sons of
widow, one six and the other eight, were regis
tered. In the Twelfth Ward 500 ont of 3 800
names were fraudulent; Seventh Ward, 935
names fraudulent, and so on.
1862-General Wadsworth, the Union candi-
date for Governor, was defeated by Horatio
Seymour, and it can be safely asserted that
false registration, repeating and an unscru pu.
lous count IN the city gave him more votes than
he had majority in the whole State.
1863.-Tbe notorious Judge McCunn was
elected By deliberate manipulation of the
votes.
1864-In the campaign of Lincoln and Nc
Clelan marvellous frauds had been set on foot
By forged soldiers names, officers certificates,
false papers bearing names of sick, disabled
and dead soldiers. Some of the persons con-
cerned were arrested aud tried before military
commission In Washington. The city was full
OF Southern sympathizsrs, deserters, bounty
jumpers thieves aud other desperate charac-
ters The agents of the Confederacy were in
strong force on che Canadian border, and in
constant communication with their spies and
allies in the city. Application was made to the
AUTHORITIES at Washington for protection, and
General Butler with six Thousand troops was
sent forward: The election was peaceable
1866-Tweed Ring in full power, and its will
law. Every form of fraud and violence was
restored to. And this in spite of the fact that
Kennedy was at the head of the police. Care
full examination of the registry lists disclosed
over $4,000 names not to be found at the places
they claimed to register from. This was the
time when the Republicans endeavored to hold
meeting 10 the City Park to be addressed by
General Butler, Horace Greeley and Governor
Curtin. That attempt is historical. Such a
scene was never before witnessed In New York
A bowling, raving mob of Democrats ruled the
hour. Prior to this year the average number nat.
uralized annually in these courts from 1857 to
1865, both inclusive was 5,682-many more in the
Conmon Peas than IN the Superior; but
Judge McCunn was to preside 10 the latter this
year, with James M. Sweeney, clerk, and
Judge Cardozo could be used in the former.
CArdoz0 made citizens at the rate of 800 day
on some days-swore them in squads; a
single runner brought before him in one day
nine squads, aggregating iity-two, and swere
them all through; at another time this same
man brought IN twenty, vouched for them all
The result was that two counts made Is ,02s
citizens, the average before having been, as
said, less than 5000
1867-Frauds were stupendous; illegal regis.
tratlon and repeating seemed almost to be the
rule. A careful revision of the lists was made
and thousands of names were found fraudu.
leDtIy entered-in the Eighth ward alone over
l,500 Companies of men from New Jersey
and pennsylvania voted. Ram ran in streams
ara riots, assaults and murders were the order.
said, they ground out citizens "at the rate OF
,OOO day with no more solemnity than and
quite as much celebrity as displayed 10 convert
ing swine into pork in Cincinnati packing
house.. In the Superior court alone nearly
1000 persons received their certificates
1S60-False registration, forgery, fraudulent
naturalization, repeating, and every fraud and
crime against the elective franchise eliminated.
The courts were in league with the Democrats
to destroy the last vestlge of purity at the bal
lot-box. The Superior Court for this business
practically went into the controlof Judge Nc
Cunn, fraudulently elected, now a candidate
Tor reelection The Supreme Court never be.
fore having anything to do with naturalization
was presided over by Judge Barnard, also q
candidate for reelection. These two judicial
scoundrels stripped off their coats and prepared
for business. Barnard, on the 9th of October
declared that he would attend to no other bust.
ness than this until the next term. The ready
courts must be provided with blanks, so thar
should be no hitch in the proceedin gs.
The following table will show no neglect in
this direction, Superior Court, October g. re-
ceived 10000 certificates; October 8, received
10 600 applications; October 8, received 10000
certificates; October Is, received 10000 certif
Gates; October 16. received 10000 applications.
Total applications 30 000 total certificates 3d.
applications and 80 900 certificates from Sep.
tember 16 to October 3d. Tammany's head
quarters for naturalization were at No 1 Cen
ire street, in lager beer saloon. They were
reading thus:
Ne.
Please nsturalze the bearer. MI GALE.
Chairman naturalization Committee, Tamma
ny Hall.
And this, presented to the clerk of court. wa,
an orde 7 on Tammany for the fees.
THE FRAUDS OF 1868
MIR. Ftye called attention more particularly
to the events of 1865 when such an enormous
number OF men were provided with 'naturalizs.
ion IL
Leverson, Colonel George Bliss, jr., Henry
Lyle and Marshal Robert Murray, concerning
the way naturalization went on in 1868. Lev.
erson said the aliens were sworn in patches Of
from 149 to 1S0. Lyle was in the Daturaliza
tion business and used TO sign him self as q
witness for the men without ever having seen
them before; he would make use of any name
tinued:
In the Supreme Court there were filed in the
clerks office as sworn to certificates from Octo-
Der 10 October %, 10.070. But 5000 blar K
applications had been obtained in this court
from time to time. An examination by the
CONGRESSIONAL Committee and the testimony of
there were issued q 068 certificates when no
application was on f.e. T6us the Number nat
uralized 10 this court was 37,178
One OF the clerks of the Superior Court,
Westlake, swore to the number naturaized
each day; there being in twenty days in O.tn.
Der the enormous number of 26,226, or a daily
average of 1911. Meeks, a deputy clerk, testi.
fed that Westlake had given the above from
actual count; and Gillespie, assistant naturali
cation clerk, certified under oath to the cor.
rectness of the statement From these two
courts in the month of October. 1868, there
were undoubtedly issued at least 63, 900 certifi-
Gates.
In tine Supreme Court twenty-one witnesses
appeared for 2,749 applicants; and the same
witnesses also acred their part in the Superior
Court. Take these specimens: Patrick Nc
Catfery. in the month of October, in the So,
preme Court, swore to the good moral character
length of residence, etc, of 251 persons; and in
the Superior Court of 252 persons; in all, 5O3
John Ward performed like duty in the Su-
preme Court for 1874 persons; in the Superior
Court for 1876 persons; In all, 519 John Mo-
ran was witness in the Supreme Court for 455
persons in the Superior Court for 299 persons:
In all, 754. james Golf and Patrick, his broth.
er, certify to 666 in both courts.
Patrick McCsffery was one of James o. Bril-
ems deputies, and by him discharged for extor-
ton. John Moran had served term in State
prison. The Golf brothers were notorious
thieves, and both Barnard and McCunn, as
criminal judges. must have known them well.
As soon as the business of the court was over
james stole watch, chain and two diamond