, 1879-01-07
E. W. M. Mackey Makes Out the
Republican Case.
glaring Frauds--How the Democrats
Destroyed Republic
nn Votes.
Thousands Of "Jokers "---A Statement
that Can lie Met Only
by Facts.


rcsaIcnts OF tho First Courress!ona, District.
crcent ana from Nr. II. y. O,Conn,r. vim
claims to hAve been elected over mu from this
dists'ct,-thc Second. As Mr. o'connor'. let
ter was evidently written In response to the
charge made by mo that gross fruds were cun,.
,nittc throughout I'D. district at Tic iast clec-
uon' scsleetlallS 'eqaee1 1ns privilege ol 70
plying to It, aud II, 90 doing shAll not only Gu
dcayor to cktahlsh tho fact thnt frauds suf-
flcfent to chatge tho entire result uf the cleo
u,n wcre comn,ttcl, 1,ut .i,n,l a,.o cn,c.ror
to sasisfy every unbiased mEud that the de-
fense set up BY Alr. UConnor In Ills letter IA
r..,ips,.on r,.s1,e aa @' - '''' '"' '''' VI '"'
....
',,..", ,ot ~ ...on."o ..'Ilt.a ,.,, sr.sp o
In 4 publlanca letter under date Nov. Z, l8aH,
charged, inter ata tI,at tho balt1t-oxra In the
t,yo volfn1 precincts nf Ward J. in thie ritz l,n,1
,oor .,,fYcd wy,t, 1,emocrottc ttc,.,. .,u,ad t,n
xe.v smoI, .1Io. of tia,uo nsncr in dlamnn, ,rrs.
n ,,s ms s cssc % with nvcr ,,chct. and ~ ~.
other with owe. 200, and these two polls thus
madc to Five MI, O'Cnpuor q majority of 4.g9a
out OF d vote at B,hYl-tfr total yUte Ut ono
rote 8.ha9 or oynr i,os7 PERSONS at anr nSe mil
"S pols Tero e open, % deearea to bs hy.eai ime
possibility where tho managers swors each voter
nr four minute, ouesitnnlp0 some yotcr.. and
oecunlci consL,cfab,e ttme in cholenrsnr' md md
rejecting others. In cndcayorinC 10 e.
numbers MIR. O'Connor a,scrts that Tic
managers swore 'ihalf a dozen Or moro
voters al The sumo time" While in one or Two
inAtanccs-vsry tarrly, howevcr-tho nauaRers
time, challeprc Mr, O,Copf,or t, produco n
snrie ruiiabtc wilness who viii testify That thH
managers, o. rule, eworo "hali a dozen or
r,oru voters at the same time" As a matter Of
-
two prcc;ucte In question were twprn scparntc-
".
Mn. oCoNNoR'S arAr6Mxxrs nsrurEp.
Nj. O,Counur iurtler atfcnt,ts to acro,,nt for
Ward o by saving that "thc access TO inc polls
in Wards /, y, bt i, aud was cholcd up with u
.strcnm OF peurUcs throughout tho entire day,
Rendering it almost In possible FIR wj,tc Dem.
ocrut to reach tic bures It, either Of these xaIs
ana rotn. This necesaitatei a ycry iarre uun,-
ber Of Democrats liyra Ia the pfrcincts that
wcre thus blocked TO repair TO Ward i and there
rast their ballots" Ii Nj. O'Connnr's ex-
nlorstiurl be true, that II was alu,gst m1otstbjr
tcc wbto Democrat to react, The np}ia II, either
Wards 1,g t. Z, or 8, bcpauRc pctrsa to them
was rhokcI bv strcat1: OF negroes. y Hell bn d.
c!aret, in this connection, wis tbs 'seueuy's
rtnt1 or battlen how then will he arct,1nt inr
tilo fact that 1t Ward i poii thc Dernocrota rn
ccivcd 5l7 majority; 1t Ward poll, t'25 ms
Warti poll thcy cast 4ia votcs out Of do, or
NEARLY ans half: and at Wnrl 9 pujt tbcy '.nst
H.3 out Of 30, Either Nj, o. Comforts asscttIon
fl regard to tho polls being blocked u,, il with
out tho erhtcst foundation in fact, or. Il II be
true, then Ii is concjusyc evidence that tho man.
ayers ut The POLLS In Warls s. :, and co,nmiitcl
Urrnk frnua in returning s1Irf, iurvs f)rmnrrnffr
fonn@1 t. ran snos't n' 1GenhS immnslS,e e ,s sf
white Democrats to rtacI, tho boxcs md votr.
Mr.. O'Connor and the Democratic managers at
thoso rolls cau settle tl,r question whether the
statement OF tho former Is correct ur The re-
tar1a OF tic latter are faisc, Willie frauis
wcrc committed al ths po.is III Wards q, 7, and
8, "a shall prove further on, yet tho truth ia
t5at ,es sscfss s to neither , the;s j. nor t!o.e n
TO prevent tllo Democrats iron, reaching tic
boycs and voting, hut, on the contrary, at cociI
ouv t,t them, exreptlnE Ward ), where tho faji.
pcn,urats yotcd tileir fnil strength. Al Ward
tho Ije,norrnttc wis ,sns afxut tnn ann, nv IL
was in 1870; In Ward It was iii moro than In
is1o; In Ward ! II wa s57 moro: and n Wards
of the flyo poIfs ucntIoncd Uv Mr. O'Connor
cast larger yuts tl1an they ever dll before. snu
nj nnuther about tho same veto a. iast year how
rsn in rctenrII" s .tatr",, Iae thsv ~u,'. w."
fcrtci IL renair to Want IN vote " IL, ti;s fars
I'M ma I,cn,,wrntI, vn,c wa largely tnrreoemi
IN tussn ycry wsrisf
=" Vtimaut.n ,sr or THE u,orxrs.n
Auothcr n-oof. II Mr. tj'Countr's nssertton,
hc tr,tr thnt lin mnnatcrs nj Tim nlls ir,
Wnn3. 4. :. and i comm.iticI rross Yn,,.is In
swelling tic Democratic yuto n tbesa nols bo.
p1,nfu u-Aa hnnn&Stv nn1 ttyo1
XII +,,f. - tnss vha; ,hs ;o.nnuers t =. ,s'
nrss.ntsv .r " :l,"v Iin, nv"m .ic,;mcItng tha
rmn,nt nf tissnr-hai,n,x st,,f7.,. in 1hs fn,1n,s
H." Hrmn raIis vnie actually cast Al fheso tl,rrr
n;,. ..a. nsnnt tt.n .sr" II rns IL in; shnw
sna Ue consns,veiv ,I'at Inr1c num1ers ~ t,.mo.
s.sts Msr,. ,ot }o,rc. ~ rcnaIr IN IVnrS
and ttn aiton,pt to explan tbs enofmo,,s vii,
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