The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-03
FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS.

FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS.
Democrats Opposed to All Restraints ON
Corrupt Voting.
From the New York Tribune1
The extra session of Congress has one
mission. It was forced upon the Presi-
dent and the country by the Democrats,
and they "builded wiser than they
knew" They control both houses.
Upon them rests the whole response
oility of the Government, excepting
that share. which the constitution has
vested in the Executive. And the mis-
sion of the otherwise unnecessary as
semblage of Congress is to show the
country that the Democratic party does
not dare to face fair and honest vote
of the people; that it is determined to
open the doors to fraud, so that the next
Presidential election may be decided by
repeating, by stufing baliot-boxes, by
use of fraudulent certificates of citizen
ship, AMI by false returns; and that it is
ready to break up the Government, stop
it's operations, and deprive the country
Of its benefits, unless permitted to con-
troll it by fraud.
In 1868 much more than Is, 1000 fraud
ulent votes were cast in this city alone.
The facts have been established by Con-
gressional investigation, and the report
of the committee on that subject, with
the evidence then taken, will form an
admirable document for the Republican
party to reprint and circulate, if the
Democratic party does not back down
from the purpose it has avowed. Fraud
ulent naturalization papers, many thou
sands in number, were issued to Demo
Gratis; gangs of repeaters, hired and di-
rected by Democrats, went from poll to
poll and even. then the honest Repub-
ican votes of other counties had not
been overcome. A secret circular,
bearing the name of Mr.. Tilden,
Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, had been sent out to trust
ed Democrats in every part of the State.
By that circular these men were direct
ed to telegraph the majorities in every
district, as soon as the polls closed, to
Mr.. Tweed, the boss of the Tammany
ring in this city. The counting and re-
was held back until these returns from
the country had warned Mr.. Tweed
what were the honest Republican ma
jorities to be overcome. Then returns
of Democratic majorities were manu-
featured to order, large enough to de-.
feat the will of the majority of the peo-
pie of this State. The work was done
in the most bungling manner, and the
frauds were palpable. But the imme-
date end was reached. The people
were robbed of their rights, and Tam
many captured the State. ey f
After this famous deed had been
thoroughly exposed, Congress passed
the Election law, which it is now pro
posed to repeal. The object of that law
was to protect the people, not of this
State, but of the whole United States,
from debauchment, capture, and virtual
overthrow of their self government, by
means of similar frauds in the larger
cities. The law does not assume to ex-
ercise any restraint whatever over cleo
tons for State or local Offices. If the
people of any State are content to be
robbed by the political knaves of it's
chief city, or cannot help themselves,
this law does not undertake to give
them any relief. It does not NEEDLE at
all with the right of each State to hold
it's own elections in its own way. But
it provides that all elections of Presi-
Dental electors and members of Con-
gress, and at such elections only, officials
of the United States shall be present to
supervise the casting and counting of the
votes, and shall have certain limited
powers to prevent fraud. In conse-
quence of this law, the Democratic
party in this city has never been able to
repeat the frauds Of 1868. Under that
law, repeaters have been stopped or
punished by imprisonment in Cincin-
natl, in Baltimore and in other cities.
It is perfectly notorious fact that this
law alone prevents the stealing Of the
electoral votes of New York by frauds
in this city, of New Jersey by frauds
in Jersey City, Of Connecticut by
frauds in New. Haven or Hartford, Of
Ohio by frauds in Cincinnati and other
cities, and of California by frauds in
San Francisco. Enough electoral votes
to turn the scale in almostany contested
Presidential election can be stolen by the
Democratic party. If 1t can get rid of