The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
THE VOTE OF NEW YORK.
Talk Of DispufiBG the Fairness OF Gar
aeid's Majority.


The careful and well.informed New
York correspondent OF tho Philadelphia
Ledger writes under date or Friday night:
There is something important going on
among the Democratic leaders which
promises TO create q sensation. The State
Executive Committee profess TO he cog
infant Of illegal voting in this city and
Brooklyn TO an extent which, they affirm,
will inyalidate tho electoral vote for Gen.
Garfield aud give the State TO his oppo
nent, but they will furnish no details at
present, except to call attention TO some
extraordinary Republican results in par
ticular districts. In due time, they say,
1t Will all be made apparent. Your cor
respondent heard some iEtimations OF
this kind at headquarters on the morning
after the election, but did not attach .ut-
publicity. Tho action OF the Executive
Committee I'm announcing through the
morning journals that I'm certain locali-
ties 20 vote has been cast largely In ex-
cess of the legal vote" and that "the un-
accountable increase in the Re publican
vote in New York and Kings Counties Is
plain evidence OF fraud" shows that in
their judgment at least there Is como
thing behind those intimatiOns. What it
all means we shall soon 500. Meanwhile
you will observe the committee request
all citizens OF this State, In each and
CSCiy tOCdiiLJ, HuO lavOE bil0 EiRDC OI ING
people to popular government, and who
believe very fair vote and an honest
count essential to the perpotuation OF our
institutions, 10 aid by all means In their
power the ascertainment of this result"
Tho city Republican Journals do not
affect Ignorance es to what this proceed
ing means, and they raise warming ac-
cordingly.. The Tribune says: "Mr. Bar
mum will do yell to stop right where ho
Is. Tho busit!ess public are in no mood
to tolerate sedltious fooling. No human
being In Now York doubts that the State
has honestly and irrevocably gone Re
publican" The Times even moro point
edly remarks: ''Tho Republican electors
have n majority IN the state or at least
rs. .2hA. and In oil the Democratic arsenal
of .r.ckeTy and fraud there Is no method
by which the Republican party can DO
cheated out of the fruits OF victory. The
Democratic Congress which refuses 70
and Arthur will inaugurate revolution"
Per contra, Truth, which seelns TO be the
organ of the Den. cratic Executive Com
mittoe for the time being, declares that
Hancock ia elected" and closes with the
following highly wrought appeal: "Let
1870. This fraud of 1880 Is the greatest Of
all. We call on every Democrat in the
land to help, by voice and action, In the
overthrow Of this torrible wrong, and soc
to IL that Gen. Winfield 3. Hancock is
next March seated in the chair to which
he has been honestly and rightfully
elected"
John Kelly's evening organ, tho En-
press, has tho following, with tho closing
sentenco in italics: "Facts arc coming
rapidly to light which go to prove that
tho Republican SUCCESS Is duo to whole
sale and corrupt use Of money, to sys-
tematic colonization of illegal voters, aud
to an unscrupulous use of machinery for
Interfering with tho elections under tho
pretence of supervising them. These
three points demand Immediate and
thorough investigation. II the Republican
managers hare perpctrnted sy5tentdtic and gigan-
tic frauds on The Jaliot.bor in This and other
States, and the facts can be prored, they must
take the consequences Of their acts"
Outside OF party lines people hardly
know what to make of all this. They
arc rather dumbfounded. If.there is any
thing more than another upon which the
| community have been congratulating
.a.s,:..==aias Ea:;o5 Tuc4,iuy, il is tho fact
Of our escape from another contested
election, and 1t is fcrvt lily to bo hoped
now that nothing will Happen to provo
that these congratulations wero prcma-
ture. The Republican leaders contem-
plate tho movement with derision. In
Wall street it was tho subject of moro or
loss remark, but 1t had no direct influ-
ence on tho markets.