Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
Fraud In New York.

AN INVESTIGATION or THE RETURNS ORDER.
ED by THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
New YoRK, November 4.-After Tues.
days earthquake temporary stupeiac.
tion descended upon the Democracy of
this city. They neither knew what to
do or what to say. Then the fact grad.
ually dawned upon them that they had
been outwitted by Arthur, "The" Allen
and Washington colonization bureau.
The result is that we are now threaten.
ed with repetition of the troubles of
four years ago. The National Demo.
cratic Committee will declare the vote
fraudulent, Congress will investigate,
and under the famous twenty.second
joint rule, which the House of Repre-.
sentatives has never repealed, objection
will he made to the counting of New
York's electoral vote--possibly that of
Indiana also. Mr.. Hewitt and Mr.. Cox,
both Of whom have been returned by
magnificent majorties, will lead the on.
slaught. Can it be supported 10y facts T?
II can. The Treasury Depart ment sent
on several patches of clerks who were
domesticated on the west side of New
York. Vermont furnished contin.
gent colonized in the Seventh and
Ninth Assembly districts. In some To-.
calities the registration showed an in.
crease OF seventyfour per cent. for Re.
publicans and only sixteen for Demo.
Gratis, when the ratio should have been
reversed. The Board of Aldermen will
take action, no doubt, when they can
vass the city vote, and, as the State
Board of Canvassers is Republican,
lively times may be anticipated.
Stranger things have happened than
that the electoral vote of New York
should either be thrown out wholly by
Congress or be counted for Hancock.
At meeting of the Democratic State
Executive Committee this evening the
following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t appears that at the recent
election in this State vote has been cast
in certain localities largely in excess of the
legal vote as determined by the recent CEN
sus taken under direction oil the General
Government; therefore,
Res9ired. That II be be the duty of the
several county committees of this State,
and they are hereby requested by the State
committee, to Examine such census returns
and make comparison with the votes re-
corded rs having been polled in various
districts of their county, with view of
ascertaining the extent of the fraudulent
vote in this State and forward the immed.
ate result of such examination to w. A.
Fowler, chairman of the Democratic State
executive committee, at The St. james
Hotel, New York The unaccountable
increase in the Republican vote in New
York and Kings coInties and plain eyi.
dences Of fraud in such vote demand i'm
mediate inve-tigation on the part of the
respective Den ocratic organizations Of the
counties.
Reoolued, That all citizens OF this State,
in each and every locality, who favor the
right of the people TO popular government,
and who believe in the very fair vote and
honest count essential to the perpetuation
of our institutions, are requested TO aid by
all means in their power the ascertainment
of this result.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be forwarded to every Democratic
organization in this State.