The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-11-10
ano. W. TIrPEET, EDITOR.
Not Beaten.

IsepuulICuu liuuhSeI5 hIloWIHS
that New York was Democratic be-
yond hope for them, laid plans for
perpetrating the grossest frauds in
the State. They colonized thousands
upon thousands Of voters in the
State. They had that dirty scoun-
drelSDavenport, by proclamation,
prevent thousands'of foreigners from
registering and voting, by proclaim
ing their naturalization papers, OBJ.
tanned from the Superior Court Of
New York, fraudulent; and many Of
these papers he actually destroyed
They stole thirty.fve ballot boxes,
which afterwards were found at
Police Headquarters, in the CITY,.
The returns from these precincts re.
ported majority for Garfield and
gave him the State; but it is claim.
ed recount of these boxes gives the
State to Hancock by q considerable
majority.
But, even ifno fraud was perpe.
trated, the hiding Of those thirty-ive
ballot-boxes and the subsequent dis
covery of them at Police Headquar-
tiers would be sufficient cause for
Congress to refuse to count the State.
With all these facts staring them
in the face, the Canvassing Board, if
it has the backbone, will give the
State to Hancock, which on fair
vote and honest count, belongs to
him by large majority.
The Governor may give the certifi-
Gates to the Garfield Electors, but
then we have a Democratic Congress
perfectly competent to settle that
matter; and if it goes to Congress
Hancock will be the next President Of
the United States.
In 1876 the Republicans charged
fraud and intimidation in Louisiana,
South Carolina and Florida. All of
these States gave Tilden majorities,
but on the charge of fraud and in.
timidation, Parishes and precincts
were thrown out in those States, un-
til q majority was shown for Hayes;
and these States were enough to give
him the necessary 1856 Electoral
votes.
In New. York frauds have been
perpetrated by the Republican party,
more outrageous than any ever char.
ged upon the Democrats of any of the
Southern States. Now the Demo-
cratic party should meet them in the
same way that they met us 1876, en-
ploying their tactics and taking
their acts as a precedent, give such
return in New York as the State
would have shown, had there been
no Republican fraud and intimida.
ton in the State.
Below will be found the resolu-
lions adopted by the Democratic
State Executive Committee of New
York, November 4th. 1t will be seen
that the matter is to be fully investi-
gated, and a fair count to be insisted
upon, The resolutions are as fol.
lows:
WHEREAS, 1t appears that at the
the recent election in this State a
vote has been cast in certain local..
ties largely in excess Of the legal
vote as determined by the recent
census, taken under direction of the
SeHeTal government; therefore,
o Resolved, That it 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 a
comparison with the votes recorded
as having been polled in the various
districts of their county, with a
view to ascertaining the extent of
the fraudulent vote in this State, and
forward the immediate result of such
examination to W. A. Fowler, chair
man Of the Democratic State Execu.
tive Committee, at the st. James
Hotel, New York. The unaccounta-
bic increase in the Republican vote
of New York and Kings counties
and plain evidences of fraud in such
vote demands immediate investiga.
ton on the part of the respective
Democratic organizations of the
counties.
Resolved, That all citizens of this
State, in each and every locality, who
favor the right of the:people to popu-
lar government and who believe in
the very fair and honest count essen.
tial to the perpetuation of our insti-
buttons, are requested to aid bv all