The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-11
THE FRAUD IN NEW YORK.

THE FRAUD IN NEW AOnA'
The Ne York Evening ErpresS, John
Kelly's paper in its issue of the 9th says
at is not at all certain to-day that the
electoral vote of New York will be cast
for Garfield and Arthur. Positive proved
fraud taints the municipal vote in more
than one instance. SO much fraud ex-
lets THAI it is susceptible of proof on jn-
diclal inquiry A righteous board of Can
vassers could not be justified in passing
the returns for votes for electors, Care
full examination Of the figures is now ia
order. There was fraud in the Repub'
lican vote of the Ninth Assembly Dist
riot, fraud 80 black and villainous that 1t
surpasses even the nfamy Of the eIecto-
raj theft of Louisiana in 1875. For years
the district has shown small though
steady increase in the size Of its voting
list, The west side, where it lies, and
especially the old Ninth Ward, is noted
for its conservative charsC er. No sud
den changes OF population ever have
occurred until this year, when the dist
riot was colonized to help elect Repub'
lican Presidential ticket. Up to last
year the Republican vote stood at sbont
the same figures every election, Cornell
eating 3 865. An increase of nearly 70
per cent. in a single twelvemonth.
at cannot be urged, in reply to this
showing, that q number OF Democrats
swung over to the support of Garfield
for Hancock polled the full party strength
in the district, with several hundred
votes over last years Democratic vote
In other Districts the discrepancy is still
more glaring. At least eighteen hund'
red illegal votes we're cast. The mrn
who voted them were paid employees OF
the Garfield party. Several thousands
ofthem live in Washington, others in
Philadelphia, Hundreds were negroes
who voted in more than one polling
place. Let the Democratic National
Committee investigate"
Governor Dorsheimer, who charged
fraud in his defense of Kelly in Tamma
ny Hall, said to day: ut is believed
that there we're fully twenty thousand lie
legal votes cast in this city for the Re
publican ticket. Many Of them were reg
istered from certain class OF hotels and
boarding houses. The vote was in ex
cess of the legal proportion Of voters to
the population. This year Hancock
polled about eleven thousand more votes
than Mr.. Tilden, which is fair rate Of
increase of more than 40 per cent. over
the vote cast for Hayes"
Ex.Aesemblyman Grady, of Tammany
said to-day; 1.-THE Committee appoint
ed to investigate the frauds are at work
They will produce evidence which will
open the eyes of people to the outrages
praCLlC6u' kuOW VI OhO pi"N0
the proprietor of dormitory in the
Bowery, had a number of dodgers in his
house, and he was told that unless these
men voted the Republican ticket they
would be arrested. He marched his men
up to the polls and each of them voted
a straight Republican ticket, and were
paid So apiece. The proprietor received
$50. have no doubt that from 10000
to $4,000 illegal votes we're cast for Gar
field in this city. These men were
brought from Washington and some
from New England"
Colonel Roberts who is member of
the Committee of Investigation, said that
in the Seventh Assembly District alone,
fifty warrants had been issued for men
who registered illegally; and one hund
red and fifty more men were marked
and were to be challenged at the poIls.
The police however refused to serve
these warrants by order of Superintend
ent Walling. In the Fifth election Dist
riot of the Seventh Assembly District,
til ire were 254 Republican votes cast,
Colonel Roberts said, one hundred of
which were illegal. II have no hesita
ton in saying, and think the Commit
tee will bring out evidence to prove it
that more than one thousand illegal
votes we're cast Tor Garfield and Arthur
in the Seventh Assembly District"