New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-02
4 FJRSECLASS BOOMERANG.

II is not an uncommon thing Tor sly rogue
fleeing from justice to attempt to draw atten-
ton from his own guilty self by leading the
shout "Stop thief, ~ There is good warrant
for believing that this ruse, winch is familiar
to every policeman, is now being resOrtcd TO
bv sundry Democratic newspapers. They are
filling the air with hysterical assertions to the
effect that the Republicans have 1t i'll mind to
perpetrate colossal fraud upon the ballot
box with a view of carrying the November
election. "The plan is" says one of these
newspapers, "to place 10000 repcaters i'll
"New-YOrk City and $4,000 in Brooklyn,
"and, if necessary, the men shall vote more
ethan once. In the details, this plan is to
"appoItion these men to each election dis
"trict, so that suspicion shall not be excited
"by any considerable body of strangers of
"whom the residents of the district have no
Knowledge presenting themselves for registry
"and to vote"
We characterize this and any similar report
simply as analOgues of the thiefs cry of
stop thief. And for two sufficient reasons.
First, the Republicans of this State, holding
fast to the cardinal doctrine of their party,
the right of the people to rule, lave never
attempted to render the right of suffrage null
and void On the contrary, they have labOred
from the foundation of the party for a fair
count of honest votes. Second, the De-
mocracy of this State stands convicted in the
eyes of all men of intelligence and candor who
are acquainted with our political history of hav-
ing fllgrantly cheated the people by placing in
the Governors chair at Albany "a man who
secured his so-called "election by most
barefGced and infamous series of crimes
against suffrage. When the organs of the
party that counted out John A. GriswOld and
counted in John r. Hoffman begin to cry that
the Republicans are getting ready to COLOMBO
voters, the inference is excusable that the
methods which were called into use for the
benefit of Hoffman are to be revived for the
benefit of Cleveland. -Four wards in this city
in which there were not $1,000 legal voters
were made to give Hoffman over 1900 ma
iority. There is coonzing with a vengeance
And yet the party guilty of this particular
infamy now cries "cOlonizinG" at the party
whose record for fair play at the ballot-box is
unimpcachabe!
BY all means let these Democratic newspa-
pers keep repeating the charge that the Re-
pubcans rely for success IN the present. cam
paign upon repeaters -2O,O 600 in New York
City and $4,000 in Kings. 1t is a libel pure
and simple, the most malignant of lies, but
nevertheless, trust that those that invented
il will persevere in its industrious circulation
For its chief effect upon the Republican ticket
must be to gain it votes Every time they
hear the report level-headed men will recall
the many frauds upon the ballOt-box, frauds
North and frauds South, that have been brought
lion, To tha thaxr h..
desperate efforts made by the late Democratic
Congress to break down the National election
laws; they will recall-tO take a fresh example
the notorious election which took place at
the capital of this State 10 later than last
spring, when prominent Democratic leader,
Congressman Nolan, secured his return to the
chair of Mayor of that city by wholesale Dem
ocratic repeating and false counting
The Republicans of New York realize that
on fall and fair vote the State is with them.
Why should it not be Republican admins
tratiOn has been wise and frugal. The pay
ment of the immense war debt of the State
the consequent great reduction of taxes the
passage of the amendments to the Constitution
securing economy and efficiency in the MANAGE
ment OF tie canals and prisons, the prohibition
of special legislation, the taxation of corpora
tiOns-these are some of the important fruits Of
that admins ration. A party with such rec
ord does rot base its hope of continued success
upon fraud and corruption at the ballot-box,
but upon the general good will and confidence
which it has inspired. But how is it with the
Democratic partyf What about its record in
this Statef 1t is sufficient to say that that
record Is SO discreditable that it would not be