Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-06
sIy Nane Is mod TIlden,

Ben Buffers latest and greatest eff
fort, to the effect that be and Tilden
are not the same sort Of folks is report
ed as follows; I.t
Boston, you know, gave majority
Of between 1900 and 1900 votes for
the Democratic candidate last year.
Nobody charged any fraud then; no
body suggested any fraud; nobody said
that any fraudulent votes had been
cast there by either party, and in many
Of the wards there was not a Democrat
behind the bar, because Republican
city government appointed the officers
This year Mayor Palmer, a gentleman
against whose integrity nothing has
ever been said, appointed one half
Democrats and one half Republicans
1t is true that there are a small por,
ton Of Democrats that have about the
same consideration for themselves as
the eountryInan who went aboard a
ship of-war-a U. s. frigate. lie went
aboard the ship, walked about, spit on
the deck, aud conducted himself gen,
orally in disgracelul manner. His
actions we're not agreeable 10 the
Lieutenant, who said to him: Why.
sir, why do you do these thingsY Said
he, | own part Of this ship; l am one
Of the people, Very well, said the
Lieutenant, taking out a knife and
cutting of a silver from a spar, take
your portion and go ashore. Zap.
plause So II is with the Dem
ocrats who are reported to be
going back on me; they can take their
portion aud 60 ashore. Applause. ]
Mayor Palmer appointed Democrats on
the one side, and then he gave the in.
dependent Republicans who would
not vote for Ames some offices; he
gave the independent Republicans
who would not vote for Butler some
Of the Offices; he gave the representa-
tiyes ofthe party which was called to-
gether at Music Hall BY a call for any
body to come to beat Butler the rest
Laughter and applause Immediately
a cry Of fraud was raised. Fraud was
TO be committed, and thereupon some
twenty or thirty men, headed by Colo
mel Goldman, held a meeting the other
day in Boston, and they voted that
frauds were about to be committed
laughterL and they said that Boston
would not give Butler more than FIVE
thousand majority, and they doubted
whether II would give more than
twenty-five hundred majority. Well,
II that is true, there are going to be
some enormous frauds committed,
am quito certain. Great laughter. 4
| can doubt on that subject. And
thereupon they chose something
which is new TO US. We heard Of il in
the earlier days Of San Francisco,
They chose a vigilance committee 10
attend the polls and see 10 II that
frauds were not committed That was
direct charge that frauds would be
committed. But the NV don't make
Ony provision for such vigilance com.
mittoos. The law provides for certain
election officers, whose duty it is 10
see that frauds are not committed aud
any such vigilance committee at the
polls is a revolutionary body-an lille
gal body. Tremendous applause.
The members thereof are not on
oath. They arc charged with no
official duty. They have nothing 10
do whatever at the polls except 10 70
up quietly aud reyerently aud cast
their ballot, and then 70 homo. What
are they TO hang about the polls fol-
and get in honest voters way, so that
they cannot oalily get to the ballot.
boxl Think Of III They then went
further, and Mr.. Goldman aaid thai
they did not think Il would be pecos,