New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-07
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS EXPOSED.
CoLoNIzA1IoN MrruODs-BALrOT-rOX srrFr1NG-
CHEMICAL SECRET.

CHEMICAL sECRFT
COLrMBCs Oct. G.-Savage attacks upon
Colonel " " Dudley. Of Indiana have appeared In All
the Democratic newspapers ~ ohio for week The ami
mus has however been conspicuous Colonel Dudley
time placed himself Mt the direction Of the Re.
publican National Committee. who iust ~ that time
became appraised that atupondous syacm of fraud
was contemplated by the Democrats t0 curry
ohio lie rrqucAtcd to como ont hero
aud GO operate with tho state Committee 10 pre-.
vent thoao frauds How well his WORK ht7 been
done cloctlon day Will boat toll bat the ATTACKS alluded
10 ore NJ least pointers" Ia hi- excellent service In
chat with the Colsno to-day, Tut llnrNt correspond
cnt learned that Democratic rophtcr have been coming
into the state for month 40 the rate Of twenty Z" hf}
per day They have been spotted located AMI drhth'd
10 local committees that they can neither vote "hero
they now are nor move To- other localities without being
followed. Tho Democratic Leaders had calculated on
$500 10 900 mc hcng safely dropped into the -tat"
who could give them G.OpO or 1000 votes 10y
repeating Not per cent of these persons owing
Colonel Dudey- precautions will ever get ballot IN
the boxes aud FOR this per cent the penentiary
yawns.
Other schemes deraud the honest voters OF their
choice foot. but have been broken up 10y us
coyery II wa, proposed to organic game known a.
1.-THE hundred" which should have that numerical
strength and Dee composed Of slick gentry with good
clothes and appearance and possessed Of nerve and dis
crcou IN of trouble This crowd wa, 10 operate III
Cincinnati. where II wa 10 take possession OF
poll ct II. vote. I'm by hook or crook. and
move on 10 another precinct They expected to operate
from 20 to 80 wards and to DE good Toy not less than
1000 votes The contract with these men was to pas
them tAelr expenses and two dollars vote smaller
gang. ~ the same description to Doe organized for
Cleveland. Columbus. Dayton and Toledo "hch the
leader in the enterprise apprsed that he was known
and HI scheme fully understood. he replied well that
settle, IT, I'm not going to walk deliberately into the
Pcuitcntiary."
Tho coonzing OF voter, from Kentucky has been going
Oh for some tim, ~ Cincinnati They have been placed
mostly in the wards but some have been brought mat
Andcr-on's Ferry above the city and there run back
into the suburban wards and country precincts one oi
these river wards la, spring polcd 900 votes more than
the assessors enumeration shows male voter, III the
ward Thi- showing will not be made this fall.
Among the .chcc- FOR measuring the Democratic vote
the polbook scheme deserves attention. II was Ia be
worked in large Democratic counties Ike Franklin
Allen Auglaize and Defiance. The Democratic Judge
was sip ten Democratic ticket, in the box The Dem
ocratic clerk In the day. would insert on h' poll book as
many names scattering them promscuousy. When the
polls closed the discrepancy between hi poll and that Of
the Republican clerk would cause remark Of course.
but q. the ballots would be- In the box to
substartiAtc his work the ten extra votes would he
counted.
Another scheme even more bold than this. wa, 70 stuff
deliberately ten votes 10 the box an" IN counting Guy
leave ten Republican votes 10 the last men a. th' n""A
showed less voters than there were ballots tnec were
10 bc LETT uucouuted The ohio law permits hi~ to D"
done. nut the most dangerous discovery yet j. the
chemical scratch" chemist Ia Network city has dis
covered n process by which ticket can be
scratched and remain invisible for four hours lil-
secret ua- purchased hy tine Democratic committee"
The ouy remedy against n ~ for the voter G" nave poo
session ~ h- ticket for that length OF time before dc
po-ftnc h in the This -chcnr D. hl thr NOR" IAN
cerous because an innocent man might be- di-truuilnS
these chemically scratched tickets without knowing H.
Even the puteui ballot boxes ~ Cincinnati. which were
believed 10 be perfect Ia their registration 81 votes.
have been tempered with. Democrat VINO r.
now for Blaine and Logan has given Colonel Dudley the
measurement los which false bottoms with secret springs
have been introduced lu those boxes ana made thth
capable ~ returning any number ~ votes required.
f. f. IN thu largo cite. that the greatest danger exists
from these sources and II f. no cleveland Columbus
Cincinnati Dayton. and Toledo that the sfeat'-l pre-
cautions orr necessary The United states Marshall, for
these districts are alive 20 the Importance OF h" -itna
ton and doputc- viii Dee appointed To cover every o"n
gerOu. poll.