The Portland daily press., 1884-11-12
EVIDENCES OF FRAUD.
Cases of Illegal Voting and Mis-.
conduct Reported in New York.
WHAT THE REPUBLHCANs PRO
P0sE TO DO ABOUT

NEW YORK, Nov. 11--Secretary Vrooman,
OF the Republican State Committee, says that
there is evidence of frauds in Essex, Niagara,
81. Lasrence and other counties. In some
districts, he says, the Butler and ST. john
votes have been counted for Cleveland. This
assertion is supported by the affidaVts of
twenty men who swors they voted for Butler,
although no Butler votes were reported from
tnat district. The National Democratic Com
mittee is informed that the Butler men in
Troy, where the twenty sffidavlts are supposed
10 have been obtained we're deceived into vol-
lug for Blaine, when they believed tbey were
voting the Butler ticket.
The Repuoican managers in Brooklyn assert
tnat they have discovered cases of illegal vol-
Ing IN the town of New Utrecht. They assert
that the National Committee has positive in-
formation that 800 Italian laborers employed
by sewer contractor at Bay Ridge voted in
that place. The laborers are all said TO live
In Mulberry street in this city. The returns
from New Utrecht have not been handed in
to the chief supervisor of elections.
1t Is also said in BROOKLYN that the Federal
authorities discovered before election that
here were about 1000 cases OF fraudulent reg
1stTatlon in Kings county. Warrants were l.
sued for the arrest of the persons, but so much
publicity was given to the matter that only
l4O persons who had registered fraudulently at
tempted to vote.
Tue Niagara county board of cauvassers met
this morning and adjourned until tomorrow
afternoon, for the reason that the returns be-
fore them were Incomplete.
The returns from the Oath election district in
the lat assembly district have been missi ng,
but were found yesterday in very imperfect
condition. The inspectors failed to send in
the returns and have been arrested for this
neglect It appears that they were drunk, and
lett the unfinished returns among the poll
clerks tally sheets, where they have been
found. The Republicans hope 10 throw out
these documents and disfranchse the district.
n 0o,lAp pfnfur a. T1Lw.
J. O'Brion's 9Th assembly district has been
laid before the grand jury.
The frauds in the 18th ward returns in Al
bsny are confirmed, but relate wholly to local
ofhcers aud will not affect the electoral count.
Hon. Emory ii. Storrs, in an interview this
morning, said: II am not informed whether
the alleged defective ballots with Butterfield's
name clipped partly have been DESTROYED
This is important for the ballots are the first
vouchers, But if those clipped ballots ara
thrown out so far as relates to the Butter6eld
ballot-must hold good as to the other thirty
hve electors on the clipped ticket.
Edward Darragb, Democratic candidate for
the assembly in the I'd district of Queens
county, will contest the election OF Thomas A.
Scott (Rep) on the grounds of fraud, bribery,
irregnlarity and illegal voting.
Special Despatch to the Boston Journal.)
ALBANY, Nov. 1.-The Democratic board
Of supervisors in Albany county have COM
menced the work of counting. motion was
made that the chairman should appoint a
subcommittee of three 10 canvass the returns
and report to the full board. An amendment
Was offered that the subcommittee should be
Democrats and Republicans. Two of the
fair-minded Democrats voted aye on the
amendment, but they were bullied by the
Manning hetlers into changing to no. Mr..
HolleD, Republican supervisor from the
18th ward, who had not been sworn in, az
peared aud demanded to be sworn before the
vote was announced. The Democratic chair
man refused and the amendment was lost-13
TO H. After the roll had bssn called and be-
fore the vote on the original resolution was at
nounced Mr.. Hollen once more demanded to
be sworn and was refused. Whine, super
visor from the town OF Bethlehem, made
similar demand, and was refused. The motion
was carried IA to Is, aud two Democrats and
one Republican were appointed sub commit
tee. The techDicality on which the applica-
tions were rejected was that the two men did
not have their returns with tnem. According
to law each supervisor must have with him
the original returns Hollen had been told by
Democrats that his returns awaited his de.
mand at the county clerks office. What ere
given him there proved to b. returns of last
springs city election. Thus he was deprived
ot his vote and the foundation is laid for the
Democrats to throw out ward which gave
Blaine 2SS majority