New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-10
SYSTEMATIC FRAUD IN OHIO.
/ copRuprING THE REGISTRATION LISTS

: poi''S -, ,.oor. mast whenever elections have ap-
ochsd nothing has been thought OF oy et"er s'uo WI"
ir feasibility Of fraud and the means OF preventing
."o Rut he men who have charge Of affairs on the
,,,can si1e are, with scarcely an exception Tue
h0P who have managed campaigns for long tiine'
s" n .ha nemocratic side complete revolution TOOK
- Dhen Hoadly and his coal-oi gang came IN WIN
,, corrupton fund. 10 control conventions ana 10
o-c campaigns. and the ineylable inference = 'ha'
ii''s ,,,h,e change in the character Of elections IN
80, to- hcen due to the methods or this faction looN
On, hears scarcely word about the tarlh or the cur
o"N nout the merits Of Civil Service Reform or tenn
,er,nce alo Cnvcland's Administration or Hoadiy
o,schayior "A Governor The sole question Is whether
~ choncs Of the Democrats rob the people OF their
,ichts by fraudulent registrations ana false cohlnH
can be defeated The "stop-thei" cry Is raised OF
cour,c a it always when experienced knaVeS are Try
,, On 90, away with large looty But The CnctHH"H
ynouircr can find nothing worse to charge against tue
pcnu lcans than the tearing down OF registration sS III
two precincts OF the Eighteenth Ward Wlhch u nsheS
ust have been done to facilitate intended irauu W"
which might have been the work OF any crowd OF ioierS
of either party or Of party. On the o;hcr hand TIE
peoublcan rapers have been publishing column aer
column OF the names falsely and rIuduenty registered
The charges are not loosely made the names are gwen
and the locations that citizen can determine lor
himself and in many Cases sTeccd Is shown ua' 'no
same pcrsons have registered in different precincts under
Inherent Names. The that several hundred names
n,vc been published and only two persons have com
,lancd that they were wrongly included and are law
fulv entitled to vote registered IL strong evidence
that the lists have really been crowded with trauuulc
names on which hired repeaers and bnes can vote on
election day. In ward the Sixth according to Inc
Comma Tcial Gazette Of October ,. there Is excellent
REASON 10 believe that out OF about 800 names regis
tered about $50 fraudulent CanvasserS are tracing
oil the names as thoroughly possible. and the same
paper OF October publishes an additional list OF ABOUT
ninety fraudulent registrations which were detected oy
the preyi days work. Proofs are accrnuatng that
,ovbrearcrs OF all sorts been locked up for
SOME time past various crimes. are now DelG re
lease by officials to take part in election iabors Nor
mi, strange in a state where the Governor himself
prayed for the pardon OF officer who mad been con-
ycted of rObhing hundreds OF oo"red voters OF tel
rights and where that officer after pardon was at once
Ieiustated and Entrusted with power to repeat the
offence.
DISPATCHES from Columbus give warning. also, that
,c Il hejng rlayed all over the state TO cut down the
Republican vote as far possible. Democrats go TO
Republ.cans with whom they are acquainted ana pr"
nose that both shall pledge themselves to vote Tor Leon
ard rho Prohb,onst The Democrat takes care to re-
neat his pledge with many Republicans as Possible
and the Democratic managers believe that while very
,eU of heir followers will pay any attention to such
nron,ises when the day comes enough Republicans VIII
hold the pledge binding and throw away their votes 10
make considerable difference but their main reliance
Il on the use Of corrupt means and within Few GAYS
heeo sent by the Democrats into the counties where they
esneciav desire to the election Of legislative
candidates Special messengers from the state Com
ttoe rooms at Columbus have been tracked to various
counties and II is known that 81 500 has been sent TO
Ross County. and s.. 900 to MusldHGum County and
sums averaging 81 900 for each legislative district to
other points where the vote is supposed to be close
AT this late day not needed in campaign
for an honest PURPOSE and nobody agnes that the men
who are send ne ont money expect II 10 DC honesty
used
Democratic dispatches from Washington affirm that
there is the utmost confidence expressed by lioady ana
10y Democratic Congressman that they going 10 carry
the state Much of this confidence may 10 put on or
eject but much OF il stems to be real competent
authority ON tue Democratic eide privately figures
out after this fashion: that the Republican pluraty on
fine full vote in 1854 only 1922, with $500 votes
for the Prohibition ticket that the increase OF tue Pfo-
hbtion vote will be drawn at the rate Of three from thc
Republican from the Democratic side. and That
the total Prohibition vote will 30, cc less than $1,000
which II "a argued will involve loss to the Kept Ocans
greater than their plurality ISL Nevertheless. 1t Is
tine FAC; that the confidential epor made TO both STATE
Committees Indicate hat the Prohibition vote VIII PROB
ahlv lac about 1000 Both parties may 10 much
deceived it fact worth nDtec bat y Tue Noio
proves either larger or >iDallcrhOth WI ne aDont elul
In error with u vote not materially larger than tuht
Tor Prohibition ticket. OF an agIcSt as large a. thc
vote cast N lss l. ne Eelllliran7 sn"ud nave many
some plurality IN TINS STATE apart rom 'he coH9de' nc
chan res which have taken place which, were ts vote
hone
year Bul Inc troupe l. ihdl 10 uo - i.,,o ,
10 honest. Tho last infamous LEGISLATURE ~a7 hot
wasting It's in foolish aud meaningless perform
anco hen changed the laws IN order 10 give Greacr
power the knayish officials II Democratic cites Tic
managers know That they really expect 10 CARY Inc
State if all only by Surh frauds III t.hclhhdii ana
few other citi-s rs the Republican plurality
Of II 900 last year, without any material cnanse OF
votes TIE HbHblity IS that tue Democrats are more
Lear!v right In their estimate OF the frauds they can
accomplish than ac Republicans III thor estimate Of
their aity prevent fraud II Is not TO he forgotten
tl.t lie laws deliberate
Dci"craiic do tiv" very great power 10 local
Democratic officials to perpetrAte or permit frauds
anxiety is due to the apprehc Is0n that these schene5
may Creva and to nothing else Their hope j. that tho
In tue country districts. ~ which they iHd abundant
evidence will he much greater than the Democratic
rlsclly officials In IL the cities cal perpetrdte
OF OF these changes there Il abundant proof
but perhaps nowhere have the change, bee; greater la
Ia t,s city where the names of a great nGihb"r OF
Germans wight he given who supported the Democia'c
ticket IA 1 year and the before. but who are nov
outspoken and active support OF the Republican cand
The legislature will he close in any oyent. but the
chance decidedly favor Of The Republicans. There
word be doubt whatever about IN c0mpeElon OF inc
House. after the unparalleled rascalty OF the last Dem
Ocfat'c LEGISLATURE nut Tor the chance mat corruption
md fraud may defeat me VIII OF aSmaht H9, cI
pnaic IN la condemnation Of the course OF party and
r. se.,ns rob1llc That tho Republican legislative nand
dates viii receive a good many vote, which will not be
cast for their state ticket. 1t IL believed that the
counties winch are not at all uncertain OF either side
win elect eight more Republicans than Democrats. leav
Ing eighteen members ia doubt besides the ten from
Hamilton County. Thus the Republicans would certainly
Rucceed carrying Hamilton CoInty and majority IN the
legislature II not defruded here by the most outrage
Gus devices OF the doubtful counties the Republicans
Carried nearly half last fall. hamilton County by
ahont $500 aud the uprising OF German voters against
increased taxation and Democratic corruption ought to
swell the majority here large figure The doubt Ia
only whether ihs change IN the honest yotot and tho
frauds In the registration and In the count.
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TORKSHIRE SUPER3TITIONS.