The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-14
VICTORY BY FRAUD.
RRPEATE RS FROM THIS CITY DE-
FEATED COLONEL ROGERS AT
TROY, NY.
How Virginia Negroes Were Proven
ted From Voting.

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TROY,N.Y.
How Virginia Negroes Were Proven
ted From Voting.
The New York Press says The Re-
publican State committee has secured
abundant evidence that repeating was
INDUCED in, in the most shameful and
fragrant manner in the Senatorial con-
test in Troy as factor in the So called
election of "Mike" Collins, the Demo-
cratic nominee for reelection against
Colonel Rogers. the Republican candi-
date. Republicans in Troy have been
reused to pitch of high excitement
over the unblushing manner in which
the repeating was carried on, and dele
cation of them has placed all the parti-
culars before Chairman Knapp of the
State Committee. General Knapp has
been conducting a thorough examina-
ton of the outrage, and yesterday he ex-
pressed himself in the following lam
guage:
"There is no doubt whatever that the
election in the Sixteenth Senatorial Dis
trict at Troy was carried by fragrant
fraud by the Democrats. The evidence
which has been placed before us comes
from men in whom have implicit con-
fidence and whose word is perfectly
Trustworthy. The evidence connects at
least one prominent Democrat of this
State with the business, and we expect
to be able to show all the steps in the
business. The evidence of the charges
is conclusive and complete, and weshall
follow it up to the end. believe we
have all the evidence necessary to push
this fraud upon the ballot box, and we
are now making preparations to see that
punishment is melted out to the offend
ers."
The facts, as presented to the State
Committee and as narrated by the Troy
Republicans who witnessed the opera
tions of the reporters, are as follows:
Gangs of repeaters left this city Mon
day morning by train and Monday night
by boat, reaching Troy Monday afternoon
aud Tuesday morning respectively. They
were in charge of two noted gamblers
of this city. They seemed to take pos.
session of the polling places. Each man
voted four or five times, each time
under different name, and swore in
his vote when necessary. The Repub-
lican inspectors made vigorous protest
as the repeater presented himself, but
the repeater would swear in his vote
uuhesitatingly and unbushingly.
The fellows were on hand bright and
early and voted in the names of legal
voters of the city.
Half an hour later, perhaps, the legal
voter would present himself and swear
in bis vote. By this process the poll list
were double in number in many places
,,l&o oh houa honn Tho
Republican workers at the polls, saw by
10 o'clock how the fraud was being
worked, but they stood helpless to pre-
vent the iniquity, in the First, Seventh,
Eight, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth
wards the repeaters walked boldly in be-
hind the barracks with bunch of tick
cts, kreceived challenges, swore in their
votes, walked back, got another supply
from Democratic heller and repeated
the nefarious process.
In the sixth Ward the repeaters grew
so,bold that, while the poll clerks were at
lunch in their room, the Senate box was
actually shifted and another substituted.
When this box was opened it showed
only "a votes for Rogers, while all the
rest were Collins tickets. The Repub-
lican State ticket in the same ward re-
ceived 800 votes. The strongest piece
of evidence is to be presented in this
phase of this open and fragrant business,
for ITO Republicans will swear that they
scanned their tickets closely and voted
for Colonel Rogers, whereas only "a
ballots for the Republican candidate
were found in the shifted box.
The police were as helpless, or pre-
tended to be, in this state of things as
the Republican inspectors. When the
police were called on to arrest the re-
peaters they contened themselves with
replying that they had no warrant on
which to make arrests, and so refused to
act. There were some exceptions, but
the magistrate before whom the repeat
ers were taken seemed to have an eye
with Collins lens IN it and the men
were discharged.
The result of this wholesale raid of the
gangs of repeaters was that wards that
never before gave more than 400 Demo.
cratic majority this time rolled up from
800 to 900. The Republican inspectors
have refused to sign the returns. Col
onel Rogers was sure of an election under
normal conditions. Collins alleged ma
jority was 2,450, while Colonel Rogers
ran 1850 votes behind the State ticket,
This district is controlled by the motor.
ious ED" Murphy, and no one is sur
prised to hear Governor Hills chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee il
up to his old tricks again,
The Democrats in the Rochester dis
trict claim small margin only for theiI
candidate, Senator McNaughton. There
are ugly rumors of crooked work in thlt
district also, W A.Southland,t the RepublI
can candidate, has been in this city and
in consultation with General Knapp
This district is being looked into, and if
fraud is discovered Senator McNaugh
ton will not be seated.
In the Fourth Albany district also
there was any amount of crooked worl
done by Democratic heelers and repeat.
ers. The returns gave the election Il
Michael G. Gillice. the Democratic can
didate against Assemblyman Leroy, by
a small majority, Mr.. Leroy began in
vestigations and he has already collected
evidence enough to warrent the inspec
tors to refuse to sign the returns, He
will contest the election in the courts.