Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-13
FRAup IN pHrnApE1pnIA.


Athtson l4Ost ADout lS.ONu votes Dy H.
legal Means.
Philadelphia Record.
AT least $4,000 fraudulent votes were
asst or counted in this city for George
w. Delamater for governor on Tuesday.
Had it not been for this wholesale ballot
plundering, and had the Democratic
leaders in the Sd Congress district re-
manned loyal to Mr.. Pattison, the ma
sjority for Delamater in Philadelphia
would have been below 5000
The most outrageous Justification of
\ the returns was committed in the Fourth
4 ward under and by the direction of the
Democratic managers of that ward. 1t
should have given Pattison 1900 ma
jority, but the returns, after they had
passed through the doctoring process,
showed only "a majority for Pattison.
There is big work ahead for the fraud
committee of the Lincoln Independents.
I Chairman Rudolph Blankenburg and
his associates yesterday began an inves-
1 tigation of this ward, which, they de-
clare, will result in the conviction and
imprisonment of a number of election
officers.
Mr.. Blankenburg said last night that
the information now in possession Of the
Lincoln Independents indicate that the
most notorious frauds We're committed
In the Fourth and Seventh wards. The
lstter's 5000 majority for Delamater was
obtained by the most shameful devices
known to ballot box suffers and light
ming calculators, and it is highly prob
able that the offenders will spend the
winter behind prison bars.
a al have had 10 years experience in
the work of exposing and prosecuting
offenders against the election laws,
said Mr.. Blaneknburg last night, "hut
must say that never during my connec
ton with the old Committee of One Hun
iAdred did hear of such widespread anc
3successful cheating and fraudulent vot
ling as occurred on Tuesday.
n II went far beyond anything ! havl
fever known, and l was instrumental il
ieending 40 ballot thieves and repeater
10 jail during the days of the old On
Hundred committee, 1t is my candle
belief that had there been an homes
election and fair count in this city Nj
Delamater's majority would have ranges
between 1000 and 5000"
W The fraud committee and its counse
met yesterday afternoon and RENAME
in session three hours, going over tn
evidence in their possession. Alread
90 well-founded complaints have bee
{4 lald before inc committee. men VI
no evidence is all sifted warrants of arres
z will be issued for the offenders.
The LIST, 4th and 9th divisions of tn
9Th ward will be investigated, .
there is every evidence of fraud havin
III been committed. The committee wi
4 also investigate certain divisions in ii
4 10Th, Both and 31st wards. In the
4 division of the Both ward 16 person
were voted from No. 1886 Fitzwat,
street, though the house has only thrt
n bedrooms. The list division of this wal
is also suspected.
sH The police in many instances mao
themselves officious in vouching for pc
sons who were not entitled to vote a.
to intimidating Democrats. A case
reported of man named Sennemaier,
\ the Beth division of the Nineteen
4 ward, who was frightened away fro
II the window while in the act Of votil
4 the Democratic ticket by Policem'
Robert Elliott. However, the maj
x wife went after him, accompanied hi
TO the polls, and saw to it that he yot
the full Democratic ticket