New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-11
NEED OF THE LODGE BILL.
FRAUDS IN TROY THAT WOULD BE STOPPED
By IT.
4 GLANCE AT THE OUTEAGEs PENETRATED
BY THE DEMOCRATS LAST FALL-AN ELEC-
TON SATURATED WITH FRAUD.

TON SATURATED WITH FRAUD.
rrnou A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the rRIBuxE.l
Troy. " " Aug THE Republicans of the city
Of Troy will be greatly disappointed if the Federal
Election bill does not become law. They have suf
fered for wears from the frauds committed by the
Democratic party at the polls suffered by increase
of their taxes and suffered by diminishing business
There has been only slight increase in the population
of Troy I'm the last years indeed the CITY has re-
NAMED almost stationary. Every ObNervant man knows
that this paralysis Of the city caused by the corrupt
acts of the ruling Democratic party. No business man
desires to city and establish business when
its affairs are ruled by ballotboX suffers and p-
peaterS.
IF the Federal Election law would PIT an end 10
the repeating and fraudulent counting which make
elections in Troy mochery," said ex-senator Albert G.
Comstock today. and l think such law would 20
far owaId accomplishing those aims, il ought certainly
10 c passed 10y Congress. We Republicans Of this
Congressional district getting in dcSpairing MOOD
about this district II certainly is a Republican one;
was twice elected senator in it upon The Republican
Ticket but the frauds in Troy making il question
whether not again carry it. TIC Demo
cratic party has all the county oficcrS-thc Judges
the County Clerk and the chief of police of Troy.
You cannot get indicted for election frauds Won
cannot persuade the police to arrest Democrats at the
polls who repeating \ friend of mine who STOOD
at the polls in Troy at the last Congressional election
stopped a man who about to vote and said: 'Iou
voted here only ten minutes ago. lOu then had on
black silk hat but now you wearing white felt
You then were wearing black OvcrcOat; yOu are
wearing white one The man. unabaslcd replied
'YOu mistaken. sir: have not been here before
And then he stepped up TO vote. My friend said
This is an niqutous proceeding. challenge this
mans vote The man then gave his name. why
that is impossible. said friend 10 the election in
spcctOrS this fellow has given the Of my next
door neighbOr. man have known for twenty years
challenge his vote Then the Democratic inspectors
said We shall have 10 accept his vote if he swcar>
in. The repeater Of course. in his Democratic
vote and that the end of the matter"
VIII not the SaXtOn Ballot Reform law and tho
Personal Registration law aid you?7
They may. and yet doubt it: because these Demo
cratic leaders. in opinion would dare anything and
they have tools who will do anything they desire If
they repeated and counted falsely before under the old
election laws, they Will do so again under The new ones
The srictcst supervision Of elections Is needed in
order to secure pure Take the matter Of i'll
spectors. for instance In my opinion. some Of the
Republican inspectors bribed last fall and
vote for senator Collins TO which he entitled.
But these Republican inspectors were only nominal Re-
publicans. They appointed by the Beard of
Police, which is controlled by the Democrats. As
might be expected such Republicans BETRAYED their
trust"
OPINIONS OF. POSTMASTER ASHLEY.
James VI. Ashley. postmaster of Troy. said to.dav
"There isn't a Republican acquainted with elections
in Troy but that desires acntly that the Election law
shonld be passed. believe that owing to the frauds
of the Democratic party. the elections Of Troy arc
more corrupt than those of any other city in tho
United States. We only managed TO elect Congress
QuackenbuSh in 1898 by the big Republican vote
of Washington County and Of the rural towns Of
Rensselaer, County. But since then matters have
grown much The corruption which brought
about the election Of Collins Senator of an APP
palling nature. Congress greatly aid Us to elect
Democratic repeaters and ballotbox suffers fear the
United States
ASScmblyman Lannon OF Washington County, who
here to-day. said Washington County is linked
with Rensselaer, County in the Congressional district
We greatly desire that The Lodge Election bill should
pass. order that may have confidence in the
coming contest for Congressman We Republicans of
Washington County give big Republican majority
when confident that VIC will not be counted
ont in Troy. The district should always send Re
publican Congressman, and there would never he any
doubt Of IT II not for the corrupt practices Of
the Democratic party in Troy. Add the Lodge bill
TO the >axton Ballot Reform law and the Personal
Registration act, and shall be invncblc in the
district. and political corruption Will be enormously
diminished"
one OF the results Of the fraudulent voting No
ferrcd 20 by Mes,r~ COmstock Ashley and Larmon is
either TO deprive the Republican party Of it, proper
representation in Congress. to endanger that rep
rcsentation. This j, Republican congressional dis
tIict as thcy all claimed That Is made evident by
the election Of Henry g. Burlcsh Republican, by the
following votes:
Republican Democratic
1.sf "a. s.? So 1 59s,
Vet the Democrat, were able in 1856 by frauds in
this city to turn the district about in the following
Republican Democratic
1sss.................. 1870 t7.os2
But when the Presidential election Of l-s- came