New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-14
THE PLOT TO STEAL THE SENATE.


The people decided by their votes on the Sd
of November that the State Senate of 1928
should be Republican. That is as much a mat
ter of record as that Roswell p. Flower was
chosen Governor. Nevertheless, the Democratic
leaders have put up job to give the Senate
to the Democrats. Tammany Hall is in this
vile conspiracy against the ballot-box; so is
Ed Murphy, the chairman of the Democratic
Committee 80 is Governor Hill so are Governor
Hills plant tools in the Attorney Generals
office so are certain Democratic inspectors of
elections in the districts covered by the plot.
Is the State Board of Canvassers also in the
plot? We shall see presently. Up to date
Murphy has shown his hand more plainly than
any of the other members of the election fraud
ring. He is the political dictator of Troy. His
will Is the law of the Democracy of that town.
so when one finds Democratic electors in Troy
declining either to sign or to surrender returns
it Is fair to assume that they are acting under
Muphys orders, and that the returns are being
kept back in order that they may be manipulated.
What infamous business this for the chairman
of great political organization to be engaged
in! How reputable Democrats must blush for
their party when they think of Murphy and his
methods.
The plot cannot succeed unless through a
fragrant usurpation of functions on the part OF
Boards of Supervisors and the State Board OF
Canvassers. None of these bodies possesses any
other duties growing out of the election than
clerical ones. They are required to act upon the
returns which are sent to them. They cannot
20 back of the returns. II is their business
simply officially to announce the result. The
question as to whether or not any person who
has been voted for for any office possesses the
proper legal qualifications Is one with which they
have nothing to do. A candidate for the Senate
who receives a majority of all the votes cast
is elected, and the decision of the ballot-box
must be the judgment of the county and State
canvassers. This Is clear from the provision OF
the State Constitution, which states that leach
house shall determine the rules OF its own pro-
ceedings, and be the judge of the elections, re-
turns and qualifications of its own members"
Nevertheless, 1t is rumored in Albany that the
Democratic State Board of Canvassers, joining
hands with Hill, Murphy and the rest will pro-
coed to make itself the Judge of the qualifications
of the Republican candidate for the Senate in
the XXVIIth District, and that in face of the
fact that he was elected by 1000 majority the
Board will pass upon his qualifications, so as to
throw him out.
So once again we urge our Republican friends
in all the contested districts to keep their eyes
open, to look out sharp for fraud and to make
a resolute stand for the integrity of the ballot
box. Tammany is aware that with the Senate
Republican decided check will be placed upon
Governor Flower. That thought distresses it,
just as it distresses Murphy and Hill and the
rest of the Bosses great and small, who are in
the plot. Their appetite for spoils is so keen
that they stand ready to employ any means, how
ever foul, to gain control of the Senate. Watch
them