Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-11-30
THE new YORK LEGISLATURES.
Governor Hill and Tammany Plotllna
To Steal 1t.

ANO us" VI iutetll&euC0 VINO IOltOW0
tbs news from day to day can douh,
that . plot has been formed, aud 10
being vigorously pushed, having for
'ss object to render popular govern.
ment in this State . farce. The
rammany gang, Ed. Murphy and
David b. Hill, are the ring leaders in
this atrocious assault upon the ballot.
box. Aud naturally. They are
recognized as the foes Of fair play at
elections. Who swindled John A.
Grisw"ld out Of the Governorship to
which h~ was called by . maturity Of
tho voters j" 1868? Tsmmany. Under
whose bossship has tho city Of Troy
become not. ,rious for it's election
frauds? Under the boss. ship of Ell.
Murphy. What is the "ama Of the
man who more than all Others in this
State has heen q stumbling block in
the path Ut ballot reform? His name
is David B. Hill. This is the organ.
iz.tion and these are the Democrats
who are hard At work trying to make
the Legislature Democ, attic in face Of
returns showing that an hone-t count
Of honest volts made it Republican.
II IS precisely what mig h, b. expected
of them ALL They have all shown
Through contempt for the will Of the
maj ,risy WREN 1t did not happen to
tally with their own will.
OF course, the temptation is a great
one. These brazen consp,rstors
resent the idea that any restraint
should BE- placed upon "she aamboya"t
miIliunairr," to whom they have given
the Executive Chair. They cannot
brook the thought that a Republican
S ,at- should be allowed to pass upon
Governor Flowers noin,na 'ions-mom.
nations to Re dictated by themselves.
Still less can they brook the thought
that by the failure Of their desperate
efforts to elect both branches OF the
Legislature they will b- unable to
rus" through the gerr, mander Of the
legislative districts, upon which they
had set their hearts. In the c,rcum.
stances it is not at all strange that
they should be wiling to stoop to the
meanest and the most dishonest
methods with The hope Of having theit
own way. They have induced their
plant tools in the Boards Of Super.
visors a, Ponghkeepsie, Hudson. roy,
Syracuse, Bath and other points to
delay passing upon the returns. Re-
sort is hat to these tactics for no
reason which can be justified. The
job which has been pu, up is to delay
final action upon the returns until the
State Board If lanvasse,s IS about
ready to meet, and then to have the
Supervisor Boards grant cerntirate-
t. defeated Democratic candidates
b. fore the courts can interfere. This
done, the hosses expect the Stat.
Board Of Canvassers to do the rest Of
the rsscally business by confirming
the ac,ion Of the Supervisors, thu.
enabling the Democrats to orxan,zr
the Senate, leaving Republican Sen
a,ors who have been sw,ndlen GU, of
the seats to which they were fairly
elected to make = contest If they
chose.
One Of the most disgraceful features
of the conspiracy is the fact that
apparently all the Democ,atic State
official. ut Albany are inclined to
c"noone II. They are going about
asserting with all the confidence Of
persons having Trustworthy inside
information that "we'-mesfiing the
pemocracy-are goi"g to control the
Legislature. Not man of them
apparently cares enough for the public
veal, cares enough for pure ballot.
box, to use his influence to prevent
the consumm~tion OF thu outrage,
while tn. spectacle is presented of All
Attorney General chosen to be thu
legal arms of the Commonwealth
prostltuting his great Office to the base
purpose Of partisan bosses. Once
moro we call upon our Republican
friends in the meusced districts to he
firm and viy.Is"t. They NAV br sure
that in standing up for their rights
rights conferred upon them by the
mn ority of the electors-they will
have the support of every citizen. no
matter what his politics, who d.sir-
to conserve the integrity Of the hall t.
hmx. The Senate is Republican.
Nnhi, e hut sc"undr~lism can give it
10 the democrats. Let al fairs
minded New.Yorkers stand together