The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-04
UNION LEAGUERS EXCITED.
NOAH DAVIS DKNOgN CEs GOV, HILL,s
CRIMINAL PURsOsEo az

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"CRHhLNAL PURs0sEo si' g.
| A.d the CIsb. Deei1ssg the E1eetiea Csses
In Advssee IN Favor OF che Hepusstesss.
1 Resolves In che ssne Breath that They
Should be Left 20 the Courts - Decide.
The Union League Club had big gathering
| OF members last night to discuss thb contro-
Sersy now going on over the election, returns.
In the absence OF President Depew. Cornelius
| N. Bliss presided. Noah Davis offered q pre-
amble and resolutions. prefacing them with q
speech. in which he said: :.
"A crisis has como In our State which de-
nands that tho people shall rise above all
party and require that the principles upon
which our Government Is founded shall
be maintained Hence the Union League Of
this city feels IL q duty to lay before
| all the people Of tho State. az citizens
| having common interest In maintaining
the purity Of the ballot box. as tho form Of
expressing their will in tho choice OF their sor-
wants and officers. certain wrongs and crimes.
Wrongs and crimes upon the ballot box may
for moment benefit one party and injure an
other. but the tolernton Of such wrongs and
crimes IL q permanent injury. destructive Of
| all the constitutional rights.
Tho Constitution enjoins upon the Cover.
nor to take caro- that tho laws are faithfully ex-
ecuted. and this is the sum Of his duty. He has
no power to interfere with the choice OF tho
people. but must abide by the verdict Of the
ballot boxes as spoken by the votes deposited In
The netGSpes have hy Law
votesi what votes shall be counted and what
Ss what shall 30 and
suits made EnoWn %s' to c whom me tho
record Of those acts shall be delivered.
and friends, and sct under the immsdiste
scrutiny OF the people who choose them There
se fSs whss
duty oi al higher ofilcers Is simply t. soliate.
supposed that this would. be done. but on the
Sst the Gbe se
the state who. Under the law. has nothing
votes or making q returns. or canSassins the
sane. or ultimately announcing results. pro-
th shs had M1sa both
fui canvass that this proclamation. was not
such q result. and has since followed that IN.
II is too long story to name o all these in.
as5 sSs see sss has been
ttorlal district affords proof q the most shock
and the death Of the elected Senator has given
VAS ,eieSttod by an undonbted majority Of q
nearly a hundred votes. This was the result
the re Of I'll h0 anS p there a %as no
crime; n The most, painful ara aes!edins isat:
the superyisors a. q the county Of Duchess
posed personal 81 stesrity and f,tnesss not one
was found Of sufficient integrity Of character
Ss thst sh. County Clerk
sna hat the h. se'I SS s. ths
sat Tfsss g ssss:s' 81 s
Xas Removed % such sesrstsry. ana one p
The docYment under the law q void sx-
s sr SF ho HsTeos and ys RrGsnE f S
& .hSi ia saiisIpstsd setlSp Bat WIZ
gshow cause why no shall not be removed.
out the ecor innocsnt e oi erime for
shans FL as an o the sr ony at G
corrected that the statute requires to be made
election to g minority candidate Here again
the County Clerk refuses to become a party
and down ~, upon hin q, the Governor swoops to
The courts Interfere. 4 Justice Of the SUI
the dy haxqg th
Of fact shall not DO done The officers in pos
Albany. Every modo is resorted to to evade
that Judicial distrct there are seversI judges
OF the supreme Court. One. Of WHOM,
City j. xhIsh shs crime l. Seias f PsE;
without an hours notice Gov f
and hold a special term. without a calendar.
ana or aa IL Ns
to enforce ths ,I lev and restrain wrongs
Session Of the Legislature BY preventing the tie
action q the COURTS, by arresting such &C
tion. whether the Judge, will did In this in
do ims atf Mr. George Bliss e made ' few s T rel
mnrks. and the following resolutions were
"Resoirpd. BY the. Union League Club Of the
city q New York TINT tho action OF the Cover
nor Of this State and his conireres In trying to
IN Tic several houses Of tie Ressaturs ds
flnnce Of law. demands the severcst censure OF
al! true 10y, Levers St Of lay ~ and liberty
riGhtfqlIy elected members Of the Senate and
contest at once submitted and determined by
cverywhere TO Inslst that this shall DO Jone
aud the State relieved by speedy decision OF
full and perilous position"
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