New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-04

officers ana servants, the present most aafdng
Of things. Wrongs and crimes upon the ballotbox may
for moment benefit one party niure another but the
toeraton OF such and crimes is permanent injury
destructive OF ALL The people must and do eonhde In
the integrity OF existing officers of whatever party ior
the administration aud execution OF election laws anu
they bind them by oaths and obligations and by the pains
and penalties OF crime TO the performance OF that duty
THE GOVERNORS DUTY.
The Constitution OF our enons upon the Governor
ito take that the laws faithfully executed ana
this is the Of his duty when the ballot boxes are
ready to the will OF the people spoken by the
deposited them The people have determined 10y
law who shall open the boxcswho shall count the votes
what votes shall be counted and what shall be rejected
what shall be and what destroyed In what form
the result shall be made known and to when the recor
shall be delivered These prlnary officers
the neighbors and friends and under the Immediate
scrutiny of the people who choose them their duties arc
ministerial and strictly defined There Is power In
highest lowest executive officer to interfere with
those duties those duties done in conformity
to law the duty OF all higher officers Is simply to coae
| count and the aggregate results Appausel
In the late the people Of this State supposed
this was and would be done But the very night Of
the election the result or could be khoMh
the Chief Executive OF the State who under the Ia" a
nothing TO do with the receiving and counting Of the votes
or making returns or eanyassing such returns or uV
matey announcing the results proclaimed that MS party
carried both houses Of the Legislature ana wouu o
both and when became known by the lawful canvass
| that this proclamation not true as to one ana
| probably neither, he boldly SET hhseu
| to work to force such a result and has since
followed that intent with unrelehtng persistence Is 700
long to in detail all the instances IN "heh tnis
criminal purpose has been manlftsted or 10 give III ~
the acts OF violation and defiance law that have marked
this attempt The so-caed Dutcbe's senatorial district
affords proof Of the most shocking and debaSng euo' "
rob the people OF their choice III the Office OF senator u
the elected Senator has given poahey 70 '
crime BY the returns he elected by fair and un-
doubted majority OF nearly one hundred votes ms was
the result Of the returns OF all the counties ana districts
carefully compiled and there was no way TO ehahge 'c
result except by OF crime The most painful ana
degrading feature Of the transaction is ia the fact that
among eighteen majority Of the Board OF CahNas'SrS
the Supervisors Of the county OF Dutches) choseh oS
their eOw.citizens for their supposed personal integrity
and fitness not one found OF sufficient integrity OF
character or decency to stand out against
the moastrous wrong. The statute laws were before thm
their letter is plain and simple: they knew ths' Mr
Deane had been elected by handsome majority S' '
returns plainly showed appause and that MS competitor
bad not been elected had deprived the people OF
their chosen Senator but 1t had not elected another and
they deliberately falsfed the returns by changing votes
by adding votes by striking out votes that law ofecs
to be counted
FEELING OF HONEST DEMOCRATS.
, nouoorot,c pewspapcr published at the place where
b crime was committed describes their conduct in these
words:
.The Democratic party in this county feels this and
feels IL keenly. Here case in Which tnfV'ohe
votes were taken Republican column In Red HOOK
eighteen votes taken from that same parry In fshhl
and the figures on Senator reversed In district IN East
Fishk these important matters had never oeeh
brought before Board for its deliberations ana aetoh
table thus prepared without the kno"eoge Oh e
eighteen Democrats was Unanimously ndorscd by them
without q suggestion question One Democrat uhder
took to tell the reporter Of The Enterprise "here inc
votes from, but could not, and another TOLD tne
reporter that know had not seen the hgures
and knew nothing whatever about them And this is the
kind OF men who sat Judgment upon questions OF grave
Importance to the people and who entrusted with
duties that can only be performed in the exercise Of con-
sceous intelligence clear conception OF duty ana the
| highest regard for the rights Of the people"
The law required the County Clerk shall be the Sec
retary Of the board and that he with It's chairman shall
certify the County Clerk the canvass and the re-
suit The honest secretary refused to join in the crime
Instantly wholly without power he was removed as
such secretary-and Of their own number was made
secretary in his place. He certified to the falsehood
and Immediately lied with the certificate TO the State
Canvassers and the Governor at Albany. The document
law is absolutely void except for the purpose
proving the crime of its makers and yet it before
the the basis Of their anticipated
action But with these facts all within his knowledge
Governor Hill forthwith orders the County Clerk to snow
cause why he should not be removed. With the eighteen
criminals before him. he singles out the oneer innocent
Of crime himself to punish.
But alas, this is not the only act of shame III
onondaga another crime is perpetaed Returns are al
tered, most easily corrected, and-by
required be made before the returns shall be
canyassed-are seized upon to give the certificate OF
u
Clerk refuses a party, and down upon him the
Governor swoops the fury Of his power to remove
him from office.
OUTRAGE UPON OUTRAGE
The courts interfere Justice OF the supreme Court
orders Board OF Canyasscrs to show cause why the
plain statutory duty is not performed OF having the re-
turns In accord with the actual facts OF the
canvass about which there IS controversy OF fact
The ocers possession hide themselves fee for shelter
to Albany Every mode is esorted 10 to evade and make
useless the mandates OF the law
In that Judicial District there several Judges OF the
Supreme Court. One OF whom man speaketh other
than good is sitting Special Term in the very city where
tho crime is being perpetrated NO one accuses nun OF
Applause) No one doubts that he VIII act In
conformity to law and justice; and one questions his
integrity ppause Tho business Of the Special Term
he holding requires no additional Judge, and II sud
denly should there his brethren ready TO come to his aid
But instantly without hours notice. the Governor
appoins Special Term OF the Supreme Court TO sit In
that county forthwith and Justice OF the Supreme
Court to 90 there and hold the Special Term, without
calendar without suor. without pretnnce Of delay
in business and for what purposel To administer JUS
Not at all but TO prevent justice ftom using her
power to the law and restrain and
crimes The whole scheme as plain as any other part
Of the appalling conspiracy 10 get possession OF the Legl
turc. There is but T. accomplish that unholy
prpose and Is by preventing the action Ot the courts
in enforcing laws and that only be done by the
Governor ordering Judge. who he believes will arrest
the action all other judges and thus tie the hands Of
justice while Legislature is stolen Whether the Judge
ordered from NewYork to Syracuse minutes notice
will this Infamous work remains 10 be Ger
tanly nothing In his past career ushes the telef that
he will (Applau.oD We have faith that he will not
(Applause Butthat faith does not shield Governor ii
for his intention this extraordinary etnduct is
clearer than sunlight.
OTHER ATTEMPTS AT FRAUD
Two other attempts to change the voice OF the popular
vote are also IN progress. is the record already
large enough and all lovers Of laws and
institutions aud such cOnd dmnIton will
the further progress OF crime
Feow-eitlzens Of the State We TO you broth
ers in one family freedom. We you
partisans, citizens ia staying these wrongs Cap
plause)
Every question presently be passed upon by
On the part OF the lawfully elected