New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-30
HILLS DIsFRANCHIsEnrENr OF CITIZENS.
WHAT HIS ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE LEGIsLA

WHAT HIS ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE LEGISLA'
TURF VIRTUALLY AMOUNTS TO.
Albany, Nov. 90 CspeciaD.- TDl had better
inspect for few moments Section 1, Article /, OF
the Constitution. 1t reads:
"No member OF this State shall be DISTINGUISHED
or deprived of any of the rights privileges secured
TO any citizen thereof, unless by the law OF the
land, the judgment OF his peers
Mr. HIPS proceedings the last three weeks, or ever
since the day OF election upon November d. nave
been directed toward virtually DISTINGUISHING the
citizens of the XVIII Senate District, who gave the
late Gilbert A. Deane plurality as the Republican
candidate for Senator OF eighty three votes; OF the
XXVIIth Senate District, who gave Franklin ID. sher-
wood Republican, plurality OF 1000 as candldate
for senator; Of the XVIII District, who gave a
plurality of 353 votes TO Rufus T. Peck, Repubhcah'
as candidate for Senator of the voters in the I'D
Assembly District of Queens County, who gave George
l.. Weeks, Republican plurality OF 800 votes ana
the citizens OF the XVIth Senate District, who gave
John IL. Derby, Republican, go plurality.
Mr. HIPS attempts to bulidoze the Republican
Comfy Clerks of Onondaga and Dutchess counties
form one OF the most remarkable 1ncdents Ill tiIs
attempt to deprive the Republican SenatorS-eieet anu
Assembymen elect OF their certificates OF election All
that these officers have is simply TO protect the
election returns from alteration. They have STOOD
against the Democratic Boards OF SUPERVISORS Wheh
they have attempted t. falsify those election returns
and issue fraudulent certificates OF election county
Clerk Cotton OF Onondaga County, Is again 10 NC puO
mon the rack by the Governor III INC
Executive Chamber 1t will be remembered ,h"V
the Governor took some evidence against Cotton sI
week bu even he did not have the bodness TO deprive
him of Office Mt and put In his pace De'hooraU,
But it Is expected that tomorrow the "oVerhor WIN
usten 10 Mr. Cottons witnesses and then deprive him
of his office. With new County Ctrh OF oho'"dS"
County the Democratic leaders here are cohhueho u'
they can defy Judge Kennedy, OF tne supreme 'o
in his efforts TO secure certificate OF eecuon loi
David A. Munro, jr., the Republican VINO was eeoVeu
Assembyman from the Ist Assembly District or
Onondaga County. The attempt OF AlMet T. 'chh9'
undoubted,y under orders from Governor Ill., 10 secure
stay of proceedings from Judges Pratt anu ba'ct Ill
Brooklvn Yesterday with the aim of tying Judge Ken
nedy's hands up In OnOndaga county, Is prooi Vi
how desperate Governor Hill and his Democratic adj
yisers are. There is some suspicion here that uoV-
ernor Hill deferred removing County Clerk
Cotton solely for the purpose Vi ioiu
| ing here in Albany certain Democratic inspectors
| of election who have been summoned Deiore 'uuso
Kennedy These inspectors Of course, Will thus DC
supplied with an excuse for remaining away from SYRIA
cuse and disobeying Judge Kennedy's orders Demo
cratic politicians here say that whatever JuuBe M
nody NAV do Gy will appeal from his decisions 10 he
higher courts The Intent Is Ps sha meet and
meanwhile Patrick J. Ryan, the defeated DGnOcdt5 10
candidate for Assemblyman is TO get eerlHcate VI
election from some Democrat appohteu Ill MI Oo''O'
II is expected also that the Democrats of DueheSs
County will press their charges against county Cerh
HOFFMAN and that perhaps this NAV be done tO-mlor-
row with The thought Of embarrassing the Republican
counsel whoIare striving to reverse the wrongful aco
of the Board OF Supervisors OF Duchess County IN cast
.ho returns electlng Edward Osborne, Democrat, as
| senator from the XVIII District.