The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-26

10 their attempt g. serEfs both tranehsi
Of ihe Nee Yoft legislature ibe Democrats
seem 10 hsse adopted corceIisd method
Of couniiDs cut Bepsblissns. ueder tbs
sew slsoiias law the ballots are printed
csRrisliy apd ere all alile. bat 10 iabalsiins
the returns The inspectors ia msny csse'
gave The nsme 81 the HepSbllcau csDdi
date diarcei iiom tbs, 90 the ballots es.i
These re,nrns ~ere esnvsssed by The
boards a supervisors 10 the different
counties. When a majority OF the board
o. Espubllean the returns ~ere sect bach
ior correction. hui 10 nott ether cases they
refused 10 do tbs until ordered TO do &C
90 application 10 The coarts
To illustrate. Ia one assembly district
in Rensselaer, county the returns on the
sish, OF election showed iha, the Rspuh,
licsu bad been elected by over 1000 msioi'
i,y. The Inspectors returns which came
before the Supervisors showed mistakes
enough 80 ihst Republican votes could
be thrown out to elect the Democrat
This the Democrats proposed to do, but
IL happened that one OF The supervisors
vas also one OF the inspectors in certain
precinct. The Republican vote in this
precinct showed . mistake and bad been
rejected by the board, but this supervisor
had the original return OF the inspectors
In bis pocket and produced II. On this
the name Of the Republican WAS correct
showing that the "mistske" had been
made 10 copy ing and the Democrats were
compelled to give the certificate TO the
Republican by less than one hundred ma.
jority where be should have had over one
thousand.
There we're like evidences OF fraud in
several OF the counties And.enousb TO show
that there was q deliberate attempt TO
count GU, the Republicans and in two or
three cases they may be successful. The
Democrats will be likely 10 have . smsll
msjority in the house and the Republicans
in the senate.
While the Senate has been considered
safely Republican, and admitted to be so
by prominent Democrats including Gov,
eruor elect Flower. yet the Democrats are
trying to steal it and may succeed unless
the courts put stop to it. In one district
they claim thst the Republican, who was
elected by good msjorty,is ineligible be-
cause be held another Office; but the courts
have declared 10 other cases that the Office
which he holds does not disquslify the
person elected. At oil events the board Of
has no power 10 decide the
question.
In the fifteenth district the Democrats
have reversed the majority for Deane and
given Osborae, Democratic candidate the
maj ,nty. All the scattering and imper.
feet ballots we're added to the Democratic
eide. aud some votes were arbitrarily placi
ed III the Democratic column without even
an excuse. IN this way the tally sheet vas
made TO sbowa plurality for Osborne Of
1874 10 the coulry and ID IN the senatorial
district. This tally sheet was laid before
the board without submitting it to q com
Dittee. as +, CURED by law. and WAS at once
voted upon and adopted. When the coun
~ clerk, acting as clerk OF the board Of
refused to sign the msnu featured
returns temporary clerk WAS named, aud
be at once attached bis signature and was
hurried of to Albany to get the report on
fis 49, .------'~ -~-'a '"'~''s--.
II The acts OF the board were defensible
there would have been no need for haste.
The conspirslors knew that they we're
violating the law aud, like other law
made haste TO get away with
their i'll gotten spoils beft rs the law could
interfere.
1t is apparent that the Democratic man
ayers will stop at 20 violation OF the law
which will give them the Legislature. Gov
ernor Hill has already stopped to mslign
the Judiciary because certain judges have
refused to wink at bis schemes. But no
matter how much mud he may stir mp
about him. he cannot blind the public to
the fact that bis party is engaged in as des'
prrste and despicsble q conspiracy as ever
WAS organized to defeat the plainly express
ed viii OF the people. II this conspiracy
is to succeed there is an end to oil popu
lar government.