New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-09
no COUNT IN DEMOCRATS.
TIE SCHEME TO CONTROL THE SENATE.
urrr, AND MURPHY WILL TRY TO KEEP
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED
From TAKING THEIR SEATS.

REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEEN ELEOiEO
From TAKING THEIR SEATS
.-,ou me REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIbTSE-
Albany. Nov. s-Governor Hill summoned here
:. dav Edward Murphy. jr, chairman of the Demo
.r.,io State Committee, and Charles T. dc frecst'
,,s,k Of the same committee as we'll as IlcrK oil
.ha Assembly The three politicians held long
s~rserence at the Executive Mansion, and since
.n.ir meeting ended the Democratic leaders i'll
.h.,v have been frcer than ever in their dcclara.
.;on that the State Legislature is Democratic IN
h..b branches Senate and Assembly, and Will be
=. declared by the election officers when they meet
non Tuesday next in the various counties To
canvass the election returns.
Governor Hill unqucstionably is the main in
,r;,sr Of this attempt &c count in" a Democratic
LEGISLATURE by using the various boards OF super
y;sors for that purpose. lie has exhibited
rassion in speaking about the result OF the cleo
ZION 50 far as the Legislature is concerned, which
= most remarkable. Il is apparent to every poll
,;.;on but hinlse.f that the Republican party has
.lsc,cd eighteen Senators and the Democratic
oartv only fourteen, and yet nc goes audacionsy
claiming that the Democrats have majority In
The Senate, as Il no one has read the election
,storns In speech here in Albany on Friday
nrht he used these remarkable words
The Democracy aroused and will not submit to being
s.,.d out OF thei. victory. The Legislature is fairly
ou,s and we shall obtain It, The tactics OF 1876 employed
n sout Carolina Louisiana and Florida TO cheat US out
~ the Presidency cannot be repeated In the empire STATE
W. know our rights and knowing dare maintain hern
tn sat. is Democratic and The people demand that the
LEGISLATURE honestly ana laIlIY cicc'cu s"aii i"'ui"
,euesent thelr wishes
Mr. Hills declaration that the Legislature is
tairIv ours and we shall obtain it, can mean
only one thing-that the Democratic party in
,.nas 70 NIT Democrats into the Senate who have
n6t been elected by the people; for the people by
,h.;r votes have elected eighteen Republican Sem
tors and only fourteen Democratic Senators. lie
mpst think that by hook or by crook" three
Of the Republican Senators can oc deprived OF
their seats and these seats be given TO Demo
Gratis. for the Democratic party can gain major
ity in the State Senate only by stealing three
seats In it 10 which Republicans have been
elected
Mr. Hill is said TO have his eyes covetously
set upon the seats in the Senate OF Gilbert n
Dcane, Harvey j. Donaldson, John H. Derby and
Franklin d. Sherwood The election OF Mr..
Sherwood is 10 be disputed upon the ground that
as he was a Park Commissioner of the city OF
Hornellsvie at the time Of his nomination, he
was an ineligible candidate Section of Article
III Of the Constitution Declaring that no person
snail DC euRlDlc 10 tuc LtelSldtulc WIN, oo ViS
time of his election, is or within 100 days pre-
vious thereto has becn member Of Congress.
civil or military officer under the United States.
or an officer under any city government" But
cx-Judec Danforth, of the Court of Appeals has
written an opinion that Mr.. Sherwood cannot be
considered to have been city officer" as Il
Park Commissioner, in the view of the Corsutu-
ton Moreover, there is this TO be said, that
each house of the Legislature is a Judge of the
qualifications of its own members, and that in no
case bas a member been excluded because OF this
objection, although the technical point has been
frequently raised. The houses of the Legislature
rightly decide such cases upon their equities
they have not excluded men from the Legislature
who were the plain choice of the voters Mr.
Sherwood's plurality amoTnts to hundreds OF
votes There is no question that he is the
choice of the electors of the AANllth
District Il is the plan of the Democratic Lead
ers, however, ii is said. TO have the State Board
Of Canvassers which is composed wholly OF DEM
ocrats refuse Mr. Sherw ood his certificate of cleo
ton upon the ground that he was ineligible. II
the State Board Of Canvassers adopts any such
revolutionary course it had better beware of the
peoplc The State Board of Canvassers has as its
members Secretary of State Rice. Controller
Wemple. Acknowledgement Tabor. State Treasurer
Danforth and State Engineer Bogart. Three Of
these gentlemen-Wemple. Tabor and Bogart-
are about to retire from office, and il can be said
Of them that they have the reputation OF deslr-
ing TO retire with honorable regulations. 1t can
not be possible that they will cCs' their official
careers by refusing certificate Of election 10 Mr.
Sherwood who was elected, and giving it to u
man who was not elected.
In the three other districts Mr.. Hill purposes
to assail the Republican candidates have the fol-
lowing pluraties:
Votes
jssss Ds,ns 7e9
Donaldson 3o2
These are large pluralities to overcome. but
apparently the Democratic leaders think enough
votes can be thrown out Or disregardcd By the
action Of Democratic Boards of Supervisors to
change the result The Boards of Supervisors in
all the counties in the State meet upun Tuesday
10 canvass the election returns. The Democratic
plan OF campaign 10 count in Democratic candl-
dates who were defeated is disclosed perhaps Dy
the following sentences from an editorial in :" The
Albany Argus Of yesterday
We urge the Democracy that they represented
a. the canvass Of votes Tuesday III every county
where The election Of SENATOR Assembly may de-
pend a count OF the votes by their ablest
lawyers and heir inos, experienced politicians. Every
return be carefully compared and verified and note
taken every ballot which Is defective or invalid
The Democratic Board of Supervisors Of
Dutehess County is Democratic. This county is
In Mr. Deanc's Senate District. Democrats here
were Boosting today that Deane would not get
bis certificate Of election. The design Of the
Democrats, it is obvious, is TO have the Board Of
Supervisors of Columbia County declare seven Of
the ballots cast for Dcane invalid, and thus to
count in Edward Osborne, the Democratic candi-
cate. The Democrats base their right thus TO
nave Board of Supervisors discriminate between
ballots upon the following amendment TO the Bal.
iot Reform law made last winter:
When Al inspector Of election other election officer
s'P authorized watcher shall during canvass of the
'os or Immediately after the completion thereof declare
hs belief that any particular ballot pbter affixed thereto