The morning call., 1892-05-02
MORE OF HILLS METHODS

Under tbe present election law Oh New
Yorl, the boards Of inspectors are composed
of four persons, two from eaeh party
h{u hos inst been passed to limit the num-
bar - three The bill was forced through
tba senate bv Boss Sheehan and will un-
donbtedIv be signed by Governor Flower.
The hin authorizes the New York City
Police Commissioners to appoint as inspect
ors of election three persons. two of whom
shall belong to the majority party and one
to the highest minority party. BY this act
the Republicans will lose between 500 and
900 officials whose duty it was 20 look after
the interests Of the party during the count.
The Police Commissioners are appointed by
Tammany under law which requires the
appointment of one minority representative
But the three Democratic Commissioners
can always outvote the one Republican
Commissioner and the two Democratic
! inspectors can likewise outvOte the one
! Republican inspector. With two men 10
| one the one is but a witness of what IS done
! He cannot prevent anything from being
| done. He has no evidence but his own state
! ment that anything wrong IS done.
The enactment of such law is practical
| announcement that if New York does not
! elect the Democratic electoral ticket by Iair
| means il will be made to do so by IOui
means. There is no pTetense of the neees-
! sity for the change The majority party
| had half the 500 and odd boards OF inspect
! ors and could certainly hold their own
! against the Republican half. The Demo
! Gratis made no defense of the measure.
| They shut off debate and rushed the bill
| through. Commenting on the passage OF
| the bill in the Senate the Tribune says:
! II the scenes which occurred here to-day bad
| been enacted within the physical sight and hear
Ing OF all the qualified electors of tie State, II
Is impOss be to believe that the ballot boxes next
! November, from Sag Harbor to Buffalo, would
contain as many as 100000 Democratic votes.
T. Our readers viii perhaps remember that
in 1884, when the popular vote Of New OH
was very close. returns from certain pre-
cincts in the city were held back until the
exact Republican maj0rities in the interior
were known. Then the remaining districts
were reported and msjoTities announced
! which little more than oyercame the RepuD-
! lcan majorties in the interior. General
! Butler. who was on an independent ticket,
! claimed that he had evidence that enough
votes were taken from him and given to the
| regular Democratic ticket TO have thrown
the regular ticket into a minority. Mr..
| Blaine also believed that he had been sacri-
&c d. but at the time was not in position
to show that his belief was well founded.
| Roscoe ConkliDg, who was probably Dem
ocrat in that campaign, declared his belief
that the Democratic ticket had been elected.
! and the matter was allowed to 60 as the re-
! turns seemed to indicate. If there should
| be similar condition of things next No
! vember, and If the Presidency should turn
upon the vote Of New York, there would be
danger of protest not so easily slenced as
! was that of 1884.
The point of this is that Hill expects to
| secure the Democratic nomination at Chi
| cag0 on the force Of a showing that he can
carry the State of New York in November.
| The Southern States and New York will
| so nearly reach the required number that it
can take the chances Of the rest with Hill
| as a candidate. But it might be as well
that the Democratic convention should be
! warned that no exceptional majority in New
! York City for the Democratic candidate will
! be allowed to elect the next President.