New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-27
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IF THE POLITICAL F0oTPADS WHO STOLE Mr..
DEAYE's SEAT IN THE SENATE CARRY
DUCHESS COUNTY on TUESDAY
IT WILL BANKRUPT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
trRoMA srAFY CONFECTIONERY oFrHE TRIBUNE
Poughkeepsle Feb. oG.-There is no one in ms
city who ventures to predict any other result oi
next Tuesdays town elections in Dutchess County
than an overwhelming Republican victory Demo-
Gratis In the next Board OF Supervisors VIII be lonely
u the way the people are talking is any indication OF
how they will vote. Public spirit is greatly aroused,
and many such remarks are being made as mat Inc
people Of Duchess who were OF all others the most
UNANIMOUSLY treated by HIPS gang OF Senate thieves.
must not be less honorable and high spirited in show
ing their resentment than were the people OF steuben
and Onondaga. In those counties there was no dis
pute as to THE facts Of the elections but Only as 10
the authority Of the supervisors TO 20 behihd INC
returns declare other results than those reached
by correct processes OF arithmetic. But here inc
board did vastly more than TO usurp powers when
the law had never conferred upon IT, 1t also com
mitted wilfu obvious fraud. Possessing no power
so much as to challenge the inspectors returns, 1t
transposed the figures OF one return and threw out
as marked for Identification ffty-eght Republican
votes which the courts have declared lawfully cast
and properly counted The town elections In Stel-
ben and Onondaga resulted in the extinction of tho
In Steuben the board had contained fifteen Republi-
cans and seventeen Democrats. 1t now contains
twenty three Republicans and nine Democrats. "A
Democratic majority OF two Is changed 10
Republican majority of fourteen In onondaga
the last Board contained seventeen Democrats
and sixteen Republicans. The new one contains
twenty six Republicans and seven Democrats Demo
cratic majority Of one IS changed to a Republican
majority of nineteen so strong indeed, has been the
sentiment aroused throughout the state by the au'
dacious crimes OF HIPS Boards Of supervisors acting
county canvassers, that out OF 4O2 Supervisors mus
far elected this month, go are Republicans Their
majority has grown from AZ TO 15o In seventeen
counties thy have increased their force, In three
the parties stand as before and in only two have the
Democrats added single man to their strength one
OF these Is HIPS own county OF Chemung ana the |
other IS Schuyler.
II would be remarkable If, with this feeling ana |
these results all around them the people OF Duchess
should show themselves less sensitive OF their hohor
or less active in avengillg an infamous wrong Inc
Democrats expect to be beaten Thirty days ago they
were decidedly "cocky." They boosted openly tlat
they would renomnate and re-eect every one oil the
eighteen scamps who voted Mr. Deanes scat to Osborne
j. ". Hinckcy whom lillfs influence mas efec'eu
into q full-nedged county boss here, styled them In
his newspaper a mobile Spartan band and assured
them OF his distinguished patronage But when the
time came to make nominations he backed down oi
the eighteen, ten were thrown overheard Tie re
maindcr however, might be expected are the WORST
Of the lot The ones who were put aside are the
weak sisters whose only part In the steal was to vote
as Hinckley told them to. All who wcrc actively
dirty excepting young Mylod, who has been slowed
snugly away in the County Clerks Office Emans's
deputy, are renominatod, and prUdglOus efforts are
being put forth TO secure their election what
ever happens in the other towns. 1t has been
observed since Hinckley became eminent that when
ever the Democrats resolved upon any particularly
scandalous expedcnt he Invariably charges the Re
publcans in his paper with the intention Of dong That
very thing. This is part OF his tactics lcstcr-
day he accused the Republicans of having collected an
immense corruption fund. Those who know his way
OF doing business say that this Is equivalent to notice
TO his heclers to come and get their allowances
Naturally the Board Of Supervisors OF Dutchess County
Is q Republican body. 1t was otherwise last year
wholly of Republican indifference TO the issues
Of elections. There has been for some years In
Duchess . sort Of partisan arrangement by which
the Democrats hive usually managed TO keep them
selves 10 a majority In the Board and to hold many
other lucrative town Offices, which they never could
have got on fair and square fight. Union tickets
have usually been nominal in many towns, the offices
being split up between the two parties. In year
Democrat would head the ticket the candidate for
supervisor the town clerkslip the colectorshp
Of taxes would be conceded to a Republican The next
year tho lines division would be reversed. The
Republicans almost invariably cheated nt this
kind OF bargaining both because they respected the
obligation and lived up to 1t honestly and because they
pay small attention to tho spring elections anyhow.
Republican voters cannot be relied upon 10 10 tho
polls, and the result is left in such doubt that the
politicians OF the party having neither the money
the inspiration 10 make fight, 10 the somewhat
defereibe conclusion that II pays better the whole
10 trade the town Offices with the Democrats than 10
run the risks OF struggle. II the politicians 10
be blamed for the growth Of this cement and for
its constantly bad results they to be blamed In
much smaller proportion than the Republican voters.
The cornerstone Of the union ticket scheme obviously
IL good faith IL Is essentially bargain that neither
party when In power in the Board shall take unfair
advantage OF the other. The present Board contains
eighteen Democrats and eght Republicans. Fully half
the Democrats were there on the suifcrance Of the
uniont ticket bargain They used their power TO
NIT partisan frauds and more outrageous than
any that have occurred in this State I'm its entire
history. frauds which altered the political chsrac-
ter Of the state senate and threw It's
patronage without challenge into the hands OF "A man
who Is at once the most dangerous political sharper In
the country and the Republican psItys vndctive
enemy This rascaty OF relieved the Re