New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-30

by actually changing the enumerators' record.
The letter AZ which the en1meratOrs had
written after the names to indicate that they
were the names of Aliens, was scratched ont ny a
knife eraser and the letter &C" was written IL
ink over the place where the erased letter mad
been.
It. is charged that similar changes WIRE made
upon the rolls sent in from penal, charitable and
other institutions, whereby large numbers Of alien
inmates were fraudulently counted as citizens
II is alleged that 90, $50 were added to the popu-
laton of BROOKLYN after the totals Of that popu-
lation had been fully finally and correctly COM
nuted and after the full, final and correct
result had been reported to the Legislature. FL
nally il is alleged that on the night OF April ~
the computations for about twenty counties DE-
ing then incomplete and three or four days more
being required to complete them properly IN order
fo save time and to enable the Democratic coll
spiracy for an extra session 10 be carried out as
il had been arranged, sixteen or eighteen CLERKS
were employed four or five hours making 'raudu-
lent alterations in the figures recorded on the
cards. for the purpose Of forcing an agreement
of sets of figures which could not be made to
agree by honest arithmetic
RICE REFUSES TO SHOW THE RECORDS.
The political results of this last crime are
not known and probably never will be, but the
pOlitical results OF the OtHer OHthNSs d'c N"S"S
ascertained. Taking the false enumeration and
the false counting together, ther" can DC no
shadow Of doubt that at least three Senator'S and
seven or eight Asscmbymen were dehDera'eS
stolen for the Democratic party.
The charge of fraudulenty altering the rolls
has been substantially proved. In fact IL mas
never been fairly and squarely denied The cen
sus officials at Albany acknowledge that they diu
alter the rolls some," bat they say they were
justified in doing So which is 1aisehoou "iao
they do not dare TO put to the test. lhey Ut
cline to show any Of TIE records OF the census
Bureau. claiming that if anybody were permit1ed
10 look at them they might get lost MI
Penedict the Deputy Secretary of State IN an
interview with a correspondent Of Ihe Hew-
Yorl, Herald. stated that he had letter-book
which was "wel bound" and always open 10
inspection and which would show the reason
OF every change that had been made in IN" Tolls
Rut when The Tribune's staff correspondent called
unon Mr. Benedict and invited him to produce
his we'll bound letter-book, and to show 'he
reasons as expressed within it OF the
III changes that were made In t'r ron
of the Twentieth Election District OF the oecoho
Assembly District of the City Of New-iork' MI
Pencdict smiled family, cracked his fnger-]olnts III
q thoughtful way, and said he guessed he wouidh
show the etter-book that morning. NO word Oh
exclamation, denial or deftqce came ITO" 'o'i'
tarv Rice until he heard that the Republicans In
tended 10 take the frauds into court. Up to that
time he had paid no other attention to the charges
than IN nut a Waterman inside and another out
side the locked door Of the room WITHIN whicn
Tho records are kept, 10 soap the windows OF the
room so that no one from the outside c0uid see
within and to give orders that ON no considera-
ton should any stranger be permitted TO toucn
Tho records This his answer 70 the chaISe
that an INSPECTION Of those records VIII prove tie
forceres and frauds alleged
PADDING RETURNS IN THE TWO BIG CITIES
That branch Of the charges relating TO the
fraudulent work Of the enumerators admits Oh
proof which cannot possibly be explained away.
Tn February, 1892, there lived in the city OF New
York about 100000 people According 70 Rice'
his enumerators returned ,s01 ,739 people In
Kines County there lived about 100000 people.
According to Rice the population Of Kings County
was 995,276. The difference, about 3oo,ooo' rep
regents the number of population which was sto'eh
nv Tammany Halls and Hugh McLaughlin's lying
enumerators in the interest of the Democratic or
ORGANIZATIONS. Among other evidence that Supports
this charge is more striking than the raet
that in every other county containing q gret
citv than New-York and Kings-namely, IN tne
county Of Albany, containing Albany CITY III Ere'
Containing Buffalo in Monroe, containing Roch-
eater in Oneida containing Utica; in Onondaga.
containing Syracuse, and in Rensselaer, containing