New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-12
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BOUND TO GUST DONALDSON.
SHAMELESS EXCLUSION OF TESTIMONY FL.
vORING THE SENATOR.
EFFRoNTERY OF THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION
THAT RED BALLOTS" WE'RE USED IN GER
TAIN DIsTRICTs-THE AMPLE PROOF 10
THE CONTRARY SHUT OUT BY
ROESCu AND ENDRES.


fyRoM THE REoULAr CORRESPONDENT THE TRiBrwy.,
Albany, Jan. 11.-Any fair-minded Democrae
would have blushcd for his party's representa-
tves to-day if he had been in the Senate ChanlSer
and had heard the rulings of Senators RoescA
and Endres, the majority of the Senate COMMITTEES
Privileges and Elections, in favor of Edward II.
IToyt, the Democrat who contests the right Of
Harvey J. Donaldson, Republican, to the seat
which the latter holds in the Senate as the mar
who was elected in the XvIITth Senate District
the counties of Saratoga Schenectady, Montgom,r ry
Fulton and Hamilton.
Mr.. Donaldson had majority in the Senate
district Of 3j3 votes. Mr.. Hoyt contests Mr..
Donaldsons right to the seat on the ground. in
the main, that red ballots were used by voters
in Saratoga ana Schenectady counties. This
allegation that red ballots" were used, instead
of the legal white ballots" convinced the Re
publicans that the Democrats intended to swindle
Mr.. Donaldson out of his seat, because red
ballots were not voted at the election-it would
have been illegal TO Use them: and added to this
was the fact that there not sufficient number
of such ballots at the polls 70 have elected Hoyt
The only red ballots" at the polling places
were twelve sample ballots Of that kind at
each election district. There is proof that q
single one of these red ballots was used as q
ballot What did take place was this: The IN
spectors of election, the evening or electlou
day in few election districts of each OF the
counties Of the district, attached one OF these
red ballots" to the election returns sent TO tine
County Clerk. The Democrats now have the I'M
pudence to assert that the voters of the election
districts in question voted these red ballots.
| Omen confession OF the fraudulent basis OF thus
claim of Hoyt to Donaldson's seat was made, now
ever. in a substantial manner before the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections to-day by
the refusal of Hoyts counsel to permit County
| Clerk Grose of Saratoga County, and County Ckrk
! Alexander, of Schenectady, to state that only
white ballots" were issued TO the voters OF those
counties, and also that only twelve " red ballots
in all were sent to each election district and thae
all but two three of these ballots were returned
70 them from each e,ectien district as unused
Senators Roesch and Endrs, as the majority
of the Committee of Investigation. pcremptorlly
refused to permit the county clerks to state how
many red ballots were issued and received BACK
by them. Both Roesch and Endrcs went further.
They refused to permit the supervisors of the towns
Of Corinth, Half MOon Saltwater and Clifton, tho
towns in Saratoga County in which
the Democrats specifically charged that
red ballots were used 10 testify that only
white ballots were made use of. The Repub'
lcan counsel of Senator Donaldson were not even
permitted TO ask the witnesses whether they uhem-
selves used white ballots or red ballots.
This was the record of the vote cast III the four
mpeached election districts of the four towns men
toned, in voting for Senator: