New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-15

was dispute about who Was elected ana oiS
fuss IN the courts ana final result III favor OF '
Democrats, incline 70 think that it must he SUD
siantially right, because in this land OF law ana
liberty it surely could not he radically WRONG
This almost languid feeling of public security con
trbuted not little 70 make the Steal possible
and operates now - shield the thieves. IL is hlgh
time the people woke up. high time they reaiHed
that crime has been committed that striNee al
the very roots of things and that unpunIshed
opens the door to all kinds OF electoral deVllfy'
When it is found tnat Board of Canvassers can
with impunity certify to another result tnan that
declared by the ballots. elections are IA mere waste
of time. When the people discover that there
is a man among them powerful enough to do what
David b Hill did on the day the Court OF Appeals
handed down its MISUNDERSTANDING that two OF
item must he defcd and gravey discussed with
other cOnspirators which two could Ne dehed win
She most safety, select tie two, order the pu"ic
officials on whom those decisions bore 10 dlsre-
gard them, and secure tame oedlehce 10 lib
commands that man and his party nave got !"
be turned down or the State Of New-lork Is not
far from revolution
FACTS THAT REVEAL THE KNAvS OF sPADEe
/ have already shown that the conspiracy 70
steal the Senate hatched in the Executive
Chamber at Albany. Hill conceived it and d.
rccte1 il in every detail. The proof of this is
multtudinous and circumstantal. IL was from
Hill in 4 public interview that the false claims
first proceeded after all the inspectors returns
were filed in the county clerks Offices and their
result in tie choice of the Republican Candidates
known beyond the shadow of IA doubt. Hi sent
ont telegram after telegram to his agents ana
managers in the four districts, directing them 70
make no concessions hut to get evidence OF fraud
When il is understood that these fellows were
in almost all persons Of criminal, or AT the
best shady" regulations, the nature OF the EVIL
dcnce" they sought after does not require deserp-
ion or if il does, II is witnessed IN the evidence
they got II was Hill who detailed Maynard inc
Deputy Attorney General, TO dash here and there
over the State prompting the local managers as
70 what they should do. md how they should do
il showing them how they could evade me law
while pretending to observe It, and assuring uieih
that the Governor would stand by them, and that
they ran no risks-a fine business, truly, Tor an
officer whose sworn duty to defend the law
and 10 represent the people. not party nor a
Marty boss II was Hill who. at every critical
moment during the progress OF the crime, In pun
lie interviews in State papers and in Official acts
made his plI7,ose clear 10 protect and reward MS
robbers if only they robbed with skill and daring
and 10 publish and undo any one who dared resist
them promises which 10 his honor rs the prince
Of political highNaymcn he cllglousN kept lie
removed two county clerks who refused 10 prosu
tutc themselves and their Offices, ana put prime
conspratorS in their places. lie insuited ny nEicK
guardlv epithcts in State paper one OF the most
honorable members of the State judiciary, who In
his Jurisdiction had construed the law precisely
rs three OF his Democratic brethren had done IN
theirs lie had the mpudencc t. send Demo
cratic Judge from Ncw-lork TO Syracuse Tor Vhe
express purpose of upsettng the decisions OIL
Republican Judge, decisions winch every Hi'"i"e'
81 the court withou: party distinction has con
sstently maintained. He ordered m extraordinary
special term of the court in Albany when one
suecial term was already convened and without the
slightest public occasion for another, and appointed
a Judge 10 hold IL who had already distinguished
himself by granting orders that were Of great
service 10 the conspratOrs He even went
personally into the business Of procuring Judicmi
orders staying vacating the orders OF the
Judges before whom the causes were trled, making
th. Suprcmc Court Of the State. as It's
,nenhcrs scrambled over one another In indecent
haste to do what this judge had refused, or TO undo
what that Judge had granted, a spectacle for the
SURPRISED and disguised rcproaches OF the people
When "A Democratic supervisor at thr piddlh9 OF
tho robbers di-obevcd the courts orders and was
punished for contempt mn Act MIN hc'' "''''"'
ing the upright judge and appauding the rascaily
Supervisor. and. finally when the highest court IN
the State rendered tS solemn judgment in the whole
controversy. plainly defining the precise duty OF the
State Board of Canvas>ers in respect OF cach par
ticular case it was Hill who commanded the board
70 defy the court. and who outlined how they
should conduct their infamous proceeding Every
rascal involved from the smallest to the greatest,
from little Myod to Frank Rice, from jim
IIincklcy 10 Isaac II. Maynard-every man OF theh
knew and had visible reasons TO know mat DO
hind them and their criminal acts was the slgan'ic
powcr Of n State Government and party orgahlza-
tion in the hands of one INSCRIPTIONS man VINO
stood ready ~ honor any draft that might he made
upon it. People ask how these fellows had the
nerve 10 do what they did. That's how they
had IL