New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-06

Add Voters already disfranchised. oo,01.
Grand total. ''''''''''''
This is n large number Of voters, l2O,S9I,
deprive of their choice for Senator hos"eh
Flower received only 100000 votes IN 'hc oi's
of New-York There were ,l62,So3 votes ca'S
81 tho late election for Governor in this State.
In proposing to disregard the choice Oh i-o'o''
voters for Senator. the Democratic party proposes
70 dsfranchse more than one-tenth OF the voters
of the State Democrats are fond oil poasons
that Mr. Flower was the choice OF the people
for Governor by 10000 majority That Is not
tbe cast Mr. Flowers majority over all MS con-
netitors for the Governorship was only 2,S9o 'oe'
Mr. Flower had in all 5s2,s93 votes anu his
competitors. Fassett Bruce and DE Leon' hau
$4,000
Nh other Democratic candidate for Sta'c
e;o, had even a ma iorty over all his competitors
ur >bechan received only 575,Ol2 votes; his OPP
nonents got js6.29s, or 1926 more votes Juan
Mr.. Shechan received. Frank Rlce, who' III
Secretary of State and member "t the bo@ro VI
State Canyassers. counted IN the Dehiocrne,9
rooisIoture received only $500 votes: while
hi, ooponents received 5sj,O59, leaving Mr
p;co f. ose votes les, than a majority. In view
Of thi, scanty majority. people are amazed '.a'
tho Democratic leaders are asserting that the
Democratic
neople of thi, State and that upon that assertion
:, !. nrocecdinp TO rob Republican Senatorselect
of their seats
The pctitions of c. Fred Lamont who claims
Senator Richardson's seat IN the Senate; Mlchaef
= Colns who claims tie seat OF senator JOHN
II Derby: Edward IL. IIoyt, who claim, the Sedt
,f senator Harvey J. Donaldson, and Harvey At
mold who claims the seat of Senator van uorueI.
are all of the same nature lhey are llie" WIN
General charges. Wherever they 'arc specinc'
their CHARGES concern some alleged Nioia'ioh u
the Election Jaws. Every man VINO has drawn up
one of these petitions has eNlaentIy READ tne Ie-
,.o,t decisions OF the Court OF Appeals upon the
,snutaI Sen,tc district cases and in his petition
ba, followed if possible. the lines OF these cases
Mr. Collins contents himself with charging tnat
thcr, were fraud, bribery and intimidation Ill the
with District The Court vi Appeals decided
against him upon this matter, but apparently he
think, he will have ulore success with the Demo-
cratic Senate.
The ,cnth charge of C. Fred Lamont against
S,n,,or Richardson shows the ridiculous nature
of all the complaints Tenth: That at the Fifth
District of the First Ward of the City of Newburg
tbe Democratic inspector of election became intoXi
Gated ON election day, through the procurement and
connivance of Inc servants, agents and repre-
sentative of the said William T. Richardson, ana
MAS thereby incapacitated from performing hs
Duties and WAS unable to count and canvass the
vote, after the polls were closed, and allowed the
..,rac TO be done by Republican watcher at the
mills" And So the Democratic inspector in New
hurg having drank too much whlskcy on election
dav Mr. Richardson must lose his seat i'll the
SENATE, II this be a test in future elections,
there never will he another Republican Senator
elected IN this state. -,
Edward. H. Iloyt alleges that red ballots"
wore used i'm every county Of the ANlllth Senate
District and especially in towns where Mr..
bona ldson the Republican candidate for Senator,
in those election districts all thrown out, a move
which will leave him with IA majority in the dis
trct II is suspected with good reason that the
{" red ballots" mentioned are merely sample bal.
lots" which have been attached To the official
returns No such ballots were voted There were
not enough of them at any polling-pace 70 have
supplied the voters.
As for Harvey Arnold, he thinks he has dis
covered that in the town of Alabama Geneseo
County some election district ballots were inter.
changed, a. in Onondaga County Mr. Arnold
thinks that if John 4. Nichols could he created
a Senator by that method he also can he and
he was here in Albany to-day TO push his claims
Senator Van GOrder says that the petition brings
him the first information he ever received that
ballots were transposcd in Genc9e County. lie
will, of course. fight the will all the other
Republican Senators.elect whose titles thus
asslied.
TO HAVE \ DEMOCRATIC JUBILEE IN ELMIRA.
Albany. Jan. tspeciaD.-Thc Chemung County
Democrats intend to celebrate in the manner peculiar
20 Chemung County Democrats. the recent extension
Of David D. Hills power thrqugh the slsettap q p.