New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-16

,.,,o, or tho pon,,ilican Senators-clcct Of thor
certificates Of election. Among these were John
, Dorbv who had go majority: Rufus H. Ptch'
who had 1863 majority: Franklin d. Sherwood
who had 1870 majority Harry j. Donaldson
who had ga majority; Greenlea: s. Van Ender'
who had AL majority. and William i. Rchard-
son. who had COZ plurality. 1t was conspiracy
10 rob men who had been elected OF their GER
tidcates of election. and Mr.. Maynard showed
his gross unfitness for any civic trust by taxing
a hand in it.
David Il. Hill frankly confesses that Isaac
H. Maynard was his associate in TINS das'aru'y
business OF swindling the voters OF New-1o'h
State Speaking about the affair in Washing
tor on Saturday last Mr.. Hill said: IL VIII
mot 7 think. be amiss to say something about
the action of the Bar Association OF New-1orK
in regard to Judge Maynard. That action was
all based upon his course at the time or the
election controversy in 1891. The election con-
troversy was a fight-a red-Eot battIe royal
On one side were arrayed the most famous
lawyers of the State of New-York, headed by
Joseph II. Choate. Three men alone-Judge
MAYNARD myself and mediterranean 'he
battle Of the Democracy Some day when
have time / am going to write the whole MS
tory of the case 1t will make mighty in
the Democrats of the State of New-York do
their duty, and elect. by rousing majority the
man who stood by his party when it needed his
help"
THE DUTCHEsS COUNTY OUTRAGE
Maynards standing by his party In
voved some strange proceedings upon the
part of a Deputy Attorney General. thus
upon November - he was again at Pough-
that the Democratic Board of Supervisors had
discovered alleged evidence which it proposed
to use as a basis for rejecting large number
of votes cast for Mr.. Deane for Senator.
Among these ballots were thirty-one quad
marked official ballots. The printer of the
official ballots had careessly permitted a
QUAD" to slip upon his presses and In this
manner some of the Republican and the Pro-
hibition official ballots had become marked.
But they could not be identified; for they
were all marked in similar manner. More
over the Republican voters who had used them
must have done so innocently. as they were
official ballots: not paster ballots, thus hlarheu
to permit of their Identification. 1t VIII be
perceived what slim basis, morally or teen
nically, Isaac ii. Maynard had In contesting
the election of Mr.. Deane. 1t is suihcieht 10
saw here that Justice Barnard, a Democratic
Justice of the Supreme Court decideu
that these ..ouad-marked" ballots must be count
ed and that he declared the fact from the pehch
that they had not been marked for Identification.
Maynard's case in other respects was similarly
weak. For instance a Democratic inspector
thought he remembered that the votes or Deane
and Osborne had been transposed In one election
district and that therefore. Osborne should
have twenty-eght more votes. Memory ai'cr
an election is not good SUBSTITUTE loi
records. and not only did the records contra
dict the Democratic inspector, but 'he hepup-
Ican inspector also did so. But what did
this matter to a Board of Supervisors acthg
under the instruction of a Deputy Attorney
General who was standing Dy inc bV"'
cratic party
The result of Maynards knavish advice be-
came evident on November %, 1891. Then the
Board of Supervisors of Duchess County robbed
Mr. Deane Of siXty-seven votes which had been
cast for him and sent an election return 10
Albany which falsely indicated the election Oh
Osborne The election returns. signed by the
election inspectors, gave Deane s,345 votes. AS
! corrected" by the Democratic Board OF SUI
| pervisors under Maynard's advice, these re-
| turns only awarded S,27S votes TO Deane. More
| over Osborne's vote was increased Inc eI"c-
ton inspectors stated that he received S4N
votes; the Board Of Supervisors, in the lying
statement which they sent to Albany by Johh
j. Mylod. declared that Osborne mad receiver
| S462 votes. Everywhere In the State hos"eh
p Flower the Democratic candidate Tor Gov
ernor had run ahead Of the other Democratic
candidates. but here in Duchess County. ac-
cording to the Board of Supervisors, he had only
! s. 400 votes. while Osborne had S,iG2
Having placed his false election return from
! Duchess County in the hands OF the Secre-
| tary of State here in Albany as one might cN-
pect, Isaac VI. Maynard opposed with all MS
might as a lawyer the sending Oh correcteo
election return to Albany from this county, ana
finally when one was sent he intercepted ii ana
stole it. SO that the State Board of Canvassers
! should not officially be aware OF the eNis'eHce
! ~ the true one This part Of Maynard s
| record also is worth telling with some cetali.
! MAYNARDs WORK AT TROY.
Seven DAYS after the fraudulent Duchess
| County election return had been hieh'
Frank Rice. the Democratic Secretary
Of state. suddenly summoned a meeting
Of the state Board Of Canvassers for
tho following day to canvass the vote for s;ena-
tors. Ordinarily this board does not meet be-
fore December Is. but as it was evident that the
defrauded Republican voters of the NNthe
| Senate District were seeking aid from the courts
| In have the false election return corrected,
| David t. Hill had the State Board Of Canvass
ers called together on December l. This same
| day, however Joseph ii. Choate. the distih-
| guished Republican lawyer appeared before
| Justice Edwards. Of the Supreme Court. AT
| Troy. and obtained from him an order addressed
| 10 the State Board Of Canvassers for them To
show cause before him at Hudson Oh the fol-
lowing Saturday, December 3. why pereinp-
tory mandamus should not issue against them
| forbidding them TO canvass the fraudulent
Duchess County return. The order was served
| upon the state Board Of Canvassers. and for "A
| time prevented them from acting on the return.
| MAYNARD, however. was determined that
| the fraudulent Mylod election return IRON
| Duchess County should be counted lie went t'
| Troy the following day, December 2 and argued
before Justice Edwards that he should vacate