New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-19

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for twenty days in the month OF September ex.
amined somewhat into the WORKINGS OF M iaf III
act of 1890 popularity known as the McMe, s,a am
These tariff hearings Chairman Wis2n stated
last week in the House were free 10 an o tp
committee would accord to the important business iss
IN h of the country he ony presented
side OF the which is subsiantai.y correc,,
least importinr agents Of foreign manufacturers;
the farmers Of bermuda were there the grape, grape-
and representative Of Irish industries and
although these representative OF various ioae gsn
chance In existing law which should open up ,he
markets Of America to them wh on I nsr vim Sn
the cheap labor Of Europe yet am consrained , to
not of them made out his case. but on the con
irary made strong areI b Mckinney act Ap
plauseJ / wish had the time to detail other tariff
arguments that were made before me ways a, a ana
Means Committee. that might show that orr Tor
eign competitors not only claimed but demon
strated the fact they had to pay the duty upon
to do this wherever the rate was raised by the Nc
cos ne ~ act they were so raIncon both in Wages
and in the profits. But must coh''h' III! sell WIN
only u few hasty chances
! THE QUESTION OF HONEST ELECTIONS.
But to-day the most important issue 10 The
people Of this State is The question OF honest
elections | am moi here to claim that all the vr
tue in the world belongs to the Republican party
and all the vice TO the Democratic. am not here
to claim that ali the Republican votes tha' are
counted everywhere ma that ali Republican
officials at the polls honest at all times. and
that all Democrats are dishonest. but What 90
question. that the determination of the Democratic
party of the State of New-York Is everywhere AND
all times 10 wn-honestly T. they can-but al
ways and by every method to win. need not
refer at length to The frauds upon l ,h forie
committees Of the Legislature lnNesttalee.' lh'
n a, ,n nd nny rn iG 10 p ,nT vons early and
often: they found then false returns and falls
the will of the people at the polls has SO often
been defeated and TUNED to na4sh', sn" nh ny
were glaiing and atrocious thal u" u'cTHi
in any party now denies them nor s'ah
1868. which turned out nearly $500 iTduiuient ma
turalized ctizens-a number four tim. - ga
after. These fraudr! mt certificates h,Ne n1aiit
all been seized by he ntcd STAT p,oaI
deal of defamation from Tammany an c,ed al
State Of Sew-york. il remains The fact that
one OF these men has gone into a court oi
justice and commencd any prosecution on 9c'o ,hi
assertion. was met by yoII MI. , u'i ,h %.
ment that they were all poor mrn ana hhu no
money to prosecute. Ny reply 10 nm wa NM
tegrity OF these certificates than was any on"
Of the alleged citizcas who lost then" applause
WHAT TAMMANY WANTS.
If money was what they needed. Tammany coma
promptly supply them ont Of the $500" she "hh"-
the millions She gathers from the liquor interests
of the state. out Of the percentar" sh- eveS upon
the fees OF receivers and lawyers OF lhsoN"hit
lects from those who are described a. the scarle,
women OF the city She commands DOM Hlpll'S
done to any one OF The holders OF certificates
in 1868 it would have been rshtrd III a cou I ,h w.
justice. We are told now that the elections N VI, VIZ,
city OF New-York have become honest ana N,,
an araneerneni was so made ni d S, yirny TO- this
city. to vote at least SIX times apl'c' a. - a
vote one of your distinguished citizens TOOK upon
himself the ariuous duties on a waaCn n ~ h,If
polls and unable 10 prevent Ed!'s ~ .a,'
at Which he was a watcher. and then 10 repeaa,
the performance directly across ne stree, d, ,,
disciple of Tammany Hall; colonel reilS~' only
few DAYS sinc mae ,hs ane G?' now gave 300
Democratic majority in the city 81 c OH
T Sisors sna and Federal Marshas would maxi it
5000 $1,000. told him he was mI.osnr ana
marshals Network city could roll up or s count up
majority sufficient to overcome me Repnp grss
me humber required Who believes that the law
Tsceny sy the Of Eson to
OF two in each district was passed lm IN, I,,t me
democracy did not connne their efforts TO ne cry
Of New-York tn" same 'acucs ar e., sI, ~. civ
| t ,W,nv and the city Of Troy the registry was
swollen by the names OF non-r' sinenuS a1 Y v",e
upon by Iepsa'srs W shn svsem hat the leaders
20 he gangs at every election found man ready
90 90 t instruct them as TO what names to assume
and hundreds and thousands OF Hi'S'' N'''' W."
annually poed
CLEARING OFF THE LISTS
Finally through the agency of the Supervisor
or Election system these rotten lists were puIged OF
thousands Of these names, and then IN" p''i'"'-
racv nagurated the system OF Young f'I""'''S
upon the names Of well-known Republicans an"
this system Is carried to-day. Whenever Ietis-
lation has been necessary to cover mp the crimes
1 elafu
that legislation Decent Democrats In places IKE
Iansingburg and Buffalo recently awakened to IN" /
fact that the party which claimed to Etaho ioi
.rbome rule" everywhere was determined that the
home rule in these cities must be always the homo
rule of faction OF the democratic party whTt h
they had the majority or minority OF N1'ess u
publican form OF government. 20 corrupt the bal,
lot destroy the purity Of the balloi.n1A, amn
efYronfery Because they have consummaied thia |
outrage by Infamous laws passed by a Dem9crauc
mi The determinafion 10 corrupt the ballot But
tpScv have zone further than this There Is more
dsgraccful proceeding In the state man hat WhCt
W -, aittcJ IN" most unbushng was that
which occurred in the XVIII District compost OF
Every court. and every Justice OF every court. IN
Guiding The judges Of The co1r Of Appenr Th at
Republican contention in this case ,applauscl ana
that Republican conam,iGh gave hG for ihe
senate. Yet the will Of the people Wa defc.rGG
and the decision OF the cOurt Ndf nUllflcu 'H-
was accomplished by an act which the statutes 81
the state OF New-York denounced as crime pun |
ishable bv term In State Prison II nothing |
less than the taking away and secreting Of a pub
lie record from office of the Controller OF the
State. ........o <..,..,
This act Of infamy was conceived in the brain
and accomplished by the hand Of one Isaac H. |
Maynard IF a man steals your purse you SEND nm |
TO State Prison: II he destroys the title to your
home you still brand him with nfamy and send !
him 10 the State Prison What shall be- done with |
a man who wllfully steals and conceals the records
of the freeman's will; who robs Senate District |
Of it's rRhtful representative. who strikes at the |
very foundation citizenship and Of civil govern
ment and by his act nulifcs the will Of the ma
iority? Two Democratic Governors have said they /
would appoint him. long 1t within their |
power to n place the bench o: the highest court |
in The State: now a Democratic State Convention. |
bv "A vote Of three hundred and sevcnty-eght To- |
cI,,I,r i'm IL all |