The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-20

A HOPEFUL SION.
One Of the mos. hopeful signs OF the
times - tho satisfaction with which de-
cent men Of both the great political parties
have hailed the conviction Of the violators
OF the sanctity Of the ballot box by the
New York courts. John Y. Mekane Is In
Sing Sing; he was tried before Demo
cratic judge; he 10 q man worth Zoo,
and In . worldly sense he stood well; that
u, he Was Sunday school superintendent
and he had no small vices. How-many
places west Of the Mississippi are there
whsrs q Sunday school superintendent
worth half a million OF dollars would be
convicted and sent to tho penitsntiary for
directly or indirectly violating the sane
tity Of the ballot boxf Nothing short OF
the tremendous tidal wave Of hostile pub
lie opinion in both the great political
parties, caused by the shameless attempt Of
Tammauy Hall to plant . thief on the
bench OF the New York court Of appeals.
could have created . situation where
prosecuting officers dared not refuse to do
their duty in the matter Of election frauds.
The people who have any stake In so
cisty save tho hat on their heads begin to
80 thst Il h time TO drop party issues and
insist on . clean ballot box, and the result
Of this aroused public opinion has been the
conviction and punishment of moro
bandits OF tho ballot box than New York
City has seen since the downfall Of Tweed
In 1871 James g. Blaine lost the state Of
New York and the presidency in 1854 BY .
plurality Of Loaf. Since the last Novem-
Der election eleven Democratic reporters
have been convicted in New York City:
twenty one more have been sentenced who
pleaded guilty; eighty others have been
indicted, and the investigation in other
cities shows that the Democratic vote in
the last November election owed 80, COO to
fraud. In faco OF these facts does any
body doubt that Cleveland owed his cleo
ton In 1854 to frxud, Murphy. whose
strikers murdered Robert Ross At the bal
lot box In Troy, N. Y. the other day, was
then managing tho Troy machine. and
Pat Diver and McKane were both then
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put votes for Grover Cleveland. The reve-
iations OF tho recent trials Of the New
York bandits Of the ballot box make il
morally certain that Cleveland's plurality
Of i,oH In 1854 was manufactured by
fraud and that blaine was cheated out Of
the presidency. even as Henry Clay was in
1874.
The decent men In both parties at the
North are aroused into a state OF alarm
when they zee . citizen like Robert Ross
shot dead ct the ballot box by Demo-
raiic ''heeler," even o. IN 1854 "Print"
Matthews was murdered at the ballo, box
In Copiah county. Mississippi. The de-
cent Democratic press Of New York state.
like tho Brooklyn Eagis and the buffalo
cosTier. do not hesitate TO say that party
issues sink into insigniticancs before this
attempt TO Introduce the Southern meth
Dds Of blood and fraud at the ballot box.
and II is freely predicted that the murder
81 Ross al the hallo, box In Troy, aud the
attempt so place Maynard on the bench OF
he court OF appeals Is the beginning of
she end Of Tammsny Democracy. Croker
u no coward, but no as veil as Diver
Jared no, face the music: dared not try
and hep their bandits of the ballot box
sut Of trouble. The North. however, Is
aos the South. and the North will not
tamslv submit to see their elections made
afarce of by blood and fraud as they are
1t thu South. IL wouid not bs surprising
hf....ff
ssc,ed.
There are many signs that TsGnmany Is
IA danger o. disruption. Several Of lis
sonsrieaeas members have withdrawn
Rom il In disgust. and antl.Taminaay
Democrats like OK Mayor Grace 90 no, hes
tate to say thai NO Democrat can h
,lec!ed governor of New York next No
'einhsr. aud even David u. HUI con
esses that Il the Wilson tariff bill become,
'lsw in It's present shape the Republican,
sul surely eject gneis governor aaa sweey
he state. Deesnt men of both the greal
parties IA Ses York city ara morally con
riueed sha' CFo&er. Diver & co. are rob
sers. The New York Krevasg poss. is
,na.y&ine The convictions, discover. that
sh.gtesa Of fhe criminals hail from IN,
district in which Paddy Diver. the ex
,aioonkeepes and present police Justice. 1,
The Tammany leader ssxsn from the a.,
iriess es Barney Martin. also A rs,llc,
justice: ioar fgofa she district OF Tin
Sullivan. stale senator.
The naes paid ~ tie convicted erinsi
sais Aggregated 81 ela The hau foss.l,.t
amounted 20 sto. So
The prosecution ~ these bandit. o. ~,
BALLET box gses ogs of the Coopsr vaier
meeting of lawyer. Of bota parties. d,
sams upright men ~ho rogsea the veo.l,
% snow Maynard under ~lnAsng zee
Of ballots last November.
The murder Of young Ross q, sAs bslge
BOX In Troy. y. Y. ~ Uas;ed States sen
nor Marphy's ruffsasy ssr~assrs ha
rirssi up tao dessas mea Of all parties Il
hat eisy 10 determination to redeem
hat city irom the shraiaon az seonnaEsl $
and the siEns are hopsfal ,hx, "Bcss'
Croker aad "Sesa" Murphy are nsAs -,