The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-05
A PREMIUM ON FRAUD.


i'm a desperate attempt to Braytonism
from deserved destruction, the very laws estab
IIshed to guard caucuses against fraud and to
Euphod the verdict of the majority, to be twisted
nnd distorted as to indictments to fraud
inlent manipulation, as promoters of rascalty and
ias throtters of the legally expressed will of the
majority?
That is the question all honest asking
to-day, as a result OF the astounding and out
sageously partisan decision of Braytonisms servile
board of canvassers and registration in the Of
the Democratic caucus in the First ward
By that decision the caucus is declared illegal
and void the plainly recorded verdict of majority
of the voters in brushed aside and the treacherous
Hessians who are receiving Braytohisms filthy
money, and who kept themselves in power for the
past year by scandalous ballot box stuffing, to
hold over for another year by criminal resort to
check list stealing, if this despicable decision is not
overruled
The board of canvassers has given many evil
dences of gross partisanshp and of sickening SER
Witty TO Braytonism's commands, but its latest
reveament of shameless partisan rancor and mon
strous perversion of law dwarfs its every previous
act of injustice and political prejudice
And to this outrageous consummation of
deliberate conspiracy against the rights of decent
citizens in their party caucuses, the citys law de-
partment has given the aid of all the cunning and
craft Of which it is the master.
No doubt exists that the decision of the board
OF canvassers was in favor of Braytonsm's pur-
chased mercenares and against the decent Demo-
cracy, but this puppet board could not of itselt
discover way by which to override the law and
outrage justice, and at the time give a
of legality to its own unblushing violation of the
spirit of the law.
In that emergency it called upon the city's law
department and from it obtained ready and
willing aid in finding pretext for the most shame
less invasion of the rights of American freemen
ever perpetrated in this any other common
wealth in the land
Learned in the law the men in the city
city solicitors department may be- but their acts,
advice and opinions concerning political con-
troversies have been narrow, partial and par
tisan as to convince the sober-minded citizens Of
Providence that where the interests of corrupt
,Braytonism involved they know neither law
nor justice
These men are, OF course, the real authors Of
,the decision which has aroused the wrath of the
.entire community, and that decision carries with
1T intrinsic evidence of false reasoning and narrow
hnd bgoted construction OF the caucus law Here
Is the first paragraph of this outrageous decision:
Said caucus, conducted by the legal cnucus
officers, proceeded regularly and lawfully, until
the closing of the polls. There = no evidence, md
claim II made, that allowed
vote whose lists.
There is o evidence box wa stuffed,
TINT Illegal ballots deposited therein,
but the contrary Il is in evidence three
present kept lists nam OF all who
r voted, the number OF the being aot sam
N found by the wardens ~ he recount
~ this board. An unsuccessful attempt w made
by disclosed evidence 10
stun ballot box with n package Of ballots after
was closed nsd while being from,
ward room, hut there charge of actual
fraud. evidence OF fraud relative To the
ballots found n
Here we have a plain admission that the
caucus from the opening to the closing OF the polls
was conducted legally and properly; that there was
no illegal voting ballot box stuffing that th'
number of ballots found in the box was 4o4, which
tailed exactly with the Secord kept by severa
persons stationed near the ballot box and that the