Year: 1859

Our Democratic Supervisors are boldly carrying
out the scteme for practically nullf,ins the Regis
ry Law, Of which We gave the people warning
ONE days ago. when the ReDIstrictiog job was
before the Common Council. The Supervisors
are or rather were, equally divided in politics; and
his was thought by the Legislature to insure TAR
dealing; indeed, so carefully was foul dealing
guarded against that q special clause was added
allowing ak instead Of seven members to be .
quorum for making these appointments, as the Dem
ocrats had threatened to withdraw their hall and
leave the Board without quorum sooner than SUD-
NIT to the law. week ago yesterday was the
day named in the act for appointing Registers
The Board met; parties being equally balanced'
The Democrats, instead of going on with the busi-
ness wasted the session in abuse Of the law, MIR.
Elijah F. Purdy leading of. Under the false pre-
ter of getting the opinion of the legal adviser oil
the Board upon their powers and duties under the
law, Mr. Purdy got the business adjourned for
week.


In the mean time the redistticting swindle went
to the Mayor who signed it without examining 1t
far enough to discover its bIunder in regard to the



private caucuses; lists of trusty tools were made
up, and all things got ready for the adjourned meet
ing of yesterday. BY some unexpls ned circum-
stances one supposed Republican supervisor (Vo'r-
hies) and one real one (Little) were absent find'
irg all their men on the spot Mr William
NJ. Tweed we'll known as leading member
of the Infamous Forty Of 1852, started the
ballotirg for Registers, naming three rsnk
Democrats of the Tammany stripe for the
fret District Of the First Ward. As the law b"
from the adoption Of the present State Constitution
secured to the minority party one Of the three
Inspectors in every District, and as it had been
thoroughly under stood that each eide should have
fair chance on this occasion, the Republican Su-
peryisors demurred to such manifest outrage
This brought Purdy, the President, out of the
chair, who announced and boasted that he and his
party meant to appoint none but Democrats; that
Tammany Hall demanded this. ard they meant to
sustain their party by every means in their power
ard at all hazards. The Republicans appealed to
the well known agreement that each party should
have at least one Register in each District.
Purdy denied that he ever consented to this; he
would take all, if he could, but would con-
descend to allow the Republicans msjority
in Districts where they had majority OF the votes.
Finding the Democrats determined in this unfair
scheme the Republicans desired to adjourn until
their absent members could be present; but the
other eide refused and insisted on baotiDg for the
men picked out by the TammaDy caucus. And so
the work went on until the frat six Wards, about
thirty five Election Districts in all, were supplied,
making over one hundred Registers appointed, and
not one Republican among them


Finding that Purdy had fully determined to seize
spon the whole city for the benefit of his party,
the Republicans began to move adjournment. AT
first, Supervisor Bell who was in the chair under
| took to rule such motions out Of order; but the
| Republicans named different time at every mo-
tion, and be was forced to put them to vote. For
five hours tie four Republicans present maintained
| this desperate fght-until Tweed and Purdy were
convinced that 70 further progress could be made,
and reluctantly consented to adjourn until this
| evening


This is desperate attempt to prevent the entire
vote of the city and to heap up majority here
sufficient TO overcome the fair majority of the
country, and secure the election Of the Democratic
State Ticket The Wards already provided with
Registers are those where false registry and double
voting are easiest concealed. In the First, Fourth
and Sixth Wards, the very hardest in the city, in
Guiding the Government troops, CustOm-House
Public Stores, sailor boarding Water street
and the Five Points, none but tools Of Tammany,
whose Celtic names are q sufficient proof Of their
partisan bias, are to make up the lists of voters.
Should this fraud be carried out as designed by
Purdy and Tweed, these six Wards will give nearly
twenty instead of less than five thousand votes for
the TanmaDy ticket.


Another part Of the plan not yet developed, is
the location of the polls which the Common Coun-
Gil have in hand Voting places will be selected
with especial reference to the success Of the Tam.
many ticket. In Republican Districts changes will
be made only to confuse the voters, and those who
able to discover the right spot will find the poll
blocked up with rowdies all the morning, so that
business men will be compelled to go down town
without voting. This is an old and successful
game, hundreds Of Republican votes having been
kept out in the Fifteenth and Ninth Wards alone
in this way


The Supervisors meet again this evening, when
Purdy g. Co. will make desperate effort TO carry
out their programme.