Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1870 — Rotten Democracy-The Eleetion Farce in the City of New York. [ARTICLE]

Rotten Democracy-The Eleetion Farce in the City of New York.

[N«w Y«* (Iky IT) to CtadMoU Co. - Nxvaa in th® annala of New York chi emery waa an election characterized by nectar fraud® than the one which took ptae® to-day. The city awarmed with re peater®, who voted openly and with im pnnlty In moot of the district® the inwectoH generally either being in league with th® eooundrel®, or deeming it of no nee to have them arrested. Tn th® First Ward a repeater attempted to vote on Judge Hogan's name, in the Judge** presence., and the policeman on duWtafc b booth refused to arrest him, although ordend to do to by the magistrate, Very little challenging waa done, and only three repeater® were arrested. In the Fourth Ward nearly every Re publican name waa voted on by repeaters before the rightful voters arrived at the poll® In the Eighth Ward two hundred and eight negroes had registered, and they as aembled in their church and marched in a body to the polls, but found that one hundred and sixty of their names had already been voted on. An old Irish woman tried to cast a bal lot in the Fifth Ward, but it was rejected, much to her disgust. A gang of 400 repeaters paraded the Eighteenth Ward, and voted in nearly every district, without let or hindrance. Repealing in the Twenty first Ward was confined to Districts Nos. 4,5, and fl Here the inspectors made every one of them swear the votes io, which they did without flinching; but no one was arrested. In one district only did the negroes dare to exercise the franchise, and there but eight out of twenty seven mustered up sufficient courage to free the hangers on at the polls. - In the Second, two of the strong-mind-ed women attempted to vote the Republican ticket, but were sent home disgusted. In the Ninth Ward, a colored man mistook his district, and was arrested, but released. In the Third District of this ward an old colored woman sought to deposit a vote for her husband, who could not come himself The negroes turned out strong in this ward, and voted the straight Republican ticket. A coal yard, corner Eleventh street and University place, in the Eleventh Ward, was the headquarters of a gang of forty repeaters, who repaired there after voting in one district, changed their clothes, and j then went and voted in another. The Seventeenth Ward was overrun with gangs of repeaters, but two members of which were arrested. This was the case all over the city, the election in every ward, without exc;pti<.n, being given up to the mercy of the repeaters, and not more than thirty arrests being made all day. Very few of the respectable citizens thought it worth while to waste their time in casting a vote which would nit count, and the greater number of those who did attempt it found that repeaters had been beforehand with them, aud that they had their trouble for their pains. There never was a greater farce than' the New York election of to-day. [From the New Yo»k Evening Poet.] At 9 o’clock a respectable merchant offered his ballot in the Ninth Ward, when the following took place: Poll Clerk—This gentleman has voted once to dav. Voter—That is not so; I have not left my house. Poll Clerk—The record states that you have voted. Voter—l don’t care for your record. I have not voted, and insist on my right as a citizen to have my ballot deposited in the boxes. Inspector—We cannot go back on the record, sir. It appears that you have voted once, and we cannot receive a second ballot from the same person. ..... . The voter retired without further argument, amid the bantering and derisive laughter of the repeaters, who were gathered in full force.