Let me say that there was no evidence before the committee coming from any man that to his own personal knowledge any legal voter in the city of New York was denied the right of suffrage or prevented from casting his vote for the candidates of his choice. Men were arrested by warrauts.it is true. but for what? For attempting to vote upon fraudulent naturalization papers. upon the papers of (lead men. and for repeating. They wore arrested because they had never been made electors in the State of New York. and upon various other charges that fastened upon them kindred crimes. But I claim here. and the gentlemen connected with me on that committee I believe will bear me out in the statement which I make. that there was no witness who came before the committee who was willing to swear of his own personal knowledge that he knew of any man who had the right to exercise the elective franchise in New York who was impeded in or stopped from exercising that right.
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