VOTE purchasing THE new york world is entitled to credit for its enterprise in the matter of unearthing the systematic purchase ot of votes in the late election it has already shown that the extent to which this evil was carried is greatly in excess of that of any other time ard and wishing to obtain expressions of opinion from authoritative sources it recently addressed a circular inquiry to the governors of all the states with that object in view ans answers aers to the great of hem were duly received and these preprinted in its issue ot of the instant last thursday 1 the different therein expressed form a very entertaining potpourri most of et the executives are decidedly against the system ot of vote buying regarding it as the greatest menace to tree institutions others are milder in their denunciation nuncia tion others have no personal know knowledge knowledg led ell of anything of the kino baving wen taden place and a few abruptly abrupt i decline to answer it is noticeable i that hat none of them deny delay the awful charge charge outright and t this his circumstance is ot of itsell somewhat orne what significant