The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-05-24
VOLUME l. NUMBER 49,.

] at that moment laid my hand on his shoulder,
and observed, old fellow, if il had not been for you
that we never would have beat them in the world.
| To which he replied, beat indeed! No indeed
sand he, lit had not been for the votes that carried
Cincinnati, that Duncan would have beaten,
them 10 death. | asked him, how in the devil did
you manage so not TO be found out' What ward
did they vote in' He remarked, that he divided
them out, and carried seven or eight at time, aud
voted in different wards, and his friends helped him,
and portion of them voted in the third wsrd.
asked him il he carried as many as eighty Oh hum
dred; and he remarked, that he carried more than
either; and remarked more than once, that he car
RED more than Pendleton's majority. And, sup
pose, there eighty or hundred on board that
day, and, probably, over that number
Stewart also informed Inc that he was the man
that beat Merrywether, in jefferson county, Ken
lucky, who ran, at the August election, for seat
in the Legislature of Kentucky. asked him how
he managed He told me that he took the men
from the city of Louisville, and carried them to
Six Mile Island, and there kept them several days.
and eat, drank, and slept with them, until Monday
| of the election, and then carried them over into
jefferson county, and there got them vote and ia
that way he beat MerTyweher. He also stated that
the wings did not treat him well at Cincinnati; tor
they did not give him but seventy-fve dollars to
pay the men with ] asked him who gave him
that' He said that the Tippecanoe Club gave it
TO him, of Cincinnati And he remarked that he
had paid out ten dollars of his own money, and that
he could not pay them off until he got to Louisville.
asked him il they were making any noise about
their pay, and he said no. that he had just been be-
low and treated them to dollars worth of drink.
He also stated that lie never eat until they eat
He also stated that they eat in the cabin aud part of
them sleptin the cabin, and part on deck He told
me that he knew how many men il would take,
and they were determined to have them. noticed
at dinner, when the men came to the table, that it
was easy to distinguish them fir m the rest of the
passengers, or, that is, the most of them.
Mr.. Sheppard of this place, the editor of the
Warsaw Patriot, decided whig paper, and as
much SO as any in the State, was on board, and
called onhim to notice the men, and called his at
tention to great many of the circumstances herein
detailed. And do further state, that went to
the house where Sheppard stopped, with officer.
on this day. for the purpose of bringing said Shep
hard before the justice for the purpose of taking his
deposition, but he could not be found
The said Stewart informed me that he would
have no difficulty in getting the money on hisar-
rival at Louisville. l asked him il they did pay
him well for his trouble. He said he did not charge
any thing only his money back that what he done
he done free OF charge | asked him how many
went up on the steamboat Mail; ] think he told me
between eighty and one hundred. asked him who
had charge of those on the Mail, and he informed
me that Russell had and l think he said Captain
Russell. asked him if they swore the men that
he carried up TO vote and he told me nearly all of
them He told me that he told them, when they
came on board the boat at Louisville, what they
should have fthey voted and if they did not vote,
they well knew what they would get. And further
this deponent saith not.
JEFFERSON PEAK.
Sworn to, and subscribed before us, this Sd day
of December, 1910.
r. TILLER, J. P. G. C.
JAS F BLANToN, J. p. G. C.
Commonwealth Of Kentucky, Gallain county, set.
The foregoing deposition of Jefferson Peak was
this day taken, subscribed and sworn to by the
said Jefferson Peak, before the undersigned, two
of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace, with
in and for the county of GaatIn, State Of Kentuc-
KY at the time and Place. and Tor the purpose stat
cd in the caption thereof, and the notice hereunto
The said Jefferson Peak being duly
sworn, and the question propounded, did, in our
presence write with his own hand the said foreSo.
ing deposition
Given under our hands and seals this Cd day of
December, A. D., 1910
B. TILLER, ]. P. C. C. TsEALl
JAS. +. BLANTON, J. p g. C. 1sEA..1
But, as have said, those frauds were not con.
hned to Hamilton county; they were wide spread,
md never can he but partially exposed hold in
my hand an expose OF the frauds practsed 10 Phil
ldelphia as corrupt and as alarming as those which
have partially exposed, as practsed in Hamilton
county also hold in my hand the Glentworth
rauds as pracIised in New York, which can only
'e equalled in infamy by those which Ihave named.
The limits of speech will not permit any thing
more than mere synopsis Of those frauds. will
sk the clerk to read some extracts exposing the
more glaring abuses practised in Philadelphia l
will also ask the clerk to read some short extracts OF
he Glentworth frauds in New York. [The clerk
cad them.-l
Mr. Speaker, have nothing to say ofthe politi.
al crime, and moral depravity involved in holding
seat on this ioor, obtained by such means as those
isclosed by these reports only so far as and my
onstituents are concerned. The individuals who
is said were returned to this House by this sys-
IN OF fraud, were Charles Naylor of Philadelphia;
'dward Curtis, Moses Grinnell, Ogden Hoffman,
nd James Monroe Of New York; and ". G.. PEN
Teton of OHIO. How many more have been ro-
rned know not, nor Is il ray present purpose to
quire, Except as to the member from ohio.) OF
sm ! leave Others to speak, with the single re-
ark, that present honor gained by such frauds ana