The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-08-22

on MONDAY, the 9th August, 1900, due
alike to all parties, but more especially
to all coed citizens of LOUISVILLE
Between four and five O'Clock IN the
morning | repaired to the Court HOUSE,
for the purpose of making some arrange
ments to distr ibute tickets. The polls
were not yet,opened / passed through
the lobby out on the platform on Jeffer-
son street aud saw upon the steps and in
the yard some l8 or 20 men, nearly
every one of whom carried a club or
loaded stick. l was not able to identi-
fy one of these men, after a close recon-
noisanee of them. The election pro-
ceeded as quietly as could be expected,
until a report was put into circulation
that the Democratic ticket was ahead
in the Fifth Ward, and that it was a
close vote in the Sixth Ward, wheE a
cry was raised, MosGtze Id Sag
| NachtsI DoqC7s q0itA the Dutch and
LriShI Cd d-n Them ?" In an III
slant several citizens were knocked down
! and run out of the hall. 1 stood my
ground and officer Seaton make some
effort to restore order, but saw him
make no arrests. This outbrlke occur
red between the hours of nine and ten
o'clock, A. NJ. A party ofthese DULLES
took possession of the platform on Fifth
street. I went out among them, and
saw them offer yellow tickets to every
man who came up the stairs. If they
were refused, some one CT the crowd
would ask them who. they voted for !;
if for Morehead, well; if Democratic or
| Clarke, they were moved or knocked in
IL I.l- T LII ,o,r b,,,l ,,-oa fJ,a
shoulder of one of these men whom L
thought, 1 knew, and inquired what was
the cause of his hand being in a sling
to which he replied he had bruised it,
Judge my surprise when, in less than
five minutes thereafter, I saw him knock
down an Irishman With the same wound
ed hand, and upon it a pair of brass
kuuckles.
A friend ofmine, and gentlemen, call
ed me out and desired to know whether
[ was armed to which L replied 1 was
not, nor had 1 carried arms but on one
occasion in Louisville, within a period of
nearly q quarter of century. He gave
me one of his reveIvers, and insisted up
on my acceptance in a manner which
left no doubt upon my mind of his
friendship. This gentleman is a KIow
Nothing, and an honorable ma l
repaired to the Court house. Some
three old gentlemen inquired of me if
they could get to the polls other than
through the dense crowd at the door of
admission; upon which I directed them
to the other door, stat ng that several
old gentlemen, from age and infrmaity,
had been, through the kindness of the
door-keeper, admitted-amoag whom /
named j. w. Breeder, Esq. After
the admission Of these, entire strangers
to me, a rough looking customer, who
heard all that had been uttered between
these men and myself, called me to an
account for it. He had a yellow ticket
in the ribband of his hat, and a club in
his hand. From his language, I was
conceived that he was about to strike me.
[ stepped back and drew my pistol, stat
ing that if he raised his stick oneinch [
would shoot him in his tracks. A young
man of good dress threw his arm round
his neck, stood between us, and backed
the bully into the crowd. | s~huddered
at the idea, that in a moment more l
would, in all probability, have taken a
life that I could not restore, ana which
act would be to all time a source of bit
terness to me; hence, l returned the
weapon, and went unarmed the balance
of the day.
I saw u~noffeuding men knocked down
in the court yard, and stoned off the
yard fence by these b~ullies, and no at
tempt made to arrest any of them, al
though l saw some of the police within
reach of the Offenders. Such .unprcvCked
and cowardly attacks upon peaccable
citizens, who came to the polls to record
their suff, age, l trust never to behold
or hear of in future. The passes to the
polls were thus fully taken possession of.
Que stoutly built man assembled the
steps, and was met above-HHow do
you Vote 1 didlnotwith distinetness
get lis answer, when he was struck, aud
staggered, got upon his feet, aad passed
through the crowd, dealing out to his
assailants some heavy blows. He was
. overpowered, aud while in the act
of throwing him over the tannisters,
Capt. l.. Ii. Rousseau run up, grasped
the man, and saved him from further
violence. Here permit me to say, from
years of acquaintance, [ have ever re-
garded Capt. Rousseau as a highly hon
orable and brave man; but never until
last Monday did [ fully appreciate his
noble worth. His deeds of daring
throughout the day were most worthy
his we'll known character.
From 2 o'clock until the close of the
polls [ received but one or two votes
in fact, 1 may say from the time the
polls were taken in the forenoon L got
but few votes. [ gave yellow tickets to
two whom [ believed to be my friends
to carry through the crowd. They went
in, discarded the yellow, voted the Dem
ocratic ticket, for which [ saw them
knocked down on leaving the court house,
and no arrests made for these outrages.
Between 2 and q O'Clock 2. NJ. l called
on from 80 to SO of my friends, and
urged them to go to the polls, promis-
ing to protect them, but to no purpose.
Most of these voters are By birth Amer
leans, and ell respectable ard orderly
citizens engaged IN business. There are,
if I am correctly Informed, J some2S of
my friends on Jefferson street, between
Fifth street aad Third, including three
in the house of w. III. Johnston, Esq,
also james McCullugh, &C., who did
not or would not vote, in consequence of
the disorder at the polls. But Jthe
NEST inhuman of the acts of the day was
reserved for the afternoon. a gang of
rowdies had in Keeping and tow a poor
man all bloody. taking him to jail-for
what offeuse l know not. AS they rush
ed past my door, L went out after them.
When nearly opposite the southeast COR
ner of the court house, a peuteelly dress