The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-15
The Now Albany Vote.
The Enquirer Of yesterday commences .
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The New Albany Vote.
The Enquirer Of yesterday commences
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At the recent city election in New Albany
but about 100 votes were cast. A year ago
she Polled 1919. A year ago J. d. Kelso
was . candidate for Mayor, aud received 9I4
votes and was beaten by over 800. This
year he ran for the same Office without op.
position and received six hundred and ninety
seven votes. and was elected. receiving q |
smaller vote this year without opposition,
than he did last year, when he was badly
beaten with two candidates in tho field
against him. The largest vote polled for
any man or the ticket this year wac ILL.,
This shows falling OF Of over twelve hun.
dred votes in.one year, in the city Of New AL.
bsny.
The Enquirer then accuses the Know
Nothings Of having brought band of "paid
DULLES" from Louisville to the polls at New
Albany last October, and argues from that
the falling off in the vote Of New Albany!
Then follows this sentence:
New Albany once hossted of polling the
largest vote of any city in the State. Nov
che polls about 100 more votes than Lamssco
city. . suburban neishbor of Evansysile
Sam seems to have set his big foot rigft fiat
down on the town and crushed the voters
out.
Now this might sound honest and some.
thing like reason to one not at all acquain-
ted with facts which the Enquirer carefully
avoids uttering-a caution proverbial with il
when facts do not sustain it's position. The
whole and only cause Of ,he"falling off, ofth
vote OF New Albany is simply contained in
these facts. The Democrats nominated .
ticket for the April election. The candi-
dates on this ticket knew they would get
badly beaten, and withdrew in public cards,
on the cowardly and lying pretext, that by
running they might assist in getting up
mob excitement which would prevent homes,
Democratic voters from being permitted to
poll votes, &C., &c! The American
ticket Aad then no opposition, and of course
the old Liners stayed away from the polls.
u they voted at all, they had no other ticke,
to vote for than the American ticket. And
- the ticket had no opposition, of course bu,
comparatively few Know Nothings thought
II necessary to 60 to the polls at all. Ye,
the Enquirer says not one word Of this, the
only reason for the small vote polled at New
Albany this election. II rather chooses to
make an absurdIy false charge against re-
spectacle citizens of New Albany, that they
brought band Of paid DULLES from LouisviI lille
last October election who forcibly took pos.
session of the ballot box, knocked down and
butchered Irishmen, &C., &c.-and upon this
statement accounts for the falling of of the
vote. The Judges of the October election
in New Albany. have already come out in
cards and publicly denied the charge, that
voters were kept away from the polls there.b by
. mob or in any other riotous way. Singular
- il may seem, We prefer believing them to
the word Of the notable editor of the Enqui.
ser. The Enquirer, however, 10 right in ssy-
Ing San has put bic big foo: on New Albany,
lslso that he has esnshed out . good many