The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-11-22
Frauds in s,gypt.


Pend Bond. editor of the Calunaet 81
Pace, a staunch democratic paper down
in Erypt," thus refers to the allegations oil
the Chicago Tribune, Pres, &c, OF gross
frauds =, ths election in the southern part Of
this state:
"Reinc satisfied with the fact that the
Observation-Disclosures intended to stuff the bal
boxes. we advised the judges in the vari-
ous counties Of Egypt to keep the polls
cncrct; in each and every precinct, and TO
receive votes until the official returns from
the north were all sent into, aHd reported
By, tie Secretary Of STATE; anil u orr at
sice las been hcefci, tie c9ttag is stiH going
or IL t5csc parts"
This, the facetious Ben OF course intended
as joke, bu. vastly the best part Of it is,
that it is swallowed by the Chicago papers
aforesaid as dead earnest, and paraded as
proof of their absurd charges. But there
is rot fact, not the scmblancc of fact,
given anywhere, 10 show that tho least
fraud was prscticed at any Of the polls in
Egypt" The vote was unexpectedly large
there, and consequently the nisiorities I'M
expectcdly large, just as they were in north
crn Illinois, on the side Of fus;oEism.
While the fusion leaders of the north,
conscious OF their own disposition, had they
been able, TO perpetrate any measure OF
fraud to swell the vote of Fremont, 10
charging that the democrats c. the south.
were as dishn..cst as Themselves. We find the
democratic papers in the southern part Of
the state, az making figures upon the vote
and majOritics in northern Illinois, and We
, submit TO our readers whether they do moi
make out al least as strong a Prinla Jlsci'
case Of fraud against the pious fusionists a:
the latter have made out against the demo
Gratis Of Egypt" We quote from cor
respondent of the St. Louis Rtpublican
Before the election, tho most sanguinC
Republican in the North did not claim ovcl
twenty-five thousand majority in the four
Northern districts; the returns show that
they have received about thrty-iivc thou
sand majority. How was this bro't about
Was there any illegal voting? We 90 no:
say there Vas, bU; cal. attention 10 this fact
In nine northern coun,ies-of which We
Of Winnebago, Mclienry, Kane, Boone, Lee,
Dekalb, Henderson, La Sale and Bureau,
the population one year ago amounted to
IGj, 2gJ. 1t has always been estimated in
this country that the ratio Of voters &C
cording to the population has been one to
seven; consequently the number o! legal
voters III these counties one yeer ago you'd
have been %, Gil; those who have cone In
10 the state within a year wOu.d hot IL
vOlers, Tor our statute provides that they
shall smain in the State one year before be
ing allowed to vote.
We have said that the number OF votes in
the nine counties named would have amount
ed TO 23,GI4. What number oil votes do
you suppose was Poiled by these counties al
the recent election? The returns snow 81 ;,
SO. Comment upon this is unnecessary
if there is any way OF accounting for ths
excess of over 5000 we are not aware Of 1t
Again, We are cred.bly informed by :
citizen OF 81. Louis, who happened IN Chica
20 upon the day vi election, that large mum
JeIs OF GeIrnIns and NOTwegiaus, IN gang.
from one hundred upwards, we're marched
10 the polls by the FremODteTs, and their
votes ss-gTs an, in nearly every instance. Ii
cannot oe Ell: posed that these men, who ca1
scarcely uEd-rst. nj the English Language
e. All, - ere lcEs. yo;er and YET thcy voted
anu every vote cJtsH.s- yae.