The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-04-28


in almost every house faro bank, familiarly
called the "tigsr," where you San stop in
and ees rid Of your money just - soon ~
aou choose. Win these dens Of iniquity
. closed We - sxpcos : better .tets Of
rails IN th4a mtg, and thst life and
Rsssy vi lFes1 Rn' 0a' not
8. Quitnan, u Nisli W not ssen
sstigsr, and said b. eniliar
~ the various eetA ksn OF
Mr.. Singleton - wsau young
ton, Of the lawlessnSss Of the city,
imes walked the streets with .
eiosity to see il anybody would
o far 10 lad escaped the hands
Of t60 linn 1I~Admitted there Was I
very dchfaline9 state Of feeling In the city,
but Whit was wanted for its correction Vas
not brute force, but good magistrates filed
with Intelligence, activity = rit TO exc
cute the laws. The numt Ne present
police force he thought au&63snt 70 preserve
the peaSs Of the city. Decides, he strongly
objscted TO giving the Nationsl Government
the control Of this Pretolir I1epard Of 100
men. II would be the y system
which would hassry ha3 ma Of. His
principal Oh ~, hows1 ~ that the
evil aros. ahs disqualification Of the
Mr.. Stad - Ohio, agreed with Mr..
Quitman s0419 Regarded the demoralixa
ton Of tho city. What was the cause Of that
demorsllxaaionp II was the piraticai po.
litical iuaxim that 70 the victors belong the
spoils-AOAxim which has been practiced
BY oil parties, and for which no party 10
specially responsible q shis day. Here il
the great center Of political power and pat.
ronAge. Here 10 the fountain head from
which they are distributed. All through the
country mon who control elections are the
men who ARE singled out for the purpose Of
receiving rewards Of patronage which arc
dispensed By the party in power. Tho con-
sequence y that In cities men rho can bring
to hspolls most votes, fraud6lent or not,
your ballot-stuffers, your shoulder hittsrs,
those who are engaged in keeping orderly
those services bring success to the party for
whose benefit they are rendered. He had no
doubt that the country owes its present 20
litical position to the great frauds practiced
in Now York in lS44, BY which Henry Clay
was dsfrauded Of the Office to which he WA
entitled BY the lawful votes Of the people,
That Presidential election was controlled BY
band or club known Ms the "Empire Club, Z
whoss captain is now Marshal Of the South
ern District OF New York.
MEN come here TO receive their rewards
Tor services Of this kind for stuf6ng bsllot
boxes; for driving legal voters away
the polls Tor marching up illegal ones;
services Of that kind are supposed to be 6
wRrded, il those who render them will col
: here and make the demand. What must "
the character Of these men who coneregat
I here for the purpose Of receivinI Srd
. for such servicssS They were mel -
h.ads he should not think hesR =
= dark night. Snppoa - -
the President power IT, {
, Police, who does not believe ~
appoint partisans And
Chief appoint ss his Lieutenant
Of loo msn2 Will he mot ssla
those gentlemen who are d
from oil parts Of tho Confedssl
Of once? l know, continued ~
tAahs President hes appointed 10 ONO,
p we're under indictment 81 tAe1im,
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