St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-10-06
The Election.

ne EltCtlUH.
Republicans the election is near
at hand Interests of very great I'M
portancc are stakcd upon the issue
While we would not discourage your
most strenuous and continued eXer'
tons for our State Ticket, we believe
: that ticket to be safe, against every
thing except imported votes. Upon the
next Assembly will not only dcv0INc
the duty Of clccting a L. :. Senator,
but that of dividing the State into
probably six Congressional DISTRICTS
under the apportlUnn"nt upon the cell
sus of 1860. In this connection TINS
canvass assumes national import
( ancc, and involves m3ll1Ma, ISSUES
Our opponents are working wit" OK
traordinarv energy, for this very pnr'
pose-to secure the control "i this
Legislature. They would sooner lose
the local County Ticket throughout
the State. than fail in this object
| They will offer at every poll to trad,
votes on County officers, and even OF
! the state Ticket, for votes for thciI
candidate for the General Assembly
We warn Republicans against this
proposed trick of trading votes agains
our nominees for the Legislature. lie
no induccmcnt tempt Republican t.
! lose lis vote on either the State or As
scmb'v Ticket, fer a sing'e nominee upo
il. Give this matter your particula
attention, and active cxcrtions.
Remember the 60 days residence re
qnircd in the County, laws of 1855
Chapter l59, Section 81, Page 407,) t
qualify the voter Challenge fearless
| " where you have reason to bcl!cv
him to be disqualified. You have
special reason, at this election, t
watch most carefully against ballo
box stuffinS, misspclt and misplace
names Of candidates, surrcptitiou
tickets and falsehoods circulated du
ing the last days of the canvass. .
special arrangement must be made
with certainty of execution, in cac
precinct, to get out every Rcpublica
voter, not kept at home by sickness
y strenuous effort is being made b
our opponents to bring out every den
ocrat, an effort surprising any othc
for several years past. One vote at
single precinct has once sent dem
cratic Senator from Ohio to Congress
and another from Indiana. low
must not be added to that list.
Information has been given that o
ganizcd arrangements have been mad
in Illinois and Missouri, and perhal
in Nebraska, to throw hundreds of V,
tiers into the border counties and doub
full districts of this State at the ne,
election. If the majority in cou,
ty is small, be assured that this blu
lodge" Immigration will be dircctc
there. If the voter was not a res
} dent of the county on the 18th day
August, and of the State for S
, months before election he cannot vot
l. We refer to Sections 257, 25S and 2:
Of the CUdc-thr time being 90, G
stead Of POI days to be named in ii
oath--touching the proceedings upo
challenges. The judges must exam
inc the voter by oath, if he is cha
lcngcd. Be prepared firmly to cha
lcngc, and rcsolutcly to defend Il
purity Of the polls, let the consequc
ces be what they may. Look well
f the outposts," and nave them guar
cd BE assured that these frauIr
lent schemes Of Lccompton democrat
are ahoat. \ few votes neglected b
the Republicans, or fraudulently in
ported by the democrats, in each cou,
ty, are sufficient to cheat the pcopl
Of Iowa out Of their choice Of Stat
Government, and Of future represent;
ton i'll Congress. Meet the activit
Of your opponents with superior AT
tivity and energy, and the result wi
be triumph Of which we in low
may be proud aud which will stimu
late the hopes Of Republicans through
aut tho IFnion