The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-20
How, the Election was Carried.
CoyINGroN, KY. Aug. Is. Is

CoVINGToN, NY, aug 10, 1905.
| To the Editors of the Enquirer:
This is the first day l have felt able to
leave home since the time fixed by law for
M annual election, except that on day before
yesterday, went to see my Doctor with
some difficulty.
l went to my place of voliLg-the 'Stoue-
yard precinct-on election day, between ten
and eleven o'clock, A NJ. l found soldiers
stationed at the polls, the officers of election
inside, among whom was the high Sheriff
Of the county, H. F. Bowen, and some out
side men, who, as l have been informed, had
been appointed by the Uaron League to
superintend the election. Ore of these men,
named Henry Matthews, approached me
when 1 got near the place of voting. and
| asked me if wished to vote. l said l did .
He then handed me ticket, whick l took
! but did not examine; and then L went up to
the window where the Clerk was taking
votes, and presented myself. The Clerk
asked my name which I gave aud he set it
down; then l took m ticket from nv pocket
Qhe one | had brought from home with me,
the Wickiffe ticket, with the names of
Menzies for Congress and Richardson for
the Legislature added), which 1 handed the
Clerk, who seemed to be slow about setting
down the vote. looking closely at the ticket;
and while he was celebrating, there began
whistle be hind him in the room contain
ing the officers, and i'm mediately this Henry
M Matthew's came up to me, and asked me
what | had done with the ticket he gave
me, and at the same time he grabbed at the
ticket l had handed the Clerk, and then
struck me blow, whick knocked me, b cad
shoulders, into the window, and continued
to beat me until l was down on the sidewalk
near the window, my nose cut and bleeding;
there he kicked me in the face, and whilst
he was kicking me heard the voice of the
Sheriff. from the inside, saying Don't, Hen,
DON'T and soon Matthews quit; and the gang
around congratulatirg Hen. on his good days
work. l was then taken to DIR. Wagner's,
not far off.
l do not know whether my vote was set
down or not, nor whether Matthews succeed
ed in getting the ticket he grabbed at. At
least one hundred naturalized Germans of
my neighborhood were kept away from the
election by this affair, can safely say; and
l think that is what was meant by Hens
good Gays's work. Matthews was not drunk
at the time of his attack on me, as far as
could see.
Mr.. Editor, came to this country in Au-
gust, 1847; landed in Cincinnati on the Sd
of that month; was naturalzed in 1852;
lived in Cincinnati, in the 9th and 18th
Wards-from August 3. 1847. to May. 1856
when moved to Coviugton, where have
since lived. 1 have never been sued
criminally nor civilly, except once as one
of the trustees of a church, and have never
had a personal difficulty with a neighbor,
nor any other difficulty, except the one 1
have described, on the sixteenth anniversary
of my settling in this country of freedom,
and then was beaten by an election bully,
appointed by the party that claim all the
patriotism. The Judges inside did not dis
courage the DULLES outside. although band
OF soldiers was furnished to them; ostensibly
to keep ORDER According to the way this
election was conducted, it might very rea-
sonably be said, that the soldi ers were kept
by the Judges to enable them to have the
outside DULLES protected in keeping citizens
from exercising the right of suffrage.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. ADAMS.