The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-11-03
TEE SANE OLD STORY.

phis, Maj. D, P. Weaver, the Demo-
cratic nominee for City Commissioner,
received majority of 72s, of the votes
cast in the city, and at the meeting of
the re turn judges, on the Friday sue
ceedi ng the election, was declared duly
elecIed. His opponent, Mr.. Given,
WIS very unpopular, being generally
considered unfit for the position, and
some SSoea' thousand persons who voted
the Republican" state ticket, cast
thair ballots for Maj. Weaver. But
this result did not suit the abolition
wire-pullers; SO, in their extremity,
they bethought themselves of the leg
islative patent for the easy perpetra-
tion of rascality at elections, known as
the Act regulating voting in the army.
They had, doubtless, been informed by
the Chairman of their State Commit
tee, at his recent glorifcatiOn by the
stay-at-home Loyal League, how nicely
he and Mcclure had used that law to
carry their Congressional, Judicial and
REPRESENTATIVE districts in 1864 Where
upon, they at once determined to man
ufacturea sufiicientnumber0 of soldiers
votes" TO overcome the majority given
! for Mai. Weaver. When the return
! Judges OF the city re-assembled, or Fri
day last, they found before them a
number Of ''poll-books" which specifi-
/ ed that the tickets contained within
them, We're cast by Philadelphia sol
/ dierS in the service of the United States.
/ Some of these votes were represented
! to.have been cast in Louisiana, others
| in Virginia; the bulk Of them byeight
companies of q regiment which had
! long ago been reduced 10 u battalion,
! each Of these companies, too. polling a
! heavy vote, some Of them as high as
/ 7Oand SO ballots. The handiWork Oi
/ the authors of the ''Schimmelpfcnnig
| frauds" was fully apparent, but the
board of return judges being composed
Of q majority Of abolitiOnistS, the man
uJttctl0'ed r0te arus colGaed and the cer.
tifcJjte Of election D1Ctl&e ont to -HT. Gire71
| So fragrant is this crime against the pll
rity of the ballot-box, that even some
OF the abolition dailies in Philadelphia
are, for shame's sake, constrained tode
nOmce it. The Ereniag Telegraph anC
the Bulletin both express the opinion
that great fraud has been perpetrated
upon the voters Of Philadelphia. The
! Bulletin says:
1.-The envelopes in which the ALLEGED
returns were received, are all Of the
same size and pattern, and ghe address
is written In the same hand, although
some purpOrt to have been made up il
Virginia and somein Louisiana. More
than this, they bear the pOstmarks q
Washington and New York alone, anc
the date is the 25th of October. Now
no steamer from New Orleans or an,
Southern port that could bring return
from the regiments stationed at or nea
Baton Rouge arrived at New York ol
that day, or within three days prece
ding the date of the mailing of thea
, alleged returns. Hereis additional ant
conclusive evidence of fraud"
This is the same old story Of frau
and villany on the part Of our politics
opponents. Mai. Weaver has appeale
| TO the courts for remedy against thi
, outrage, and, we think, WILDE ablefu
ly to expose the scoundrelism Of III
miscrearts who are trying to cheat hiI
out Of his election. But, if Democrat
), would organize more thoroughly, the
could have sufficient strength in th
boards Of return judges, to stop sue
rascality on the threshold and throttl
il before It could work harm to any
body. Is il not about time that til
Democracy look to an organization thi
j.. will be thus effective?