The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-12-19
Radical dOrruptiGH in ElcC-
tiOnS iA 81. k0u2y,

Hon. John Hogan, the Democratic Con
gresham in St. Louis, contests the scat cf
General Pic, the Radical member elect to
the next House Of representatives.. His
ctter, giving notice of contest, indicates an
immense amount of lraul and corruption
upon the part Of The Radical managers.
Among other charges are the 70 lowing:
a. I change that at said precinct, No 26 |
many friends and rartiSans Of yours were
provided with access TO the judges AT thu
place Of vetinr through back way and
were thus euablrd to dpn-it thri' ballots
for You. and did 50 deposit them. while ths
mass of voters, majority Of whom wsr"
MY i lends. were ca" PEELED to wait, nd ma
nv Of them were TINS deprived OF the priv
iIrge Of voting. | charge that in this way
not less than five hundred legal v"t4rs. who
won't nave cast their ballots for me at said
pre- >inct. were prevented from voting at
| all
"G. | ch,tgn that at Precinct No. %. at
| st. Louis fall, two hundred AMI fI'y legal
voters cnst their ballots fly ne. tut said hal
lar were not counted by tine judges for me-
and that at that precinct large number II
votes cas-; for you were Illegal, not having
been registered, or not being residents Ct
said precinct, or not heinR Of ago
-. charge. that at the Bidllc Market
Precinct No. 2T, about tva thousand legal
voters VINO would have voted for me, were
prevented from doing so by the corrupt and
! fraudulent manner in which the election
was directed by The oticorS in this, that
with tho appr0raion, cor, ~. aQd procure
rlent ct sail otfic r., and certain special
policemen gotten up to cnntrol the elections
crowd was assembled arnunh the place Of
voting at ,ad Precinct No -. and kept
there in order to keep of @aid voters, and
pre-, ent them dcpnsitinG thcr tallots Tor me,
and dill prevent said voters from vot ng for
, m. That many OF said voters stood b..
! bind the said crowd that surrounded the
pools ior four hours, irving tn work their
way up to the place Of voting. but never
could dc So And further charge thar
! whIe the polls were thus surrounded. aud
acces" for my fiirnd. tlocked up a, said
Pr cinct No. y. by the corrupt and frndu-
: lent conduct, procurement and cOnnivance
; by and amung said policemen and said otii.
GERS " eEeclun. ready access was ot.oriei
l,y back way to your friends to allow them
to vote. ami they did so vote; and in order
r To cmahc the officers Of election tn know
your friends AMI receive their ballots, th'
!. >aid special policemen picked out thei,
& friends from the crowd outside. ard put or
: them badge, or mark, by which the,
. might be known, and in this way my lien l.
G were coruptly 'nl fraudulcntly prevented
from voting for me.
1 IS charge that through the wilhul en-,
fraudulent conduct Of the Registration off
: cers tn names Of over one thonanl lega
= voters, who hal been duy registered nc
, cnriing to law. w"r" omitted from the Ger
) tilted lists furnished by the SAID officers q
l. Registration to the judges cf clecton-t tha
a these vo'orS offered but were not peimitte
u to vote. b 'cansc their names did not appea
II in said list, and that they would have vote
b for me
d. 80 charge that at Precincts Nos. 9
e and 81 OF the Tenth Ward of the city rhrr
r. was an undrrcount nf the votes given f
? me. and Al ovrrc,unt nf tiiA vntes given fo
:. You. 7 hat many legal voters were rot re,
/. miStrd to vote Tor me-. and that special rC
& lirrmen. such as referred To above. too
possession OF the polls anlihrrrby prevent
ed a large number Of legal voters from vol
e ing for me. and at these pre,'incts, while N
d fri, nlS were kept off from the polls. sal
A, policemen put badges or marks on yot
e friends and took til IN ir TO vote.