Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-17
DEMOCRATIC COLONIZATION IN MONT
GOMERY COUNTY.

From the Dayton Journal, 9th inst.
After O gallant contest the election in
Montgomery County has gone against us
by fully five hundred majority. But our
readers will discover from the returns,
that while our Union men generally have
stood firm there has been an extraordi-
nary increase in the Democratic adult
population. We have not time at this
writing to aIialyze the vote, but we call
attention to the astonishing increase of
population in most of the Democratic
precincts.
We direct attention, however, to these
facts: In the First Ward our vote is the
same as last year, while the Democratic
vote shows an increase of 40. In the
Second our vote is one larger; the DEM
ocratic increase, %. In the Third Ward
our vote shows an increase of q; the
Democratic increase is Is. In the Fourth
ours Is one greater, while the Democratic
vote shows an increase of 33. In the
Fifth our vote Increases 9; the Democrat
ic falls off 10. In the Seventh Ward our
vote increases one; the Democratic 49,
In the Eighth Ward our vote falls off 10;
the Democratic vote increases 81. In
Van Buren, our vote falls off one, while
the Democratic stone quarry vote sud-
denly increases 113 votes. In Jefferson
Township our vote is increased by the
Soldiers Home vote to 207 but the DEM
ocratic vote is increased % votes. AT
this writing we have no other returns,
but enough is presented to show that the
population of Montgomery County has
increased with astonishing rapidity since
last October--much faster than was ever
before known. And the popularity of
the increase is, that it is in Democratic
precincts. There are, however, neither
women nor children to represent the in
creased vote. The amendment runs be-
hind the Republican ticket perhaps 900
votes.
DEMOCRATIC MOB AT GAINESVILLE.
At GAINESVILLE, on the night before the
election, a Union procession marched
through the streets and were attacked by
attendants on Democratic meeting.-
The Courier says: .,r... W
The Democratic procession was formed
at City Hall, numbering less than four
hundred without torches, and headed
by Heck's Brass Band, marched through
a number of streets, making a dark and
doleful appearance, and was finally halt
ed in front of the Court House, where a
platform had been erected, and speeches
were made by Col. Connell, of Lancaster,
and others.
When the long Union procession came
down Main street, like sea fire, rock
cts, Roman candles and all kinds of fire
works filing the air along the line of
march, they found Main street, opposite
| the west end of the Court House, occu-
pied by the Democratic meeting. The
head of the procession came as low down
as Fifth street, where it countermarched
and went back to Seventh street, and
! then owing TO the absence ofthe officers,
who, finding that the procession could
not he marched to Union headquarters
wlthout danger OF a coiilsion, we're
nhns in tha I., at1ra of Wes.ri n II Fiji
more & Co. again marched down Main
street until .opposite the office of A. G.
Ross. Esq. agent Of the American Ex-
| press Company, and were making the
turn to again cotntermarch, when the
whole democratic meeting naue rusn
Jlpni ~ 60, ,,,rona'S;nn with Stonns hyic,s
oi,n'. n'. apd pi1;i ,;stoio so;y;n,, tSnfor.bns .nd
Guoo a,., a tho,,, ,t nf Of IN nsa
nar,,,;r1r H,"e thn,n h,, Tho,, noada rnsh Of
NJ E 3os ,nS Sars tha a,Iyanee
Mr. on,i,es oe"ls' Mno "as a ~ .nu J 1919
80 20 stai,e i ~ ave., frnn, him. h,t II,
tbis ~, 80 f,;iad Az n,nn,, o, =; v
.,e 80 Grod h., tho nanso"rati
ip,,oie A. t,,;s t;,,a o., Thonas who
] 4 M
,,,,s, j., a,,or,.n of tI,o IT,,ion n,noesoion
o., Wills on1 . nup,,ar nf pnther citi,
80 r,,aI,,d IN Lnt,raon Tho oro,.Js
henai iis, i"een th ~ -. va .onr,taS tha
'htnt aneu nrs;F. " 'ns odnn,',,I;s,nd eG ,
oWr,1ot o'Ir, n,;th tha ,tn'ost aao,t and bn1ard
on,f .N. W. tnJ ,nu ".', . ,ost Su sanrf,I anj
inJ i,u 1,"n ThoTTnio ,orooass;nu oo,,n
toUn,a4rehni t,rn4 Nod 70 Mossrs n r. FiiInore &
| 10 is Stnro ,bare tbey danositad thair
torches, and the Democratic crowd re-
turned to their meeting. H3.".. .r
The Courier reports the names of elev-
en- persons in the Union procession who
- i,,i,,r,a h,- hr;o,,o ond ri.toI s,bot
VIZ VIZ .nJua J.;o,S p,vNn 0nannn "" IL tha nonoo
eui,l1 t; se,nHuS i sl, % ~ ,i rn,ai ~ ~ ALL,
cin.'c . i',un .i' was SUI .niouH nanrodanatn I
part oi V'ie arm ny oo,i'e"e'"'F, q
number OF others were injured. whose
names could not be ascertaincd. %.
From all the facts we can learn. the
moh seems to have been nremeditated
affair on the nnrt of the Democratic
roughs and rowdies, and further than
| this that the Democratic speaker, Col
Connell, of Lancaster, who was address,
| ing the meeting at the time. told them
to go for the procession. There seems ITO to
ITnion iinto ponn man to p3nrch the fnrocessinn
fbrongb or in onv manner interrunt the