The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-10-21
The ltezncst Trick ef the, Cans-
paign.


The Radicals resorted to the most desper-
ate means to secure the electico Of Bing-
ham. Pire-laying was practised by whole
sale, illegal votes were received by Radioa
judges Of election by hundreds; bet the
Raeanest and most Contemplate fraud prae-
tised before the people was that perpetrat
ed by Bingham and his heuchmen the
night before the election. ~
We have no doubt that it was all arrang-
.ed-cut and dried-and we have good rsa-
son for believing that .the tool at New
Market carried out instructions received
from Bingham and the Radical Cabal at
Cadiz.4 The meeting here on Monday
night, ifor which the bills were printed on
Sunday, wasarranged that the fraud might
be published. '''
The facts are these: On Monday night
the faithful were gathered together on
horseback (mark that just before speak
ing was to commence, Bingham receives u
dispatch from Nco Mirket-from e S.
WootlJomHe imark that, too,) telling him
that Democrats were circulating fraudulent
tickets, containing all the Republican
nominees except the nominee tor Congress,
and that Estep name was printed in the
ticket instead Of Bingham's. Bingham
did not dispatch to other parties to inquire
about it; he did not take any measures to
find out whether it was trno or not but,
after fuming and trettina for short time,
mounted the stump, and, with great apFar-
ent indignation, commenced denoamcing the
fraud Mr.. Estep,. who happened to be
present, mounted the stand, and to d those
present be had no knowledge of any such
tickets being in cxistencn, and .1what they
all knew that nothing could induce him to
resort to such an Infamous course, and that
he did not believe any such tickets were In
circuiatiou. The editor of the Sentinel also,
from the stand, assured them that no such
tickets had been printed.
Then Bingham, while cxculpating Mr..
Estep anl ourself, gave his hearers to un.
derstand that such tickets ,oere ont. Hand.
bills, ingeniously ,oritte,,, were printed, and
sent to all the voting places in the county.
There were men, too, whom we believe
were in the conspiracy, who, at every vot-
ing place in the county, would assure
doubtful voters that such tickets were in
circulation, and would cite names of we'll
known cit.cns, whom they said had seen
them. Even in Cadiz, the cry was kept
up, and this deception used, during tie
whole Of election day.
One in the ring wouldappreach doubt
full voter, and would ask him, How car
you vote for a man who would use such dis
honorable means to secure his election,
and point to the hand bills, ticking on cv'
cry wall, headed, "A High-han1ed out
rage" But the voter would say, II dc
not believe any such tickets are 10 exis
tenc - "Yos there are, the henchmar
would respond, "Mr. So-and SO had one.
"Well, why don't he produce it. why
he tore it up" Several other men (men
tioning names) also ''saw one of them, bu
they tore them up" wait until to-mor
row and We Il show you plenty Of them. '
"WeI," says ths doubtful man, Mr.
Estep disclaims the fraud" ''Of cours
he loes," says the tool, ''you don't thinl
he would come out before the election ant
, acknowledge it, do your ''Wel, man.
would say, don't want to vote for mel
who would act thus" -.
| The plan was systematized, and we bea
of tine same dialogues in many Of the town
ships. @ra s.a ,s9 a~ -
By this means, we have no doubt Mr.
Estep lost from fifty to one hundred vote
10 the county. We also understand tha
the hand bills were sent to other counties
What effect it had there, we don't know.
| Bingham gave his followers the cu,
when, after E.tep had ceased speaking, h
would say Il would not have you use tlii:
my felow-citizens, against my honorahl
opponent, in the contest tomorrow. Nc
no, of course he would utl?)
A triumph gained by such. means ca
be but short-livcd 1t will react upon il
perpetrators. There were no such ticket
in existence, and none has been produced
To carry out the farces our aimahle neigF
bors should have printed few, but th
trouble was they could not arrange il
| traca them IN Democrats