Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-10-29
Radical CosrapaIsa Of the
A54laes.

IA AAO@AAA4tf4 &sf &AsI A&4&AAkr4SA f}taht
more radical tssanlin iss corruption
of the ballot. AS j party, since OBJ
tanning control pfl the government.
the republicans have boldly and
openly boastsd OF their abilities TO
control eiectioHs by bribery. 1t has
been openly charged aud never de.
MED, that a laFAb part Of the taxes
which have been collected, half ot
which, Commissioners Wells, the
best republican, Authority says, new
er reached the Treasury, were stop
ped ia frapasita, BY republican aiIlei-
ais, 10 be used In securing flaa sic
cess Of the republican TarkN faa rars-
Gus elections, partiexaia khose
which have just been he naaa the
Presidential election. II hes been
charged, and prayen. aisss. that tsse
eighteen MILL MS Ell a0ngis wIiah
John A. Logan detec8gxa the irreasss-
ry officials in reissaing ssitI1esaf au-
thority of law, and which be yehe-
mently denaaaaed IN the II0ase. Kae
appropriated for RaxsN sx1 :
As soon as John y. lxssssss - = si q
ed this fact, he hsd na sssssh So say,
and 10 further Investigation to su2s~
gtat. Congress raised the salaries of
the whole army of officers from high
es,t to lowest, twenty FIVE per cent,
and the radical managers have as
scSSetI them just twenty-five pcr
u'ut on their salaries, tq aid tha par
ty of Pr@uliar ideas tn fetailF its hold
upon the substance uf The country.
In view OF this wholesale corruption
and bribery, 6iti.ar to cover it up. or
u impli0ate the dem0Eracy, as gsar-
ticipating in a scheme Of giilainy
they iucEed both the money and de-
sire to carry out, the radical press
has began to harp upon the pusissf
OF the ballot, AMI t0 depreeate the
practices, by whiDh alone, that party
has been able to gain its victories.
We are s9mswhat surprised tn see
that the davenport GazeHe, the lesssI-
ing repa l!icsIn paper of Iowa fhy
fEr the ahiest and must re$peefably
has u word or tWo 10
say about democratic corruption OF
tine ballot. 1t il strange that such q
charge Is made by an organ of such
a party Of bribe takers as the repsab
lican party has proven itself ID ha.
The CARTE very demurely and
truly SAYS;
"If Presidential and CongreMl0n~
nj elections are at all to refiect ghe
real opinions of the people on qnes-
tons OF national governmental pDIa.
", something must be done to se-
cure tosthe people honest exercise uf
the elective franchise. Evidentfx.
existing laws are inadequate til tssis
end. Open and giaring frauds and
almost reckless violence seem to have
the accepted adiuncts Of eIec~
lions in several Of our Stakes.u
That is = truth which none win
ieny, Open aud glaring frauds have
the administration Of
public affairs since the advent of the
party, and reckless vio-
aluG" has been the order wherever
he republicans had the power to
Dractig. il since the election of 1854.
Snen the worst class Of furloughed
soldiers and home guards and pimps
we're placed at the polls in order
o iHtimidate and murder men who
Jared to vote against Mr.. Lincoln.
mud For the republican to talk
# fraud, Is as refreshing as 1t would
No for Butler To talk of the sin of
heft ; Conover to denouhce PERJURY:
" sareno Howe aud Caillcats fboth
ihining lights of radleaIisml Ia de-
lain against sensuality and rape.
= -G1zette and 4rysaa.