Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-08
GIVING Up THE CONTEST!
THE DIEING Wall OF YOURS
"FRATERNALLYw
Tie King of the Ku Klux Appeals
TO the Klan to Save Him!

The following private circular, just is
sued by the owner and master of tn
Democratic party is clear indication
and, in fact, an acknowledgement o
| their probable defeat, unless by stuffiinl
the ballot-box they can change the result
Their cry of fraud is designed to cove
their intended frauds, and their lieini
declarations about trading are designet
to induce their own men to trade OF
everybody On the ticket to save the cliqu,
candidates, Campbell and Hayes. Re
publicans stand by your ticket, and yo.
will certainly rout them.
ST. CLAIRsvILLE, October LIST, '5S.
DEAR Sir Herewith please find tn,
Tickets for your Township for the Octo
Der Election, one half of them you will
retain for use on the day of the election
the other half you will distribute now a.
hereinafter indicated.
To meet the Radicals Of this county on
the day of the election ,pith a hope Of
success ace must be diiigcat from this mo
nle,lt until the polls close on the 18Th. The
enemy are diiigent and inscriptions
they are coming and circulating all man.
ner of falsehoods and ISLANDERS about va.
rious candidates upon our ticket; they
are offering to Democrats here to trade
three votes for HAYS for one for MITCH.
ELL, in other parts of the County are Of
fering their whole ticket for ONE vote for
PIPER, thereby hoping to, possibly, elect
their Clerk and Sheriff, i'm fact are resort
ing to every means to procure the votes
for these candidates.
urgently request you to see that no
trading or scratching is done in your
Township, a strong pull and all together
is what we must have uo,U if we hope to
elect Seymour in November.
Immediately appoint one or more suit
able persons in each School district, fur
nish them with tickets and instruct them
to give to every man in their District one
of them. Also instruct them to bring
every Democrat in their District TO the
polls early on the morning of the election;
to come TO the polls early themselves,
remain there until two o'clock, then re-
port to the Central Committee man or
President of your Club every absent dem
ocrat, that he may be sent for immedi-
ately.
You are particularly urged to see that
suitable means are provided for every
Democrat to get to the polls-the aged
and infirm-especially should not be for
gotten in the excitement of the day.
Our enemies hope to win by our voters
not coming to vOte-see that that hope
is not verified. You will please be at the
polls at the hour of opening, with the
balance of the tickets; have competent
challenging Committee appointed, whose
duty it shall be to prevent all illegal vOt-
inn 4 In of
know to be citizen of your Township
make him swear in his vote and if it is
illegal-take his name and prosecute him
for illegal voting-see that the ballot box
is not tampered with and never loose
sight of it until the votes are fairly count
ed out and certified to by Judges and
Clerks of the election. Every voter has
a legal right to see tl'st his vote shall go
into the ballot box Ia. Ier his one eyes,
and every candidate or three of his
friends, has right to be in the room
with the Trustees and see that all is legal
(see S, d g. Statutes Sec - Vol. ! page
SAG, also see Laws OF 2S83 page l3S Sec 3
which provides that at ballots shall be
printed on plain white news printing
paper.
Our enemies are bold, untiring and
and they must be met by
activity, energy and liberaIity. Our in
terests are one: if we fail we suffer a
calamity, il we succeed we eh-
JOY common blessing.
If we carry Ohio at the October elec-
ton it insureseth he election of Seymour
in November, if not our hard struggle
must be continued for another month
this must not be so if we see that every
Democratic voter is at the Polls on Tues |
day the 18th day of October, let us make |
the grand effort nor and place old Bel
mont high on the Democratic roll of
honor.
Very truly and FRATERNALLY,
j. F. CHARLhSwoRTH, Chairman
Bel. Co. Dem Cen. Committee. |