Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
FRAUDS AND CONrEsTTNG ELEC
TFoNS.

Il Hb lOSCuI NiCCtAOho IN L 1
ohio and Indiana abound in extraordi-
lary close contests for members of Con-
yress, and the result is that the Radicals
nave resorted in such districts to the
most shameless frauds in order to secure
the certificates to their candidates. Eos
ter, Democrat was elected over COyode
in the twenty-firSt district of Pennsylva-
MIA, by forty one majority. 1t was clear
case, yet by fraud and hardSwearing, the |
Radical judges have been induced to
give a certificate to Covode. OF course,
the Democratic judges were governed
by the Eeturns, which showed clear
majority for Foster. This case viii
likely go before the House Of Representa-
tives and the Radical majority in that
body will likely disregard the will of the
majority of the district, by giving the
seat to CoVode. In Indiana, Worries
is elected over his Radical opponent by
bout one hundred majority, and the de-
feated Radical has notified Voorhees, of
his intention to contest his right to the
seat. In the fourth district Of Indiana,
Mr.. Reid was elected over the notorious
George w. Julian by eighty-seyen ma
iority, yet he is to be defrauded out of
his election. In an address to the people
of that district, Mr.. Reid explains the
process by which this result is attempted
to be brought about as follows
"The Hon. George w. Julian, the
present member, disregarding all honor
and the expressed wishes of the electors
ofthe district, has endeavored by fraud
and chicanery, TO thwart the intention of
the people, and has obtained for the time
being the disfranchisement of eleven
hundred Of the citizens Of Wayne county
by rejecting, through the Board Of Can
vassers of that county, the precinct OF
Richmond, in which obtained major
1ty over him Of POI votes. But such
duct is condemned by all good men,
whether Republican or Democrat, and
returns with tenfold power to crush for
ever the perpetrators Of so great wrong
to the rights of the people.
"The south precinct was established by
the same board which created the north
and the election was conducted under
Republican officers, under a cOyY Of the
same registry as the north. Whatever
was done by the south precinct was
equally applicable to the north, and both
must stand or fall together. At the
north precinct Julian received majority
of 6S5 votes over me, and l received at
the south 20l votes over him but the
south poll was rejected, without any
proper cause, by a board without any
legal authority, and under the advice of
the honorable gentleman. The Repubh-
can State ticket was defrauded out of lSS
votes, and l of20l votes, in order TO Sc
cure him the certificate Of election.
That Mr.. Julian was beaten by
eighty-seven votes is acknowledged by
his brothers PAPER, the Radical Repubtl-
can, and it was only after mature Teilec-
ton by him and his associates that it was
decided that the vote Of the south pre-
cinct Of Richmond should be thrown out,
in order to save his election, regardless OF
the danger to Governor Baker and the
Republican State ticket, or the rights OF
myself"
Mr.. Reid states that he has taken legal
steps to stay the issuing of the certificate
of election to Julian, and to obtain it for
himself as the legally elected member,
and thus to vindicate the rights of the
people to fair and free election. If he
should get the certificate from the Secre-
tary of State, the Radical majority IN
the House of Representatives, who would
like to have fellow like Julian to do
the dirty work, would disregard the cir
tificatse and give him the seat.
Some of the Radicals who were de-
feat ed in Ohio are talking of appealing
to thc'House of Representatives for their
rights These and 4he Indiana cases
are so hagrantly unjust as to elicit from
the Chicago Tribune (Radical) of the 10Th
inst. the following rebuke:
MI. Benjamin Eggleston, one of the
present members of Congress from Gin
cinnati, was defeated at the election a
few DAYS ago by two hundred and twenty
four majority. By a comparison Of the
vote. it is ascertained that two hundred
and twenty. seven Republicans, who
voted all the rest of the ticket, refused
TO vote for EgglestOn, and that number
of votes being withdrawn, defeated him.
There is loud talk among his friends OF
contesting the election. In the Toledo,
Ohio district, Mr.. Ashley is defeated by
over one thousand majority in a district
which gave the other candidates on the
Republican ticket one thousand five hun
bred majority. There is talk there, too
of contesting the election. In the fourth
Indiana Congressional district there was
a clear Republican majority for the Re"
publican State ticket, with the exception
of Mr.. Julian, the candidate for Congress
Enough Republicans voted against him
or failed to vote for him, to defeat him by
a small majority. He talked, also, O
contesting the seat, but subsequently
shorter means of redress was discovered
/ The vote Of one precinct, strongly Repub,
| lican, but largely anti-Julian, was thrown
| out and Mr.. j. declared elected. Thus
/ the election of the Republican State ticket
was placed in jeopardy that local can.
didate might defeat the popular will and
retain his seat in Congress.
"If these proposed contests were
merely the absurd proceedings of par
ticular individuals, their action would bt
Of very little moment but in each cast
the proceeding is based upon the as
sumption that because the next House
of Representatives will be Republican
that body must, as a matter Of course
decide all claims without regard to thell
merits, in favor Of the Republican anC
against the Democratic candidates. 1t Il
time that the Republican party put th'
stamp of reprObation upon all such as
symptoms. The last House strained law
and Justice to their utmost extent in or
der to displace General MOIgan Of Ohio
the result is that the people Of this dis
trict have reelected General Morgan by
a majority of several thousand.
The Republican party is not justified
in sustaining fraud, or in arbitrarily put
ting out an opponent to make place for ;
friend who has been repudated by hi
constituents, nor can the party afford t
rive any encouragement to any cOntes