Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-06-12
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2, 1865

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We went through another election farce
here yesterday. A Mayor and members
of the two branches of the City Coun-
ellis being the officers voted for. 1t
can only be called ''farce," when the ne
groes are allowed to vote. or more properly,
to be coted, en- naasse. For weeks they have
| been bringing them in from the surround
| ing country and registering them. and
night before last an army of them encamped
near each of the polls, and when the whites
got there yesterday morning they found
them already in possession.
There was another aspect of the case
that gave it the character of ''farce." It
was generally understood that, though the
candidate of the Conservatives might poll
the largest vote, as he did, he would be
prevented by some hocus pocus, from ex-
ercising the functions of the Office. If it
could not be done otherwise, then the Radi-
cal Congress would abrogate the city char
ter. These Radicals had decreed that the
capital city Of the nation, Grants present
honae should not, in SO signal manner,
decide against them and their candidate.
From the arrangement of the voting
places the votes could not all be polled,
and, as the negroes took possession the
night before, those excluded were, necessa-
rily, Conservative whites. But, notwith-
standing the disadvantages the Conserva-
tives labored under, they elected their can
didate by IT'S to 200 rity-though the
returns have since been manipulated so as
to make it appear that the Radical candi-
date has majority of "a.
Were this the true majority it would still
show very badly for their Presidential can
d1date-thelr majority year ago was
1000.
The Conservatives carried three out of
the seven wards, giving them majority in
the lower Board of three, and tieing the
Board of Aldermen. This is important in
view CT recent legislation of Congress in
tended to radicalize the Offices of every de-
gree in the city. There were many minor
appointments resting with the Mayor, and,
fearing their inability to secure that officer,
except by resorting to the desperate expe-
dent of legislating one in, they have lately
provided, by enactment, that these ap-
pointments shall all be made by joint
Convention of the Councils, over which the
Mayor is to preside, and thus they have
unexpectedly given g a stick to break their
own head" Their Mayor is shorn of nearly
all his power, and Conservatives will be
appointed to the places he would have
often happens that wicked inventions re-
turn to plague the inventors.
It is thought that the Conservatives will
contest the right of the Radical Mayor to
his seat, but they stand no more chance in
the Courts Of this District, presided OUer by
RadscM Judges, who are as radical on the
bench as they are at the polls, than they
would with the present Congress.
They have elected several negroes to the
Councils, but. as the law now stands, they
are not eligible. Congress will make that
all right, or rather all wrong, it is thought.
The man whom we will have to endure
as the head of the city government for the
next year, has very decided mania for
Office. He is now the possessor of four or
more ofices-he is city postmaster he has
a clerk.hip in the office OF the Secretary of
the Senate, &C., &c Inasmuch as they go
into an election of Secretary and other of
fcers of that body tomorrow, he may be
deprived of the clerkship.
The House of Representatives had under
consideration to-day the report of the Com
mittee on Elections, relative to the con-
tested election case of Delano rs. Morgan.
They did not reach vote on it, but wi ]
tomorrow deprive General Morgan of his
seat, not because he was not legally elected,
but because he as q Democrat.
Gen. Morgan is one of the most promi-
nent Democrats in Ohio. He was the can
didate OF his party against Gen. Cox three
years ago. He is grandson of Gen. Nor
TrnfN Of Int fhsNa HI
great ancestor, has splendid war record.
When boy he was in the Texan war; and
in the war between the United States and
Mexico he commanded regiment of Ohio
volunteers. In the late war he was made a
Brigadier General, and was in command at
Cumberland Gap when his supplies were
cut off by the Confederates, and he had to
retire from that stronghold. Like his col
league, Gen. Mungur, of whom l had occa-
sion to write some weeks ago, he fought
bravely and well while in the field, but
those who were enemies in war. he, in
peace, regards as friends. Brave himself,
he respects the brave men he fought and is
ready and will fight with them the battle
for the Constitution this Fall, and the
wrong to be done him to morrow, will not
be without its influence in the campaign.
Delano. the radical, who is to be voted
into his seat, has been twice before a men,
Der of Congress. though he meuer receioed a
majority Of the cotes in his district, and for
the third time he is to occupy seat in
Congress TO aUhich he eUds not elected He is |
quite wealthy, and how far money has been
used in the present case may, at some flu
ture day be developed. He tried very hard
to get certificate of election from the
Governor of Ohio, but he, though radi
cal and anxious to serve his party, after a
thorough examination of the case, told
him he couldn't do it !; The facts of General
MOrgan's election aOere too patent But his
previous successes with the party in Con-
gress assured him that it was dead sure
thing for him if he could get the case be-
fore that body. They had given him a
seat twice before to which he had no claims
and were quite as corrupt now as then, and
the report of a majority of the committee
in his favor shows, as will the action of the
House tomorrow, that he did not reckon
without his host. But day of retribu- |
ton is at hand. Already the hand writing
may be seen on the wall They haze been