The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-11-11
RADICAL GLEE OVER RECENT ELECTIONS

The Radical papers throughout the country
including the Idaho Statesmen, are harplng up
on the great Radical victories in Pennsylvania
and Ohio, and in the excess OF their JOY ana
enthusiasm over the result in those two States,
declare it verdict of the Court of last resort;
the people, in their sovereign capacity, sustain
inc the policy of the Radical destructionists,
who now control the affairs Of the Republic.
While the result in those two States has turned
out quite different from what we expected,
still. when we take into consideration the dis
advantages under which the Democratic party
labored in the recent campaigns, the whole
force of the Government being brought to bear
in favor of the Radical candidates, we are not
surprised; but until recently we were not
aware of the depth of infamy to which the
Radicals would descend for the purpose OF fig-
uring out Democrats who were honestly elect
ed and figuring" in Radicals who received
minority vote. From late eastern exchanges,
among them the Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer
and Philadelphia Age, we have derived some
information as to the Radical mode of "elect-
ing" their candidates. Under the management
of that shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS political wire
worker, John Covode, who glories in his polit-
zeal infamy, and practically carries out the doc
trine that "the end justiies the MEANS" the
Radical Return Judges, in many of the wards
in Philadelphia and Senatorial districts in other
counties, even after the correct returns had
been made to the Prothonotary's office, altered
or procured to be changed the official returns
to such an extent as to defeat the Democratic
candidates. and thereby report majority OF
votes for the Radical nominees to whom they
Immediately issued certificates of election.
In the Thirteenth Legislative District Mr..
Forsythe, the Democratic nominee, was elected
beyond the shadow of doubt, but when the
returns were made they had been so altered
rs to give Geisy, his Radical opponent, large
majority.
Judge Allison, of the Common Pies Court,
granted a mandamus upon charges made before
the Court, restraining the Judges from count
ing the alleged fraudulent returns, which was
placed in the hands Of the Deputy Sheriff for
service, but upon his endeavoring to serve the
writ he was set upon by the Radical Judges
ana Door-keepers, summary elected from the
room, and the writ torn up aud destroyed
Four Of the Judges were arrested and taken
before Judge Allison. They answered that
they did not intend to count fraudulent returns
and consequently no further proceedings could
be bad under that writ, and the Judge decided
that the law provided otherwise for contested
election cases. 1t was proven before the Court
that the real vote for Geisy in one ward
in the Thirteenth District was ia, but the
certificate to be counted by the Judges gave
him 203 The Eighth Division Of the 18th
ward in Philadelphia was not included in the
count for Governor, Judge or city officers, and
this division, according to the returns made to
the Office of the Common Pleas, was 303 votes
for Packer and l2I for Geary. The returns
Of this division were not counted, except for
the Legislative ticket. The Eighth Division
of the I'D ward was also omitted and not in-
cluded IN any of the returns Other divisions
Of wards aud precincts, where Democratic
maorities were given, were thrown out by the
Radical villains who acted az return Judges.
Judge Allison. in hearing the mandamus cases,
expressed himself perfectly satifed beyond the
possibility Of doubt that the Return Judges
had practiced systematic plan of villalny and
fraud, but they could not be reached under the
proceedings then before him; notwithstanding,
he hoped that measures would be taken 10
bring the perpetrators of such an outrage to
Justice, and in speaking Of the election returns,
which had been tempered with after being de
posted in the PrOthonotaries' Office. he says:
My most concern in this matter is in regard to
this fragrant alteration of the records Of the Court
which Ii In the object OF laws 10 keep sacred
Matters have come 10 fearful pass indeed II, not
withstandng the many strong guards thrown around
the records Of the Court and the election returns
trusted to the care Of the Court, evdsposed per-
may in this manner tamper with them and alter
them in furtherance OF their bad designs.
| The same systematic villainy was practiced
throughout the State, wherever they had Rad
ical Return Judges, and from all accounts VIC
have received through Pennsylvania papers, il
astonishes US that Geary's majority was not
three or four times as much as reported, but
we suppose that Covode instructed his subor.
dinates, who acted as return Judges, not to
make the return of majorities too large, for
fear that their frauds would be too patent on
their face.
! In Ohio we have only this to say that the
Democracy have gained about $4,000 votes in
year; that is, Grant carried Ohio by over DO,
600 in 1863, and Hayes majority in 1869 is
| or1y about y 000 Had oimilar frauds no