Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Pumping In Pennsylvania.

IT is an interesting popularity of Grim
inal voting in Pennsylvania that the ras
cally Repeaters, when brought to the wit
ness-stRnd, usually acknowledge their
multiplied misdemeanors with cheerful
frankness which Is eminently editying. A
contested election case (Bunn oS Witham)
is now before a Legislative Committee at
Harrisburg-the seat in dispute being that
of the XIth Legislative District, One
witness, Michael Slaven by name, swears
that he voted the Democratic ticket TWEEN
ty times, between 8 o'clock q. M, and oh.
Som. p. m.-being about twice every hour
"A remarkably energetic days work, and
speaking highly for Michaers perlpatetic
ubiquity. Then comes confessor re.
iolcing in the name of Lamb, who ac-
knowledges that he voted the Democratic
ticket twenty times on election day. Then
follows Henry Elliott, who on his own
statement was also double X voter. The
modest and moderate John Rowan con-
tented himself with voting the Democratic
ticket only ten times. According to the
testimony of Slaven, there was small
party of ten men, the witness himself be-
ing one OF them, who went mcsndering
about oil day, voting the Democratic
ticket whenever they pleased and as Of
ten as they pleased, being furnished
with ballots by "men with the Demo
cratic badge on" Some of his COM
panions, according TO Lamb, belonged
in Baltimore, and some of them in
New York. Elliott, il seems 10 us, was
absurdly cautious for b depOses that he
" changed his hat and coat sometimes in
going from poll to poll" Why he did
this we arc sure we do not know for it is
not at all probable that any Democratic
challenger would have molested him or
made him afraid while he was doing a
work 80 noble and patriotic. For the en-.
thusiastic Elliott to disguise himself was,
as il were to hide his light under a bushel
and the change of ha. and coat might
have rendered Il difficult for him 20 estab.
llsh his identity when the royers called al
the Democratic Headquarters to receive
their reward.
Mr.. Slayen testifes 70 an interesting
circumstance in regard to "the man who
gave us the tickets" This charitable
purveyor of ballots presented 10 the little
devoted band % bin whereupon the
iree voters went to the Girard avenue
Market and "got their dinners'-snd an
uncommonlY good appetite we should
think they must have had afler their long
walks and exhsusting exercise of the
franchise. These, were, indeed, true
Democratic politicians They were after
free DINER, and they got It and who
ever says they didn't earn it can know
nothing by personal experience of the
fatigue Of voting early and voting often
MT Michael Slaven and the other dill
gent perambulators exhibited touching
confidence in Democratic integrity. ave
yoied," says Michael, "the Democratic
ticket, did NOT examine any Of them; thC
men we took them from had the Demo
cratic badge on" Each enterprising voter
received from "the man with the badg,
on slip OF paper. Upon this were
written facts with which the recipient wa
supposed 70 be unacquainted, viz, his owI
Name, residence, and occupation. Thesl
memoranda were necessary, 1t seems, /,
manutacture citizenship for the gallan
balloters- II Is MT everybody who can h,
rechristened, get new house, and learn
new trade, dozen times over In one day
Although the Philadelphia system an
pears to us to be nearly perfect, vet theT
is one improvement which we nav vent,,r
10 suggest. Common humanity wonl
seem 10 require that every Repeater. mas,
ing I" from pole 10 pole" should be fu,
nished with q yelocipede. II Mr.. Michsl
Blayen, without this locomotive eonyen