The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-08
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From Thp Grann Rnr,

The founders Of the Republic laid
greatstress, upon the necessity Of guard
ing the fountain of political power in
tie government they were framing say
ing If the fountain is polluted what
hope is there of the streams? MADISON,
MoNRoE and HAMILTON built their hopes
of the Union upon the purity and unre-
Fstrieted freedom of the ballot.-But they
combined these two essentials to free
government. It was reserved to modern
Democracy and notably to the New York
Democracy to cast aside the first of these
necessary prerequisites as tlseles and de-
vote its energies to unrestricted freedom
of the ballot How many votes are
/ wanted 3" cries out Tammany tothe Cen
trial Committee, and just so many as are
1called for are speedily Forthcoming
Last Spring ten city districts cast 1876
votes, while the census returns shows that
there was total population Of but %, 944
The evil got to be so crying, the fraud
so open, glaring and enormous as to cali
down denunciation from the better por-
tion of the party. Says the N. Y Citizen
of last week, an unquestioned Democrat,
ic authority. Z. That Tammany Hall has
lin the past permitted, if it did not organ
lize illegal voting and miscountingat elec,
tions, no one who knows anything of city
1politics doubts" Says the. New York
| World That the Democratic party of this
State owes its possession of theState gov
ernment to fraudulent voting in this city,
or elsewhere needs no elaborate Eefuta-
ton Very true and none, is offered by
the World orany one else Nevertheless
the World devotes two columns and half
to the new naturalization bill which it in
vain assails as "a Congressional inter-
ference with elections" It makes avery
lame attack. Congress is, authorized, by
the Constitution Art. 1, Sec. 20 regulate
the time, place and manner of electing
| Members of Congress, and in accordance
Herewith, and in view of the enormous
frauds perpetrated in New York and
elsewhere, passed law, July 14th, regu.
lating the manner IN which elections of
members oflthe House may be holden.
TT guarantees, so far as law may guaran-
tee, pure election. The gist of the law,
to which we referred last week, is Sec. 5,
introduced by Senator Conkling It
reads as follows:
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That in
any city, having upwards Of twenty thou
sand inhabitants it shall be the duty of
Judge of the Circuit Court of the United
States for the circuit wherein said city
shall be, upon the application of two cit.
liens, to appoint in writing for each cleo
ton district. or voting precinct in said
city, and toschapge or renew said appoint
mellt as occasion may require, from time
to time, two citizens resident of the dis
trict or precinct, one from each political
party, who when so designated, shall be
and are hereby authorized to attend at all
times and places fixed for the registration
of voters who, being registered, would
be entitled to votestor representative in
Congress, and at all times and places for
counting the votes east at said elections,
and to- challenge any name proposed to
be registered, and any vote offered and to
be present and witness throughout the
counting ofall votes, and to remain where
the ballot-boxes are kept at all times after
the polls are open until the votes are f.
nally counted; and said persons and eth
er ofzthem shall have the right to affix
theft signature Tor his signature to said
register for purposes of Identification,
and to attach thereto, or to the certificate
of the numberkof votes cast, any state
ment touching the truth or fairness there
OF which they Or he may ask to attach /;
and any one who shall prevent any per-
son so designated from doing any Of the
acts authorized as aforesaid, or who shall
hinder or modest any such person in doing
any of said acts, or shall aid or abet in
preventing hindering, or molesting any
such person n respect of any such ,cts,
shall be guilty of isdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished by impris-
onment not less than one year.
This is, decided barrier to ballot stuff
ing and therefore readily accounts for the
bowls of the Democracy''s9 FT &
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