The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-29
Il s1cKENING STORY OF VIOLENCE
- and FRAUD. 80
a. Victory in Lexington-.A Defeat in
.s. Union.
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-. COLUMBIA, october %.

LleutenaQI-GOSeruOE-butl lioor Ieauoei 2oSo.
For Congress- s-MyKissick 1880, Wallace 1851. Il.
". Duncan, Radical, is elected. senator, and
Messrs. Nuckles and Farr, colored Radicals, are
elected representatives. All the county officers
are Radicals.
The Result In Barnwen County.
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The result OF the election in Barnwell County Is
as follows: Scott 1896, Carpenter a29l Ransier
SSse, Butler 22ss. Bowen 1852 DeLarge 3o77. The
straight Radical ticket was elected throughout
The following extracts from the letters of our
attentive correspondents will be found to contain
much valuable information as to the manner Of
conducting the elections and as to their result:
Wholesale Cheating In Kcrshnv.
Our correspondent ..Kershaw," writing from
Camden on the 25th, says:
It would be very unnatural were we OF Rer.
shaw County not to desire our prodiges Q! Young
10 remain unsung, or at least unrecorded so
that shall Yield to the inclination, and relate
some OF the incidents on election day.
CAMDEN. ..-l ~.
|. AT the two boxes. In the town 1913 votes were
polled 53I for Reform, 1882 Radical. Radical
majority I'll. There was some scratching done
In favor Of 6. ]. Conway, Reform candidate ior
State senator, who ran about thirty anead Oh us
ticket. There were at least ole hnndred ana niy
Illegal votes polled In the town. Fifteen l5) from
Florida, who had been here ABOUT tloo aceehS
voted. About twenty-five t25) voted VINO were
under age. There were several from other Coeu.
ties, and some who voted "early and often." No
disturbance occurred here.
BUFFALO.
The Radicals did their utmost to cheat eat us Ni OUT
of this box, 1t being a strong Reform preclnct.
one of the managers, o Radical, who was import
ed from locality twenty miles distant, was SEM
with tile boy to place five miles from Inc usual
mil whilst the other two were ct the Old place.
The Radical manager could not write nor read, 80
learn, and was therefore unable 10 open tne pol,
and it was not until late in the day tnat tne tnree
managers got together, and the Young oegan.
The other two managers were Union ReiOrmerS.
because, as q. gentleman said, 'tley could mol
ind any body Of another shade Of politics, .as
Gabriels trumpet could not scare: up q kadloai at
Buffalo. The result OF the voting was 80 Tor re.
form, and for the Radicals, thai one peln8 the
ballot of the imported manager ~ ano
LfzKNBY,s. -. nd :
At thisprecinct one hundred and seventy.three
votes were cast, one hundred and ffty.two for
Reform, and twenty-one for the Radicals. SIX
white men voted the Radical ticket at Lyzenby's;
three OF them being managers. out OF thirty -nne
colored votes TWENTY-FIVE were lor REFORM; Vne
gave utterance TO- this imperishable sentiment:
aWhile Scott Is fat Keep him fat "' He was fat
man himself. T.: a.. :. Z - !!
o.. FLAT ROCK.
At this precinct two hundred and forty lone
votes we're boiled one hundred and sixteen Re
form. one hundred and twenty-five Radical We
expected majority at this place; but some OF the
whites failed to turn many ceofed
Voted here who had been In the habit OF voting at
"a RED HILL, ..1fa
which is great Radical nest where the pGss g,a,s
Violent and devoted partisans OF the Sco8 R1ng
nre 20 be found There were 3fo votes cast; 3l9 Tor
Reform, and 81 Radical. We learn that great
deal had been said about Governor Scott naVlng
al the c0ored men 70 90 70 s1s
colored men were afraid TO go and vote. we
trace these reports direct to prominent Radical
Of that neigh6orhood. =.
scHRooK's MILL
There were 1O5 votes polled at this box; 6s Re-
form. and 81 Radical. There are some very tgno.
rant specimens OF humanity In this negaoorhood
who did not turn ont as well as the colored men
did and, therefore, our majority is much less
than it should have been. Two years more OF
Radical taxation will reform these sleepers,. and
make then ripe ana ne an
at Lyzenby's, were all from the same family, and
OF the same name 80"
LEARNED COMMISSIONERS.
The Radical commissioners OF elections, so
learned In the Law, commenced TO canvass the
votes on Friday, after the election Tne scene was
one for painter-a long table N the middle OF
the room around which sat commissioners and
managers OF elections, and one or the Radical
candidates, with complacent smile on his conn
tenance, one OF The commissioners calling out the
votes, and another, with needle and thread, I'M
mailing the ballots as they were finished. In tru h.
ir was '.happy family" But miserable Re.
former or two, happening to enter the room, was
astOunded at what was going on, SO much go
that he felt compelled to REFER 10 the eiecton law
ty ba hob M rio n
but, when he saw that the Radicals were about five
days ahead OF the law, he took compassion upon
their innocence and read II over 10 tnem. On ]
what CONSERVATION ensued. The Radicals sudden
commissioners and all.n 'Whar ore you going
to do about iti" was the anxious inquiry. The
stern Relormer replied, 81 sm not here 70 answer
questions merely call your attention to the
law "What are we to do ?" was the next In.
qulry. "Judge for yourselves replied the i'm
placable, hard.hearted Reformer. Anxious glances
were then exchanged; one commissioner aVoWed
he had never seen the election law another said he
had not read 1t carefully and the third said MOTH
ing The candidates face seemed to fall into the
attitude OF 0ae wh5 Is In "brown study" Finally
less cruel geiormer suggested that the ballots,
needle and thread, had better be replaced, and
the box screwed down again, which was done.
Have we not learned board OF commissioners
A SAMPLE.
By the request OF one OF the courthouse clique,
one OF Scott's constableS was sent over here to
keen the peace on election day. Coming over he
drove his horses so hard that one OF them died;
but that was nothing to what would have been
done by the miserable man had breach OF the
peace occurred. He would have been frlghten ed
TO death, Judging from the manner In which he
conducted himself. About II O'Clock A. NJ, he
left the streets, and shortly afterwards was seen
lying down on sofa, pale with fright, and eS.
ceedingly anxious for the day to end. What NOR
tai agonies the unfortunate creature endured
that day, from fear his miserable carcass would
be Injured by some bloodthirsty Keformer, will
never be known. Happily, his presence was not
needed, and he was not regarded by any OF US
as Of sufficient importance to be noticed, except
contemporary.
The following Is the Official count: Governor
R. K Scott 1874, r. B. Carpenter 947, Lleuten. l..
ant Goyernor-A. ]. Rsnser 1892. NJ. G. Butler
949 Judge Probate. F. Switzerland tRep.)
1916. sehator-Henry Cardozo (Rep.l 1850. y.
]. Conway (Ref) 943. Representaiives-Repu
can: Frank Adamson 1890, Reuben Gather 1871,
Steven Gary 1870; Reform: D. L. DeSaussure 9a6,
W. A. Ancrum 932, Jno. a. Chestnut $780, County
Coroner-Republican j. F. Intherand 1900, Nun.
roe Boykin 1891, Andrew II. Dihble 1871. Reform:
]. D. Dunlap 937, Scipio Brisbane 937 Abram
Rabun 931. School ommlsslOner-frank Carter
(Rep.) 1890, Adolphus Wright lRef.) 9lS.
The Vote of ofDnrlington.
The following Is the official vote: For Governor
R. K. Scott 296S, r. B. Carpenter 1898. Leulen-
ant.Governor-A. ]. Ranser 1864 N. G. Butler 1897.
Congress-. h. Rainey 1869, T. c. Dudley 1898.
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