The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-16

they use them to attain their purpo-
ses, and then shift upon them the
responsibility for their crimes.
Can we Carry the District.
The above. is a somewhat import
ant question III view Of the approach |
ing election2 The Democracy will |
answer it by protesting that the 9th |
is Democratic District, and point |
to the fact that two years ago, with |
Dickinson's invaluable services, they
did carry it, and that although beat |
en- the same fall, by Gen. Grant, yet |
the District went Democratic by q
majority of 1919, last fall, and there
fore, they say,it is Democratic. We
grant that if the last was a sure guar
antee, then the Democracy are right,
but it is no more 80 than the result
in 1864 was a guarantee that in all
time the District would go Repub-
lican, or because it did so in 1866,
that it would in '66.
In 1864 the total vote of the Dis
trict was 29,19O, ofwhich the Repub-
licans had 1851 and the Democrats
13,559-leaving a Republican major
ity of 2,072, Now it would seem al
NEST impossible to overcome that
majority, and while it.was not over
come in 1866, yet it was in 1868,
mainly, we have reason to believe,
by fraudulent votes, and partly by
apathy. The total vote at the fall
election that year was 30,999 or
1909 votes more in 1858 than in
1864 most remarkable increase,
and brought about in a remarkable
manner, which Mr.. Dickinson thor
oughly understands. This was the
vote at the State election, when the
same degree of interest was not felt
that was manifested at the Presiden-
tial election, one month later, when
the result showed falling off
in the total vote, and a Republican
majority of 1877 in the District, the
vote standing Grant 5,551, Seymour
1924. A little analization Of this
vote will show, where the rub comes
in, and where the master policy Of
Dickinson and McArdle eliminated.
In Ottawa county the vote in Oc
tober was, for Dickinson 1899, for
Gibson 9O5, total 2404. The month
following the vote stood Seymour
1904, Grant 963. Total 2267-a
falling off Of 1877 from the October
vote, at an election when, if ever, the
full vote is always polled, The fal-
ling off in the Democratic vote was
just 1876 in that county, and the
fact that the Democratic Probate
Judge of Ottawa was arrested and
indicted same as Dickinson was,
would indicate there was abundant
reason for the falling of.
A comparison of the vote of Erie
county, would indicate that the story
of the individual who came up here
to be naturalized, was true in every
respect, and that a boat load was
brought up here, naturalized by
Dickinson and McArdle, and then
sent back to their voting. In Octo-
Der the Democracy of that county
cast 1852 votes-more than they ev-
er cast before or since, or are likely
to in the future-but in November
their vote had dwindled to 18S4-a
falling off Of 2es. Again in San
dusky county, Dickinson's vote was
9,134, Gibson's 2201-total 5,425.
In November Seymour's vote was q
846, Grants 2443-total 52S9-a fal-
ling off of 1876 on total vote, where
the Republican vote was increased
152. The Democratic Uote decreas-
ed 2SS. It's useless to say that any
of this Democratic decrease was ac-
counted for by the increased Repub-
lican vote; yet, if we were to admit
that the entire Republican increase
came from that side, which it did
not, it would still leave 1876 missing
Democratic votes to be accounted
for. But the evidence that none of
them voted the Republican ticket is
clearer still. Although the Demo
cracy made every effort possible to
get out their vote last fall, they fail
ed to muster their reduced vote of
1868, and instead only turned out
$3.50, a further falling off of ZIG.
Seneca county showed q falling off
of As votes from the Democratic
ticket, at the Presidential election,
and Crawford was the only Demo
cratic county in the district which
increased its vote, and that only s.
We have a right then to argue
that the result in 1868 was largely
owing to frauds, whereof the Demo-
cratic Candidate for Congress, was
cognizant, and subsequent elections
give unmistakable proof, that over
500 fraudulent votes we're cast IN the |