The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15
The fan,hiiI Case.

The Yamlll; case deserves more than !
passing notice at our hands because it IL
lu>trates 80 thoroughly the Democratic
way oi doiug things The. committee IN
The Setatc went through all the evidence
in the case aud then agreed unon a rule
OF conduct, thar votes imported for elc,
tioneerin-. purposes should be rejected.
and IN cases where a niaii came Into tie.
county the e-al length OF line before
the election and for IA bona Gtle purpose
his vote should lie courted. The exam.
lnatlun commenced Gu the Newly side.
and the rule was strictly followed SO hat
OF scSeG men from Yamhill county who
voted for Newly only four who had de
clared that they went to Yamhill to heip
carry the election We're rejected, thoue II
the other three lett immediately after
the election. Now, it has been asserted
by Democrats over in Ya,uhll that they
Imported lC4 votes last June. and Of
this large number only 4 few were re-
Jecied By the caisl-.ittee, no man being
reJec'ed unless positive proof VA. brought
that he ca.ne there TO vote. Yet when
Il came % examining the votes cast for
DIX. y ats they f3r4ut all about the rule.
lie Fact that man worked for Hlrt, on
the NcSiiuusille ditch, was ground for
his rejection if he voted the Republican
ticket, tle ugh 10 q! je on vas made to
Hart On hat ground that he employed
several Democrats. A uan r.ts,ned Mas
tcrs. an Old resident who was IN liquor
when he voted, bat voted in accordance
with his previously expressed ;n;cniion
and actually voted III several Democrats,
Was counted out hecoGse he was drunk.
which IS tot ia accordance with law.
They threw out the vote Of Il man who
had resided IN the county over year,
and they counted HE votes Of nuHlbcr
who were challenged and did swear in
their votes and are said not TO be natu
ralized They were there 10 n.ke case
and they made osie and turned out DR.
Watts just because they had tie votes 10
do ii with.
In the House the proceedings were an
exact cory of this both bodies acting
with such niitIshity as to indicate pre-
concerted movement Townsend and
New,,y were declared members OF the
Legs Iature, ia direct contravention of
the expressed wishes ot the citizels Of
their county.
10 have oustcd the hNful tteprcsenta-
tives was enonghs to p, IN the;r places
men who haze Ee.er been eiccted IS an
"ntrag". and when to this you add he
t.ct thu tie :net thus .torcea upon the
people OF Yamiill county have been cz-
Iiess!y rejected by those people, the
crime btcataa enormous. kecDly s.t-
castle was the motion of Mr. hare, about
the el.ise Of the farce in the House. Oh
Friday. \ resolution had been offered
=, -,
seat Ia iaae bojy, hc has;a- received Il
majority Of The legal votes cast By lis
constituents fir. Hare moved 10 amend
50 ss 70 read, "a majority Of the lc2at
VOTES east by tbs Legislature" Such
ilsdeed tic only nlajor;ty they ever
received.
Nov the facts arc, hat Yambill Is
boa1a .fSd- and certainly Republican by
about hity majority, and Knowing this
J.. fact tie Democrats commenced u must
stuYendous system II fraud by he i,n?or
falI3n Of VOTES To override the will Of the
people They imported over 4 hundred
votes, 1T least twice as many as were
brought in by the Republicans to coun
teract them, so that they educed the fair
Republican ma5ofify to a mere handful.
aud what the villainy Of the pot house
roItte5aiS cuu!I iQt dGcOl push has been
secured by the act of this Democratic
Legislature. Judge Boise we. over tire
Whole contest and exateined the whole
question on the occasion Of the contest
Oh tbs County Jul1e. After a careful
examination OF the case he increased he
majority, and b. his decision the sit
ting members would have gained several
votes There is no use is arguing the case
further, but we wish it distinctly unoer-
stood that the frs and r,liabte county Of
Ianhili has been worse than dist fan-
chised by this Legislature Il was one
OF the most danlnable crimes ever ;tt~
tempted III Oregon, ior Dem cracy to
dertake to overthrow the Republican
party and TIE popular will of IaErhill
county 1t was a game hey had intro-
/ duced and rracticed for years past, and
the people should hold them responsible
/ for it through ali coming time. Let Us,
| by all means. have laws to protect the
/ riyats Of the people at the polls
Let us provide that election frauds
shall be severely punished. and let US
/ see that these laws, when enacted, are
strictly cnfcrcel.- tat~sna1a
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\ FRENCH SOLDIERS PATRIOTISM
! We find the following in the Franco-
/ American When il 1872 William Of
! Prussia entered Frankfort. he saw i
/ French Grenadier who fought alone on
the bridge of tho city against Il large
number of I'rus~an soldiers. \ mum
! hnr f,f ,.orr,scs :tftesta9 The yifror oil his