The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-30
mont interviewed Dickinson. and

oracleS oil Delphl. Now that man
had not been in the country one
year. He still lives, well-where we
can put our. hands on him when it is
necessary to produce him at the
trial which Dickinson is aching for
We know another in that vicinity.
German, who presented such paper
but the Court being excited when it
issued the paper, dated it the dag
after the election, and he did not get
that vote in.
Fact is, Huron County po.led just
$3.50 Democratic votes, at the Con
gressional election, but at the Presi-
Dental election the Democracy only
polled 2,243, or 107 less than Dick
inson's vote one month before. Or,
just that many fraudulent votes that
were cast for Dickinson were nos
cast for Seymour. In fact Seymour
did not see as much of the Demo-
cratic vote as Dickinson. But Vans
modesty (?) did not permit him to
tell all the truth about the fraudu-
lent vote of that county, and so we
have to do it for him. His modesty
has the merit of scseening his friends,
but as we have no merit in that way
we are obliged to tell the truth
about them. He pointed out ,chere
they were and we have pointed out
,oho they were, that's all. 1t is lit
tie strange, in this connection, aint
it? that Notwithstanding the hue and
cry about the frauds, the radicals
increased their vote, while the Dem
Gratis lost, lot, but its true, never
theless.
But Vans modesty carries him too,
he forgets the 2e9 frauds in this
country entirely. Now, he should
not do that, its rather unkind of him,
and it's overlooking source of
strength Of which they were proud
at the time, if they didn't feel quite
so well over it a few days after.
But Van is delighted, and fairly
bubbles over with JOY at the sup
posed discovery that in that radical
stronghold of Huron county, the
vote stood relatively to the popula-
tion as l vote to 4 and a fraction
of population. Now, there's def
niteness for you, that is refreshing.
And he chuckles with assurance
when announcing that.
Comparing the vote with the po-
pulation Of Sandusky and Seneca
counties, it will be found that the
average is, taking the vote of 1868,
as basis, one vote to five inhabi-
tants. That is about the average of
all other countries, SaUe those of the
Reserre, among tcjtjch is Huron"
We give italics and all, so as not
to deprive him of the joy he must
have felt at the Supposed discovery
But Van knew better, at the time, OF
else he never ought to touch figures
But he did and hence the muddle.
Huron county has lost 1901 in po-
pulation in the past ten years or 109
per year, or 218 in two years. The
present census gives her 28,525 to
which if 218 be &lded we get he1
population of two years ago as 28,-
TAB. At the Congressional election
of that year she cast 62O1 votes, not
6245 as the Messenger states, which
would be one vote to 4 and 1920
inhabitants. The foreign popula-
ton of Huron county is very small
compared with that of Sandusky
county, and nearly every man Of
lawful age is q lawful voter. But
how of Sandusky county? Stand up
| to the rack Van.
In ten years Sandusky county has
gained 4,137 Or Alb ITO per year OF
827 in two years The census gives
her 1856 from which if S27 be de-
Quoted we get 24,739 as her popula-
tion two years ago. She cast fOr
Congress 5,425 votes or, one in 4
11-20 Misunderstanding her a IA
ito Of 0ne-teRh LESS THAN HURON
with more than double the foreign
population. How is that for high
Van? instead Of an average of five
in Sandusky county it was but q
trifle over A and less than Huron
But of course that is easily account
ed for. There was only 107
fraudulent Democratic votes in Hur-
ron county while there were 288 in
Sandusky county, which was "bully
for hi hr'
Even Seneca county, though it
does better than sandusky, only
reached an average of AZ inhabitants
to each voter.
But Van reaches the climax of an
dacity and assurance when he as-
serts that there are $500 Democrat
ic votes, good and true, in Huron
county" Bless your innocence,
where are they? Nov, if only Dick
inson were like Roderick Dhu, and
"One blast from out his bugle
horn, were worth a thousand men"
We might understand it. Two
years ago he blasted well, and his
blasts were worth just about 1000
men-a trife less; but now he don't
blast so well. His wind amt so
good, and he hasn't the facilities he
had then. He only scared up 1880
votes in all that county land he did
107 better than Seymour, and 328
better than Pendleton. The thing
cant be did," Van, and there's 10
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