Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-10-30
How the GRANTEES Carried Pennsyl-
An vania.
Men Prevented from Voting by Radical
Judgea Because Other Men had Voted on
Their Names.

Judges Because other Men had Voted on
Their Names.
A Philadelphia correspondent
Of the New York Tribune of 0c-
tober 9th, gives the following
account of the State election
held in that city ON Tuesday,
the 9Th inst, which every voter
in Vinton County should read
then he can see that the Grant
Party propose to rule and ruin
this country:
The city returns began to ar
rive at the Liberal Headquarters
at about eight o'clock. AS soon
as two or three wards had been
reported it became perfectly evi-
dent that the Hartranft election
managers were manufacturing
majorities in the most outrageous
manner. Men who had been at
the polls all day, and who had
consolidated the carefully-kept
tally lists kept at the precincts
in their wards, and who had
come in an hour before with as
surance of heavy gains for
|, Buckalew, were astounded to
find the officials reporting i'm
mense Hartranft majorities. All
confidence that these officials
would limit their frauds so as to
bring them within bounds that
would not be scandalous, and
evidently criminal, vanished at
once. 1t became plain that they
meant to take no risks ON the
State, and would put the city
vote large enough to overcome
any possible adverse vote in the
country. owe are sold out" ]"
was the disheartening remark
that passed from mouth to mouth.
By half-past eight a few scatter
ing returns came in from inte-
rior towns. They all looked
! badly for Buckalew. Republican
, gains were reported where the
Liberals had entire confidence
of gaining largely. The gains
reported in Pittsburg and Alle-
gheny, and in the country dis
tricts, were too small to afford
any promise of relief
Well authenticated reports of
frauds continue to come in. A
number of respectable gentle
men, well-known in their pre-
cincts, bring information to the
Liberal Headquarters that they
and others were prevented from
voting by the Judges on the
ground that their names had al
ready been voted on. They
were all Republicans, but had
declared their intention to vote
for Buckalew. In the two wards
where the negroes chiefly live,
the policemen stood at the polls,
put a ballot in every negro's
hand when he came up, and
made sure that he voted it. The
frauds which have been most
effective, however, have been
perpetrated in the count, which
has been entirely in the hands
: of the corrupt city authorities.
! These men had everything at
stake on the result. They un-
derstood very well that an hon
est State administration would
bring their crimes to light, and
they were determined to win at
any cost.
AT the Democratic Head-quar-
! ters at the Merchants Hotel a
= large crowd assembled early in
! the evening. The Hon. Samuel
j. Randall, Chairman State
Committee, said he would an
! nounce the returns from the bal
cony so soon as received. Nu-
merous prominent Democratic
politicians were present discuss
ing Hartrant's majority in the
city, variously estimated at from
fifteen to twenty thousand. As
the returns began to come in
from the city they had a most
depressing effect upon the crowd,
: and before nine o'clock it was
! conceded that Buckalew and the
remainder Of the State ticket
had been beaten by the outrage
lonsly fraudulent count In the