Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-10-10
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Aneeo ofHeiaI Tale of Fraud in
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The following dispatch was received.
BY Judge EdInilnds this morning; +. =
!. - ta.,f- ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 5.
's73o Hon. James. .lL. EdDi,naHs sud- =
-Fs NO Republicans were admitted as
managers or clerks at the election on
Wednesday,. The officers were all
Greeieyites They refused to open the
Republican precincts, and the free
Lolders attempting it were dispersed.
Democratic votes We're received as fast
as offered Republicans votes only when
no Democratic votes We're offering. The
Republican precincts voted only one
per minute, while the Democratic pre-
cincts were rushed through at the rate
of six per minute. Thus thousands of
Republicans failed to get in tEeir votes.
An ey hibitfon of tax receipts was un-
lawfully required of Republicans, but
neto Democrats. Republican leaders
were arrested early under falSe charges,
in order t6iftiinida Chanen-
ges we're made to delay voting, and to
intimidate Republicans. Those at
tempting TO assert. their rights were
asSailed, and in some cases murdered.
Four were Killed at Macon. The en-
fofcenent act was openly defied. Many
arrests are. being made by the United
States Mafslials7 LESS than half of the
Repub bHean vote was poHed. bod 'lla
[Sighed ti2e - .Isi1stsnl 1ssa-
seS THHSn4 FARRow, Chairman y
Sac. si i,.4 u - : WAsHtNGToN, Oct. g..
Further. Accounts f0fthe Manage
Inent of The p oils, in the GeOrSia
sGss.ss,.., - : Election. s. =.
The Cgsrentcze has, two letters from
Georgia written son election day-one
from Sayappah the other from Macon.
AT Macon the Democrats took posses
sion ofthe polish When, they opened
the polls the croWding, of the negroes
toward the voting place lead to a dis
turbanee, when the whites began to
fire pr0miseueusly. An organized party
of citizens of the place, one hundred
strong then took position fifty yards
from the polls, and from that times
in the morning-Iso celored men were
allowed to vote. The Savannah letter
is from a well known pex-arIny officer.
histNSo
. Over two Thousand OF our voters, all
collored, were kept from voting. Oar
opponents had an-armed force drawn
up in front of the voting place, and
early in the day one of our workers, J.
e. Bryant, Deputy Collector, was
beaten and carried off to Jail, and an
other one arrested, which led to troub-
le and stopped the Republicans from
voting. Under the recently enacted
laws it is a penitentiary offence to carry
arms to an election so we all went I'm
armed. Imagine our surprise on Fri
day, on finding one hundred of the city
roughs, with.badgeson asspecial police,
all armed with clubs, and taking an
active part around the. polls. They
would club and arrest anyone they
pleased. IEneyer.saw a greater farce to
be called IN election. We hear, by tele-
gram, of riots outside of the city. and
may never be able to know how many
of our voters have been ran off. They
have the ballot boxes, managers, police,
militia. special police, Sheriff, and posseI
Of bailiffs, and roHghs, adj with badg 81
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