Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-09-18
That many negroes have no Ak el
place, Of resIdsncp, have, more thar.
one "a M and ateI moi ch&Iy ide

That many negroes have no fix eV
place Of resIdsncp,, have. more than
one na M, ard afel not ch&Iy idehtiss'
fled, and arc ignorant and care less
about the risk of being detected.
Many of them. for y dollar or two,
can be manipulated as those having
them in charge may choose.
L In the counties whore the whito
population predominatcs, the officers
chiefly operated by agreeing 20 re-
case those guilty Of violating the rev.
enuo laws and giving permission to
others to distil fruit and grain, &c., on
condition of voting tho Republican
ticket Carrow, the Marshal, also ad, .
mittcd IN a published letter, that they
had about 5000 whites under arrest
as Ku-Klux prisoners, and many Of
these men assert that they have been
assured that they viii be released il
they vote tho Radical ticket In
Rutherford county there are said to
be 500 under arrest, and when therc
| was shown receipts Of Mr.. Justice,
the Assistant District Attorney, for
money paid him by somo Of those
parties who have not as yet been
tried, and assured me that they
had promises from him to bo diseharg,
cd without trial This man, ,'ill-named
Justice, is the elector for this district;
and on the day when he was appoint
cd as such by bis party, ] heard him
declare in public speech upon re-
turning his thanks, that they lmean-
ing himself and his associates), had
already run out of this Congressional
District 1000 voters charged with
being Ku Klnx, that they intended 10
limprison more. And bis boast that
they would thus carry the election
wac greatly applauded by the conven-
tion which nominated him, composed
as it was almost exclusively OF Fede-
raj officers. Many men have been
arrested in this section merely because
they had in tho year 1868 been mem,
bers of Seymour and Blair club. LaM
In some counties, | am informed
that there are in each at least hun
dred small distilcrics, tile owners of
which, by paying small sums to the
officers, are permitted to go OH with
out prosecution u they vote Tue hadi'
cal llcket hnf
In addiuon 70 these performances,
in a number of counties they procured
men 10 run as independent Candidates
for the positions of Sheriff or Member
oil The LEGISLATURE ana tnus oy having
no candidates Oh lnelr own maze
many votes Tor tholr state ileket by
swapping with tho friends oil the con-
testants. .sJ.l5fu aIdfu
By these several operations they
ave probably obtained 5000 or l0,-
900 votes mostly illegal) above their
strength. Being paid by the United
States Government. and acting in
concert under orders, they were able
to effect these large results.
In this part Of the State they did
not effect SO much. as early in tho
contest assailed Them constantly,
and thew became so odious that their
efforts we're materially crippled. Their
success in most places seems TO have
depended in great measure upon
their escapinp observation and denun-
citation while thew were operating.
When il is remembered that in no
one Of our most exciting elections has
there ever bccn a vote cast coming
within 10 per cent of the entire vote,
YOU will readily see thut immense
frauds must have boen practised in
many of these counties. Besides this
there was intimidation ofvolcrs. The
poor men arrested, though innocent,
knew that they would be ruided pc
cuniarily by being carried hundreds
.f "'iis- - h"i-'sI, ""a ni,har 'hsing
incarcerated or compelled TO bear