The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-10-22

| penalty of the law" 1t is the judge
meat of this trinity, that should any
such tickets be voted they will be
thrown out, and only such tickets as
have been regularly e? nominated,
will be counted. This trinity is pur-
posed to preserve the purity of the
balIot-box."
The bolter put his other eye Ia
ButlerY and 81 as gil lie vas anni-
hilated, but not convinced that per-
son conld not vote for whom he pleased
in free Ohio, without having it g Sala=.
ry-grabbed" by a trinity, who pro-
posed rather early in the day to count
as they interpreted the law. His party
had apparently vanished.
The law that was enacted ssthe win
ter l was in Columbus" was handed,
to the bolter. He glanced over it, and
wild light shone in his eye, and as
drowning men catch at straws," he
gave his understanding OF the,law,-I
Tie scene Immediately shifted. The
Herald man laughed out in meeting,
and bursted a kid. glove, The repre-
sentative of the PREss wiuked his eSe1
knowingly and said "Good, by -
you know why" :, The little man at
the end of The table started to raise
his "Ebenezer," but took it in. The
Oldest of1tlie trinity shaded his face,
with the familiar black glove, and at
this point the bull-headed Republican,
who always votes a'doubIe ticket, re-
peated the operation. 1t is not easy
to foresee, what the final result might
have been, but the arrival of party
of f"Woodsmen," of father and thirteen
sons, who threw a splidJvote dor the
Representative of the 'EWhite League"
broke the spell and enabled the. de-
tenders to- collect their thoughts. One
of the trinity was seen to take the |
Herald man to one side, and lecture
him $50 supposed) tor laughing in
meeting, or rather, for the wrong side.
D. X. - looked annigEf Efty foolish, orr
else was inwardly almighty tickled.
and the .'BraiRs" was Fcansp EteA and
sfny Understanding Or tfi 3 afaw,' wasl
so far modified that any ticket could I
be voted, and counted, provided the +
top was torn off. The bolter looked i
relisFed. de nshiB iateIs ran up to-
a Dutchman ana gave him decapita-
ted ticket, and explained to Hans that
Hurlburt was recently from Germany,
''just over the Rhine" He was happy,
his understanding. of the. Law = al
though he had never been insight OF
Columbus, was about as correct as
'say- one'S nAs matter eflhistofy it
Is proper 20 record hat the Excitement
almost Immediately died out. The
Garfield meprcaIne, swallowed their
pill, and went home to await the neS e
.snla The codn tihgS offhe votes was
a solemn affair. The dimly lighted
hail seemed ike q great cavern, and 4
the monotinous voices of the clerks
sounded like dFges. The decision of
the morning was sGaken in and the
votes were all coupted giving to each
man his j usf aue, hhns showing that-a
man may have different views of the
same subject, at different times of the
day. The boltei.. felt good all over.
He slapped hissIeg. and had his usual
contortions ofthe face, and expressed
himself to the effect that 6 We've got
EN-" - 4 r n 4 =
1t was surprising how many Repub-
licans went to bed early that night,
The, Herald man was not seen until
two days afterwards. n, HesWas sproba-
bly, recalling his Washington trip, and
asking himself s'shall ] ever be dead Il
headed thsre again, ana eakaBd drink !
with Republicans and sinners?' N. B.
-nSiAnere here means Sal. FGraB Cred@Ia I
Mob, ana P arg. NA F@@AA s@
The "Brains" went to Cleveland to
bring back election returns, but re-
turned silent AMI pulling Ihis. beard
twice, ,SWIIefe before he nu4led IT but 4
once. Some suggested that the Trus-
tees be, called together and the new.
hesrse be ordered repaired and "fxed
up" against what might. heppen; and
others thohght it best not to act r&shly
in the matter, but wait until the Rep.
Cen. Com, sent out another circular.
The pOstSAastef began TO figure apihis
government Account and prepare to,l
4snoFeI out" Cif ,heeessary, and things
looked a little mixed all round. OF
81 The cause of all this was occasioned
by the casting of four Hurlburt votes
BY ,mep who. were. opposed toea man
who makes ''Eittle mistakes, and were
not willing TO oyerlOok thspl, This is
my understanding of the matter, and
if anyone sees differently, they are ct
liberty to give their understanding OIL
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