The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-07-14


Democratic Boarding.
The O'Brien- Thlstlethwaite-F Elan
igan Board Bill-C Case, that came off
last week before the Mayor, is SO Pc
culiarly Democratic, and so character
istic Of the promises and performances
of that party, it deserves to be record
ed and referred to whenever Kansas
candle box election frauds and Mis-
Characterization are mentioned as a
means Of political strength to the De-
mocracy.
During the last city election strug-
gle Of the time honored" Democratic
party, to maintain its ascendency, es-
pecially in the City Council, after
counting Democratic noses in the Sec
ond Ward, it was found neee ssary to
increase the noses in order to insure
success. Out Of given quantity of
mud, the Democratic city printer
knew SO many bricks could be made,
and by the same parity of reasoning,
out of given number of Democrats
on the outside of the corporation
material sufficient might be raised out
of which to manufacture a sufficient
number of good Democratic voters!
Ambitious to help constitute the
Democratic majority in the Council,
the Democratic candidate in the Sec
ond Ward. together with the Demo-
cratic city printer. were appointed by
the Democratic club, to arrange with
Hugh o Brien to furnish the necessa-
~ ingredients to make bona fide Rich
mond Democrats. In addition to the
mud used by the ancient Egyptians in
making brick, straw was also used,
and, in addition to food and lodging
in fashioning GOOD Democratic voters
for the city, Hugh O. Br;en moistened
their clay with whisky to make 'em
stick! Had the Democratic candidate
for Council succeeded, Hugh would
have received the uttermost farthing
of his reasona bic charge for each vo-
ter he assisted In making; but utter
failure of the party weakened their
CENTS of obligation, and, having al
ready paid Hugh about eight dollars,
they deemed that enough for their
share-leaving about twenty two dol
lars of the Democratic debt, which
they propose liquidating by the Dem
ocratic mode of reputation!
Whilst we were in the Mayors Of
fee, after the conclusion of the trial,
the Democratic candidate for Coun-
Gilman, and one of the defendants,
in this case, came in. to whom the
Mayor announced his decision; That.
there was.suf6cient evidence
of a CONTRACT between the parties,
for boarding men democratic voters)
as claimed by the plaintiff. yet. as the
was against public policy,
and hence illegal, it could not be en-
forced by the Court, therefore he gave
Judgment in favor of the defendants
the plaintiff to pay the costs. So we'll
did this defendant appear to
be with the judgment Of the Mayor,
that he asked for the amount of fine
and costs against the plaintiff for a
liquor case, ON the Mayors docket,
and for which he (the defendant) was
surety-the necessary information was
given, and he paid it, like a little
man."
We suggest, in strict justice, that
Hugh ought to give credit on his
Democratic voters board bill, for that
amount paid on the Mayors docket
for him.
We cant help sympathizing with
Hugh, and only regret that there
hadn t been sufficient amount against
him on the Mayors docket to have
wiped out his entire board bill, that
the Democratic city printer and Dem
ocratic candidate for councilman. in
the Second Ward did so unkindly re-
pudiate!
In consideration that the Mayor
had 40 further claim on Hugh, to Off
set this Democratic board bill, and
that he will use every means
within his power to have his account
adjusted. we hope the whole
matter may be laid before the Grand
Jury; they may assist him to get the
bread he so generously cast upon
the political waters!
Sad that transaction like this
should have been exposed-brought
to light For had Hugh O'Brien
been paid, this affair never would
have been made public, and these
leaders and managers Of the Demo-
cratic party in our city, could still
pat each other on the back and say: |
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