The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-11-18

polls and around about among the crowd.
This sort of thing was often repeated by
men who were supplied with money for
the purpose. A man would elect his
darkey and operate on him in this wise
"Uncle, have you voted?"
sfNo, sab"
"Going to vote ?"
"Yes, sah."
"How?
s'The Publican ticket, sah."
"Can't I persuade you to vote the
Democratic ticket?"
'No, sah." -,
"You are afraid to vote 1t, are your"
mo, sab, not bit"
"I'll bet two dollars you IRE afraid to
step up there and vote the Democratic
=, aMe 'fraidl No, sab; dis nigger amt
'fraid; he amt the skerry sort, he amt"
"Well, I'll bet two dollars you are
afraid to de- it."
"Put up your money. III take the bet,
sab; Pm no skerry niger"
The money is handed to third party.
The negro is given a Democratic ticket,
and accompanied to the polls by a white
man. who sees that it is voted. Then the
negro returns, and is paid the wager
he, has won
A neat way that to buy votes, and .at
the same time escape the penalty OF the
Law. A hundred dollars thus expended
goes some distance in adding to Demo-
cratic "gains." :
I saw negro and white man 60 to
the polls side by side, and each vote the
Democratic ticket. Then the white man
took the negro to a cozy nook, give him
two drinks of whiskey and a handful OF
cigars. could not say that he bought
the vote; he only took the occasion to
treat his colored friend. :
An old negro man, apparently too old
to work, and looking to be really needy,
stood near the polls with a Republican
ticket. A white boy, not over thirteen,
said to him: "Uncle, why don't you vote
the Democratic ticket? these carpet-bag-
gers don't care any thing for you.-
They'd let you starve to death" ~
ri dunno but they would, T" replied the
old man, "for I'm hungry right now. If
you'll get me little money to get some
bread to take home, Pll vote the Demo-
cratic ticket"
The boys face frightened up. He
went to the bottom of his pockets, turned
them inside out, but he could find moth
ing but a fve-cent nickel. Giving that
and Democratic ticket to the old man,
he went after more, and I have no doubt
gained a vote for the Democracy.
There was some trickery, and few
votes were gained Gin the ways that are
dark"
To protect negroes who could not read,
the Republicans printed their tickets on
yellow paper. The Democrats straight
way printed some on the same sort of
paper, hoping to gain something by the
mistakes which men who do not know a
letter in the book would naturally make.
After all argument had been exhausted
upon certain negro, and by no posi-
bility could he be got to agree to vote the
Democratic ticket, he was, in a few in
stances, brought into it in this wise: AS
they approached the polls, in line, q
white man would say, "Well, uncle, you
are going to vote the straight Republican
ticket, are you"
"Yes,, sah.". tY.u0t .4t->
"That's right. Let every man vote
with his color. I'm white man, and
vote the Democratic ticket unfolding
it.] Why, goodness alive! I've made a
mistake, and got a Republican ticket
Now, 1 don't want to lose my place on
the line to get another. Let me see
yours" -. =, t'ub I'D. .
The darkey unconsciously hands over
his. "Why, old man, you've made q
mistake. too / Yours is a Democratic
ticket! Somebody has as'''played off on
you it's id mean to take that advan.
tage of man who can't read. But we
ican-just swap tickets, can't we? That
makes it all, right. Now"we are both
f1ed.".
HeIadroitly gives the darkey Demo
cratic,ticket of the same color which he
not being able to read, puts into the box
and goes home thinking that he has dis
charged his duty to the Republican
party
There were few instances of imposi
Il tlOlS VI Gne SOIU-uOG Iuauy. .'.-...
JOLLY GOOD FEELING. .
Towards IL o'clock it became know
that the Democrats were gaining largel!
at each box, and that it was owing to th'
colored people voting with them.
This put the whites in the best possible
humor, and dispelled all danger of riot
When everything was progressing so sat
isfactorily there was no use of a riot, ant
nobody had any occasion to start one
There was no necessity, as is sometime
done, to get: mp mock fight and frightel
away the colored people for they wer
voting the Democratic ticket so we'll tina
it was an advantage to have them around
What is the result? Tonight, in Jack
son, the feeling between the races is bet
ter than it has been in seven years. Th
Democrats have; carried the county ant
the State, and are overfowipg with prais
for their "colored friends,"' who vote
with them. .'., ..., -,
-. LATER. si
The night wears on. Every dispatcl
indicates Democratic gain in some un
expected quarter. The whites are ii
ecstacies. The night air is burdene'
with-yells of delight, but there is no pis
tol firing or .disorderly conduct. AS YET
the Republicans cannot claim dozel
counties in the State.
The; Democrats have elected thei
whole ticket, carried the Legislature b
a large majority, and gained at least tw
Congressman. ,'o.f
The Republican officials have acknow!
edged that the party in Mississippi
done for. Nothing short of the power {
the Federal Government can set it on it
legs again.