Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-11-18

negro is given a Democratic ticket, and &C.
companied to the polls by q 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 dis
tance in adding to Democratic "gains."
saw negro and white man 90 to the
polls side by side, and each vote the Democrat
ic ticket Then the white man took the negro
to cozy nook, and gave him two drinks Of
whisky and handful of cigars. I could not
say that he bought the vote !; he only took the
occasion to treat bis colored friend.
An old negro man, apparently too old to
work, and looking to be really needy, stood
near the polls with Republican ticket. A
white boy, not over thirteen, said to him:
"Uncle, why don't you vote the Democratic
ticket? These carpet.baggers don't care any
thing for you. They'd let you starve to
DEATH"
II donno but they would" replied the old
man, "for I'm hungry right now. If you'll
get me little money to get some bread to
take'home, I'll vote the Democratic ticket"
The boys face frightened up. He went to
the bottom of his pockets, turned them inside
out, but he could find nothing but 6ve-cent
nickel. Giving that and a Democratic ticket
to the old man, he went after more, and have
no doubt gained 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 straightwsy printed
some on the same sort of paper, hoping to
gain something by the mistakes which men
who do not know letter in the book, would
naturally make.
After all argument had been exhausted
upon a certain negro, and by no possibility
could he be got to agree to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, be was, in few instances, brought
into it in this wise: As they approached the
polls, in line, white man would say, "Well,
uncle, you are going to vote the straight Re-
publican ticket, are you p
Eyes, sah."
"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 mistake, and
got Republican ticket. Now, don't want
to lose my place on the line to get another.
Let me see yours"
The darkey unconsciously hands his over.
"Why, old man, you've made mistake, too!
Yours is Democratic ticket! Somebody
has played of on you it's id mean to take
that advantage of q man who can't read. But
we can just swap tickets, can't we? That
makes it all right. Now We are both fixed"
He adroitly gives the darkey Democratic
ticket of the same color, which he, not being
able to read, puts into the box, and goes home
thinking that he has discharged his duty to
the Republican party.
| There were few instances of impositions
of this sort-not many.
JOLLY GOOD FEELING.
Toward II o'clock it became known that
the Democrats were gaining largely at each
box, and that it was owing to the colored peo.
pie voting with them.
This put the whites in the best possible hu.
NOR, and dispelled all danger Of riot.
When everything was progressing so satisfac-
toriy there was no use Of riot, and nobody
had any occasion to start one. There was
no necessity, as is sometimes done, to get up
a mock fight and frighten away the colored
| peOplo, lOI GuCy WOAo VOtAhS euo DOuAoSAoSaS
ticket so we'll that it was an advantage to
have them around. ....,.
What is the result Tonight, in jackson,
the feeling between the races is better than it
has been in seven years. The Democrats
have carried the county and the State, and
are overAowing with praise for their "colored
friends" who voted with them.
LATER. ..'."....
The night wears on. Every dispatch indi.
Gates Democratic gain in some unexpected
quarter. The whites are in ecstacies. The
night air is burdened with yells of delight,
but there is no pistol firing or disorderly con-
duct. As yet, the Republicans cannot claim
dozen counties in the State. ....
The Democrats have elected their whole
ticket, carried the Legislature by large ma
jority, and gained at leat two Congressman.
The Republican officials have acknowledged
that the party in Mississippi is done for.
Nothing short of The power Of the Federal
Government can set it on its legs again.
H.V.R.