Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-31
The G0Ode Election Case.


not free votes, but ballots cast by the compul
san of the persons who controlled the patron
age Of the Norfolk Navy Yard. We give some
OF he eVidel CO 90 that subject:
William w. Balm, machuIst, employed 10
the navy yard, saw man come to the polls IL
the First Ward with conservative ticket, DIR.
Goods naue, and was 10 the act OF voting
when he Was struck Oh the shoulder by man
named l. ,ukius, who said something to him,
(the man,) and be left the polls with LooklDs
be then returned with L9okins and voted
ticket with Mr.. Piatt's name on it; and Oh sew
eral o,her occasioos saw him lLopkl0s) write
the names OF several other gentlemen Cd the
outside of his shirt. bosom under bis coat, and
made the remark that be would see that they
were discharged from the navy yard; that ls
about all. The man referred to was maohlo-
is. employed in the yard. -.
James H. Shannon deposes as follows:
O. Stale your age, residence, and occupa
tiou.- "A. Age, sixty-tbree years; residence,
Second Ward, city of Portmouth; occupation.
carpeDter.
Q. Were you employed 10 the navy yard
during the last Congressional campaign IA.
| vas.
@. Was any pecuniary assessment made up.
On you as an employee in the navy yard, or did
YOU pay aDy money for Mr.. Platt's election
purposes 10 the last Congressional campaign 7
A. Yes, sir; was assessed days pay,
So %.
O Who made the assessment upon you? p
A. My quarterman, Richard Meades. and L
paid the money to him.
O. Did you pay that money willingly or not
a. did not pay it willingly.
@. What, then, Induced you to pay it "A.
IF didu't pay it | should suffer from it.
O. How suffer "A. By being discharged
the first opportunity.
O Was it or not generally understood, as
far az you know, By the men employed In the
navy. yard. that il they failed to respond to the
assessment made upon them tor election pur-
poses they would suffer tor it BY being dis
charged PA. That was the general impress
sion.
@. Was there more than one assessment
made during the campaign that you know OF {
"A. had paid one before, bu, cannot say
that it was 10 that campai On. l have paid sew
era before, some six months. nine months, or
twelve months before, cannot say which,
There was sn assessment made for every cleo.
ton.
O. State, according to the best of your
kuowedpe, Information. and belief, how much
money was raised 10 the navy yard for MIR.
Piatt's election purposes during the las, Con-
gressiooal campaign PA. There was about
/ 400 or 500 men there working in the navy
yard, and it the quartermen and foremen and
eiehthmen paid their assessments, 1t would aver
age about 50 ur 81 Is apiece; that would be
50 800 or So. 900.
O. Did the men generally in the yard pay
these assessments willingly, or did they do as
you did, aud paid for lear of losing their places
"A. The majority OF them that heard express
themselves said they had better give days
work than to be turned out altogether.
Jesse Maboney testified as follows:
@ Did you attend republican meeting held
at temperance Hall, in Portsmouth, night or
TWO previous TO the election "A. l did; the
night before the election.
o. Who presided over that meeting "a
Jas H. Clements.
Does Mr.. James H. Clements hold any Fed
ersl appointment 10 Portsmouth IA. lie
does He is postmaster, and has Oeen for some
years past.
O. Did you hear any Instructions given at
tina; meeting by Mr.. Clements the chairman.
or by any one else, as to now the voters should
receive their tickets on election day; how they
should hold them, AID how they should de-.
post them 10 the ballot box 2 If SO, state what
they were fully.-A. MIR. Clements told them
he did not want mo backing OUT, and mo
tagging" the vigilance committee. One must
hold the tickets. and only give the ticket to
the map that was going to vote. The voter
must bold it in his hard so it can be seen when
be deposited it, 50 tho vigilance committeeman
can see him deposit il when be deposited 1t
right, he was 10 be tailed.
A workman w. E. Carhant, testified as fol.
lows:
A. had conversation with Mr.. John Ny
lao, who was foreman OF the department 10
which I worked. | met him on High street.
He asked me how liked my new boss. told
HIM didn't kDow until tried him. He asked
me did | think that had bettered myself. l
replied 10 him that did not think had worst.
d myself. He then said that h. bad always
9 % my friend. | then said that | did not like
the committee recommended my discharge |
,ked him if the committee recommended my
discharge the last time that be discharged me.
charged asked him to give me the reason
Why [ was discharged. He said that l had
voted for John Goode.
0 What committee did you understand
him as referring to?-A | understood him as
referring to the republican executive committee.
Patrick H. Handler, deposeth as follows:
Q. Where did you vote at the election
which took place for Representative 10 Con
grcss from this district on the Sd day of No
vember, lS74?-A. Fourth ward, city of Ports
mouth.
@ Did you see or hear anything there
tina, day on the part of any hayward official
calculated to Influence the voting of navy yard
EMPLOYEES imuruperly2 II so, please state
what it was, aud all abou, it.-A. Yes, sir; |
went there about half hour after the polls
were opened. | saw nobody distributing re-
publican tickets with the exception of MIR.
Barney Rutter. One half Or three quarters of
an hour aiterward | saw DR.. s. B. Kenny,
standing, | suppose, about 6 feet from the ballot
box with small book and pencil; it appeared
to me that every time man voted he used his
pencil, for what [ do not kooW. Dr.. S. b.
Kopny was clerk iu the navy yard at that
time.
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