Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-27
How They Cayrled the South,

Private letters from the South con.
tinue to show how the Tildenites rolled
up their maj critics In tho States they
carried. The Hoston journal prints
an extract from letter written by a
business man whose home is in one of
the New England towns. and who is
favorably known BY several Boston
business firms, and owns and manages
cotton plantation in. Southwestern
Georgia. This letter waitten to- a
friend in Boston, gives the following
illustration of the manner in which
elections are conducted in the Demo
cratic State of Georgia, where every
voting-place is in charge of Democrats:
"There does not seem to be so much
feeling here in regard to the election
as in the North. They (the white
men) hope that Governor Tilden is
elected, but they will willingly accept
the situation in either case. In this
Congressional District there. are at
least two Republicans to- one Democrat
and yet the Democratic candidate was
elected by at least two to one. Here
in A they had, side by side, with
two entrances what they called white
mans box and negro box" but ny
negro who would vote the Democratic
ticket was allowed to vote at the white
mans box without any questions being
asked, while at the negro polling place,
all sorts Of delays were occasioned by
the Democratic officials In looking up
tax receipts and going off to offices to
look up tax lists, etc., so that at night,
with one means of delay aud another,
there were more than 400 voters in
line who had not voted when the polls
were closed-besidas large number
who had become discouraged and dis.
gusted before night and gone home.
This is the way tine thing is done here
in one of the most quiet and best por-
tions of Georgia. A few days since a
prominent Democrat said to me that
the Democratic majority was too large.
He did not think it looked we'll. I
replied that [ thought not, since we all
knew if the vote was allowed to be cast
this district would be Republican by
more than two to one"
The following is from the New York
| Nation:
"In fact, there is only one course
open to US IN the matter. and that is to
let the states manage their own cleo
ton and accept the result as they give
it. We cannot make the state govern
ments better than the population of the
state want to have them
The article eoncl des with 4
ut seems to us that the only sound
course now is to stop quibbling and
chopplng logic, to accept the Southern
figures, however bedeviled and inaugu-
rate Hayes in the interest of peace and
quiet, and for the better preservation
Of constitutional form. Any other
course is Mexican"
Congress is receiving number of
petitions asking for a Constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating drinks in the
United States after 1900. The ad-
vanced date will give the present race
of old topers plenty Of time to turn up
their toes, and the your fair warning
to let whisky alone, and so avoid any
Inconvenience from its suppression.
HEWIrT's LETTERS. Hewitt
asserted on Wednesday on the floor
of the House that some of his private
letters of had been taken from the
mails The Post Master General will
cause rigorous examination to be
made OF the matter, although it is the
general belief that the story was con
cocted for political effect.
The citizens of Madison celebrated