, 1876-10-06


the man or Tho purpose b. neglected to state
Since f1o has Gccn hero ic hai done noth.
lnK apparently b9t confer with tbs DEM
Hcfas,c q. a., Cgntral q Committee. Last Monday
of tho ctty), probably Chicago. and seemed to ho
nervous and susplCIoua. Two Guyernment de-.
tectives happened To stray into the Bates House
any looked over the reGiatcr. Mills raw them,
watching ior him, which was not tic fact. lie,
therefore, followed them Into saloon, sought
anu secured nn Introduction. and intifnatcd tl,at
ne ne unerstood e t,c'F ou'iness They led hIm on
than waa prudent. Ilc displayed 5000 in one
pockets. After making two bets with bystaud.
fTs f9.,,,na that the H. Democrats xoaId PATTY
to do It, saying that nothing could be done dtS /,
him until be was caught, and "Let them catcl,
mcf they can; they never have yct." lie
seq, f4rthcrt tllat lc WAS going 10 stay until
g,a.ty, gould psrpetrate tho most fraudsf II tho
Republicans could beat tic Democrats, all
rIghs"i that they didn't care d-n about tic
iIajonty tn indianapolis, since that dida't worry
" tae' r. At a.: He YRS aally taken away BY two
while ht WIS talking.
This man Mll'h Ii known as the
ORIGINATOR or TIE "YAN.TICKET FRAUD,
aud Is said BY Baltimore detectives to be tue
man WHO handles the suffers In that city when
tributed Of hia ability in this iiae toward pen-
ocrntc victories IN other cities
Ii,c fan.tckct" syste,n Is unique In con-
certton, and Is the mode OF fraudulent voting
which las enabled the Democrats to carr New
fork and baltimore By sur1 large matortiIee. A
ballot Is folded In pleats, like flitlng or Ian,
nnd III between the folds are placed live, ak, OF
eight other tickets, folded somewhat smaller so
that tho edges cannot bo seen. Thc "ian,H
thus prepared, fB tllcn pressed and ironcd 10 Is
mt to look out OF proportion. Trusted n,cn
arE M supplied with these tickets, and they dis.
'I sspntG then. to voters or others who can be dc:
walks up to the window Of the poll and hands
the ticket to tho inspector. When be ls about
putting the ticket Into the box, son,e
ans efes sD' 19t' M ehahengS 81. that 7ots"
he holds up the ticket to view. But, In the in
teFrn, having been previously ''lxcd," hu lias
pressed the ticket sideways lono end being In
the hoxl and the tickets III between the folds
challenged voter Is unable to aul,stantsatc bis
right to vote, the "fan !" ts handed back 10 him,
aud the unpostcd Republicans think the Demo-
crate chal!engcr Is MI honest nun. 1n this way
Wy Where Y Is impossible to write down in adyauco
.Co or 500 extra names. there will be- Of course,
when counted. surplus Of tickets. That, bow
ever, Is nota stumbling block. Mistakes will
ss!,appen you knos, und Under the practice tn ts
were 100 extras, fifty Democratic aud tftr Re-
publican tickcts would bo thrown oltt. This
would bo q dead loss To the litter, while the
former would hare the benefit OF all the fraud
ulent votes po1ied.
The idea OF bringing these rufIlans here %
soldiers and saf]orK Is absurd that IN ultcrlor
and concealed motive IL q certainty, and that it
70 ti'e Intention Of the Democratic Commit
scAfTER THEM AMONG THE s1noNa DEMO
CRATIC COUNTIES
no one Who Is not blinded BY prejudice doubts
@ Tor one r.. moment. The chasacter Of these men,
Is simply cover to avert suspicion Us to the
true mission Of the gangs, and to faclll-
sat;;,,I,, tatS and d. mike It appear like IN
ordinary Or; cyGpt,-thctrr distribution throughout
them here under pretcnsc Of being soldiers aud
sailors, to divide them into small patties under
tho leadership Of an instructed man, and Let
them take To- The outgoing trains with other visit
Worthy To- pou efe seaee esnstcd s1na Gnf Su % Il
Will doubtless prove to be Z failure, and the
Democrats will be obliged to tail back on their
importation Of Confederates from Kentucky In
aud thus render It's electoral votes mora certain
1or Iilden. Every effort Is being 1nalo by tho
Republican Committee to ferret out the parties,
and a]rcady
MANY or THEIR MINES AXE KNOWN,
and before election complete lists, with dcsuI1-
ttons4 will be ready for distribution TO the Re-
pubicans IN the Democratic counties where It Is
expected the br1l!scTs arc to be sent to du their
work. DETECTIVES aud shadowezs will follow
them from here wherever they 70, md wheu
they locate their mission will be told to the
decent men Of tho town, and their work made
as difficult as possible, II not wholly stepped.
some OF tic thieves now here admit that the
crowd is coming for specific purpose, aud
that Is, to prevent the negroes from repeating.
They say the Republicans have " mggers f!ye
and ten deep, In every house, and thsy propose
IN other words, to remain In indianapolis to i1l-
tlmidato colorcd voters, aud kill Il few and
lr!shten tue remainder; hut IN tllat also their
efforts arc likely TO prove OF little ayail Fear
Ing just such outragea and bloodshcu, tho re-
eepcctable portion Of the community have united
tn request to the police authorities to appoint
q humber OF special officers to preserve the
peace on election day, and 1000 or 800 arc TO
be sworn In,
VORACIOUS VETERANS,