The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-23

SEWING MACHINE TRICK.
The Republicans Desert the Ship.
Clerk WOOlfGy Calls a Meeting Of
State Officers.
Midnight Work at the Custom
House.
Erasures Made by Unauthorized
Persons on the Sabbath.
The Republicans Desert the Ship
A STRANGE PROCEEDING.
LEram he Melg 0tlean. pleavaue Noy 5lh.l

"A 04AANO& IhVVG2OA4NG'
From he NetO Orleans PicOyuNe Nov 5thl
The last act in the Sewing machine"
affidavit outrage has been accomplished.
The result of all the scheming of the
Radicals for the past two weeks was
made apparent last night, when several
thousand names were stricken from the
Registration lists by the State supervisors
Of registration.
The State supervisors were directed
by an order from Mr.. Woolhey, though
how he obtained such authority is not
explained, Chief United States Supervi7
sor, to bring their books to the Custom
House at 80. This was done and the
books we're deposited in the private office
of United States Marshal Pitkin. The
United States supervisor Republican
and Democratic, also went to the Custom
House and watched The proceedings.
The corridors and offices were thronged
with policemen, some in uniform, others
in citizens clothes. Mr.. WoolAey was
so busy swearing in negroes as United
States deputy marshals that it was after
9 o'clock before operations were begun.
At that hour the State and United States
supervisors, with their clerks, were
ushered into one of the vacant clerks
Offices of the United States courts,
Around the walls and along the centre
Of the floor, had been erected line of
tables upon which the registration books
were placed and opened according to
the number Of the wards. Upon the
portion of the tables appropriated to the
various wards we're deposited.huge bun
dies of the warrants issued on the
SEWING MACHINE"
circular affidavits, and returned by the
deputy marshals indorsed mot found, "
arranged by wards.
In the room, besides the officials, were
Chief Supervisor WoolAey, Catlin, Blan-
chard, Mr. Farrar, counsel for the. Demo.
Gratis, and several policemen, z
Catlin served out the candles and red |
ink, the bundles of warrants were opened
and the work began. aN sFtI
About this time clerk Of State Regis
trar Hahn handed to each State supervi, d
sor circular from the above official, di-
rectng them to be careful in making
erasures, and to erase only such entries |
as corresponded ex ,ctly with the direc-
tlons in the warrants returned mot +
found. " The work was conducted ass
follows, the State supervisor took ain af-
fdavit from the pileinfront of him, and
called out the name of the party con.
tanned therein, and the, number of the
street, also the number ofthe registration
paper under which the party had been
registered in 1874. The number and
name were referred to in the general en-.
try and index books. If it was found
that the name and location in the affida-
Wit corresponded with the name and To-
cation on the registry, ared line was then
drawn across the entry. If a change of
residence was noted on the registry the
name was allowed to stand.
This was the general rule, but it was
not followed in all cases. Sometimes a
NAME WAS CROSSED.
even where change of residence had
been noted.
The State supervisors of the Second
and Tenth Wards were sick and could
not proceed with their work. All of the
Democratic United States supervisors
were present except the supervisor for
the Sixteenth Ward.
Major Burke went to the Custom
House and watched the proceedings,
and after IL o'clock entered protest on
the ground that the erasures an official
act were being made on non judicial
day.
The result of the proceedings is this
That the name of every Democratic and
Conservative voter, which was on the :
registration list of 1872, will be erased,
in all cases where that voter has changed
his residence and the supervisor has /
neglected to make the change in the I
entry, and also the names of hundreds of t
persons who are living now in the same r
location as they were registered from in
1874. !
Not more than thousand citizens of t
he eight or nine thousand changedin the !
sewing machine affidavits with the fraudu-
lent registration, have had an oppor-
unityto obtain hearing inc the Com i
court. Hundreds of citizens :
vent to the Marshal's office yesterday
and asked for the warrants issued against q
hem; they were informed that the war 7
'ants were not in the office. All the time 8
hese same warrants, indorsed mot &
,ound, were being bundled up in Wool G
ley's Office for use last night. Ii
AT 1 O'CLOCK. h
his morning the work Of erasing ceased, b
With the understanding that it was to n
commence at g A. M. The United o
States supervisors (Democratic) main n
aimed close watch upon the registra- Il
ion books in the meanwhile. Major a.
Burke filed with the Democratic United 9
states supervisors afidavits for frauds 3
n the various wards to the number of l.
60. These affidavits are to be rendered e
o the State supervisors to day, but it is e.
cry doubtful whether they will make NJ
rasures in the manner in which they q,
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