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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
AND this also, which Is later.
THE MEANS RESORTED IT,.

The way the Democracy undertook
to carry Louisiana was by overruning
the parishes of East and West Felici
ana, Ouachita, Morehouse and East
Baton Rouge, Under registration in
these parishes in 1872 they gave Kellogg
8, 900 majority and il 1874 gave Re
publican majority of 2, 900. This time
the Democrats claimed to have carried
them by 1000 majority. The way they
operated was to overrun taose parishes
with white liners. In East Feliciana,
where the Republicans had over !, ,000
majority in 1874, not q single Repubi
can aC0S alloECed to register or rote.
In Ouachita. a Deputy U. States Mar
shall was killed and the polls were
taken possession of by the White
League. These parishes are u, ar the
Mississippi line and were overrun with
border ruffians. To show how impos
sible it would have been for the Dem
ocrats to have received any majority
it is only necessary to quote ths regis
tration of 1874, when it stood whites
3,69S, blacks 500. Admitting all the
whites and one-fifth of the blacks to
have voted the Democratic ticket, it
would still have allowed Republican
majority of nearly 2GO0 in those parish
es. But not all the whites voted that
way nor would SO largea proportion of
blacks have been untrue 30 themselves
except under the terrUrs of intimida- |
ton. But the greatest fraud of all is |
their claim of a larger Democratic ma
jority than there were whites register
ed. But Democratic Reformers are
not scrupulous about the way in which
they obtain majorities SO they obtain
them.
In Florida the course they took to
obtain majority was equally disrepu-
'able, malignant and cowardly. Be-
sides seizing and destroying the ballot
boxes and contents in five strongly
precincts, they tore up the
ails and threw q train in the ditch
iear Tallahassee, in order, if possible, to
lave the returns from western counties
All this shows their des-
,eration, and shows also that it was
part Of an agreed plan in case of their
lefeat.
But amid all this fraud and attempt
o defeat the will of the people, we
,oint steadily TO the fact that not a
ingle Democrat was prevented from
-otiDg, and that no interference of any
lind with their rights was permitted
IS citizens. The bombast of this kind
ndulged in by Northern Democratic
,apers, before the election, is shown
o have been for the purpose of delud-
ng voters, from the fact that they now
claim Democratic majori-
les which would have been utterly
had any attempt been made
o intimmidate.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
MEMS ITEMS.

There are now in England eight sur
vivors of the battle of Traalgar-the last
of Nelson's great naval conflicts. Three
CT these were midshipmen then and
are admirals now.
I Reports come 10 hand Of a terrible
hurricane and food in Cuba. The hur-
rlcane first swept over the island, follow
| ed BY torrents of rain. Next came the
food sweeping on with terrible destruc-
ton.
Goldsmith Maid now has the fastest
heat, fastest second heat, fastest third
heat, fastest fifth heat, fastest sixth heat.
fastest two consecutive, three consecu-
tive, and four consecutive heats, and the
fastest time on half mile track.
The tea plant was introduced into
India forty years ago, and already about
1000 acres are covered with it on the
slopes of the Neilgherry Hills. The
yield of the current year has been over
1SOOOOOO pounds, valued'at 100000
Chattanooga was treated to a rare
spectacle recently, by the burning of the
woods and grass on Lookout Mountain.
At one time the top was all ablaze, and
atterward the fire crept below the preci-
plce. The mountain was literally pillar
ofcloud by day and of fire by night.
Rev Mr. McAIlister, the rector of the
Trinity church in Elizabeth, n J, has
commenced a revival among the tramps
in an old barn near the Evergreen Gene
terry, which has long been a resort for
the fraternity. His strange congregation
expressed pleasure at his first coming
and earnestly requested him to come
again which he promised to do and has
done.
British manufacturers are complain
ing that the street cars used there are
made in the United States, because the
British mechanics cannot do the wrok
the iron girders for the Cen
tral Station in Glasgow are being con-
structed in Belgium; some of the Shelf
field steel manufacturers are leaving the
country, and American cotton goods can
be exported from Liverpool cheaper
than those of English make can be from
In 1866 the total number of officers
with the Internal Revenue !
Bureau was $3.50. \ Republican
Congress in 1878 abolished the office of
Assessor and subsequently made other
changes and now the total number is
S,59S, a reduction of five thousand in one
Bureau. If the Republican party had |
been so anxious to increase the number
Of offices it could have done no better
han keep what were already in exist
ence.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
THE MUDDLE IN LUISLANA

Hayes is certainly elected beyond all
question, and still the Democracy are
claiming the election of TiIden. and
bowling over Louisiana with a vehem
ence that would seem to be conviction
itself, if it were not that a mass oi
gamblers in New York were manipu
lating matters so as to ''hedge" and
save the money they so recklessly BET
on Tilden Our New York Correspond.
ent, under date of the 18th, after de-
scribing the jubilation of the Democ
racy on Tuesday night, adds:
Wednesday morning a change came
over the spirit of their dreams. New
York had gone Democratic, so lad In
diana, but they woke up to the reali
zation of the fact that to elect Tilden.
the Southern States were necessary,
and there were grave doubts as to
whether he had got them ALL Florida
looked badly for tbs m-South Carol
na was in doubt, North Carolina was
ditto, and Louisiana looked certain for
Hayes. The Democracy suddenly got
sober and began to behave itself. The
exultation of the drunken night before
settled down into the sobriety of a
doubt. It was not impossible that
Hayes was elected after all, and pos
sibly they had been counting chickens
before they were Matched.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL UNCERTAIN.
Ten thousand men who had been
promised positions under Tilden began
to look blue. The news came that
Florida had gone for Hayes, and that
Louisiana and South Carolina had
done likewise. Evidently they had re
ioiced before their time.
Thursday morning, Florida, South
Carolina, Eouisiana-Hayes! Hayes,
1S5 votes, just enough to elect. De
mocracy blue, a little animation OBJ
servable among Republicans. But the
betsl Immediately the Democratic
papers commenced issuing false bull
letins. Reports came in all day that
these States had gone for Tilden, and
crowds of people thronged about the
various news paper Offices to see the
latest. And in the pool-rooms up town
che old gamblers who had put their
money on TiIden, took advantage of
these lying bulletins-they were dis
played in their interest-to quietly
hedge by having others bet upon Til
den, while they, by tine help of their
outside friends, were quietly making
themselves good by placing their mon
ey on Hayes. Whatever may be the
result, and ar this writing it is inposs
ible to say, this is what the Democrat
ic gamblers are doing.
The secret of their whole claim lays
in the desire of gamblers to win back
what they lost on Tilden, by quietly
betting on Hayes, and this they can
only do by keeping up tie clamor that
TiIden is elected. The New York ex
citement has already died out ineasur
ably but throughout.the. country is kept
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17


The editor of the JEFF. can have the
seat which we occupied for SO many
years on the Salt River Political Boat
We hope he will occupy it with the
same calm resignation which has beer
one of our characteristics. ''If We
don't see you again, Halo i"-Courier
Not at all, Fred. We don't sail in
that Craft for score of years yet
You have mortage on that seat fol
life, and we wish you 10y of it. Con
tinue to manifest "the same calm res
ignation," and you may be happy il
unfortunate. Farewell, a long fare
well'' to all your hopes and aspira
tions
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

In Mexico, President Lerdo de Tejadc
has been reelected He has been fres
ident since 1872, and under his rule
Mexico prospers.
Tilden made great show of voting
for himself, in New York He said he
was used 10 being freely spoken of by
the opposite, and should not be surprised
at anything they should say of him. A
man that has not been able to defend
himself against the various charges
made against him, would not be surpris-
ed, Of course.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
TRuTH rTSEIR

On Friday'of last week Ex-Governol
Dennison went to Washington, and
after thoroughly investigating all the
sources of information, telegraphe6 to
Gov. Hayes as follows:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. u, 1876.
To General R B. Hayes:
You are undoubtedly elected mex
President of the United States. .Des
perate attempts are being made Dde
feat you in Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida, but the will not succeed.
w. DENNIsoN.
Such declaration from Gov. Den.
nison is worth all the buncombe dis.
patches that have been. manipulated.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

GOVERNOR Hayes sets splendid ex
ample to his friends by his claim dig
nifty and readiness to accept the will
of the people. Governor Tilden would
but do his duty if he would put stop
to the reckless mischief makers among
his followers who blatantly insist that
returns which do not please them must
be fraudulent, and that a decision
which does not please them must be
resisted. 1t is not to his credit that,
while they threaten, he is silent. Has
he not the patriotism TO tell his follow
ers that the laws must be obeyed? Has
he not the good sense to repeat the
calm advice given by Governor Hayes,
and to remind his followers that the
actual results of elections are decided,
not by hopes or boasts, but by official
returns?-N Y. Tribune
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
1.-THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY
PRAYo


The New Orleans Democrat of the
9Th contains the following significant
dispatch from John r. Mclean, of the
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Everything depends on Louisiana
to elect Tilden. The Northern Democ
racy pray that you will not permit u:
to be counted out"
The people can see at a glance to
what all this tends. When leading
Democrats supplicate their partizans in
Louisiana that they Twill not permit
US to be counted out" it is the same as
if they prayed do not permit Hayes
to be counted in" Or in other words
"use every appliance known to you;
threats, intimidation. doctoring, bal
lot box stufing, but do not ''permit us
to be counted out" 1t is not a fair
election they want but the election OF
Tilden, by any means and at any price.
1t was this that made Tilden appoint
certain Democrats in such hot haste. te
go South. He could not trust the
President to name an equal number of
Republicans and Democrats, but must
himself nominate the seryile tools and
henchmen who have all along been
doing his bidding. The modesty of
Governor Hayes IN this exigency is in
striking contrast with the fussy desper-
alton of his opponent. Gov. Hayes
has made no appointments for that
purpose.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

REPUBLICANS in this State and else
where who were so egregiously foolish
as to waste their votes upon Peter
Cooper, can now reflect with satisfac.
ton over the fact that in all the pre-
cincts of Brooklyn only Is were found
to endorse Peter, and that in all the
confines of New York City only 252
were found who were followers of the
new gospel of finance. Peter was so
deeply affected by these marks of de-
votion that he took to his bed and is
quite sick In this respect he is like
his followers.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

The words of the martvred Lincoln
in 1864 seem to have especial signifi-
canoe in the light of present events:
1.-THE DAY MAY YET COME WHEN THE
BALLOT IN THE HANDS OF THE FREED
MEN WILL PRESERVE THE JEWEL OF
LIBERTY TO THE DIADEM oE THE RE-
PUBLIC"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

On MONDAY last, Rush r. Sloan pu!
inan appearance at Sandusky City, and
put up at the West House. He was
accompanied by his attorney, Judge
Burke, of Clevel and. and gave bail in
$500 each to five indictments out of
twenty-four-three for forgery and two
for embezzlement. He was called
upon by numbers of the citizens, but
in the evening returned to EIyria.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

ton were certainly less than any other
night, and Tyrrell sho.sd good judg
meDt in his conjecture.
This evenings train from Chicago
brought Elmer Washburn and anothe,
detective, the ex-Chief of the Secre;
Service. iu seems, having been request
by Mr.. Sweet and Mr.. Lincoln 70 come
here and aid Tyrrell. They met with.
out delay, and had consultation, and
laid the plans for the capture of the
Williams, IN case they made their apper-
ance. About half past 6 O'Clock, Wash
burn, Tyrrell, and three Others went
out to Oak Ridge in a hack, alighting
near the grounds, and entering them
on foot, the vehicle being sent back
that it might not be seen IN the vicini
ty. Upon reaching the monument they
were admitted to Memorial Hall by Mr..
Power and the guard. The door of the
Hall faces NORTH, that of the catecomb.
in which the sarcophagus lies, faces
south, the distance between the door 5
being about 120 feet. The night was
rather chilly, and it was deemed advis-
able to remain III this room, since, If
the officers were scattered around the
monument, lying around the bush, t; e
thieves were liable TO step Oh them, as
they certainly would not approach
by the open roadway As soon
as the doors were closed orders were
given to take off your boots and keep
quiet" One man was posted in the
labyrinth in the rear, so called because
OF the walls running in different direc
tions and making numerous passage
ways-these walls supporting the ter
race. His duty was to listen for any
noise made in the tomb, and report it
TO Washburn. The wall separating
him from the vault was two or three
feet thick. bat experiments had demon
strated that sounds could be plainly
heard through it. Imperative silence
was Cemarded, since the slightest
movement produced an echo which
might give an alarm. After patiently
waiting for nearly three hours, most OF
the time standing ia one position, this
man heard a creating noise, which
lasted several minutes. Then, in a
little while, came several successive
thuds, as OF some one hammering.
This was communicated to Washburn
by means of a string, he having hold of
one end and the sentinel the other The
time for action had arrived; the thieves
were at work. Washburn and five |
others slipped out as quietly as posi- |
bic, slight noise being made in IN
locking the iron door and swinging it |
back. They went forward to the left |
in a body, each with cooked revolv-
er in his hand determined 10 shoot to .
kill should resistance be offered. Up
to this time everything had worked to
a charm, not mistake had been made;
but fate willed that the despicabIe
were not to be caught in the
act. Just as the party were turning
the corner to go south toward the cat
atomb the hammer on q revolver inad-
fell On the cap, and it explod-
ed. The report was very loud, so still
we're the surroundings, and must have
been heard by the burglars. Though
The distance to be gone over was only
l20 feet, when the officers reached the
.nrnh
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

up for q similar purpose. First they
claimed all three OF the doubtful States
then yielded Louisiana and South
Carolina, bat claimed Florida. and
when the proof was too stroDE that
Florida was all right for Hayes, began
again claiming Louisiana. In this
latter State they made claims to
having carried it by having a majority
Of 4, 333 for Tilden in the Parishes of
East and West Felicinia, East Baton
Rouge, Ouachite aud Morehouse In
these Parishes Grant had majority of
(, ,s66 in 1872, and a Democratic Re
turning Board that year returned the
following ma iority for Kellogg for Gov
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

HERE is an excellent text for Demo
cratic consideration:
And Samuel arose and aCent to Eli
and said, Here am l, for thou didSt
call me.
And he (Eli) GnSlOered, I called not,
nag son; lie dO10n Ggain.-I. Sam. iii. 6.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

There can be no longer any reasonable
doubt Of the election of Governor Hayes
The contest has narrowed down to the
States Of South Carolina, Louisiana and
Florida. The Governors Of these State:
persistently claim they have gone fol
HAYES, and in all but Louisiana the
Democrats virtually concede that such Is
the case. II Louisiana, such we're the
preparations made by the Democracy to
carry it perforce that prominent Dem
ocrat remarked 10 Collector easy few
DAYS ago, @If YOU radicals can carry Lou
isiana after the preparations we have
made TO carry it ourselves, you are GER
tainly welcome toit"
Governor Kellogg maintains that, even
admitting all the Democrats claim inthe
terrorized parishes, there is still re
spectacle Republican majority. He has
therefore invited prominent men Of both
parties, in whom the country has conf
dence, to meet in New Orleans and wit
ness the counting Of the returns. There
Will, therefore, be large representation
Of both parties present, and there is no
doubt the result Of that count will settle
everything satisfactorily and conclusive
Iy for Hayes. The report that one of
Governor Tilden's personal staff left
for Louisiana, carrying with
him 100000 in hopes Of being able
with its use TO manipulate the returns is
significant of a most desperate venture.
But we have confidence even that, added
10 all other outrages, will be in vain, and
Hayes will be inaugmated our next
President We have seen no plausible
'eason for changing our table Of States
hat have gone for Hayes, and repeat,
With the additional assurance that mat
ers look decidedly Hayesy in North
and we may yet be able to add
{ to our list:
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
gindlap gsfersonian.
FindIay. Ohio, Nov. II. 1876
1. ii. BALSLEY, Editor and Proprietor.

SCOTT LORD forced the Democrats
to protest against the Southern out
RACES, and opposed the repeal of the
resumption Act He was retired by
his party.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

The Republicans have certainly
gained 60 Congressman, and may pos
sibly have still further gains. The
next House will not be far from tie
either way.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17
FLORIDA.

1t is no demonstrated beyond ques-
ton that this State was admitted on
all hands to have gone for Hayes.
Even the Democratic candidates for
office, in that State, admitted it up till
Wednesday afternoon, when they re-
! ceived a telegram from Hewitt, Clair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee, urging the necessity of carrying
Florida in order to elect Tilden. He
also telegraphed Drew, Democratic
candidate for Governor, and other
prominent Democrats, to secure the
State for Tilden Then, suddenly,
they reversed their opinion, claimed
majorities in counties that could not
have been heard from, and com nenced
doctoring returns. They put up the
claim that the election machinery was
all in the hauds of the Republicans.
when, in fact, Stenrs, the Republican
Governor, had appointed. in twenty
nine of the thirty nine counties, Demo
cratic Judges and Clerks of Courts,
who with justice of the peace, con-
stituted the canvassing boards of the
counties. The Commissioners were.
also mainly Democrats, who appointed
two Democrats and one Republican to
attend each poll. When the votes
were counted, they found the Repub-
licans had elected their ticket, and it
was not until Wednesday evening, af-
ter the Hewitt dispatches had been re
ceived that they attempted to doctor
the returns. 1t was in harmony with
this scheme that bogus dispatch was
sent giving Senator Conover as author
ity for the Statement that the state
had ne Democratic. Senator Con-
over emphatically denies that he ever
sent such a dispatch, and investigation
traces it to that lusty Democratic gam
bier, john Morrissey. But with all
their triekery and scheming, and all
their Ku-Kluxing, and doctoring, the
State is firmly for Hayes.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17


In VIEW of the fact that the Demo
cTacy have put in claims for Louisiana,
it might be well enough for them to
read the following letter from Gov.
Kellogg; 1t was telegraphed to the n,
Y. Tribune:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. S.-We have
gained everywhere throughout the
State except in the five parishes OF
Ouachita, Morehouse, East FeliciaDa,
West Feliciana, and East Baton Rouge,
which parishes were picked out by the
Democratic Central Committee FOR a
systematic course of murder, intimida
ton, and terrorism. In 1872 these
parishes, according the count of the
Democrats themselves, gave an aggre
gate Republican majority of nearly
1000. At Ouachita parish, where one
of the Tilden electors resides, the Dem
ocratic speakers at public meeting
held in Monroe, the parish seat. open
ly advocate the assassination of Pack
ard and the Republican leaders. In
less than month Dinkgrave, the most
active white Republican in the parish,
was assassinated in open daylight and
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

THE st. Louis Globe Democrat says:
'1t looks like the old story-the
school-house States against the shot
gun States. The school-houses will
win in the END ;"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-17

The Democrats of Ohio and New
York who rush to Louisiana to inter
fere with the action of the State Off
ciaIs there, have probably forgotten
their creed about ''home rule" and
sovereign States"
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