The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-22
Florida Certainly Democratic.

The special correspondent OF the Sa-
vannah (Ga.) Netcs writes to his paper
an interesting letter relating to the result
of the recent election, from which we
clip few extracts. 1t Is from the Net0s
of the 18th inst. As the correspondent
is well informed, there is nc reason to
doubt the reliability of his statements.
Writing from Monticello he says:
"1n the county of Leon alone the Re
publIcans voted more than one thousand
IN excess of their largest voting strength;
IN Jefferson county 600 votes in excess of
their legal voters, and so on through all
the "blsck-belt' counties. Only the
nearer we got to SLesrn's head.
quarters the greater the fraudulent
vote Skilled and experienced ballot
box suffers were brought out from the
North. They were the men who intro
duced the double ballot-s small ticket
inside of larger one, so skillfully
folded that the smaller one would drop
out. Then, by the connivance of the
clerk, who was to write the additional
names to correspond with the double
tickets, the fraud was complete. Besides,
they had corps OF drilled "repesters,"
many CT whom have already been de-
tected, and in many cases the most un-
scrupulous managers OF election. The
truth is, in Jeferon County the election
was perfect farce and an outrage upon
decency and honesty conspir-
acy TO deiraud the Democrats out
of the election, Arst, by the most
outrageous intimidation of the colored
voters, and, secondly, by all manner OF
rsscality. Had they been satisfied with
few hundred illegal voters they might
have escaped detection, but Stearns mad
put Jefferson county down for $500 10
2,60O majority, and mis- managers, in
their zeal to accomplish the task allotted
them, overreached themselves. The de-
struction of the trestle on the railroad
between Monticello and Madison
disappointed many 'repeaters' who,
having already voted once
or twice in Jefferson, wished
to 90 'one better in Madison. There is
already enough accumulated evidence OF
intimidation, fraud and attempts at
fraud, repeating. illegal voting, lrregu-
larity and rascallty to set the whole vote
of Jefferson county aside. Should the
State Canvsssers rot do this, we feel sat-
istied that the Democratic candidates for
the State Legislature will either success
fully contest the election, or tnat new
election will be ordered.
We certainly have the Legislature in
both branches ny majority OF four in
the Senate and ten in the House, so you
may say we have Stearns' hands tied
without going any further. But we
have done better than this-we have
elected the Tllden and Hendricks electo
raj ticket; Drew and Hull Governor and
Lieutenant-Go and FIley and Da-
wilson 10 Congress. To many the returns
here seem to be in q muddle. In order TO
clear this up and give your readers an
authentic and intelligent view OF the
present status of affairs | have arranged
the following table. giving the correct re-.
turns as fur as received, and where no re-
turns have been received, the most relia-
BILE and impartial estimates, for much OF
which I am 1ndebted 70 Mr.. 8 fasco,' /
the indeiatigable Chairman Of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, and to
Colonel F. K. FIldes, ofthe Constitution: