The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-27
4 PUT Up JOB AND PARTY rRE

of strategy which seemed to promise
fruitful results to it, has been left un
tried, when occasioned offered or
seemed to offer an excuse. Suits for
fraudulent voting, for puichasing vot-
ers, and attempting to bribe voters,
have been among the tricks to which
| they have resorted in or 10 gain ii pos
sible, trivial party advantage-that
they might herald the matter abroad;
but in no instance have they succeed
ed in procuring conviction, and gen
orally, when the election was past
which the suits were intended to in
fiuence, the suits have been dropped,
and nothing more have been heard Of
the matter. Within the week last past
they have been at their old tricks, and
now have one OF our fellow citizens,
Mr.. J. B. Rothciild, indicted for at
tempting to bribe voters. As 10 the
credibility Of the witnesses upon whose
testimony the bills were found, it is
sufficient to say that the public gener-
ally regard it as not OF the best char
acter. Thinking men OF the Demo
cratic party are ashamed of the pro
ceeding and denounce it as unworthy;
and as consequence they who have
been the means OF bringing the matter
before and supplying the witnesses to
the Grand Jury, are heartily sick of
their connection with it. Ii is not
likely that it will prove a valuable po-
liTical weapon in their hands, especially
when it is considered that the Jury was
composed Of twelve Democrats and
three Republicans, and that the par,
tizan character of the proceeding was
sufficiently defined to require the
twelve Democrats to vote for the find
ing. Whether the jury YVES made up
for that purpose or not, it certainly
seems a little singular that its COM
position should be so strongly par
tizan; and that fact has, in itself,
disgUsted the better class of citizen
with its finding. The case is this: Mr..
Rothchild, as Chairman of the Repub
lican Central Committee, labored zeal
orsly for the success of the party ticket.
One portion of the work was to secure
thorough organization, To this end
townships were canvassed by school
districts, and, as is often the case, men
who did the work received compensa.
ton for the service, just as men who
furnish rigs to carry voters to the polls
receive pay for their rigs and their ser
vices, not for their votes or the votes
Of Others. These things are custom
ary in both parties. and if they can be
construed into 'bribing" votes, then
will the Democracy themselves have
heavy sin to answer for. If we were
correctly informed. the foreman of the
grand jury himself, received pay for
standing at the polls and supplying
voters with tickets as well as endeav-
oring TO influence all the voters he
could. One party, whose name we
could give, il necessary, and who is
Republican Of this townships was ap-
preached By these virtuous Democrats
with an offer of good pay if he would
90 10 work for their candidates. But
ne spurned their offer. 4 heavy SUI.
was proffered by these virtuous leaders
to resident of Pleasant township. for
ms services, but he could not be pur-
chased; nor are these the only in
stances which can be proved against
them. Testimony of q more direct and
conclusive character is being furnished,
and the instigators of this infamous
proceeding may find it two-edged
sword In their hands which may mangle
their fingers. Yet these men, guilty of
practices which they profess to con
denim, manage to manipulate the grand
jury SO as to make it machine for party
purposes, and under cover of its par
Gzan character strike at citizens more
honorable than themselves, in order to
gain mean advantage. In this case
1t will indeed prove mean advantage,
Tor the animus of the attack is SC
transparent that it will, like
The gun twas aimed at duck and plover
Spread wide and kick its owner over"
We may add that tie meanuess md
malice Of those presenting the matter
to the Grand Jury, is especially eppar-
ent from the fact that they waited un-
ii; Mr.. Rothchild had gone to Memphis
on official duty, under order of the
Government, and could not be present
to demand an immediate trial, which
he would have done could he have re
maired at home They knew he had
been ordered TO MemLhis and that
he was obliged to leave, yet in the face
of this fact some of them are asserting
that he left to avoid prosecution. We
say 70 these latter, Mr. Rothchild will
be at home 10 vote for Hayes and
Wheeler, and will be ready to meet his
accusers face to face.