The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-19

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Eph Holland. the self-confessed cap.
tain of the gang of repcaters to whose
efforts In the October election Hon.
Milton Sayler and General Bonaparte
Banning n. c., owe their seats In
Congress, was on Friday sentenced to
thirteen months confinement at hard
labor In the Ohio Penitentiary. Mi
| chael Ryan, member Of Hollands
gang, received at the same time sim
liar sentence, so that thirteen Of the
repeaters who carried Cincinnati for
the Democracy in the reform CAM
paign of last year are now working
out the penalty Of their crimes. 1t
will be well for the public, which ID
accustomed to seeing in this country
something like fair dispensation Of
justice, to keep the facts clearly in
mind and see how the case turns out
when Congress meets.
It will be remembered that the
| Congressional contest in the Cincin-
natl districts was remarkably sharp
and spirited. The Republican candi-
dates were strong, able, and ire
proachable men. and II became evil
dent that, if the will of the people
was allowed to prevail, they would
inevitably be elected. The usual Demo-
cratic programme would be resorted
to. Mr.. Tilden was In command of
the Democratic campaign, and he re-
garded a victory in Cincinnati Of Vi
tai importance. A check of $1,000
was sent from Mr.. Tilden's bank In
New York to the Democratic mana
gers in Cincinnati. Eph Holland.
who had recently made himself con-
spicuous as manager Of the Goss-
prize-fight in Kentucky, was just
then loafing about the Cincinnati sa-
looms, out Of job. He was engaged
to general the forces that should make
victory secure. II was reform cam
paign, and no time to mince matters.
Mr.. Holland proved an able and ef-
fectiye general. Summoned from the
slunls of New York, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, Pittsburg and Chicago,
about forty Of the most desperate
thieves and outlaws that could he
hired for five dollars day aud ex-
penses. Having assembled bis forces
he divided them into squads under
separate captains. To these he gave
the elaborate and minute instructions
suggested and prepared by the Coun-
ty Central Committee. A map Of the
city was spread out. with the route Of
each gang marked down, and time
schedule laid down SO that two squads
should not encounter each other at
the same polling place. Certain pre-
cincts were designated in which the
polls would be wholly under the con-
troll Of 1.-The boys" At such places
Holland instructed his men to "vote
twice or ofetner If it was needed The
result justified all this elaborate prep
aration. How many fraudulent
votes the hired rspeates got in will
never be known, but they were suffic-
lent for all purposes. The thirteen
men now in the penitentiary claim to
have put in about $50 votes. Mr..
Banning was pulled through by y
majority of eighty-five. Mr.. Sayler by
several hundred more. Both Ran
ming and Sayler have their certificates
Is duly elected Congressman, and the
latter IL q hot and confident aspirant
for the Speakership. Mr.. Banning,
as Chairman Of the House Military
Committee, will confinc his Congress
sional efforts mainly to cutting down
and destroying the regular army.
Meanwhile the men who secured
the election Of these two Congressman
are shut up at Columbus working out
the penalty Of their crimes. The op-
ponent Of Mr.. Banning, intent upon .
United States Senatorship, neglected
to make preparations for contesting
Banning's election but we understand
that when the case comes into Con-
gress there will . Committee ready to
bring the Cincinnati Congressman to
book. Ii, with the facts now on re-
cord In the courts Of Cincinnati, Mr..
Banning can take his seat in Congress
while Eph Holland and his confeder-
ates are In prison for electing him,
then We shall see embodied In one
typical example. what Reform" as q
keynote in the politics of 1876, actual
ly meant. ClevIdnd Leader.