The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-07

Confessions Of McLla and Dennis.
HOW TILDEN MAS SWfNDLEU
OUT OF THREE ELECTO-
RAJ VOTESs

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How TILpEN WAS swINpLED
RAJ VOTES.
The New York Herdld says or the re-
cent confessions OF two Of the Florida
Returning Board rascals
1t is curious fact that the confessions
follow right in the track of the Demo.
cratic assault made during the sessions
of the Returning Boafd.. Every prorai.
nent fraud attacked by the mapaging
Democrats is confessed to, and the very Z
methods charged by the Democrats sere
used. The confessions are thus sustain
ed by the very circumstances that arEs
put the Democratic managers on the
scent Of the fraud, In the Alachua casei
for instance, they charged. that the fraud
was committed in Dennis house at cers
tain hour and in certain way. Dennis
confession sustains in a remarkable de-
gree what the Circumstances suggested
to the lawyers in that case. Outside of
the fact, however, that the confessionS
tally with and are corroborated by cir
cumstantial evidence that was 90 strong
as to make the confessions hardly me- .
cessary, they are thorough and -convinc:
ing in themselves In many cases they
bear internal proofs of TRUTH In other
cases they are sustained with documents :,
thai are certainly original. For instance,
in the Columbia County case, the origfc &C
nal list, in pencil, OF ITO Georgia ne-oF
groes proffered By q sewing. .machins
agent (who has confessed J for the pur4
pose OF bringing them over into Lake
City to vote has been secured. BY CON- .
pairing it with the clerks book it shows
that it was entered bodily, name for
name, without intermission. The con.
fessions. are strengthened, too, by the
fact that there has been a breaking down
all along the line. Cowgill is the only
prominent manipulation that has not yet
passed in his confession and be is expect. /,
Led daily to,c9nttibute. McLin bas &C,
knowledged, Dennis and Vance have
joined Black Duke and Bolton in pro-
nouncing the Alachus count q fraud; y
Greene and Ellenf have rome down with
thelf Information on Baker; Edwards
and Bowes have both confessed to thes
fraud in Leon, and Harden. and Others.
have shown up the Columbia iinmigra1
tion scheme. Taken altogether the con-
fessions and the supporting circumstnns
ces show beyond afquestion that the Be-
tpublicans deliberately and coolly went
to work te-pat Florida In the Hayes coli
lumn, no matter how she eryoted.s Sa
cARRY1So FLORIDA, ron d xrss. =;
i TIL. ,,an uas .,h;s .s7p,;rs,,4o .,nS d.
hs,lot -. hr s1i rno.,n - - ..,oa.s @ ~, s
r;nr ,hs .lsc,;on .s = The + co., 80, cs,,,r,v r
case e bv l;.,ls ;olrsrs end n Colnnh;s ~
! importation Of NEGROES. Second n The
,rst did not snlYlce 10 fhen raise the "a.
,nris as Vss diyne Il slachna. ana 's,ss.
where Dennis .,,omr.iS. -ssisad his srs 70.
cord o1a votes II vss iban feared ,bs,
This wonld not he enonuh and : saaled
letter land I have This from the man
ihat csry;ad ,ha h,,arr wss ss,t Nm
ssE;S M i h;,o - ada ,rors rs,nas. - D.
renliad ,'aI am ,sfrs;s toNdo it. I've al ss
rea,v added 90 n snv &. II viii, .s.snd..
Third, nv holdino hack certain counties
mil Il was known nreciselv wbst was
needed and tl5eb conntino It inso ibe ys-
; turns, as in RI. case oS RakarS svIsra.
tho canvass wsss NOT ,nas,a -nu1,t.,,he IL y
! dav allowed by law and Then made 40.
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