The daily gazette., 1878-09-02

The Republican, as if determined to
annoy Capt. Gallagher's friends con-
tinues to ventilate the fact that he was in
dicted by the Grand jury for counterfeit
ing the county tax collectors seal and
stamping receipts with the seal, and cir
culating them. The receipts bore the
forged signature also of the collectors -
And that paper says 'there was no crime
about the affair" No crime about for
gerry? No crime in issuing and circulat-
ing tax receipts whereby the tax collector
is defrauded; and the county treasury
robbed of the poll tax? 4? No crime in in
ducing poor ignorant negroes to vote il
legally and suffer prosecution, fine and
Imprisonment No crime in cheating
the people out of their decision at the
ballot box? That is ridiculous. Mr..
Gallagher committed great crime or the
Grand Jury of this county, composed of
a majority of his own party were greatly
mistaken. They examined the witnesses
to fact and they decided there was guilt
and crime and sent the case to the courts.
And on the very day that it was to be
tried, Mr.. Gallagher himself besoueht a
gentleman whose name We will not now
give,to go to States Attorney Pennington
and urge him TO put the trial off; for said
Mr. Gallagher 'that negroes testimony
will send me to prison." And it was tln-
der the pleadings of friends and through
the sympathy of warm hearted Demo-
Gratis that the case was postponed. And
it was only after the base, false and un-
warranted charges We're made against
Mr.. Almond, and false representations of
the moral record of Mr.. Gallagher, were
made by the Republican that this crime
was again alluded to.
Now we did know that Mr.. Gallagher
had been arrested with others; but as the
case was not brought before the court we
did not know that the Grand Jury had
found ''true bill'' or Indictment, be-
cause it was not read in open court. The
Republican says 'If it (the GAZErTE)
will refer to its own files of 1876, it will
hnd its own report of Mr.. Gallagher's ar
rest True enough but then that is a
very different thing from an indictment
by secret body, for forging and count.
erfeiting.
One gentleman has told us of one In.
spector alone who has eighteen of these
forged tax receipts which were given to
negroes TO vote upon. As this was at one
poll alone; he said there was no knowiuo
how many of them there were circula ed
I lhls inspector took these receipts and
r would not give them up although MIR,
: Gallagher, When he found out what was
a going on, Went to the window and de.
: manded that the negroes should have
+ their votes and that the receipts sbould
be restored to them. The Inspector en-
n dured much abuse, but was firm. anf
: held them, remarking thai he was respon
slole before the law for rejecting the vote.
and the receipts would be forthcoming
y before any court. to which he should h,
C summoned. AT this stage the neproe,
h were oraefed not to vote on the receipt
$ and such as did vote on them had bee,
IS ordered to tear them up. And this was III,
n evidence which was feared at the trial
70 The negroes were ready to swear VIII,
gave them the receipts, and who tol,
! them to vote on them, and who told then
4 10 tear the receipts up after. they ha
voted on them, and been cautioned ais
not to tell where they came from.
IS we had desire to run through tbi
campaign without wounding any one
y = feelings. The negro vote nominated Nj
Gallagher, and there was slight if an
% chance for his election. The abuse whjc
!, foul, libeller had aimed at hin
h made the peple lenient and drew towar
,e nm many sympathzers, and it was Ius
n one OF these gentlemen who had bee
IT slandered and yillified by f.. e. and Com
u u mercim, who interfered with the State
., Attorney on the day the trial vas to com
- of. This we knew as our columns wi
II show, before the newspapers publishe
v the indictment copied from the record {
l. the court at New Castle, and we are nc
d sure that the GAzErTE's reference to tn
matter did not produce the publication