Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-20
And Still 1t Comes.

Evidence from the South of the fraud
ulent manner in which the elections were
carried continues to accumulate. A pro-
test against the election in sumter coun-
ty. South Carolina, signed by republicans
and filed with the county canvassers but
of which no notice was taken. has been
received and examined at Washington.
This tells how frauds were perpetrated
in that county by the democrats.
At four precincts enough tissue tickets
were secretly put into the boxes to change
the result. At four others there was gen
eral violence and intimidation and the
colored voters were thus prevented from
voting. Three polls were opened before
six o'clock, and at each of these boxes
were stuffed 10 advance, or a crowd of
democrats present from other parts of the
county were allowed to vote. AT one
precinct the democratic managers deliber
ately stuffed the box after the close Of the
polls At one place the democrats who
were absent were allowed to vote by
proxy. At one precinct, upon the close
Of the polls. the democratic manager sub
stituted a stuffed box for one in which the
votes of the day had been received. This
substitute contained large number of
regular republican ballots with many OF
the names scratched off and the names
of democratic candidates inserted At
one precinct persons under age were al
lowed to vote by the democrats. At one
precinct two hundred and eleven names
were added to the poll list after voting
hours to tally with the same number of
fraudulent ballots put into the box. The
following extracts from the formal re-
ports of the United States supervisors for
Sumter county are fair specimens of
many already received: Supervisor An
drews, at Privateer, presents report that
the democratic managers of election re-
fused to allow him to enter the room
where the ballot-box was until after the
polls had closed. He also reports more
votes cast than there were names on the
poll lists, and the finding of tissue tickets
when the count was made. The follow
ing is the report from Providence pre-
cinct.
NOVEMBER 5, 1873.
I hereby certify that started for the above
named poll and reached within fifteen twenty
steps Of the door of the house 10 which the ballot
box was about four o'clock A. NJ, this day. when
/ was surrounded by large crowd of white men
who we're unknown to me, and prevented me from
reaching the poll till after some $50 to 200 white
men had voted. The poll was opened before six
o'clock, and the managers refused to allow me to
enter the house till long after sunrise and after the
above number Of voters had voted and rode off.
All these parties were strange men in our neigh
borhood. ! was denied the privilege of taking the
names of voters from the poll list. A large num-
Der of tissue-paper tickets were found In the bal
lot box that believe to be illegal votes. All were
democratic tickets.
J.J. McCREA, U. S. Supervisor.
Supervisor Singleton at Swimming Pens
precinct, Sumter county, reports as fol-
lows:-
hereby certify that there were 1853 more bal
lots In the ballo,-box than there were names on
the polst at the close Of the polls and that there
were 10 said ballot-box two or three packs OF It's
sue tickets, stuck and packed together in such a
manner IS to make it impossible for them to have
cinct. They could only have got into the box by
being put into 1t by or with the knowledge and
consent Of the managers of the election at said
precinct The said tissue tickets all had the name
Of the democratic candidate for Congress printed
on them. At the opening of the polls demanded
the privilege to look into and examine the ballot
box, TO see that it was clear of tickets, but Mana
gers N. s. Mcleod, A. II. Martin and j. E. Penn
bert refused and denied me that privilege was
also denied the privilege to take such position at
N no vnfp hpn
they voted. could not keep the poll-list of vot-
ers in consequence thereof
Supervisor Murray at Spring Hill pre-
cinct, says there were cast 2G0 votes for
congressman at this poll. There were
found on the opening of the ballot-box and
comparing the votes therein with the poll
list of the managers as we'll as his own,
1877 more ballots than there were names
OH the poll-list. These ballots were fraud |
uent tickets, known as kiss or tissue tick
cts, inclosed in other tickets. These It's
sue tickets were all democratic.
In the face of evidence like the above
there are doughface democrats in the |
North who claim that the election in South |
Carolina was fair and free. There ap-
pears to be no limit to their subservlency
to the Southern red-shirts. They will eat
dirt in larger quantities at the command
of their Southern masters than the north |
ern adherents of JEFF Davis did when thew |
defended his attempt to dismember and
destroy the Union They excuse, palliate,
and deny the existence of outrages which
are a shame to our government and a re-
proach upon the character of our people.
From the Boston Advertiser
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