Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-18
From the New York Times.

.. J. CnApsouKxK. Secretary OF State.
From the New York Times.
The Southern Election Frauds.
From Virginia to the Gulf, from Alaba-
M 70 Texas, the election machinery of
every one Of the Southern States is in the
hands of democratic managers. On the
9th Of this month every one Of the ballot
boxes in those States was absolutely con.
trolled by democrats. What has been the
RESULT The republican voters of those
States. nearly eight hundred thousand in
number, are represented by one member
Of Congress whose election is undisputed.
There II some likelihood that this one men,
Der will be the only Southern republican
In the next Congress. Efforts are being
made in Florida to deprive the republican
tMr. Bisbee] of the seat to which he was
elected; and, not content with the whole
sale frauds which they perpetrated on cleo
don day, the White League leaders in
North Carolina are known to be. even now,
actively engaged In the work of counting
out Aessrs. Martin and O'Hara, who were
1t 6rst believed to have been elected by
the overwhelming majorities in their dis
tricts. Already the local Returning
Boards, on one fimsy pretext or another.
have thrown out thirty-five hundred votes
cast for O'Hara, aud by this and similar
frauds 1t is expected that both he and Mr..
Martin will be defeated.
p The results indicated by the official re-
turns thus far received from South Caro-.
lima, where the democrats want. to be
"put upon their honor" are simply ridjcu.
lous. They cannot fall to prove to the
most casual a. well as to the closest OBJ
server that the so-called election in that
State was farce pure and simple. In the
six counties thus far officially heard from
the republican party, in 1876. despite
shot-guns and rife clubs, had total ma
jority of 1880. This year. after what
Wade Hampton has called ian honest
and bloodless election" these same coun-
tiss gave total democratic majority of
1850! In the last general election. Barn.
well county gave 5.70S republican MAORI
". This year the democratic officials who
had charge Of the count declare that it
gave democratic majority of 1000. Two
years ago the county OF Charleston gave a
republican majority of 6.306. 1t is now
declared to be democratic by majority of
1856. Two years ago the county of Ches-
ter gave republican majority of 46s; and
this in spite Of general violence and intim.
idation of republican voters. This year
there was no violence in Chester. the re-
publicans voted freely, the democrats did
the counting. and the county IL declared
to have given democratic majority of
2.4l6. Two years ago the county of Col.
Teton gave republican majority of $40.
This year Colleton is given to the dem,-
Gratis by majority of just 5000. The
gentlemen who had charge OF the count
were evidently exact men and no friends
OF odd numbers. In the county of Rich.
land two years ago the republican MAORI
y was 1922. This year the republicans,
according to actual count, cast a larger
vote than ever before, but the county
Of Richland sis nevertheless given to
he democrats by majority OF 1872.
Again, in the county of Sumter there
was. two years ago, republican
majority Of l.64l, but this year Sumter is
declared to have gone Democratic by a
majority Of l,776-a very good number
fer the patriotic managers of the
count TO decide upon. 1t will be
observed that the Democratic poll
officers in all the counties named did
their duty nobly. In fact they rather
overdid it, yet none of them succeeded so
well Is did the good democratic managers
In the county Of Aiken. Two years ago
the total vote Of that comfy. democratic
and republican combined, was 5,1l9
This year the democratic majority is de-
clarsd to have been All. Why the
managers did not claim the entire vote of
the county does not appear.
Their friends and co-workers in Louisi.
ana were not so modest. In the Parish
Or Concordia, having republican MAORI
y Of 800. it appears, according to the re-
ports Of the democratic poll managers,
hat not republican vote was cast at the