The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-11-28
From the n. Y. Times.l
The Southern Election Frauds.

The southern Election FRAUDS.
From Virginia to the Gulf, from Ala
bama to Texas, the election machinery
ot every one of the Southern States is in
the hands of Democratic managers. On
the 5th of this month every one of the
ballot boxes in those States was absolute
! ly controlled 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 undsputed. There is some likelihood
| that this one member will be the only
| Southern Republican in the next Con
gress. Efforts are being made in Florida
to deprive the Republican Mr.. Bisbe- ]
| OF the seat to which be was elected and,
not content with the Wholesale frauds
which they perpetrated on election day,
| the White League leaders in North Caro-
| lima are known to be, even now, actively
engag ged in the work of counting out
Messrs Martin and O. Hara. who were at
i first believed to have been elected by the
overwhelming coored majorities in their
districts Already the local Returnin 2
Boards. on one fimsy pretext or another.
have thrown out thirty-five hundred votes
cast for O'Hara, and by this and similar
frauds it is expected that both he and
Mr. Martin will be defeated
The results Indicated by the official re-
turns thus far received from South Caro-
lima, where the Democrats wanted to be
put upon their honor" are simply Idle
ulous They cannot fail to prove to the
most casual as we'll as to the closest oh
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, de
spite shot-guns and rife clubs, had total
minority of l6 $50 This year, after what
w ad- Hampton has called IAN honest
bloodless election, these same counties
gave q total Democratic ma iority Of 49,,
S6O In the last general election. Barn
well County gave SOB Republican major
iJy. 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 6,3O6 1t
!. now declared to be Democratic by
majority of 1856 Two years ago the
County of Chester gave a Republican
maiority of 1853 and this in spite of gen
eral violence and intimidation of Repub-
licap voters This year there was no
violence in Chester, the Republicans voted
freely, the Democrats did the counting,
and the county is declaI ed to have given
a. Democratic majority of 24l6 Two
years ago the County OF Colleton gave
Republican majority of 1910 This year
Colleton is given to the Democrats by
majority of just 5000 The gentlemen
who had charge of the count were evi
IDENTITY exact men and no friends of odd
numbers In the County OF Rlchland
two wears ago the Republican majority
This hn Rnnnhltoa,,o
according TO actual count, cast larger
vote than ever before. but the County OF
Richland is nevertheless given to the
Democrats by majority of 2Sl2 Again,
in the County OF Sumter there was two
wears ago, a Republican majority of ,54l.
but this wear sumter is declared to have
gone Democratic by m.j OF l776--A Very
good number for 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.
vet none of them succeeded 80 well as
did the good Democratic managers in the
County OF Aiken. Two years ago the to
tai vote of that county, Democratic and
Republican combined WAS 5.ll9 This
year the Democratic ma orIty Is declared
to have been 4 All Why the managers
uIl nOt CldIIl lhC CbhiiN folS vi lu6 COuu
ty does not appear.
Their friends and co workers in Louis
lana were not so modest In the Parish
of Concordia, having a Republican major
ity of 1880, it appears, according to the
reports of the Democratic poll mana gers,
that not a Republican vote was cast at
the last election Natchitoches has
Republican majority OF 900, but it appears
that on the 5th inst no publican votes
were cast there 10 the Parishes of Bos
sier and Red River it also appears from
the report OF the managers, that the Re
publicans TO a man voted the Democratic
ticket AT least, there is no record of
any vote having been cast for the Repub-
lcan candidates Regarding the heavy
Republican Parish OF Caddo. Very much
the same story must be told The Re
publican vote, according to the registra
ton. was 4 O5l. and the Democratic vote
423 According to the returns, howev
er, it appears that the Democrats carried
this truly reconciled Parish OF Caddo-
which used to be known Bloody Cad
do"-by majority OF $40
1t is hardly necessary at this time to
refer in detail to the means which were
employed to bring about these results
The facts speak for themselves The
Democratic leaders OF the South claim
that there was no intimidation or violence
practiced upon Republican voters prior
to the last election If this BE- true the
reason why the peace was maintained il
obvious. The Democrats OF the South
are progressive They have ceased as a
class to murder their political opponents
before elections. They simply count
them out after the voting is over Lou
isiana, South Carolina. or Mississippi may
consent to be- governed by these methods,
and people in other parts of the Union
may consent to let them have their own
way. But the questions to be decided
by the recent election were not alone Of
local interest. They concern the whole
country. New York, New England, and
the West must, II this state OF things is to
continue, be ruled and must permit their
law w-makers TO be elected, and possibly
President seated. by the means describ
ed. Bv their frantic efforts 10 secure "a
solid South" by thus forcing a sectional
issue upon the country, the Democratic
| leade.s will simply succeed in placing a
solid minority in opposition to solid
majority The White League election
mana :, rs have overdone the fraud bust.