The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-20
Frauds In south Cs-o,Irr

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 Every
mail brings additional reports Of
open and systematic frauds aud acts
of violence committed by the Demo.
cra,s of South Carolina Ut the elec.
ton Of last Tuesday. The following
letter from ex- Congressman Maekey,
The Republican candidate fer election
il the Charleston District, viii be
found interesting
CHARLESTON. S. c., Nov. l. rs.
"MF nEAR SIR: Yours Of the 9Th
inst. received. As you sa~tioipa,ed,
the Democrats have counted ne cut.
That | received e majority of ct least
5000 there is no doubt; yet O'Con-
ner is given by the election officers a
majority OF 1909, and perhaps it will
be more. How il has been done |
ahall tell yoo, and | hope you will
publish TIE facts in every paper you
can.
In the FIRST place, 10 The appoint
ment of managers Of elections, the
Democratic Commissioners OF Elec-
tons in the several counties 10 this
district absolutely refused to appoint
a single Republican manager through
out the district, 50 that we were com
PEELED TO vote without . single cleo
zion officer TO represent US ia the ca
tire district. IL is true we had @
United States Supervisor appointed
at each poll and though The Demo-
cratic managers 81 NEST OF the polls
admitted them into the polling pla-
ces, yet they threw every obstacle
they could 10 their way, and in no
instance would they allow them to
exercise any authority save to stand
by and witness the voting. In some
INSTANCES the authority Of the SUPER
yisors wes entirely Ignored. Ia one
case the managers ordered the super
visor out Of the polling place, and up.
on his refusing to go they ordered
the State consisbles to eject him,
which they did. This was at the
Mt. Pleasant poll ia this county. At
the Palmetto engine house in Ward
Three OF this city, the supervisor was
severely beaten by the Democratic
voters and driven away from the
polls. The authority of the United
States Marshals waa treated with NJ
ter contempt, and to save themselves
from arrest by the city aud State
authorities they were compelled to
refrain from exercising any author
ity.
''In this city the Democratic man
ayers Of elections arbitrarily refused
20 a. least 1000 colored voters the
right to vote. Unless q colored man
was known TO enc Of tbe managers OF
election be was refused the right -
vote ualess be could bring witness
to prove ahere he resided. Many
were turned offunder the pre;exs that
they were not q years Of age, or
rather that the managers we're doubt
fol Of it.
al the isai session Of the Legis-
%lature, the two voting precinets in
ST. Andrews Parish were abolished,
and the 500 colored voters Of that
section of the county left without a
polling place. The parish is only
separated from the city BY the Ash
ley River, aud used 10 be connected
with Charleston by 2 bridge, which
you will probably recollect was burn.
ed at the evacuation Of the city by
the rebels. TIE people crossed over
to the City Of Charleston for the pur-
pose OF voting, but the Democratic
managers would not receive their
votes, though the city Of Cha.ie,ton
was the only place where they could
vote. Tie Legislature also abolished
al tho yo,:ag pleess % the State
road between Charleston end Sun
mervilie, aud yet when the people
came to Charleston to vote, The
Democratic managers dehi.d them
the privilege, telling them 10 20 aud
vote where they lived, although they
knew full well that there was co
polling place where they resided.
Notwithstanding ell these outra.
ges, the Republicans carried this cogn-
~ BY ct lsssi 1000 majority, bat TO
their utter surprise, when the ballot
boxes were opened at The various
polls, the boxes were found TO cor.
tain in most eases several bundred
more ballots than they were names
Oh the poll list. Dat of the 80 polls
10 this county. at 90 of them the bal
lots were largely 10 excess of the
names on the poll list. Every ballot
box was stuffed with tickets Of The
kind ! enclose. THE tickets is Of It's
sue paper With The 10 printed
upon it. For Governor, Wade Hamp-
too, etc These tickets were not
ciru'a.sd during the election, but had
been printed by Democratic Execu-