The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-11-21
ELEcrIoNrERING MA AcnlNERY

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tho Democratic msjority in the last
! Congress maintained in its long contest
with the Fraudulent President was its
refusal to appropriate money for the
payment of these marshals aud depu-
ties. The issue between the two par
ties on the question Of federal iutcrfer-
ence was therefore narrowed down to
the use of this federal police police
force enjoying extraordinary l'~wers,
having tho right to mako arrests ON
election day upon mere suspicion. aud
under the loose practice of some super
visors, making arrests before election
day by the thousand upon warrants al
leging an intention to commit crime
The publication Of :, report made in the
last week Of the extra session of Con
gress shows, for tho first time, how en-
ormously large was the force employed.
The total uonLer of lcput.. unr,I''ls
ON duty election day, 1873, according
to this report, was 5i9i. Evenly Ills
tributed, thisis not large Ioreeto police
| 100000 voters, hut it VAS not evenly
distributed. In it,clf, however, it Is a
large police force 20 ha,c out any one
day, being nesaiy as hrs" as the police
force ou duty At ,Lce ia New York,
Boston, philadelphia. Ch;cacs, ST.
Louis and Cincinnati combined. The
influence of body tt myn OF ,hi, size,
with tie power meDLioned, all PARTISAN.
oIeying PARTISAN head and all strong
| " interested in Altisan succe~s, might
very easily decide Ae result IN a par
ticular District, aud practically speaking
is worth 4 good dca mote 20 the work
ers" than sur non partisan troops com
mandri bv men who dislike above all
things to in guard duts at the polls.
Their l.raeJic,d l.oiisic.l Salac be-
com,s rncrr apparent 'h--e u is seen
shat these officers ~c,e ou's arI~,in,rd
in about O. djstr,crs, 10 that this police
force of 5l9l men had hut 800, ,0C0
voters to look after, or population "i
abou. s0Co. COO. In otI,.r words. the
lf.lr,al government had ON election day
a larger police force numerically in
I,hes. G5 districts than Is ordinarily on
ld,tv in o,,, Iare,r citias. relative Il, she.
ivomlstion \ trained. tisciplined 10
hc.. rorc. * much mon. efficient than
am canal nmol.r cf men arpoin,ed
t.mro-ar;Iv lent IN Tie. o,b.r hand
This l.ree federal ,rliee force has moth
inc to do but work a, The polls and
keen the ,eace there. A. mi.Lt nnt,,-
IIaDy he supposed, these .,.c,rs were
| nut Ly larry leaders 1T tie l.oii.t Of
greatest need. In New Ye,k u. uum.
+ her of local police usually on duty vas
about doubled. az it was in Brooklyn ;
in Jersey C;tv and Pbilalel,.hia il y -.
more than doubled. and in all tLesr
cities Republican gains were reported
after the election. In the entire South
IlC27 were appointed. in Baltimore,
New Orleans, Alabama, Georgia and
/ North Carolina. Again. nearly half
the deputv marshal. on duty election
day. PHO were in New York State
and in that State the Democrats .ost
eigbt districts in ls7S-not An unfair
illustration Of the results that are like
.ly 10 follow the free PARTISAN use of
these officers in thickly settled, doubt
fuI districts
/ The federal government u,.aueseion.
ally has tie RICH, TO put It's deputy
mars!,als at every poiling ,.lace in the
land. II II Is nt.cess.,rv to4he teaccable
and horest election # members of Con
eress bu. this p,wef ought no, 10 be
used unless it Is necessary. and il oueht
not in any case to he used on PARTISAN
grounds. Ii these officers ..re WORT,
anything, they ought to Ia. cluplo, Ell
for both the purposes for hich extra
ordinary powers have been conferred
by law: for the protection of honest
voters, as well as the pres ef.iiom of
fraudulent votes. IL there il violence
at the South it ought to be repressed a,