Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

left the town and live in Connecticut
now.
Frank Kennedy; Lived at Manchaug
from September l5, 1878. till after the
election before the notice TO father to
leave his house the men who were work.
ing in the mill there subscribed toward
raising flag for Butler after that they
were very shy, and would do nothing /;
| got French speaker TO speak the
Saturday night before election there
were a number Of Frenchmen employed
there; the speaker told them in French
| would furnish them with tickets /;
they already had been furnished with
Republican tickets by Chase, in sealed
envelopes / watched on election day.
and M the men would come up in the
company's wagons to vote | would slip
them Butler tickets in envelopes, and
get from them the tickets they had
] exchanged twenty.seven tickets in
this way, and found the Republican
ticket in those they gave me We were
careful not to let Chase see us making
this exchange OF tickets. They showed
me three tickets the night before elec.
tion, given them that morning by
Chase. Each OF the Frenchmen sought
me TO make the change of ballots.
Ulmer W. Putnam, Prohibitory Re.
publican: Live in Sutton was at elec.
ton November 1878 heard Chase, EN-.
ploye of Manchaug corporation, say he
had carried his point; settee was
filled with men by whom the voters
were watched as they went up to vote :;
Macarthur employe of corporation, WAS
chief selectman in charge Of ballot box !;
men We're brought from the mills and
voted, and taken back in same wagons.
John o. Parker: Saw voters of the
Manchaug corporation hauled to polls
in their wagons and taken back in the
same after they voted SAW Chase take
tickets out of the hands of mill.hands
and give them another, and saId
"cARRY THAT IS.'
They did so; am pedler and Repub.
lican.
Henry J. Whiten: At election Of
1877 saw Knox take tickets out of the
hands Of several Of the employees of the
corporations and give them others tore
those up he took from them. Chase
told me he could control the men and
aud would. but he would not lose six Of
the men employed by the corporation.
Know a good deal of the State and its
elections.
X. II. Hutchinson The Manchaug
corporation controls the affairs Of the
town OF sutton; Chase controls its votes
and assesses the property OF the town.
Mr. J. McCaiFerty: Live in Dorches.
ter had q talk with Adm Thaycr about
manufacturers meeting in October ;
said there was a meeting OF manuiuc.
turers, but nothing done wrong would
agree there was If Crompton would say
so talked with John u. Washburn
about the same meeting; he said there
was such meeting. but it was not
wrong; said IL was right TO try to IN.
huence ald control the men; know
Terrence Kennedy; was his counsel in
Manchaug case; he would have been
turned out of his house before election
had they began right they had to take
two processes to get him out: ! regard.
ed j, as = case Of bulldozing for voting
for Butler.
Frank Kennedy ire examinedl Was
at MAnchaug and heard a conversation
between Chase, mill agent, and Stevens,
barber Stevens said he was going 10
vote for Butler Chase said he thought
il was not 20 his interest 10 do 30 after.
wards heard Stevens say he was all
right, he was for Talbot, and
WOULD GET $lO TOR MS vo1E
after the election the money had come
to town the night Long, Republican
candidate for Lieutenant.G had
come there he said the ballots would
be marked and they could tell how
each man voted.