, 1879-01-07

nol St. .Iamea', flrDyc Creek, who tnfno to
the city because Of tho action OF the Lckfs-
laturc In aboltshng the yot!ng-prcc'nets 10
their localities, been allowed to vote, there "a
no Doubt the veto OF tho city might have been
Increased 10 that extent, though that would not
have accounted for Tho inrreasc Of 3, ,t6a; but
Mr. O'Co1nor eap hardly he ignorant 81 the fact
that the managers ot cIcctEon throughout the
rity absolutely refused, against all law and Jus
iicc, to receive the votrs II There pt0nt except
In a srry few instances. lfal they hrcn permit
were brought tn The 1T, BY The Republicans,
that their vUtcs would ttnvc aw0ltn the 1sepiIb-
Iienn vote: hut II was the t1ctn0rAtfc vote that
was swollen from u, III In 1910 to III, Ho In ts7s,
two years ago, owing to the fact that The una,-
agcrs Of election throughout the city arbitrarily
rejected hundreds Of lsepub!fcan votes unon ono
prcext aud anoi,srt. Thu increase nj 4,4a3 in
tnat of l871, taken in connection With the ill.,
crease Of 3: 153 in The aggregate vote, shows how
and By whom tic vote was swollen.
Mis. ofGoSson's FRAungLENr NA1oE1rr'
Mr.. WConn0r, apparcntly conscious OF tbe
fact that tho tnajority he obtained over mo In
tho Ctty ot Ehaflcston was Clearly The result III
trau,l, savs that rvcn throwing ot that m sjnri-
.usrg s IL w. pfsssss, of 5 % . ~ss
tu!y IA fraction ovet 2,0UoN; lcsa than was an
anticipated, b. inttmstcs. While | isi! to nee
l,nw this augees!ton will tend to rcfutc the
charges of fraud TINT have been made in regard
10 tic elcciion In this district, ssfll suppose
1t migbt avail to prove that the frauds commit
ted were not sufficient u cha'ge The result of
the election II the frauds wert confined 10 tho
City of Charleston. But tho frauds committed
in the Second Congressional District Mcrc not
confined to the City vi Charteston. They ex.
tcntlcd throughout the entire distrefs were per
psttate,l IN esery county composn.!4 n! tue 10 a. a..
tH's within the dissrlct. They were 80
lican maturity actually sasi a. thc poil. into
liow ny majority d The country precincts
Of ChasestDsl came to b. os,iy ia fraction ovcr
2,oD," ! shall now explain. first calling asten-
tio, e. the fact. however, ilnt II waa evel, less
ot the abundance nf his own taatorities 1nAtcal
Of giving the " a fraction over 2,D,n majority"
tho returns Of the managers from these country
prss9st' ,s Etss ,s ms Gnlv l2 ,n| nnaor 10 uos
could no. have examined the returns, the cor.
rectucsR Of Which he has undertaken tn defend;
hut simply TO prove that the irautts committed
in redrelng nv majority 10 ~ sAe souutry pre-.
aware.
usgronM BALLOT arryrlsG.
Ono thing can b. said In favor uf tho frauds ut
tho Country prcci0Gts.. They Mnre uniform.
each poll where the frauds wero committed,
showing that Tic instructiu ions how to cousuul-
mate tncso frauds camo IRON one fnuntatn-,lcad.
The plsn wa. a. ioows: From ,,; 100 70 6oo small
balIot.box, In consequences Of which the number
uf ballots III The box exceeded tho number nf
names OH the poll-lEst. Al tpe close q tic POLL
when the box was onened. ull the ballots were
managers TO perceive which were Republican
aud wl,cf, were Democratic tickets: They were
then oil countctl anu, nH soou a. 1t was nscer-
talneil what was tho excess OF ballots In the box
over nan,ca on tho poll list, the ballots nil astli
unfol.icd, were returned 10 the box, and one OF
the managers or clerk lrow o.it and destroyed
number af ballots equai To the amount OF tic
excess. The ,nanagcrs and clerk, being all
Democrats at Harll pull. managed, of courac, to
| draw out llcrnhefcan tkkcts tnuslly. a. The
Tissue ballots wtrc ycry easily distinguished by
tho prssou who did The drawings Invariably
1 tceling for tho largo Republican tickets. Every
| Republican tEcket drawn Uut WAA not only
Republican vote lost, but, as tissue ticket was
It added ono TO tho Democratic vote. so that at
| ererY poll w1icrr l(U Republican tickets wcrn
drawn out the Republican volu was reduced to
That extent mud tie Democratic vote Increased
thus 1naJe In tho result. This was tho plan
adopted, not only at the country urcrfncts IN
UEangcburg County.
II, upon opening ball0t-box and counting
tho VOTES therGtn, It 10 aaccrtained that tho bal
lots In tho boz are largely in excess af tue num-
her uf persons recorded o. hayins: Sotet1, Il not
that INIT sufficient proof that that bnllotbo
| has been stuffed With fraudulent Datl0ta3 And
yet ttiose who claim that lo fraud was commit
led III this district know 1ull well that st tho
following pulls in Charlcstun County. outside OF
tho limits 0t tho city, III pursuance Of tho pan
have Just described, tho ballots In the box ex-
cetded tho names on thu pn!i-t!sts OF the man-
agcrs to tho cxtrnt stated below:
| At Mount Pleasant thc number Of nnrnca on
the poll-ltst WINS st!0; tho nulnhcr Of ballots Ia
| the box t.lG9, OF MI e1rcss u BIT
Al tho I!l'rty-t~o Nile 4lonac the number ot
oaltots iu tlr box hy,, Or au excess of 81.
Al llcn1rsson'a btorS tic hill Der Of natncs
on ihe pol-list was l3l; tho numbcr ol ballots
ln the bog a59. Of nm cxSess Of 70.
| At Tho Twcnty-twtI Mile ll1usa tho number Of
names nu the pui-llst was tW4; tllu number Of
ballots In tho lux H14, or an exrcss of 231.
At Cual~r's Rtorv tho nnmorr Of natnes 1n
The sNl,.'ist wuA :s7; the number nm OF ballots in
| tho box A., Or nsl eScvss OF I'M.
A. Hickory bend The number Of names on the
noit.tist was :s.J; the nun,pcr Of Dallois III the
pox sol, Ut nil cxtess Ut 0..
At Strawberry Ferry The number q oaincs on
| tho box 7:N. or a,s txreas Of l25
| At Stephens tile u1lnher Ut namrs on the poll
ltat WAS 5la; tho number Of ballots Ia tho box
! 6i2, or MI C1eeas o( 1Ml
Not one III thc Democratic managers 1t any
| al the polls nlk,ye mined wilt deny that the
hallota IN tho tH,x exceeded tho ualues OIL the
.n'Il'list 10 tho uHtclt atnYs stated, In eonsc-
g,cncs of the cx2rsa thus created by stliliEg
the halloz-lmres At tho ahays mentioned polls,
| number III ballots corresponding with tile
cxreAs At escIl lull wsEa drawn OFT and DE-
Etroyel.
REPUBLICAN, TICKETS l,AAwa OUT,
| A. LIssun tfrkcL tu0k tho plaea ut rlctl Re-
| publican ballot drawn out, how many votes tiiJ
| HutnuErats gained anil low many tho Republic
| ans lost " ths 0stratiun will 10 seen bv the
number OF Republican tickets drawn out and
destroyed nj raril one Ut the Abuyed.1ia,netl
| polls. Illc nuMlbcru Vi Ilepubtr1n s1ekat4 drawn
nut at carl, one of thuse l.olla !s u follows:
tiount PLEASANT, ~; IhistY-tMD Mile llnusc.
H.t}; tionlsrsoua store, Is; Tweutt-twn Mile
IIou+e, lHi; cot,I~r's storc, 81; liscknry nrntt,
80; strawberry Ferry. ITO: Rtcple..s, abous ~
MHsing tutul Of Law, to Which exicnt tl1s
| ItepuiIIIcan vote nj thcse Falls was ystiucgl,
wli.Ie tia Democratic Yotu was incrcasri to thu
saru extent. aud these eight pt,lIs which really
gayu Republican malosiIy ot l,!e9, weru, by
This prtMcss VI atuillng tho n,x with tissue Tick
cts aud tllun drawing out Republican tickets, ru-
turned u having cast hi hsnocratc majority.
| liy surh frauds as those Was Republican nla-
jurity OF 4,AOU III thu country precincts uf
! U.,arIestot Eollnty reduced 10 l,s79, md by thu