The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-08
A POLITICAL WAIF.
Il Suggestive Compilation Of Statistics by
Republican, from Which lie Concludes
Not to Ploy lEh The Boomerang Rhich
Ttotce Hts Hin. That .Shies IL.

"tCS fLtS lIWt LUUt SONtSS IL.
The following interesting comm nication
has been sent us, says the New Y, World,
by gentleman who says he picked it up
on Park row few doors cast of our office.
We arc without any clue as to it's author.
ship, but we infer from the Internal cvi.
dcncc that it mpst be n memorandum ad.
dressed by some journalist to the editor of
somc newspaper:
"MEMORANDUM.
81 have received your suggestion that
the public is crying for tcu. column arti-
Gle full Of astonishing assertions on some
subject or other, aud | agree with you that
in the inexplicable absence of the sea SER
pent, doubtless detained by head winds J
and the unaccountable silence Of the gentle
man of veracity who knows that John
Wilkes Booth is living in Samoa, the elec-
toral returns of 1876 offer bright and
newsy theme.
81 yield to no ono in my keen apprccia-
tion of the excitement of chasing the bound
ing marc to her secret nest, but to speak
after the manner ofthe great photographer,
the pursuit of that nidi6c ,ting quadrupcd
is us frequently attendcd by dangers as
rewarded by advantages. On how many
recent occasions has the Shark whose trail
VIC have followed proved to be of the Boo
jun variety! My own advice, therefore,
would be to declare vigorously but vaguely
that successfully executed frauds nulifed
the popular will in 1876 in the choice Of
Presidential electors is not mere matter
of surmise.' This is strictly true, and
as our readers will think that we are refer
ring to Democratic frauds it might bo as
we'll to stop here aud forbear to trace these
frauds to the localities where they were
perpctratcd and fix the responsibility for
them l mind me of prudent hunter of
olden time who, after pursuing the trail of
bear for three days and three nights,
dcsistcd in his pursuit because it was get
ting Che had dealt with Chittenden when
in town) 'toQ, dam fresh Might not tho
same thing rbS,ia.pf us?
"Your suggestion that VIC should rcpu-
date the State census of 1875 comes with
refreshing and scasonablc coolncss when |
remember that only few days ago VIC
made use of the figures contained in it to
prove that the Irish Catholics are all that
they should not be. But if we do this we
must fall back upon the Federal census of
1870. l have struck trail balance and
discover that in the seventeen States which
voted for Tilden in 1876 there were cast
4.13O, 169 votes, which is equal to 20 8 per
ccpt. of the population of 1870. This ex.
traordnarily large percentage | know is an
infallible indication Of fraud, but when |
reflect that in the twenty-onc States which
voted-.-or were made to votc-for Hayes
in 1876, there were cast 4,299,047, which
is equal to 23.4 per cent. of the population.
it seems to me that we had, perhaps, better
say nothing about it, The percentage in
Democratic New York was 234, and in
Republican New Hampshire % in Dem
ocratic Indiana it was 256, and in Rcpub-
lican Michigan 26.6 in Democratic Ken
tucky it was 1916, aud in Republican Ohio
2l.7 and so on, so that it might be we'll
to hearken to the ancient proverb which
says, Let sleeping percentages lie If
they are suddenly wax cd up they might
tell the truth
"Your remarks as to Mr. Barnum's cx-
tended operation in Connecticut are cxces-
sivcly interesting. That bold, bad man
began his neiar;ous work shortly before
1876, as is evidenced by the sudden aud
gigantic increase in the popular vote, viz,
from S6,755 in 1873 to 122, 1856 in 1876,
or almost Al per cent As you very justly
this increase is unnaturally large.
But perhaps I'VE -had better SAY nothing
about this. | find that in those three
years the Democratic vote grew from 45,
O59 to 6l 1884, or something over 81 per
cent, and the Republican from 39,245 to
50,O34, or something more than so per
cent. Let us therefore rest satisfied in the
sweet consciousness that while that dcplor-
able deceivcr, ex-senator Barnum, was put
ting three bogus ballots into the box, Broth
crs iiawley, Platt and Sperry, inspired by
the justice Of their cause, were slipping in
four Upon g)ancing over the county re-
turns | find that in six Of the eight coun-
ties the Republican contributed most largely
to the fraudulent increase, and that three
of those were Democratic strongholds.-
Tildcn may have planted and Barnum wa
tered, but We got all the cider off of their
apple trees. Selah! Thus arc the ungody
brought to grief!
SIN like manner when | look closely into
the New York returns / am convinced that
we had better let byooncs he byOopes