Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-22

How much was used TO bride voters in
the way ofglying fees TO deputy marshals
who could be employed for ten days as
the law then stoodt How much of 1t
was used for the purpose of bribing men
in Tint way The senator from New
York Mr.. Conklingl spoke the other
day, II heard him Alright; his voCGbl-
lary Is so rich that cannot follow him
bnt believe there was something about
thugs shoulder.hitters, and gutter snipes,
and great variety of chasie cpithets that
lie applied to some Of the people of the
state that lie has the honot IN part TO
represent OF course he does not repre-
sent those fellows at ALL But if New
York were dragged through, to use the
senators own expression, from Harlem
river TO the Battery, there could not be
| found in IL worse set of men than Il
great number of the deputy marshals who
were selected In 1876 and again in 1878
TO execute these laws. How much Of
| this money was paid in order to fix up
the elections In New York city, | have
showed you that the total expenditure
was $295,92l. OF that $l56000, being
more than half the whole amount, was
spent in the state Of New York. This IS
the way the right of the freedmen to vote
without objection on account of race,
color, or previous condition, was cnlorc.
ed. New York City was devoted TO the
enforcement Of the right Of the freed
men, though they had been voting there
ever since the constitution Of 1921.
may be mistaken MS To the date, but If
my memory Is correct, COlorrd men
voted there long before had right to
vote in my own state But II was so i'm
portant to shield them under this guar.
antcc in the constitution that they had 10
take OF The money Of the people Of the
United Statcs nearly $l5GU00 in order to
execute this guarantee in the city Of New
York Then coming II little way down,
they spent $4,000 in Pennsylvania Why
did they not spend more in that state?
Because in the city Of Philadelphia they
had the whole police in Their hands, they
bnd the whole machinery in their hands,
and those fellows laughed to scorn The
idea OF having Tie United States inter
lcre In their nice way of managing cleo
lions, They were fully competent to do
thu, themselves. They never failed TO
manage tie elections In Philadelphia.
knew them to fuil. 1t IL only necessary
can majority they must have IN Philu-
delphin to carry the statc,0nd IL Is just rs
certain 10 be returned q vii! not say votes
enst, but 1t IL just rs certain that there
will be returning board TINT will re
turn 50 many volcs) ~ II Is that the sun
will rise over that peaceful slnte.
So they did not need any money there,
but sill the fellows who like Ia fattcn
upon political employment the fellows
who want their share Of any good thing
tlnt is going around, those kind of icl-
lows described by The senator from New
York, and who are not NIL confined to
The city of New ork, aud some of whom
can be found between the Schuylkillnnd
the Delaware, in the ancient city of
lh ilndclphia, insisted that they should
have their share They were not going
To let the hummer in New York get all
his money; not they. They insisted on
having share, and therefore there was
vouchsnlcd to them the sum of $3i 900,
ane.lli1h OF what was given TO New
York Then the managers thought they
would cross over the North river aud
give my friend from New Jersey Mr.
Randolph small ill, because there is
Jersey city, that lies right opposite to
New York il Is u pretty large city
and there Is Newark, and there are many
other towns round about there; but those
fellows in Jersey City and Newark, only
II few miles from New York, could not
bear to see these bummers and thugs and
shouldcrhtlcrs iourishing in the state
of New York, Ns deputy mnrshnls, rc,
eeiving n large sum per diem and EN-.
ploycd ever SO long, and they get moth.
ing; and SO the little sum Of $4,000 wns
given "a New Jersey. 1t was not much,
but still il WAS something and helped TO
paciiy the brethren. Then they came
down into your state, Mr. President,
MIR, Whyte IN the chair for the Balti.
more people are pretty smart people, rs.
pecially In the matter nj elections They
have been uncommanly smart and very
pointed sometimes In times that have
gone by, 50, 10 satisfy the republicans
of Baltimore, uf the class described by
the senator from New York they gave Ia
Maryland $4,000. Thus these four
states, New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Maryland, absorbed SELF 900
Of Tho $2S5,000 leaving 10 the ether thirty
four states the sum OF $Gs,5Il %, And
this Is the law for the preservation of the
purity of elections; this Is the law that
II IL monstrous we should touch!
Mr.. President, when my friend from
New York Mr. Herman was speaking
yesterday and saying that these laws
ought To- hc hlotlcd ont, saw IN the
classic face Of my friend from Massa-
ehusetts, Mr. lloar, recollccting his
Harvard education, that he was eNclaim-
ing to himself;
rrucul, OF Prncul catr rrohnt
He WAS shocked that the senator from
New York should want To lay his hands
upon those most holy and great institu-
tions OF American freedom and purity.
But lei MS pass ON and must pass on
or shall never get through, Let us
come to 1878, and We shall find another
specimen of the same thing. The super
visors appointed in ISIS were forty.
eight huaarcd and eighty one OF these
nineteen hundred and itty.three, nearly
enc.hulf, were appointed in New York,
and sixteen hundred and eighty two were
appointed IN Pennsylvania That made
thirty siN hundred and thirty tive III
those two states alone, leaving only
twelve hundred and foriysiN for all the
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