New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-05

them out wherever they could not accomplish the
defeat by violence that they thought II useless to
make any nominations whatever. They were, how
ever. encouraged by some public declarations Of
Governor Hampton to believe that he would secure
fair pay and they therefore met il convention to
put Congressional candidates in nomination in
three r four of the five Congressional districts 1t
was also decided as a simple matter of policy not to
antagonze IamptonS personal interest and thus
enlist 1t against them. For this reason alone they
put no State ticket in the field.
Mr.. Mackey produced map of Charleston
County and pointed out the locations of the poll
ing-placcs established by law in 1873. most of
which were pollmg-placcs before tue war. He
showed which Of them were abolished 10y the law of
1873. The reduction in number, he said, was from
fifty five 10 thirtythrcc. In one direction the Dem
Ocrats left no polling-placc for thrty-two miles
having abolished four intermediate polling-piaceS.
In another direction twenty-five miles of country,
thckly inhabited with Republicans, was left with
out polliug-place.
One section of Charleston County, which was en-
trely cut off from the rest of the country by I'M
fordable rivers and swamps and III which there
lived a thousand or more Republicans, was left
without any polhng-paccs at all 4 ferry furnished
easy communication with the City of Charleston,
but il was desirable not TO have these voters 90 to
the city because of the crowded condition of the
city pollug-placcS and also because 1t might he
said that country negroes had been imported Tor
corrupt purposes The Republicans, therefore, de-
cIdcd 10 make arrangements to carry them 10 a POI!
in another part of the county, where not more IMAM
200 voters were expected 10 cast their ballots Inc
Republican managers therefore, chartered a steam
boat and on the morning of election day they sent
the price agreed upon 10 the company OWNING the
boat. 1t was then learned that the company had
broken its contract and had chartered all Its boats
10 other people, and there were 10 other suitable
vessels found in the vicinity. The boats were char
tered to the Democrats, and they were kept al then
wharvcS III Charleston all of election day. ~
consequence the voters who were to have been
provided Tor in this way, were compelled to 60 to
Charleston, where, upon one prctcXt or another
the details of which have already been publiShed'
they were not allowed 10 vote.
Mr.. Mackcy took occasion to explain the origin
of the Rcpubhcan tissue ballots in Charleston.
Word was sent to him that Democrats were
making arrangements to stun the boxes with
kiss Jokes" The Republicans he'd consulta-
ton and canvasscd the means for cirtumyrntlng
the frauds 1t was learned that the Democrats pro-
posed 10 create an excess of tickets 10y >tuillng,
and then 10 draw ont Republican ballots, detect
ing them 10y the more substantial paper upon which
il was supposed they would be pyintcd. II was
suggested that it would ice we'll 30 supply RepubIl-
cans with tissue ballots, that they would be IL
distmcui>hahlc by the touch, The Rgpuhhca'.,
therefore had 10000 of the ordinary Republican
ballots and 10000 Republican ballot, on Tissue
paper. The latter We're of two sZ.s, ~"
largest being Identical in size and type
with the ordinary ballots, and the smallest
being half the >.I". The latter, however.
were about twice the size Of the DcluocIatic tissue
tickets. II was known of course that with three
Democratic JUDGES Of Election al each poll 70 pos
,Ihc chance of >tuiinZ 10y Republicans existed even
if there had been the dis position. II WAS intended
If the Democrats were found 10 be using kI>>-lohcs
TO distribute the Republican tissue ballots and vote
them openly IN SuitIcut quantities to confuse the
plans OF the Democrats with regard 10 drawing
ont ON election day no Democratic tissue tickets
were to he seen. and The Republicans believing they
had been unnecessarily alarmed did not distribute
their tissue tickets except a few winch bad been
mi out carly i'm the dlV. A. a matter of fact the
returns show thai 90 of the larger Republican
tissue ballots cast and counted and olN of the
smaller we.
This matter was told by Mr.. Mackey III his orei-
mai statement. and as il was barely alluded 10 pa
ms cro~,-rXammatIOu hv senator Mcdonald, the
exclamation offered WAS apparently sat. lactulA.
lJUIiuC the tutlIc examination today trutTdl
O'ConuOr the Democratic opponent Ol Nj. MachrN,
and the tOngrcs~mau-e,c from Charleston Dl~-
trlct was PRESENT watching ior discrepancies III the
testimony bat apparently finding none, as the
cro,s-rX Nomination was very hr"i and elected
nOthlu of consequence.