Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-28
the envelope and deposits it remem.

No ELECTION WHERE THIS HAS NOT BEEN
PRACTICED.
The envelopes are used mainly by
operatives few operatives, who do
not care whether they lose their situa.
tions or not, vote openly other citizens,
who have nothing to fear, vote openly
| sometimes man will be escorted by
some one who takes him by the arm
sometimes half dozen men will be
watching one man there are freqdent.
| ly complaints by Democratic operatives
they say they are supplied with tickets
and requested to vote them they vote
the Republican ticket because they are
afraid of losing their employment IL
they do not parties have been threat.
ened with losing their places if they
vote wrong.
j. NJ. Bailey, Woonsocket-Have at.
tended the elections for five years have
known men employed in the Woon
socket machine shops TO be marshalled
up in squads, and compelled while they
went through the crowd in the hall to
hold their hands up high, so that the
ballots could be seen; man named
Chase watched them; | saw him march
up two squads in that way that was at
the last congressional election; the
men were employees of the Machine
Company know that some of them
were Democrats they came TO our
headquarters and got ballots they had
betooled their employers before they
would get one of our ballots and have
| II in their pocket, then they would take
the ballot given them by their employ.
ers and put that in their pocket when
| they took them out they would take
| the Democratic ballot and leave the
other. This time the company was too
! smart for them they made them hold
| up their hands till the ballot WAS de.
! posted. The men said, after they had
/ voted, they caught us this time they
would not let us put our hands down
the agents are very active among their
employees have seen Mr. Sampson take
men by the arm and march them up 10
the ballot box, put an envelope in their
hands and see that they deposit it Mr..
I Sampson takes charge of the Social
( Company's help; the men who were
OBLIGED TO HOLD ur THEIR HANDS
came up in carriages, three or four in a
carriage ; Sampson would receive the
men from the drivers these men had
families II they lost their places their
1 families would suffer.
William Teston, nsockct--Tntimi
I dation Is carried on at all elections in
I Woonsocket; at the last election for
/ Congress parties came to me and said
/ they were afraid TO vote openly they
wanted me To get ballots the candl.
I date for Congress was Intmer W. Bailou;
the man who came TO me said he cx.
| peCtcd to be bulldozed il he did not
vote the Republican ticket; at the last
election the Woodsocket Machine Com.
/ pany had their oyerseers within two
1 feet OF the ballot box handing ballots to
I the men who worked for him his name
was Charles Chase; one man was dis.
| charged because hc would not peddle
/ ballots his name was Albert Hakes
I Chase handed votes to men that we
know were Democrats; | cannot say
anything about the use OF money Of my
own knowledge when money is used
the parties cover 1t up; | told opera.
/ uves OF the Enterprise Company that
would send teams for them to come and
I vote they said they would rather !
/ did not, as II their employers saw the
/ Democratic teams they would see that
/ they did not come, or. If they did. would
make them vote the Republican ticket.
Michael Norton, Woonsocket-nat
uralized in 1878 last spring, voted the
I Democratic ticket the oYeTscer asked
me why ! did it; told him il was my prin.
| ciple he said he would be ashamed To
/ vote the Democratic ticket; told him
was not ashamed would do il again
| ! did vote the Democratic ticket again
/ in June he asked me If | did told
| him ! did; he said, "Why don't you
I peddle rum p | said. because
WON'T he said, II don't want such a
man round - said, go to hell :" he
said, "Clear out" end left was out
OF work five weeks; work now for the
/ town the overseer was Mr.. Hawkes.
he would bring in Democratic tickets,
cut the names all off and put on the
names on the Republican ticket.
Eugene +. OConnor, OF Providence
Have been on the police force in Prov.
/ idence; at the Presidential election in
| 1876 ! was detailed at the tenth ward
during the day there were complaints
that men were afraid 10 vote they were
afraid Of two men who stood within the
railing near the warden and took the
names Of all who voted one Of them
was named Kennedy he was the time
keeper Of the Corliss engine works the
other was Mr. Stiness think he WAS
connected with real estate; when men
came in TO vote and saw these men,
they would 60 away without voting;
their friends would try to get them and
there would be a disturbance citizens
came 10 me and asked me TO remove
the men had no authority to remove
them the men were not there as ofIi.
GERS of the election in any way Ken.
nedy lived in the ward the ward was
Democratic population was largely nat
uralized citizens the object Of the two
men seemed TO be 10 see how each man
voted and write his name in book
do not know whether they took the
names Of Others than those employed in
the Corliss works; complaints were
made of both men the two men stay.
cd from ruoruinc all nigbf t,nap ..,d