The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-08-21

II Mr.. B0tterwortk feels, 'as hts two
liergsns cay he has a. righstto feel, thst
he, was yindicated before. the c0untry
in the, Congressional i. Investigation
now just closged, he is greatly .m!istak.
i The examinations Of Witness 10 ".
ed that he MAS not elected by, fai r
means but, inste&Q Of that, blythe use
of all the corrupt induences kpoYn to
the most tunscruputods pofiticians. :
lsasIt sho we'd, that money wac Shame
leasly used to dobAuchi GDemoCfAtA
Under theplea ofhiripg than 70 work
! for him at the polls men were brihed
to ote for him and to procure others
blythe same means. "'i n91s's s's | :
q It showed that he himself employed
men who were.notorious,oneo OF whom
had been convicted and ,punished for
| frauds on the elections, to control Ger.
tain voting precincts. When Buffers
worth admitted in his own evidence
that he had paid $500 to Eph Holland
and his gang to work for his election,
he might as well have given up all
claim that it was q fair election. ss 5
1t showed. further that . gang Of
Kentucky rouahs had beenspAid; mon
ey. to come across the river and help
manage our elections in favor of But
terwOrth. Are murderers, robbers; !;
aPenitentiary eonvicts, ,sk06Ider- hittersj
gamblers, pimps and that clasa of men.
paid to 60 into neighb0rlng State. TO-
see that fair election is held 3 Are
they not the very class 0f men Usually
employed to corrhpt and overawe the
people who have q right to vote q Did
not they do this very thing in the
election of last fall t....sf /,
e II this the kind Of Testimony upon
which Mr.. Butterworth relies for his
e,i a'eafn au1 @ q
But the Congressional Investigation
has done q good seryice, beeides this.
It has shown how Che Electoral Law
of the United States operatSs. It has
given another example % the 1eauties,
Of the system Of SuperYisor& and Dep
In the appointment Of sulp5ssir: l5si:sil,ea yisors
the Law requires that lan pofitfcai par
ties shall be represented 70 ScrupuI0ds
care was taken thai every voting pre-
cinct should have one Republican SUI
pervisor. The remaining half of them
were appointed from Republicans,
Democrats, Nationals and Socialists.
This was an evasion of the law, If not
an absolute violation. The division
should have been made in proportion
to the votes cast by each at the last
preceding election. *sS a".
as: But thd most glaxing iwr0ng shown
was in the. .sppointment. OF Deputy
Marshals. Men who had been indict- |
ed for murder, ROBBERY, swindling,
rape thelti and salmost, every crime I'm |
the calendar were app0inteds sDspaty
Marshals, with anthority 10 arrest 9pd |
imprison law.abiding citizens. They
were missed ii tho Demo H6txtic w6fdS. |
removed from one Coh-
gNessioual DisGrict to smother. They
ware instructed to WArk secretly and
not to ALLOW their ohciM character 70
BE known. ~ ''''' 49,
They = ere sinstructed 70 report to |
the Republican head quarters, not the |
Courts, Of what they might think of
infractiOn Of the lave, Or Of any plan
they might device to carry the election |
for that psrty-and for Mr.. Butter |
worth. For doing all this service they
were paid $50 apise by the United
States Government. ne.:
All this appears In the evidence |
taken BY the Cong gressional Committee.
and by such means ~ this was Mr.. |
Bntterworth elected to Congress. do
If there is to be an. isspe - the;elec- |
tfon in Ohio this fall It should be made |
on the right or electors. That qdes.
ton overshadows' ALI others; fof.un-
less it 10 soon decided In favor of,9he |
people-in favor Of freei and dAuntRam-
meled electiopsTTthe time .iwhep ,.Ee [
shalt hold elecuons at an will soon be |
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