Daily Republican., 1879-07-10
THIRD EDITION.
Friends ofa ssfr. 9" Election

The anxiety of the Democracy to ST.
cure elections "free" from scrutiny and
oversight, SO that the right to commit
frauds shall not be impaired, is vividly
reflected by their party friends in Gin
cinnati. None of the objurgations heap
cd upon the odious supervisor law, not
even those adopted by the Democratic
Convention Of Maine on Tuesday, can
do more than justice to the subject, in
the opinion of the Cincinnati Democrats.
Before the United states Courts there,
various ot their members have been
summoned, aid, worse still, they have
hee,i convicted Of all sorts Of election
frauds and irregularities. j. J. Kelly,
an Alderman, persuaded stranger
from Pittsburg to go to the polls and
vote "the ticket"-the straight ID mo-
cratic ticket, of course-and MIR. Kelly
was arrested, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to pay fine and unaerso three
months imprisonment.
A police lieutenant, acting under
the instructions of the Democratic Po
lice Commissioners, drove away one OF
the United States Supervisors from the
voting place, and he was tried, convic-
ted, and fined. Now, A. +. Clark, al
Democratic Councilman, and "well
known local politician" has been
eonvictd of tampering with the cleo
tion returns, and sentenced too years
amprls1ument. He took away the
ballots after they had been cvu.ted
and sealed up, and brought them back
with the package open, and enough
OF them altered to change the result
in regard to one or two of the county
ofacers, Offering the polite excuse that
he fell upstairs and burst the package
as he was carrying it away!
How wrong it is to deprive such pa.
triots as these of their freedom to com,
init suoh acts can hardly be too strong.
ly stated. No wonder that the incn-
natl Democracy are all torn up in their
feelings, and that Judge Hoadley, the
adviser OF the Oregon electoral busi-
ness, and very distinguished Democrat
indeed, declares vehemently it is un
constitutional. Why, it must be un-
constitutional. If the United States,
upon the timsy plea Of securing fair
ness and honesty at the elections where
members of Congress are chosen, is to
bs allowed to appoint supervisors, de-
tect frauds, and then secure the pun
ishment OF those who are detected, the !!
rights of the States are simply whitfield
down so that Judge lloadley and his {
clints will be unable to perceive them
with the naked eye.
In the words of the Maine Democrat t
ic Convention, they regard these as q
outrageous and obnoxious" laws, '
which are "against all the traditions OF
the builders ofour Republican system, " =
and they are very sorry that the major.
ity in Congress could not compel their
repeal, under the threat that the gov. .
ernment should be broken down if the
President refused to Join in the work.
Ot course Mesrs. Kelley, Clark and =, "
to include Judge Hoad- o.
ley, who We must understand is simply o.
very conscientious Democratic law. 4
yer of the Constitutional school," =
committed their frauds ON the ballot
box in the interest of "tree" election. [
Their oaring souls disdain the control
Of officers appointed by the national j
Anything of that sort d
'eems to them as dangerous to the
public rights as an army with bayo. l.
nets, They will ther-fo warmly "
'ncour"ge the contest to be made, now tr
ind hereafter, by their party to break Z
iown such an odious system. a