Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-06-19

Mr. EDITOR:
Within the last week the House OF
Representatives has passed the different
appropriation bills, with provisions that
are intended to prevent the execution
of the laws passed by the Republican
party for the purpose of securing hon
est elections, which in consideration Of
there being no Congressional elections
within the next fiscal year were sus-
tanned by majority of the Republic
ans Of the House. It is expected that
these measures will pass the Senate in
the course Of the next week and that
Congress will adjourn by the last Of
next week A few Republicans in the
House, believing that nothing should
be conceded the Confederate Democ-
racy which they would not be perfect
" willing to ccncede at any and all
times, opposed the army appropriation
bill, among whom were Hon. Chas. G.
Williams and Hon. IL. L. Humphrey
of Washington.
Republicans can well learn lesson
from the Confedero- Democracy in US
ing the material furnished by investi-
eating committees in their speeches
in congress. The Democrats use the
testimony taken by them relating to
the election of 1878 before they give
the Republican members of the COM
mittee an opportunity of examining
any witnesses, while the Republicans,
with almost the single exception of
Hon. Chas G.. Williams have not used
the mass of testimony taken by the
Teller Committee showing that the
elections in louisiana and South Car
DINA were the greatest frauds ever
perpetrated in any Christian country
upon the face of the earth.
/ give few extracts from the testi-
4aony as given by Mr. Williams in his
speech. Hon. E. ". Mackey testi-
fed: 81 have map Of Charleston
county, which will show the location
of the polls IL that county. We will
take, for instance. what is known as
Christ's Church parrish. Under the
act of 1875 there was polling place
at Mount Pleasant; then there was
another at the Four Mile Church,
which was four miles from Mt, Pleas
ant Farther up on the same road,
there was a polling place also at Wap-
petaw church, which is fifteen miles
from Mt. Pleasant, or eleven miles
from -Four Mile Church. Then, con-
tinuing up the same road there was a
polling place at the Thirty-second mile
House, in Saint James Sautee, which
is seventeen miles from the Wappetaw
poll About eight miles further on
there was another polling place called
Board Church. When the Democrats
got into power by the act OF 1878,
they abolished all the voting precincts
between Mt. Pleasant and the Thirty
second Mile House, and left that
whole streatch Of country, a distance
Of thirty-two miles without single
polling place. They abolished the in,
termediate polling places. Then they
established at Moultrieville, less thar
mile, another polling place. where
there is large Democratic majority
This new poll was sure to give Dem
ocratic majority while the other poll
ing places abolished used to give large
Republican majorities. Again, aftel
leaving the city of Charleston as yoI
go out of the city on the State roaC
which runs through st James Goose
Greek Parish, there was a polling place
four miles from the city of Charleston
and another at Whaley's Church
about twelve miles from Charleston
then another at Summerville, twenty
two miles from Charleston. Now tn,
act of 1878 abolished these pollin.
PLACES, and established preclnc
twenty-five miles from Charleston
There was also poll at Mount Holly
and that was abolished. They abolish
ed in the parish Of St. James Coos
Greek all the polls between the city o
Charleston and the twenty second mil
House, being four in number. All o
these were large republican polls. L
the upper part of St. James Coos
Greek they allowed the two pollin
places to remain-Hirkory Bend an
Cross Roads, because there was
large Democratic vote in that section
and in addition to those establishe
another within few miles.
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At husband, which is near the cit
of Charleston and around which
large majority of the colored peopl