Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-31

his side, aud a guard of two met
with bayoneis. When ] asked adj
mission 10 the Statehouse this sab
altern demanded my name, ano
when | told him my name, anC
that was member Of the State
Senate, he examined the paper h'
held in his hand (which was Judge
Durelrs order enjoining certain
parties from entering or taking
their seats in the State Legislator,
and permitting others to do sol
and informed me that the door wa
open to me to enter and take my
seat, hut that the gentleman 10y
my side, a Senator also returned
by the proper returning officers,
with equal right to take his seat
and sit beside me. was among
those who were enjoined; and he
was forbidden by this Federal
officer, protected by Federal
bayonets. from entering the State
house. OF course | never entered
the door or took my seat by the
grace Of military permission"
The people whom Gen. Wood
ford addressed at New Orleans do
not forget that, from the date of
reconstruction to the spring Of
1877, there was not an election or
account of an election which was
not had under the shadow
of the interfering federal mill
tary power. In 1873 the legis-
lature was organized by military
force. 10 1874 the defrauded and
robbed people arose and upset the
Kellogg usnrpation in a single
night. The federal hayonets then
forcibly restored the government
to the buccaneer and usurper Kel-
logg.
Again. the people whom Gen.
Wooiford besought TO vote for the
Republican candidates because,
alleged he, they only represent the
party of equal rights and fair
elections-these people remember
very wildly KcllogG's false census
Of the State the false registration;
the pretended outrages by Demo-
Gratis (; the circular Of Jewett, secre-
tary of the Republican State Com
mittee TO the supervisors in every
parish lihey were all Republicans)
to cook their returns and
make Republican majority wheth-
er there existed one or not. "Your
recognition hy the next administra-
ton" wrote the fraudulent Jewett,
"will depend upon your doing your
full duty in the promises, and you
will not be held to have done your
foil duty unless the Republican
registration in your parish reaches
5000 and tie Republican vote is
!, 000.'
This organization fraud is not
nor can it he. Nor are
the manifold frauds attending the
count Of the vote forgotten, nor
The final crime of stealing Mr..
Tilien's votes for Hayes.
General Woodford went to Lou
isiana and addressed large audiences
rs the representative OF party
which organized these s;upeudoas .
fraud ard struck blow at Repub-
lean liberty AMI constitutional
10y executing them.
The people of Louisiana will not
hand themselves back TO the tender
mereies Of party with such re-
cord.
But where is the Republican or
gan which will dare proclaim that
was assasiuated or shot
at. or maltreated in any way (! .
gives the lie to the .
stereo,yped ISLANDERS Of the north
ern Republican press. Blaine and
Conkling knew that If they went
there their veracity would I've
seriously questioned in the north. I
where they regale the ignorant
Republican masses with stories of
garments rolled in blood" They
did not GO.
The original blooiy-shirt man
was oh Pisistratus. Blaine, John
Sherman, Hayes, Conkling, Hoar
and the rest are only imitators.
Pisistratus slashed bis body slight
" with a knife-enough to draw
blood aud hesprinkle his shirt
and, in this condition. he went
the streets Of Athens. de-
claring hat an "outrage" bad been
perpetrated on him by the ariSto-
cracy. He made a vigorous speech
and waved bis bloody shirt, point
ing to the aristocracy as the au-
ihors Of the alleged crime against
him-a ''friend Of the people" and
Of equal rights"
The willy scoundrel soon suc-
ceeded in gathering about him a
yelling crowd. who clamored to put