Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-24

| to be f,iil OF Tickets, where before IL had
| been only partly full by reason of the dimin-
utiOn caused by those already counted
and large numbers OF Republican ballots
| were scuttereu all over the room, whore be.
| fore there had been none. The colored In.
| spcctor, inexperienced though lie was, could
| not mistake the meaning of all this, and,
tiinid Hs he was Inexperienced, ho yet raised
| mp his voice In protest, This was the point TO
(which II had been desired to bring him.. The
| other Inspector and the Clerks pretended to
be indignant ut an "imputation OF their IN
tegrtty" and resented the same with Ian
guagc OF such force, accompanied 10y demon.
stratiOns OF suth character, TINT the guilty IN
dividual made haste to join his friends out
side. After being somewhat ieassuicd by
thom, he attempted to again enter the poll
ing place and resume his duties rs Inspector,
but was met by the statement that as he had
voluntarily abandoned his post, lie could not
resume II. The Inspectors then proceeded
to the count, and made n return, giving the
Republicans l32 votes and the Democrats $40
votes.
There are two singular circumstances in
connection with the election at this point
which should be marked down. The hlst Is,
that of the first l15 votes taken from the box
while the Republican inspector was there, ZIG
were Republican votes, While of the 800 votes
taken frtIn the box after the Republican In
spector had abandoned his duty only Ii were
Republican votes. The second Is, how l32
colored men were enabled to terrorize 5lO
Democrats, white and black, at that place,
and put them in such deadly fright that they
required n military company, uniformed and
armed with bayonets, to assist them in col.
lecting the "votcs OF the freemen" who voted
| Al KendaiPs Beat, in Montgomery County,
at which place list of names of Republican
voters was kept for the same purpose US at
McGehees, 54i Republican votes and 90 Demo.
cratic were deposited. At this place the
Democratic Inspectors, relying on the igno-
rance of the old culored man acting us the
Republican Inspector, who was also partially
blind, proceeded, with slight efforts at con
cealment, TO substitute Democratic for Re
publican ballots, but were not enabled to
make q pOmnlptp IA revolution in the other
beat, because the old Coored man developed
an amount of intelligence and decision OF
character which prevented The Republican
majority of 415 was reduced, however to AZ, tine
only majority allowed anywhere in the whole
county at this election, and even this majority
was not allowed us by the board OF super
visors who compared the returns and tabu-
lated the same, bnt was thrown out because
more votes were returned than appeared on
the poll list. The Inspectors " had got things
mixed"
Az Robinson's y Roads, Montgomery County,
a record of the Republican voters was lseptby
Mr.. billiard, one OF the oldest and best citizens
of the precinct, and 1t showed that 6sO Repub-
lican votes were pOlled. The Democratic
vote at the outside limits did not exceed htty:
The only disturbance during the day occurred
about o'clock, and was between two colored
men, one of whom was wounded by pistol
as by law required, and voting continued un-
til the very close. The colored man who
acted rs Inspector then proposed to proceed
with the count, but was informed by the other
Inspector sthat they did not propose to count,
that the disturbance ut the polls at o'clock
had invalidated the election. They then
closed up the polling place, carried off the box
containing the ballots, and from that time to
this no Information has been received in any
official quarters as to the vote at this box.
The same thing occurred ut Porters Beat,
where the vote was about 400 Republican to
fifty Democratic, but Mt that precinctthere was
not one incident of Il threatening character
upon which to ground an excuse for not
counting. Why they were not counted is not
known. We only know that the Inspectors,
after receiving votes all day, have utterly
failed to make any return whatever and by
their arbitrary and unlawful omissions have
DISTINGUISHED about 800 voters Why the mo.
notony was varied at this beat and the Re:
publican majority only suppressed, instead
of being transposed, is perhaps accounted for
by the fact that the Republicans, remember
ing gtheirexperience in former elections, when
they had been counted out, determined to re-
main at the polls en- masse until their vote
had been declared. This fact, aided by sun
dry remarks, which were made during the
day and night, that the Republicans only
wanted fair count, and that they would have
that, appears to have had n salutaIy effect on
feel it safe to close the building and go away
with the ballot box in the presence of the
crowd outside, without giving it pacifying
assurance. The statement was accordingly
made to them that the vote as connted show
ed the Republicans to have $50 majority, new
ertheless they were suppressed all the same.
At Old Elan the list of votes showed that446
Republican votes had been polled to IL DEM
ocratic. The count proceeded at this place
until 200 Republican votes and five Demo
cratic votes had been counted out. At this
juncture the candle expired, and it appeared
that no other light could be procured. 1t was
accordingly proposed to Charles Pope, the
colored Inspector, who had been selected for
the position because of his ignorance and
stupidity, that all the votes be placed togeth-
er and sent to town, in lieu of return, which
proposition Pope accepted. This proceeding
vttiated every thing, because under this law
the inspectors are required to make the count
Immediately, and 1t is upon their return, and
lNn hfNf
Supervisors declare the result To make the
thing safe, however, and to make the injury
resulting from their action irrcparable, the
vote as cast and all the loose papers and
trash in the room, with several hunured bal
lots of both parties which had not been voted
were dumped unfortunately into bag and
sent to the SherifPs Office as the return from
Elan.
At Union Academy and Dooley, where the
Republican votes exceed the Democratic the
latter have been returned as having MAORI
ties. The features ut the count of those beats
do not differ materially from those related as
to the other beats, except that the Inspectors,
instead of transposing the Republican and
Democratic votes, as was done elsewhere ap-
pear to have attempted TO extend the Demo
cratic vote beyond the Republican vote with
out diminishing the latter. They did not
bear in mind the late census returns, howev-
er, and have returned more votes from their
precinct than those returns show there are
male citizens over twenty one years of age.
In the city of Montgomery, where il was not
supposed any attempt would be made to fal
SHY llt cOunl1 tne precautions 10 uSttIllln
our vote were not taken as in the country
precincts, and the Republican majority of
l,400 in 1876, and of about the same number in
1873, was this time transposed into a Demo
cratic majority of about 300. There are still
some indicia extant. The intelligent white
Republicans, who had been offered by the Re
puDlicans as Inspectors at the city boxes, had
been rejected for colored men, who could not
write nor read or who, 1t was supposed would
be plant in the hands OF their associates.
The Democrats became aware before election
day that mistake had been made as to one
of the appointees, who was a smart and reso-
Lutte colored man. On the morning OF election
the latter presented himself ut the voting
place to assume his duties half an hour be-
fore the time fixed by law for opening the
polls. He was refused entrance into the
room on the preteXt that he arrived too late,
and that the election officers had already met,
organized and filed his place. The Republi-
cans of the city had no candidates for Justice
OF the peace and constable. Many of them
picked out some name no one else would be
likely TO think of, and voted 1t for one or
the other of these offices. 1t noticeable that
not one of the persons so votedfor is returned
as receiving single vote.
Before the election the leading Republicans
OF Wilcox County, fearing that they could not
get fair count in the eastern end OF the cOun-
ty, concluded TO advise the Republicans in
several precincts not to vote, and then the
Democratic steal would be more palpabe.
Republicans posted themselves near the polls,
and took down the name of every colored man
who voted. At Snow Hill seven colored men
voted. The Democrats gave themselves, in
at llllS pltClilclt 0JJ NOlts
But, according to the census returns of last
June, there are only 1872 whites living in the
precinct over twenty one years OF age. Add
to the white the seven colored votes and we
have a total of l39 votes polled at this pre-
cinct 4G0 less than tho official return. At
Allentown precinct two colored men voted
The Democrats gave themselves 347 votes The
last census shows but siNty-two whites in the
precinct over twenty one years of age Total
sixty four votes, 2S3 less than the Official re-
turn. IL was the same at Pine Apple. In Bon
lH1nA precinct the returns gave the KoDnDll-
cans twenty two votes, and the Democrats
476, making the total vote 49S, or l42 more
males twenty one years of age than reside in
the precinct, according to the census.
Lowndes County, which has legitimate Re-
publican majority of 5000, and which has
always east its vote for the Republicans was
this time stolen from them by Democratic
majority of 1000. At all the polls lists of Re-
publican voters we're kept by intelligent men,
each voter giving his name us he passed up 70
vote, and an examination of those lists shows
that the Republicans neyerYoted more solidly.
in that county which is entirely devoted 20
planting, the blacks outnumber the whites
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