Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-01

COULD all that heroic throny of Union
soldiers that fell on the blood ST aimed hills
around Gettysburg rise from the graves
where they now await the finanl roll call,
how many Of them, reader, do you think
would vote for General Hancock ?-Nsw
ErN.
All Of them, probably. Gen. Meade,
who commanded the Union forces dur
ing that battle, and who chose Hancock
to select the battlefield, was an ardent
admirer OF Hancock and thanked him
in his own name and the name Of the
country for the great services he render
ed at Gettysburg General Butterfield,
Mcade's chief Of staff and heretofore a
Republican, is for Hancock General
Sicklcs, who fought on Hancock's left
and who lost leg at Gettysburg, is for
Hancock Gen. Slocum, who fought Oh
the extreme right and hurled back Ew-
ellis rebel horde, is for Hancock, and 50
are almost every one of the great living
officers and brave men who fought Oh
that bloody field. Can it be doubted how
the heroic dead would vote conld they
rise from their graves
TIE time for argument is past-that
for action has conc. Let our friends be
possessed Of "A calm confidence. Let them
be vigilant and active. All manner Of
devices or fraud will be, 10 DOUBT. at
tempted and Il strict watch must be kept
on every ballot until it is counted. Offer
10 ballot that you know to be illegal and
permit none to be ppllcd by your oppon-
cnts. Let us have Il fair election, in
wiiicl, every citizen entitled 30 a vote
shall cast it and let the best man win.
There ought to ii: nothing but peace and
quiet at the polls, for the election law is
plain {: it tells WHO may and may not
vote: and as the law says 50 must it be.
READ your electoral! ticket and CON-
par: every na!nc with the list published
in the INTELLIGENCER. 4 common
device Of the enemy is to substitute some
Of their electors for ours. in the cXWcta-
ton iIIat tn" voter may not open his
ticket, OF if he does that he will
fai! 10 notice th" change because
Of the many malncs Oh the
ticket. Eom:,ar: it therefore and vote
NJ ticket on trI;S. fer there is such Il
thing as political trcachcry allI men
wir!n ynu knnw as Democrats may have
been bought by the rnr,nv 10 distribute
Il spurious ticket.
l;c on the safe side. Examine every
name on your ballet before you cast it.
.
DEMO' RATS, should give special attcn-
tiom to the contest for DI>TEN r ATTOH-
NEY.' Thousands Of Republicans will
not vote for H." Republican nominee
I. !. DAVIS. He is grossly unfit for the
Ollic,:. An organized effort in his own
party is being made ;r defeat him. We
must keep and get every Democratic
vote for Mr.. MCMULLEN. Consent to
no trading off on this office. VEGAS
ELECT Our C.,NDIDATT.
THE Democratic national committee
prni,r.&: to CARRY New York. Connect
cut and New Jersey for Hancock. with
all the chances in favor of Maine and
Tnhiana, and :, lop"ful battle in Cali
fornia, Nevada, Oregon, New IIamp-
shire and Pennsylvania. THESE, with the
assured electoral votes from tEc South,
afford every guarantee ni IIAEtrtK
election.
EXAMINE rDI'H TICK ETS. We have
positive knowledge that til" l:"rIblran!i
are circulating throughout Tie city full
Democratic tickets with the exception
that the name o! 0,ir candidate for As
s"mbly is omitted. Democrats of the
city, examine yOHr tickets carefully and
see fiat tn" name of Film G.. SNYDER
is on it, AID al" "Ey"r" other Democratic
candidate.
We are going 30 have Il iuca! trial Of
virtue over vice in Il Si.all,r arena than
the NATIONAL one and with Il good prnS-
pee! OF s,irr"sS, IL vii! take Il irr-i,rrnf
'Erru'lican {" vote IGr H:lvi$ half of
the party will slI,r him ont 1t is ask
ing too much Of them to swallow l,im
II l.; no, necessary TO urge DrinnH:ratS
to vote to inn:rnw, for they Will surely
all br ont. But let them vote early, 50
that the working men Of ii urganiE,-
ton may have their anxiety lrs.nnrd Er-
cause of their responsibility fol: the poll
ing Of the full vote of the district.
Mrs. Of Pennsylvania, remember Get
tySlHrg The s:lviOur Of that bloody
field stands before O,l,imd with the calm
l"roisln that marked his conduct amid
the storm "r bullets there await In" vrr-
diets Of the ballots tomorrow.
The blood that Hancock SI,a! at Get
iy$burE should tomorrow :yuctify 4 |
grateful soil and bear fruit in Il glorious
victory for the hero of tIla: fHtcrul
field.
BEWARE of limitations. :'ilc RepuE- |
licans are scattering broadcast every
manner of spurious tickets hy which to |