Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

N lSnN were prepared secretly, " hCn
the voters appeared II tho polls they
were arrested and taken before paVen-
pot II they had voted they were dis
charged on thcu own recoguiMnccS,
ltthcy had not voted they We're re-
leased ii ihcy would promise not IL
vote. II they would not promise not
70 vote they were put undcr hah, IL
bail WAS offered, Davenport took tWtu.
ty-teur hours 10 consider it, 81 that the
mans opportunity u vote was lost
The whole proceeding was obviously
not 70 yrcvcut Illegal voting or to pun
iSh il, hut to delay action So that Notes
would he lost This is obvious nom the
fact that the day a0Cr election all who
had brcE arrested were discharged, and
they we've NOT brought ~ trial, The
only one tried Was Peter Coleman. His
innocence was So plain that Judge
Batehforl would have discharged him
instantly. lie had topay Coleman TO
stay III jail So that We could gCt Il writ
ten opmien from Judge Bhtehford,
This Was the only case thought to trial
ont OF the GOO persons arrested,
TIM NnSr ~ MoNtN.
1T thus appears that in the nine
wears that Davenport has been at work
he has actually not got judiriAlly set
''v'' guy to'"' WIN fVle'S''Ne W 'i"'"i-
"!ifluNh except adversely ~ Ms own
view, Nl'et 'nr tEhae coalml''Se haae
th'lf ioNeStGalIon and reported te me
mouse oS relFesen'a''NeS' EAe "'n0Vra'S
III congress REUSED l" pay tne oltlS 'Nr
"VPa'! hG'lSualS SuGh ~ baNehPort.
SN' "PPein'tvH' davenport hrnSeH
''''3'C" ~ nus ICES '."lt 9l''9'S'
,''h ini'tlHNn i'laA aWdS' nna'N te'"S'1
!" '''t'' ms ""h zoe N3'' 'Nl''t'NVN W
t,'"Nealotl W"tN ~ 80 WltH ne' Que
!"sSa'lN hltnSa.nH l"''t "E"8S''N ~
"Amons thrsa Illegally arrested hv
Davenport NrrP seycul union soldiers.
two poiicrmcn IN uniform one h,.e
holder in real estate. me Snprr
inteudcnt Of 4 4. Stewards Chanhrr
street stnre and nthrr vTO kna,,n
citizens /, wns clicitcl III M I>r,ls
committee that the ron,nants were
made ont AGAINST these nud othrrs Who
were arrested merely beeause tb,.y
were noturali2rd in 1865. There was
NJ the timr n very MAIN provision of
law Tint no warrants should hc isSurd
eNcept hv consent of the United States
district attorney. When Mi. Stewart
/. Moodford WAS Questioned nhnu Tins
hv MIR Wingntc before the lynde conn
mittcc Mr.. Woodford admitted that 10
had not made personal examination.
but had trusted Davenport. Believing
that davenport would do right, MIR.
Noodlurd authorized HIM to use his
own discl on III the matter. Wood
ford admitted that he would not have
authorized such wholesale arrests. After
davenport was beaten IN the Coleman
case he promised to bring other cases
presenting points Of the naturalization
eases to be decided by the courts, hut
he mover did present any such cases,
and II y evident that he desires merely
tn obstruct voters, and not to give them
M opportunity to meet mn III tho
courts.
On Tuesday, the first day OF registry,
Scraplo Klcclo Barrero gentleman Of
euucatloh ana an instructor IN langli-
ages, came before the board OF inspect
ois ~ the ponce pace, l4o East sly
teehth street, To nave his name enroll
eu rs voter OF me twenty.second DIS
trlct oi the tnifd assembly district,
Alter the usual preliminary questions
rs TO age, residence, place Of birth,
ana tlme OF rcsleence IN the district,
county, ana state, he was asked
when he became naturalned Ills
answer was Eighteen sixty-cight."
He handed his certificate of naturaliza.
ton 10 the chairman Of the board, who
is n republican, and while he was cx-
aiming il the republican federal
supervisor Of elections, man named
Ferguson, asked to look at the paper,
and hc gave il 10 him. The supervisor
coolly thrust the certificate in the
breast pocket of his coat and. address
ill., the owner. told him that the paper
was Illegal and that he could get into
! trouble il Inc attempted to vote ON it.
samuel Churchill was one of the in
spectors. lie ism property owner, and
Il resident Of the district twonty-sevcn
years. He demanded Of the super
visor 70 know by what authority he
/ seized the certificate, and that officer