Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-05-05

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ers agents who were Republicans, and
in very many cases, under circum,
stances showing intimidation and fear
OF loss of work f.Lll
THE representatives OF the manu-
laoturers Of Woonsocket are chiefly
Republican, The owners are not resi
deuis Of WoonsockeL but OF Pcoyi.
dence aud other Plaets; but ti,lr
agents 10 Wo0usoeket, ~ u general
thing, and with but one exceptions, are
Republicans. On the day OF election
they are very active, exceedingly act.
i've, in getting in the voters who work
at their establishments. They are
sometimes carried to the polls in their
own private carriages, and sometimes
in carriages hired by the party. They
are usually met at the entrance 20 the
hall by men in the employ Of those
corporations, who will present the 70.
tiers, as they are marched In, with
ballots. They are followed, in many
cases, from the entrance TO the hall to
the ballot.box, and watched until the
ballot Is seen to be deposited in the
ballot-box, so that there may be no
opportunity for them to change their
ballots, and take others"
One witness described the acts which
he thought amounted to intimidation,
in this language:
"On the night before the last Con
gressional election, parties who we
know are Democrats, came to me and
told me they were afraid to vote the
Democratic ticket openly, that they
wanted me to get them some ballots
so they could vote if they got down +,
that their overseers were watching
them that the Republican candidate,
Mr.. Ballou, was a heavy stockholdor
in the corporation; and that they ex-
pocted to be bulldozed, as they stated
1t. / had letters from two parties re.
questing me TO leave the ballots so
that they could distribute them among
the help the next morning before
seven o'clock. We thought IL would
make a difference to us Of thirty or
forty votes il those men voted our
ticket. | do not think that this in-
timidation is carried on in all the mills
there there is some difference between
them in that respect; | thiDk tina. 10
tho Social Company's mill, we get rs
many Democratic as Republican votes.
As has been stated by Others, there, is
man there named Sampson who
makes himself very otficious on cleo.
tion day, who takes care Of the voters
as they come up. From the Woon-
socket Machine Company, at the last
I Congressional election, they had their
overseer posted about two feet from
the ballot box, and he was handing
ballots to the operatives as they came
up TO vote. His name is Charles A.
Chase. / remember now party who
did work for the Woonsocket Machine
Company, who told me, shortly after
the election, that he was going to lose
his position, and he did lose il. About
a month after that they discharged
him because be would not peddle Re
publican ballots in the shop"
! Another witness described 1t thus
! 81 have known men employed il
the Woonsocket Machine Shop tC
be marched up, in the hall, in squad,
by man named Chase, who had somt
position thero--l do not know whether
1t was that Of engineer or what i
was-and compelled to hold theil
hands up with the ballots in them il
this manner. THE witness elevated
his right hand to level with hii
head They walked along, and b,
went with them, watching them until
as each man dropped the ballot in, ht
took his eye of the men. At the las
Congressional election, | saw hin
march up two squads from the ma
chino shop. | know one man ~
there who, at the same election, in
I formed me that he wanted TO vote thi
Democratic ticket, but was obliged 4
vote the Republican ticket, because b,
had been given to understand that /
would be for his interest to do SO. Hi
ptUPo.y "" shn J p,,s,,Sl;a.a G ~ an,, :;
trollcd, or his intimate friend con
trolled, the mortgage at the time, Thl
,nau aa ""a "U " N ,o'S ono ~, oon, = !,
m ,n,V''1er e.. ins,anoa ond 20 n,ho
ny ~ oor;n an,
Do,'.ooi ,,. ,S "i' Ia a. du,V. 80, -
ssn', a"u s"', "S" A. -.
lhis was tne evening osioiv Vno o'ee
tlon' ana they gave us u ucAee an'
saiu that tney nau 70 carry ~, II OF tney
would 1850 tneir Joo' ihero Is
strong ieelng 10 .nelr minus tnhV
they 40 NOT Vote the tcket .hat
given 10 tnem oy tne~ employer
they are llaole 70 DC turned on, Una
they are spotted, ana, u ANYBODY
turned on, u VIII DC them Ines
employees, VINO are Democrats, wh
have been furnished with tickets, o
who say, we shall DO lurnisheo W.T.
a ticket by the boss or the manuiactui
ing company . agents, come 10 GU
headquarters ana say, we want
ticket IN our pockets that Is OF on
kind, 30 that we can vote u u "
change 1t Tor the other MeIl IN
} employers have found that they wer
beng cheated by inc men, tnat IN
men, IN spite OIL tnelr convincing nc
viee, had got the ,lckets 'nat me
, wanted to vote, ana had put tnem u
That accounts count, Tor tort, Their in e9mpelllng ggt th
men 70 hoiu tnelr nanus y ? nc
give them lnelr 'leNol when ... ~, wy Y n
ou, oi Vne carrisgo, Hnu eVulpoi S',sl ,S,l
70 holu ~ up N lne'r hauus i ~ INC
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"as a.O"' y 'n"' - ~ Wy .o".I " -
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