The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-23
FRAUD AND VIOLENCE.

How, Alabama Was Converted inte \ stal-
Lf Democratic State-A Record of
aad that ID Absolutely AppalIing i'm Its
The Republican State Committee of Ala.
bsma have prepared the following startling
address 70 the country:
Alabama in ls7A they found AN election law in
S.oa nicn nn SrUSSsd SiSs fo.
Ssredoppo.ite shensme fine Voter OF ON the I poll
don the ballots were required to be counted
out and correct return thereof made, which
s1n css1ini isGsssnsr So With the poll lists and the
Larded 70 the once of tho Probate Judge of
she county md there nled e public records
who were Constituted Board of snpervisors,
vote. and 20 correct all errors, omissions. or
frauds of which the inspectors of the election
the supesvisors, any suspicion that fraud h had ID
been committed, or error had been made, re-
manned in the mind Of any person. the ballots
iorshconinS to answer I foF % sHemseiSes elves may IN sSy
court whero the question might be tried.
s.l .ns shs
cratic party va. dissatisfied with IL. Il had
Sd Sssn oSaS
reign Of terror throuxhout the entire interior
Ct the state: Bnlings was waylaid and assas;
train ON the Alabama and Chattanooga Raii-
road was tagged in the same county In open
wy Vas % riddied &c With bullets Tor for haNins s. de-
ciared that the murderers of Billings should be
Co1nfy. the polling place VAST was broken oxen into. the
ballots destroyed, and in the attempt by the
Keils, his little fourteen year old son was
murdered The murderers have never
been panished q, tried. bSs more than one
70 have been concerned in the murder, have
been honored by Democratic offices in the
1%ed bands f of men rode rode through s US sns sarees:
Of Mobile during Al of the election day, as
men, ana later on the serroG S caased by S sSese
6snds was supplemented by military guard
tue polling plsoss. Sos1ish,sanSins . Fine these S
yhich could be truthfully enumerated. the
sSs sssndsrd Of their party. f,' ana % under the S
most adverse circumstances had poled .
nose g ross .Ssss mes standing
1t wss the consciousness of this fact that
Sensed The Democratic party 20 enter upon 2
much dimcuity by violence, and which re-
tain and secure BY fraud. The r. % statutes IL the the
States of the Union may be searched IN vain
then fFsmed ana @ pa passed % by the Democrssic % dc
Legislature Of Alabama Il not only utterly
nfIed 70 provide safeguards where safeguards
ssd osTsd ~Sieh %oss an
ytsted could. not tan 70 comprehend. It was
ss Ss
surns. With one Poll list In one boz. which
~. ana thasthe ballots, with the other poi list,
should be retained by one of the Inspectors for
sixty days. and then destroyed, unless I'm the
menced. Il wiii It Be seem % that % ali cSecf upon upon
dishonest Inspectors Is thus totally destroyed,
Sefors the heb Bosrd Of snpersisoTs. s Gy and upon
Ehich they arc required TO declare the result
and have ample time % make the votes In the
box conform to the return which they have
has been aneeed i'm some cases where the boxes
we're reSuired, the houses Of the inspectors
they ymay be accidentally dropped into the f1re
take as to the dates. may destroy the boxes .
sSs.s o. az to p e.
ors, this "wise'' election law provides no PEN
harm ts done anyway. The fraudnlent return
has subserved its purpose by giving the certin- :
cate Of election 20 the Democrats candidete,
sibnfty could be conceived thanlor . Repubh-
can to successfully contest In the courts the
which they have been declared elected The
h.wss found g have one defect. hoyever In
tsdiction Of election oRenses. and these courts.
taking gadvantageof Of the unsuspecttny election
manaEers. had !eached forth Their hands un-
tafen possession 81 the ballot -boxes, With the
ballots, and held the came TO be used a. eyf-
jury % had found iad,esmesnss s q On the IS svidsnce
sour 6sst cisisens !" rom ths four Qpsrters Of
the state were dragged nom their homes TO
the sousss Of nonsgSmssy m0Gi.s dnS az Hanes sS:
salien courts" OF IN "aifen Government" "
and were made 20 suffer the tgnominy Of I'm
ship ofTsstsnrsns fare paid for BY asympsthiz-
ing and admiring people (which afterward re-
xisS S od,css S 3 .Goss Gs sns% snd ppofss. p1o e
How 70 remedy the defect which made this
sSs the ahsch
and there determined that the law which
, nos comport with the theory of the secresy of
the ballot. and q law was enacted that the
some some Vie ~ and e sedisio1s wretch should stin be
tempted TO invade 4" the sacred secresy of the
y hs
eer identity ie. or by shovtngtfsa6sence bring
% Election msnaSers e srisf is ~ss 0 further % pro-
vided that the ballots should be on plain
white paper. not shorter than fve inches, nor
inches, nor % wider than two and one half inch.
es, and that Il should have no mark or device
stracssy 70 On these reouiPemenss % Nv Were to Be rs
fected rs void. The debate ON this measure In
q ss o s would
ing reading for the Northern people.
Some timid souls there were who suggested
Inspectors. and not by the people. but they
were over0orne by the advocates or the meas
Of she SSi1os and the % Outrage q drsssinsin
ssstimony Of ienorsnt and corrupt nsgroes
the boxes purportins 70 be thsirs-
such travesty OF law and OF government OF