The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11
The wicked Flee.

took the Presidency four years ago.
We desire to quiet these apprehen-
sions. The Democratic party medi-
tates no rape OF the Presidency. 1t
does not intend to follow the Repub-
lican precedent set four years ago. It
docs not intend to steal three States,
or two States, or one State. 1t does
not contemplate any political legerde-
main which will elect two men on OPP
posite tickets by majority of several
thousand by the came votes. The av-
erage human mind has never been able
to comprehend how if Nichols was
elected Governor of Louisiana Hayes
was elected President. Hayes, after
his Inauguration, admitted, and his
party admitted, that Nichols had been
elected Governor of Louisiana by a
majority of several thousand votes.
The Tilden Electors in Louisiana re-
ceived more votes than Nichols. They
had larger majority than did Mich
oils. No mathematician has been able
to comprehend how, if Nichols car
ried Louisiana, as Hayes admitted and
as all Republicans confessed, Hayes
could have carried that State. A sim
liar problem presented itself in Flori.
ds, and almost such an one in South
Carolina. We desire now 10 cay that
the Democratic party does not intend
to take the Presidency by any such
peculiar methods. 1t does not pro-
pose to count the same votes, several
thousand in . lump, both ways. We
regard the example set four years ago
by the Republican managers as dan:
gerous to the last degree to republican
institutions. We have been amazed
that the public indignation at the out
rage has been go slight.
The Republican majority in New
York, or. the alleged majority, has
been dwindIIng, and this has alarmed
the Republicans. That there were
Republican frauds in October in Ham
ilton County, and in Indiana, is abund-
antly apparent. That there were
frauds in the City Of New York, and
in Brooklyn. in the November cleo
ton is firmly, and with reason, assert
ed. Whether the excessive fraudulent
vote! cast for the Republican ticket
was larger than the, alleged Republi-
can majority in New York is not
known. Of course all honest Repub-
licans desire an henest vote and fair
connt. We have not desired that the
Presidency should be given to Ham
cock by other means than these. We
do not now so desire. Ifsuch wrongs
upon suffrage have been committed in
New York that the face of the vote
does not represent its honest result, all
good Republicans will join us in
hoping that the wrong may be lighted.
AT this moment the extent of the al
legged frauds is unknown, and the al
legged majority for Garfield is not
known. The present Republican
alarm concerning the Empire State is
the terror Of guilty consciences that
remember the outrage of four years
ago. There is no ground for this
trepidation. The Democratic party,
that. has vigorously denounced the
enormous effense against suffrage
which was committed after the last
Presidential election, will take the
Electoral vote in this election Of no
State to which it is not fairly entitled.
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee of New York have issued the
following harmless and honest ad-
dress: % a- t'---
WHEREAS, 1t appears that at the
recent election in this State a vote has
been cast in certain localities largely
in excess of the legal vote as deter
mined by the recent census taken un
der direction of the General Govern
ment therefore,
Resolved, that it is the duty of the
several County Committees of the
Stale, aud they are hereby requested
by the State. Committee, to examine
such census returns, and make com-
psrisons with the votes recorded rs
ffa ! lg been polled in. the various dis.
ltriCIs of their county,, with q view OF
,ascertaining the extent Of the fraudu.
lent vote In this State, and forward
Immediately the result. of such exam
ination to w. A. Fowler Chairman of
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, New York The unaccounta-
BILE increase OF the Republican vote in
Nnrk opd ON n
The plain evidences of fraud iu such
vote. demand an Immediate investiga-
ton on the part of the respective
Democratic organizations of the cOun-
ties. >" tu"
Resolved, That all citizens of the
State, in each and every locality, who
favor the right of the people to popu-
lar government, and who believe a
fair vote and honest count essential to
the perpetuation of our inshtu,lons,
are requested toad by all means in
their power. The aseertainment of the
result.
Resolved. That a copy of these res
olutions be'forwarded to every Dem
ocrstic organization in this State"
No honest Republican in the land
can sinccrel y object to the letter or
the spirit of this address. Indeed, all
kd46st Republicans should concur in
it, ihd give all proper assistance in
granting its requests. IT frauds have
been notOrieusly committed, it is. not
the part of patriotism to look indiffer-
emily on, to gaze without concern upon
the consnmmatlon of the wrong. II
there have been no frauds, this address
is certainly harmless. We beg, there.
fore, to assure our frightened Repub-
lican friends that the Democratic
party does not intend TO steal a State.
1t did not even exact its own four
years ago. There is simply Demo.
cratic spirit of investigation in New
Y ork which should alarm no hOnest