The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-29

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There Aeems Et6 lSaE ma end To the
various devices;, ,smnloved nv the des-
rerate Democraev to steal the Presi-,
aencv at tbe next election. Disfran-
chisement. corruption. bribery. for
gervS ,,er;urvS huItdoxin~ 0 and ballot
Sox' stuffinp have fsiresdy1 been en-,
ployed to defeat the viii of the ma
iority in pursuance Of the advices sent
out from Gran6rcy rark. The same
Infamous svstemz0f theft which was at
tempted in South Carolina and OREGON
hos heen alao .nnl;a.1 in Maine and
M;rnoaota Int ~ fboout afEactI The
most recent efssnts n this direction ap-
pear in Indiansi and Deaassare, where
bulldozing and, disfrauchisemeut are
the most }syorita methods., In the town
eIections In the foSrrner State on Mon
dav tha 5k1;ss;ssi1cx rIan was adontal
With : Horatifviy,-r rsnscess In Shelby
Conntv = oenu;ne Yazoo. .moh surround.
ed the noi1s and refnsed to let NEGROES
vote tSonch sthev nfesentea the Sron-
erlvnattest,S ,.ffiaav;ts -of' -'c;t;zenshin.
n thax. ins;s4s< q Dnon. their r;ohts. they
were 81 nnob and 6<rSen vb;te
RennhIicans interfered to T,rotect them
they yvere awarded fbe sanoeI treat.
ment. and. a the Democratic rouphs-
and bullies outnumbered the respect-
able voters of course there was NO DIFF
ficulty in driving awfy the negroes. and
bv preyentino Them from voting a bio
Democratic majority was secured. II
adds to the infamy of this OUTRAGE that
the mob was headed by the Democratic
county officials. Thus the Yazoo plan
was successfully inaugurated in a North
ern otate, ana we nave tne spectacie ~
our very doors of mob-rule at the polls,
anu Democratlc OHiciais preventing
citizens from voting by violence and
oi9ouSnSu. ~ ,.
In OelaWare tne pan py WHICH tne
Democrats propose to keep control
does not involve violence, put an lnge-
nious plan OF disfranchisement. Appa-
IS.'ty tnere - NJ moIiye III uls110n
cniseHens, Us Oeiawale 1as aiw ays Oeen
strongly Democratic, and mas been the
pontlcai properly OF Ine Dayaros ana
Sauisburys. But durlng the last year
things have taken dlnerent turn Inc
dissensions in the Republican factions
nave been healed, SO tnat the party Is
solid and In better shape tnan IL mas
Deen ior zen OF ni1een years past wh!e
tne oissatisiactlon WIN tne Oeulocrauc
rings mas drlven many businessmen
over 10 .he hePuDncans; Anat tne
Democratic leaaers rear tney may lose
tne Sta1e Is eviqenceu Dy sneiI scn9%e Tn
W U.,A:n Usllancnise AePucau so'e W Nc 1no
VIM ":responue:s po.:s =. 'ae ~: N."
A0rh Io""e, ~ ~ ioIScas.ns JUG Poii'l-
cal condllon OF the OIaSe' says:
To Justify further their hopefuiness these
gentiemen say snst me H0Inty Oh NE ssss
innate Repu6lican majority. Of SO: that the
County OF Kent, WHICH used s9 onset SeweSs cas-
year of over 600; and that Sussex, the remain-
Ing county, is close, the Democratic majority
navns Reen en- Gu. Pns IN zee, az as ve al 1' ss
they have already done in two Of the three
counties and Is wen as they have have reason es & for
viii be sheirs next November with it's three
Electoral votes. indeed, they insist that II the
stesa of ams himser ~eS fu Renubican Vote tneir
majority would be 1t least 1000. 3.'16
1t is in the application of these laws
that the Democratic leaders are seek
ing to disfranchise Republican voters
and to keep control of the Electoral
votes next fall. The law provides that
before a man can vote he must be as
sessed for a tax, and must bring his tax
receipt to the polls, and, of course, was
originally intended to wipe out the
negro vote as far as possible. Under
the law, the list of taxpayers is printed
toward the end of February, and three
days are allowed for correction. If q
voter is not put ON the list by his
Assessor and fails to get ON the amend
ed list, the only way he can get his
name there is by the application to the
Lew Court in person to have himself
assessed. If therefore, a person does
not get on the assessment by the lst of
Anrf. either THROUGH the Assessor or
the Court. he is .disfranchised for a
wear, and equally if he is assessed and
fails to pay his tax within specified
time, though he may offer to pay tax
and penalties many times over. Taking
advantage of these provisions, the
Assessors. under instructions from high
official antbor;tv- omitted tbousands of
names of Reunblicans from the lists.
for the most !. part names of col.
ored men. but includino also many
whites who had paid their taxes
regularly for wears. They evil
oently .cohsluereu S.as tne negroes
were TOO lgnOrant 70 QlScoVer tne OinlS-
sion, or, If they should discover it, that
th.,, ,,,aro tr, ,oo,. -, ~ ~, oo,,ntveoote
'uoy woio WV PvoA " ~ W SOuu.y oo0.e'
and appear before the Levy Courts.
Tho Raauhlican leaders however have
nc .oST0' 49,
discovered the SwlnOle ana are MAKING
every effort to thWart il bV bringing the
voters DeIore Inc Levy CouleS, lnouSh
even in the courts, which are Demo-
cratic and do the bidding of the lead
o-"s.T :G 90 SC .-o 6 y 80 -.
CTS, IucH ehorsS aIe AhPeueo W uohays
and the consumption OF tne utmost
Possipie time on eacn case Dut naVlng