Daily Republican., 1880-04-06
onIv Houest Eieetions Wanted.

: to the discrimination OF the Republican
to have fair vote at the approachin
fall elections without interference fror
the police and without being in DANCE
OF arrest for Directing to reporters vol
, ing early and often. This determins
| ton has thrown eur cotemporary int
another periodical fright, for q fai
: vote is just exactly what it does nc
! want. We were going to say that this
paper knew very we'll that on FIJI
assessment and fair vote witLou
fraud, this city is Republican by on
Thousand majority, but we forbear 70
when it says that, 1--WE never knew al
illegal vote to be given," We may vel
conclude that it never knew anything
That paper had the record of the con
viction of a number Of persons by tn,
court for repeating published in its OWE
columns. but yet its editor never knew
an illegal vsts to be given. 1t Seems
however that he ia not 60 ignorant after
all of tricks that are vain and ways
that are dark, for in succeeding para.
graph he says: 1--WE were cheated out
Of the majority Of the Council for a
number Of years after the close Of the
war by the use of counterfeit tax 70.
csipts." He seems to know something
after all. None so blind or ignorant as
those who wilfully make themselves SO.
But there is something good also
in the mud bedizsned article
which is an offset to the bad advice
given, for have we not this remarkable
declaration and expressed hope for the
future? "To the Democrats we have
to say that we countenance no wrong
Good Heavens y and hope no illegal
voting will be attempted" Good for the
latter That is just what the Repub'
licans want. They do not intend to
allow their own party to cast illegal
votes and they are determined that
their honest legal votes shall not be
effset by horde of Democratic repeat.
ers under the protection Of policemen
and apologized for and defended by |
the "Gazetts" simply because in its
feigned ignorance it rever knew an
illegal vote to be given. This is why
we advised the appointment OF COM
mittee of Republicans to wait upon
Mayor Allmend and have proper I'M
Outstanding in time, as to how far the
police are to be allowed to interfere in
the elections. Republicans want the
police to perform their proper functions,
IS laid down in the law, and instead OF
protecting and assisting
Democratic repeaters 10 blot out an
honest Republican vote, they want the
Mayor to instruct them to arrest them.
II this is done there will be peace and
quiet at the polls; if it is not done
then Mayor Almond will be to blame
if trouble ensues between citizens and
police. Repub licans have rights at the
polls and so have Democrats, but one
has no more rights than the other, A
Democrat who has legal right to a vote
must be protected in exercising his
lights, and so must Republicans who
nave the same rights, but no Democrat
n Republican has RICH: to vote more
han once at the same election. This
all We contend for. Is there any,
hing wrong in that? Last septem-
er's election was carried for the Demo
rats by crowds of repeaters and illegal
oters, and through that stupendous
arce called an election Democrats are
Ioiding Office to-day who must blush +
nth shame when they reflect upon the
manner in which they obtained their
fices. We say boldly that these re-
'eaters were protected in voting by
ONE of Mayor Almonds police. This
the fraud that Republicans say must
e stopped, and where is the good citi-
en- be he Of what politics he may who
ill not say this is right. Republicans
0 not want to be dictatorial. They 7
imply want to be protected in their +
ghts. They depended upon the prop.
rly constituted police force to protect
lem last fall, but instead of being pro.
'cted they were shsmelessly bulldoz9d
policemen who arrested Republicans y
pom the most trivial pretext, and COL
agued with gangs OF repeaters, some
whom ara low in jail, to crush out
le honest Republican vote. This is
ain talk, but there are honest
emocrats as vel as Republicans who
now that there is occasion for it. OF VI
urse this "Gazette" don't know any,
ing about it; nobody expects it to
low. But it knows all about Repub-
AN violence during the war. Oh.
IS it's friends, the rebels, with their
mpathizers we're get ing hurt then.
knows all about frauds committed BY
publicans at later date. 1t is not