Daily Republican., 1880-11-18
Tho WiuEate Habeas COrpas


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Tho WIukate Habeas COrpas,
Those Democrats who have all slcr {
bean defying the power Of the United
States Fe lsral election laws are begiI
ming to find that it Is net the mos
agreeable til ing t, lave the msshes Z,
that despised law coiling around Ii I'm
They are lightning I, find out Il 3
there is a latent power in the Unit.
States election laws that they littl'
drssmed Of when through the misguid
ed advice Of Senator Bsyard and hi
organ in this city they were led to def,
the U United States authorities. 1t is a.
last beginning to dawn upon theil
minds that q gang Of drunken disrepu
table peroos, some OF whom were jail
birds even when ticketed with DEPUTY
shsriff's or q special policeman's bads'
cannot with impunity assault and or
rest United States Deputy Marshal'
Ifthey never knew this before they art
beginning to f1d it out now, and Will
we pity them for being LED astray BY
the feeling OF hostility which controlled
S:nStor BayArd, and expressed by hin
we still rejoice that the power Of the
United States government is making
itself felt in q manner that must lead
to peaceful elections hereafter in Will
mipgtor.
The recent attempt 10 break the force
Of the United States prosecutions by the
ares! of George B. Winga,e, q Deputy.
Marshal for an alleged disturbance az
the polls Of the Eastern District of The
Fourth Ward, only pluuges those who
are attempting to break down tho
power Of the United States, deeper in
the mire. We are not surprised ths t
the Mayor and his officers deliver.
cd up Wingate to the United States au
thorit.eE when he. was demanded OF
them. The public viii be surprised
when they find out the alleged cause OF
his arrest. As We have already state
Wingate was United s.stes Deputy
Marshal at the general ele ,tion held on
the second day of November. He wore
Marshal'S badge that he might be
sa1ily distinguished. 1t was his ,duty
to protect citizens in their right to vote
without hinderancs or molestation, and
also to prevent illegal Votes from being
cast. In the discharge OF that duty he
traced repeater until he reached the
polls of the Eastern District Of the
Fourth Ward. Here the repeater at.
tempted TO vote, when Winga to
came up and told the Inspector not to
take the vote that the man was q
r !peater, while at the same time he
reach sd out his hand and grabbed the
by the shoulder and pullei
him away from thu pills. As he did
so be was assaulted by deputy sherif8
aHd the Mayors special police and it
was only because there were other
Deputy MarshalS that came to the as
sistsnce Of Wingate that the repeater
WAS held and locked up, and is now
held for trial at the United States Dis
Irict Court. We have yet to learn that
acted in disorderly manner
" did Anything to ircj:e to riot further E
han to protest against the repsater'S (
vote being taken and also to protest l
sgsirst his illegal arrest for preventing Y
MIN from voting. i
When the whole affair is silted to the /
it will be found that Win r
,ate did nothing but what he should be d
for, leaving out the enphat il
Q language generally used upon such C
ccasions when excitement runs high. b
The real gist Of his offending in the n
ives OF the Democracy was that he pre- Il
'ented a Democratic repe ster from vot u
ng. For this he Sc ans to have been ar O
ssted upon a truuped up charge of b
making disturbance and exciting to b
ut by one of the special Sheriff's or il
,olics, we do not know which, and con. C
med in a cell where he was kept sever d
i hours without being allowed an OPP t
to procure bail or to send q
Eord to his friends. He might have D
ain in the cell all night had not a il
Democrat, disguised with such brutal h
y and semi. bar barism of his own party, O
Republican of WiDgate's /
Ease. I'm Ter these circumstances none r
need be surprised that Mayor Almond, II
lnder the advics Of able counsel sur q
rendered Wipgs'e to the United States ,
authorities on writ OF habeas corpus. G
There may be another side to this s
question, but We have not ssen 1t I
brought out in any Of the papers which
have noticed the case, but We very i
much doubt If proper and satisfactory G
reason can be given for Interfering with I
Mr.. Wingate in his efforts to prevent a q