Daily Republican., 1880-10-09
The Ninth ward fraud.

or all the outrages committed at tht
Little Election, there we're none q
b,ld as stealing ne election certi6cat,
made out for the elected Republican
inspector Of the Ninth Ward. The out
rays on the ballot by voting again o
repeaters in that Ward in an attemp'
to swamp the Republican majority was
black eniug, but 10 openly steal an elee
tion certificate after 1t was made Gu,
for the suooessful candidate, is q crime
for which the pillory, the post, the
lash, foe and imprisonment would NOT
be too sewers.
Here was an election held under the
auspices Of Democratic cffcsrs.--
The Inspector was an unswerving
Democrat always and bis total unttnsss
to hold such an election is only proof
Of his devotion to the shadow Of Dsmoc-
Flcy. He appointed Democratic as.
sistant and Democratic Clerk, allow
ing the Republicans to have one Assist
ant Inspector and clerk. Regularly
organized the board of Inspectors steOd
two Democrats and one Republican.
Everything is in the hands Of the Dem
oorats. Democratic police hung at the
poll window and overswed and brow.
beat qu let and peaceful Republicans.
From 10 O'Clock in the forenoon until
5 O'Clock in the afternoon the election
proceeds with comparative order and
Notwithstanding the demorslized condi-
tion Of the Inspector. At the last nam
cd hour II was known that the Repub.
licans we're far in the lead so far that
they knew the Democrats could not
muster up enough of votes in the Ward
to beat them by the time the poles clos
cd at 6 o'clock.
The emergency to the Democrats had
come. 1t was important to them that
they should have the Inspector Of the
Ninth Ward in order tina. they should
have majority Of the board Of canvass
when it met at New Castle. They know
they had two districts doctored up that
no matter what Republican vote was
cast they would be counted for the
Democrats anyhow BY such men as
Lee, Mccall and Pat Gardner. Bat the
West district Of the Fourth Ward con-
trary To their expectations was going
wrong, and William J. Morrow the
honest Democratic Inspector who held
the election in that district could not
be Influenced to count out the Rspubli.
cans as Lee and Gardner did other dis.
tricts. Here was dilemma. Some.
thing had to be done. In looking around
and taking observations OF the situa-
tion in order TO find out what other Re.
publican district could be the easiest
bulldozsd and overrun the last hour
by Democratic Iepeate,s. The Eighth
Ward was looked after and they had
the Inspector there to do whatever he
was commanded, but it was decidedly
unsafe to try the experiment there
tv5n backed up by a strong police
force. The Republicans Of that Ward
had shown q wonderful capacity for
taking care Of themselves. The Eighth
was given the go by and the Ninth wa
selected as the weakest point for an at.
t q by gang Of repeaters, outlaws
a ID thieve', o'llectsd and taken in O
body to that poll. The Inspectors were
doctored, and Democratic vouchers were
present to swear, II need be that they
lived in the Wsrd.
L. is hsrl 10 design the confusion
o'thst last hour. Repeaters voting,
ID moorat' vouchins fo' them, Rspub-
licans protesting an Democratic politi
ciaps filing the air with profanity jerk
ing and pulling Republicans away from
the polls. Such a saturnalia Of crime
and confusion at an election poll was
never before seen at poll IN Whining