The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-23

Governor Of the STATE Rad thereupon issued
Ms mandAte, mustered his bayonefs and dis.
pssched them with all speed 20 the assistance
took mp their station, and the count proceeded.
The details of thefarce enacted here have been
DsSs D1iTre puolished S After counting out lis Re.
Disappeared from the table. reappeared. the
TO be full of tickets, where before ft had
been only partly full by reason Of the dimin.
and large numbers % of RspaSiiSan Ri eInIioa Saiios:
were scattered all over the room, where be-
naa sssn The S cooed In
not mistake the meaning OF all this, and,
timid as he was inexperienced, he yet raised
which it had been desired to bring him. The
other Inspector and the Clerks pretended to
PEND, Se indignant AM, at an ainpptation Of their in
strations of such character, that the guilty in
dividual made haste to Join his friends out
side. After being somewhat treasured by
them, he attempted TO again enter the poll
but was met by the statement that as he had
voluntarily abandoned his post, he could not
resume it. The Inspectors then proceeded
70 the count, and made Q return, giving the
Republicans lsa votes and the Democrats $40
connection with the election at this point,
which should be marked down. The first Is,
tnAt OF the ufSk llo Votes taken IrOm the DOx
while the Republican Inspector was there, ll6
were Republican votes, while of the 500 votes
taken from the box after the Republican In
Soses Ths ms ssSoHa H. how Is
colored men were enabled to terrorize 5ao
and put them in such deadly highs thai they
re8uiTed ,, military company, anormSa ,n 90 AM, ana
ieetine % the Votes @ Of the 81 freemen" Who ~ voted
AZ Kendairs Beat. in Montgomery County.
Mas fsps for the sa%s as AZ
Mciehee's, 81 Republican votes and s. Demo-
cratic were deposited. A. this place the
rance Of the old coiored man acting as the
Republican Inspector, who was also partially
cealmcnt, 70 substitute Democratic for Re-
publican ballots, but were not enabled to
beat, because the old colored man-deveioped
an amount of intelligence and decision of
character which prevented. The Republican
only majority allowed anywhere IN the whole
county at this election. and even this majority
% Tao not aCwsd ms py t the Hoard board Of OF ssPsr sgs
lated the same. but was thrown out because
more votes were returned than appeared on
the poll list The inspectors had got things
At Robinson's Roads, Montgomery County.
Mr.. billiard, one Of the oldest and best citizens
of the precinct, and it showed that $50 Repub-
hcan votes were Polled: The Democratic
The only disturbance during the day occurred
about O'Clock, and was between two colored
shot. shot, % The polls V were kept open TN ~ o'eiocS,
as by law required, and voting continued un-
til the very close The colored man who
with the count, but was informed by the other
Inspector sthat they did not propose to count,
Saa sne They them
CLOSED up the polling place, carried on the box
containing the ballots, and from that time 70
oficial Qunrters as TO the vote at this box
The same thing occurred e Porter's Beat.
nffy Democrstic, but .s that precincsther was
not one Incident Of q threatening ehsracter
heH % an f.. 4. mot
known. We only know that the inspectors,
sfser receiving votes an day. have utterly
tbeir srbitrnrv and uniawfui omissions have
diSfranchised About 80 voter. Why the mo-
pvbiicsu ms,ority .oniy suppressed. instead
of being transposed. e perhaps accounted for
by the tact that the Republicans, remember
thew had been counted out, determined 20 re-
main at the polls en- masSe until their vote
a dr9 1S1n n;ch 1ers made nnriGg ~ I'm
wanted a fair count, and that they would have
ths ,nipp5s og the insnectors and thew iid not %
feel re- safe to close the bnildinS and 20 away
With the ballot S. In the pse;senSs = 81 the
assurance The statement was accordin9iy
made 10 them that the vote as counted show
a. ssd Eis,SS ths iist n Votes .hoveti that "a
Republican NV votes had been polied 70 ,t ls Dem. Dem.
vrtiI 400 RsnnSiicsn votes and 1--WE Demo
cratic votes , had been counted go Sqt. a S AZ snis
that no other Hoht could be procured. t Was
sccortiineiy Proposed to Chsries Pope. the
the position because Of his fanorance and
sSnufsIifv fhaf All the vofAa be piaced toseth-
3. M :sns g town in ,isp Of ss sstn.n; Witch
sbe insnectoiz are ssssouired 70 maSe the Count
not bV = co,9nt % OF the votes. that the Board Of
Supervisors declare the result 10 make the
thing safe h0weSsF and n.,o to make the in'g5y ,5y
vote as cast and all the loose papers and
trash in the room, with several hundred bal.
were dumped indiscriminately into bag and
sent to the Sherin's office as the return from
Eiam-
Republican votes exceed the Denocrat1c, the
latter have been returned a. having msior-
ties. The TEXTURES at the count of those beats
do not differ materially from those related As
to the other beats. except that the Inspectors,
instead Of transpostng the Republican and
pear to hsve attempted 70 extend the Demo
cratic vote beyond the hepuoicnn vote WITH.
Ses IL mnd ing ses sas
er, and have returned more votes from their
precinct than those returns show there are
male citizens over twenty one years OF age
In tho city of Montgomery. where tt was not
supposed any attempt would be made TO fal-
our vote were not taken as in the country
precincts, and the Republican majority OF
LOO In 1916, and OF about the same NUMBER IN
cratic majority OF about 900. There are stlu
some indicia extant. The Intelligent white
Republicans, who had been offered by the Re:
pubncans as Inspectors at the city boxes, had
been rejected for colored men, who could not
write nor read, or who, It was supposed, woold
be plant In the hands OF their associates
The Democrats became aware pefore electaon
day that . mistake had been made a. 20 one
lutte colored man. On the morning OF election
the latter presenseo nmsen ss tne Young
place 20 assume ne 9unes naL an n4ur Pc
fore the time nxed by law ior opening the
polls. He was refused entrances into the
room ON the pretext that ne arrived TOO Iate,
and that the election Officers had already INST.
OrgaufZed and filled his place. The Repubn-