Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-07
THE sew nIssIssIrr, PLAN,

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elections in favor Of the Democracy
which Is more feasible. forcible and alb
soluts than KakluI. riis-elubs. or any
thing else in that line. The plan II not
altogether new. but has been found q
to DO the surest and least troublesome.
and il not confined to Mississippi. but
ands favor pretty generally throughout
the Solid South. It 10 simply an
adaptation Of the good old method prse-
ticed by the Tammany Democracy oil
New York city. under the Tweed regime.
Of merely regulating the contents Of the
ballot.box and controlling IL to suit.
II the officers and inspectors OF the
election. the guardians OF the bailot-oox.
are Democrats. they find no difaculty in
sitting ON that box and making 1t hatch
out any sort OF . Democratic majority
required, regardless Of what went into
1t. A leading Mississippi Republican.
Of wsii.knovn social standing and re-
sponsibility. had q conference recently
with the National Republican Commit
tee. and freely expressed his views and
information on the subject. stipulatins
that his name should not DO published
at present, but holding himself rsspon-
sible at the proper time.
Tho whole election machinery" said
he, "is In the hands OF the Democracy.
The Democratic Governor appoints tho
County Commissioners. and the Com
m~issioners appoint all the election In
spectors. There is . requirement that
one inspector at each polling place shall
be OF the opposite party. Where this is
not disregardsd altogether. the Demo-
Gratis get q negro who cannot read. and
who will not know one ticket from
another, or they get q mean white man
who prstends to be q Republican and
will sell out for q tribe. somstimes
the trick OF sticking two or three tickets
together by q little mucilass at the top
IL resorted to. When these tickets are
taken out OF the box the inspectors
separate them by Q little rubbing motion
with the thumb and finger. Then there
appear to be moro ballots than names on
the poll-book. and this discrepancy Is
remedied by throwing out enough Re-
publican votes to make the account
tally"
Ono would naturally suppose with
such effective arrangements a. this there
would DO no difficulty in securing .
Democratic majority. The Democracy
find none. and the South is more solid
than ever. Where a ally. quiet game
like this is so perfectly effective 1t would
DO folly to encourage any resort to vio-
lsnce or outside bulldozipg. 1t is so
easy to control the box and pervsrt the
returns. The interview continues az
follows:
"what 10 the condition Of the Republi'
can party in your Slater"
"fhers are Just a. many Republicans
there A. over. II we could have . fair
election and Q fair count this year we
would give Garfield the electoral vote Of
Mississippi by rs, 900 majority. Blu that
10 out Of the question. II 10 impossible to
obtain . fair count"
could you not get help from tho
Courtsf"
"No, because the chancellors and judges
are all appointed by the Governor and are
all Democrats. Last year the Grsenback-
ers resorted TO the Courts for . remedy for
tho fraudulent counts in counties which
they had fairly carried. They n to the
magistrates in accordance with the law.
but tho Democrats in every case got .
chancellor TO enjoin tho magistrate from
proceeding In the matter. With the
Courts and the election officers all deter.
mined to keep the Democrats In power
what can We dor What 10 the use Of Re-
publicans voting1 why. in counties where
We used to have 1000 and 5000 majority
our vote has fallen to less than 100 all
told. One county which gave Us $500
majority In 1869 returned only 40 Repub-
licsn votes at the last election"
care there many Greenbseksrs in the
Slater"
..Yss, . good many in the counties
where the whites largely predominate.
The Republicans and Greenbsckers united
comprise at least two-thirds OF all tho
voters Of the State. Yet the Democratic
minority Of one-third has complete con-
troll and will be able TO perpetusts its
power. am in favor OF cooperating
with the Greenbackers. On one point
they agree fully with us-they are In favor
OF fair elections and Of defeating the Solid
South Democracy"
''Shall you run an electoral ticket?"
'.Yes. We have nominated one already.
Our Stats Convention WAS one OF the
largest gatherings Of the kind ever held
in Mississippi"
Suppose the Republicans make an
active canvass and determine TO vote the
ticket. will there DO any .bulldozingf"
mot much. The era OF bulldozing has
gone by. The Democrats have discovered
that violence 10 useless. II is much easier
TO commit election frauds. Then the
planters object to the old system OF raids
and mu.der. 1t disorganizes their labor.
IL " or three negroes are killed on the
plantation the rest get dissatisfied and
sometimes go of In . body. leaving the
crop TO take care Of itself. The safe and
simple way to carry elections. the Demo-
Gratis have found out, 10 TO have the iuspec.
tors return Whatever majority they want.
without regard to tho vote cast"
80 this 10 the new Mississippi plsnp"
'well. it's pretty generally practiced all
over the South now. Some lavless young
mon may indulge In bulldosing this fall
-. ~ Ill NOT ha genar.l M, in.i....l a.