The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-30

retru~ ~ DC going really "h-ll bent. rs
she Ola song nsed 20 say. The RAIDS.
with their rebel government. are sick OF
takiag the same medicine which they
1rve been nnscrupulonsly administering
- Democrats fcr wears. and rebel against
T. The, are like the rogue who
.'Hsd no coed erinion ofrhe Law.
~hen himself dia feel tie halter draw
The Ireland Argus. OF last week. has
lot OF balderdaxh that we are surprised
any one should imagine they could palm
off IN nn intelligent community. that
- - sxit keeps posted on the events of
the day. Ii charges thar the Democrats
in Maine perpetrafed a fraud by strictly
'nsihe inr To the law in every particular.
and instances some Of the reasons. rs the
leaving sat Of the middle initial Of n
candidates name on the election tickets !:
ske prirsiag Of the tickets In two colors.
30 a. TO be able 10 distinguish them on
the hack. etc. Let's examine some Of
these : frauds, and see how they would
he considered in Indiana. Suppose at
the next election in Madison township.
for insfzse< Mr.. John Anderson should
receive so votes for Trustee: John III.
Anderson 50 votes: and Jacob ii. Lem
mon Loo votes. will the Argus man pre-
tend 20 say that the canvassing board
-houid coGn< the votes for both Of the
ABdersensn2s for one man. on the ground
that she people intended to vote for only
one. and th6s defeat Lennon? No fair
man viii thus endeavor TO thwart the
expressed will OF the people al the polls.
just similar state Of facts occurred in
some legislative districts in Maine, and
hnssarr ~
-fraud.7 Shades OF Lie Pinkston.
JOAN Sheruea. and the Electoral Com
mission. HAYS and all his bcnificiaries. to
cry fraud Suppose. again. that AZ the
spring electicn- candidate for Trustee
Of Madison township should receive $50
votes. the bsilcts being printed on color
ed paper or with colored ink. so rs 10 be
distin xtsiskSa< mark, and another can
didaie should receive IS votes Of ballots
on plain white paper, would not the one
receiving 15'ystes be elected, though re-
ceiviEg only sne-sixth as many as the
other. Mos assuredly he would, for
the law-isswoI settled. that ballots cast
in away contrary TO law. are not to be
counted. Some instances Of this kind
occurred IN 7isine. And this weak
apOsog;st for che Presidential thieves
and wholesale bribers Of the negroes.
and subcrnness Of perjury, cries :. fraud ;"
At this! He says:
= The defects claimed by the council
20 exist were all Of such q character as
could and sheuld have been corrected
before the fnsi canvass OF the votes.r
When thegrcstesf fraud Of the 10th
century was being perpetrated, the steal
ing Of the Presidency Of the Republic.
and giving tito Hayes who had quar-
ter Of . million less votes than Tilden.
and lacked . million votes Of having a
majority If those cast. Senator Morton
announced the doctrine that il was H.
legal to 60 behind the returns, aud find
whether theywcTc sustained by the facts.
and BY vote Of the famous eight to-
seven. this infamous ruling was made al
part Of the history Of the country. and a
fraudulent President seated upon il. and
Yet the Argus man would have the coun-
cid ~ Elaine 60 not only behind the re-
turns bet behind the ballots cast, and
the law, cad say men were elected who
had not received even majority Of the
ballots cast.
In Maine, IS in Indiana, the law re-
quires that All the officers Of the election
beard should sign the certificate Of the
returns, ana II il no excuse for their
failure 10 do %, that the printer had not
printed ruled line for their signatures
They ought to know the law, and If the
ruled line vas not there, and they
couldn't write their names without one,
pencils and straight rule are plenty, as
well as feel Aldermen in Maine. No
return would be counted in Indiana, for
any Office. which was not properly sign
ed by All the officers Of the election board.
But above and beyond all this cavilin z
about fraud looms up the grand prin-
ciple that American liberties are to be
preserved. IL = al, by giving TO the peo-
pie, Of al classes, 1t the polls, the chance
OF an unintimidated and free expression
Of their will, and the after carrying out!
of that will. And IL IL now . notorious
fact that the so-caIled intimidation of
the negroes at the South sinks to utter
insignifcance. and dwindIes In COMPARE
son as the small mole hill to the highest
peak Of the Andes, when put in juxtapo-
sition with the arbitrary control Of their
hands By the despotic owners Of the
large manufactures and other corpor-
ations Of Maine and the other New
England States. These hands, with
families dependent on their labor for
sustenance, are boldly given TO under
stand IL they do not vote as the owners
dictate, they will be thrown out of en-
pIoyment, and . Congressional invcsti-
CATION has shown that the elections in
that part Of the country have thus been
materially influenced BY these owners
for years. There IL no question in the
rutrIr ~ any vweIl n fowv.ro1 vsorocc shox