The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-10-01
rnAUD AtrzNowLEDGED.
n AImhaIraR J,esaoerRtic Organ Admits
,a{s<s IpvuI0rea txAe Huge Era1KoS
1fsanS Recently CARRIED she Sf0Se
Fer gRgS Democracy

Fer the Denl0cracy>
A Washington special telegram to the
Cincinnati Gazette says copy OF the
True Issue. a democratic paper published
ot birmingham. Alabama. was received
tonight. 1t has the names OF Hancock
and English standing at the head OF ITS
editorial column, and under them 1t plintS
the following remarkable admission that
the charge of gross fraud at the State
election are true
1t is amusing to read the many different
reasons given by the papers for the vote OF
Alabama in the recent election. Scarcely
any two OF them agree, and all seem
anxious to persuade the world that there Is
a reason. None as yet have givea the
true one. This would be damaging. 1t is
necessary, however. that they should print
it, for the enlightenment OF the people :;
they already know it, and regret that it
exists. They also regret that it is neces-
sary to make so many and so various
excuses for the result Of an election in this
State. They realize the fact, and regret it
also. that great damage has been done to
Gen Hancock in the race for the presi-
ttency by the put-up majority of 80, 600.
The cry of frauh has beer raised by a
cheated aud wronged people, and it Is
| repeated throughout the land, exaggerated
doubtless, and it is telling feartully against
him in the north, and blighting, we fear,
| chances that were bright up TO the time
the manipnlators handled that iniquity
that lisgraccs the legislation of last
session, the new election law. Had it moi
been used as it was it would have failed,
perhaps. of its purpose. 1t bears oil its
face fraud, ard of course, as it was intend.
/ ed to dcfraud it was so used. 1t was toe
much used. however, and the $4,000
| looks about as ugly now as the eigh: to
seven commission did four years ago. used
| to cheat Tilden out of the presidency
Both these democratic performances are
understood by the great mass of the people
and they are not so much surprised
at either as the press seem to be
now at the $4,000 majority. They know
| who planned and executed them, anC
what for, aud they will not fail to say i
| Hancock is defeated that the defeat came
to him through the same channel as the
cheat did to TiIdcn.
There was, in our opinion, no necessity
for so gigantic Il fraud for any party pur
poses. The eight to seven commission
was regular bonanza of the kind. ant
there need not have been an effort on th'
| part of the - so-cllled'' 10 pale the laurel
already woa. Twenty or twenty-five
thousaud majority would have beer
enough to fully secure all the officers of TIN
state and tested the working capacity o
the . machine, that can grind out ballot
and add up majoTities that don't exist
That disfrauchises the people and denie
them the right of a tree ballot and al
| honest count. the most sacred civil rigll
| ever wrested from the citizen. Alabam
| rried by the fraud Of moan. villai'iou
election law. loses to the party in thes
United States the choice of president
anu makes, perhaps, radical congress
What may the people hope from part
that so outrages them and their rights.