The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-26

06YuWAAC8M SOCEON O1EC0A0Ee
The following circular is being issued
to Republican workers throughout this
State. 1t is headed "Strictly Confden-
..l, NY H :.
is intended for an honest purpose p
Hughes, the Washington hummer, and
other confidential agents have been
sent out over the State to organize Csc
cret detective force" ostensibly to watch
Democrats, but in reality to organize
wholesale system of fraud. AS the habit
of the Republican leaders is to charge
the Democrats with the crimes they pur-
pose to commit themselves, it may be set
down as fixed fact that these "secret
detectives " intend to use " little joker"
wherever they can do so. The Republi-
cans invented the So tissue ballots or I" lit
tie jokers," and used them first in Leon
county, when in 1875 one Bowes suc-
ceeded in stuffing "a Of them into bal
lot-bot and had them counted for Hayes.
He was afterwards rewarded by q place
in one of the departments at Washington.
Thu following is a fac sinsile of the "lit.
tie jokers" used by the Republicans in
1875:
Presidential Rectors-Fred.
enck c. Humphries, Charles II.
Pearce william h. Holden,
Thomas w. Long.
For Govemor-Marcelius L.
For Lieutenant Governor
David montgomery.
For Congress. First District
William j. Purman.
For the Assembly, Leon
SON. William II. Ford Edmund
C. Weeke, Denard Quartermsn.
Now, the party that invented these
cheats, and by their use elected (?) .
President Of the United States, have the
effrontry to issue the following circular,
pretending to have discovered that the
Democrats have plan to use similar bal
lots fraudulently! Let every Democrat be
on the alert there ID no trick or rascslity
too base for them to try. Eternal vigil
lance is the price of liberty" II you
would not have the Radical chain again
forged about you, defeat by watchfnlneas
and work these neiarious schemes. But
to the circular the following is verbatim
copy. Further comment is unnecessary:
Lstrictiy Conndeniial]
REPUBLICAN STATE Elk. COMMITTEE,
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, October Is, 1880.
II has come tn the knowledge Of This commit.
tee that there Is . Democratic plan In process Of
preparation of using tissue Aallots extensively In
the approaching election This process Of fraud
in this and other Southern States has heretofore
been successful. Il 10 the intention of this COM
miitee to stop this business. and they hereby
offer reward of one hundred dollars (elDO) 70
the person or persons who viii detect the fraud
Of the use at tisss1 bail0ks or the small ballots
usually known Is ktts joksrs,' Or any other
tGe ballots put in The balloi-bcxes for fraudulent
purposes, together with proof necessary 70 secure
ID the United States Court. ftR
We suggest thatyou osknni7e detsctite force
At each poll In your caunly.s Give each member
Of this force instructions In be sccret In every
and set, and 10 every possible way 10
gain the conhdence or Democrat eIeclbDn on
GALS and 70 use every means to detect this out-
rage. In each case where yop have detectesl
ibis fraud notify the secretary Of this COMMITTEES.
Your communicated viii Do considered c0un.
Dental, and You win be consulted before i've esi.
ience you furnish 10 seat before the graad Jury |
OF 10 action. 81 i sssE s4 ta3ga Y, ss
A detective force win be Organised hy this |
and will have Representatives "a every
,nhniy where u IL believed 10 Be necessary BE-
'urHst, have men, sappoesd 10 be Democrats 0n
POUR icrce NJ every poll II So . sSssgs,
.ss alo.s 80 PsrER Josss. SssreIesY
We omitted 10 our last issue % state
hat Hon. s. ], Turnbull has bsens uomi-
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