Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-08-11
The Alabama Election.
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mousiy BY tie Democrats.

Ala, 10 the New York Times saws: A
most Infamous outrage, one which is
fit illustration to the hypocrisy of the
Democratic platform, has been commit
ted upon the good people of Alabama,
and especially upon these of this county.
If the readers of the Times could be
made thoroughly conversant with the
facts of the so-called election in this
State yesterday, they would be satisfied
beyond all doubt that it will not do at
present to entrust the Democratic party
with power. In the counties Of the
State where the large Republican ma
joritIes lies, the county officers elected
by Republicans at former elections have
been forced out of Office by one means
OF another, the most effective having
been the passage of law by the Leg
islature refusing to permit persons to
become sureties on official bonds who
reside outside the limits of the county
where the duties of the Office were to
be performed. Then by ostracising all
Democrats or Republicans who dared
60 OH Republican official bond, the
displacement was completed. The i'm
portance of having Democratic officers
IN those counties will be seen when il is
understood that the appointment of
election inspectors and the general con-
troll of election is in their hands. When
the time came to appoint inspectors for
the last election, the persons elected by
the Republican Committees to repre-
sent the Republicans at the several
polls in these counties were deliberately
set aside, and ignorant colored men,
who we're Unable to tell a Republican
from a Democratic ballot, were arbitra-
rlly selected to represent the party. To
render these poor, innocent instruments
even more helpless, the Democratic
Legislature, at its last session, provided
that the ballot should be on pain, white
paper, and should not be counted if
there was any device whatever on il.
The result has been tina. while the Re-
publicans polled larger vote at this
election than at any election for years,
they were deliberately counted out by
men occupying responsible positions in
in the world, who think it no offense to
steal the vote of a negro or a Republi-
can.
The election in this county, which in
former years registered Republican ma
joriiies ranging from three to four thou
sand, is a ialr sample OF the conduct Oi
the election elsewhere At McGee's
Switch, ia this county, the Republicans
polled about six hundred votes and the
Democrats fifty. While the votes we're
being counted the candle was turned
over and put out aud the room left in
darkness for several minutes. When
the colored Republican inspector put
out his hand to preserve the ballot box
be found that 1t was gone. Considera-
bic confusion ensued, and on the candle
being relighted it was observed that the
box had been filed up with new tickets,
ard that the old ballots were sll over
the floor. The colofet man protested
against The fraud, aud was driven from
the rootn with curses, and was not per
initied sgain to enter aud observe The
count The votes have been te,urned
as giving four hundred and fifty Demo
cratic nsjority During the eoubt at
this Precinct, a military cofnpany ard
large posse of atined citizens, uhist The
cotutibd of deputy sheriff, apbeated
at the golIiug place to protect The To-
stectofs. although 30 ttouble or thteats
qf ttoubls bad occtttd at The polls
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theit hrfltious scheme az lll bnzatds,
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