The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-28
Another InstalIment From Gen. Weaver
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Another InstaIIment From Gen. Weaver
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view.
judging from reported interview in
the Indianapolis Journal with General
Weaver, the Greenback candidate for
President, he not only does not go
back on his interview with an 1NrELLI-
dEYceR reporter while in this city, but
rather goes forward on it. He shows
how it is that the South proposes in No.
vember to establish "the principles for
which Lee and Jackson fought" as Wade
Hampton put 1t in his staunton speech.
1t seems, according to the indianapolis In
terview, that the Alabama Bourbons made
no secret during his visit there OF their
determination that the Republicans should
be counted out. As a proof Of the man
ner in which it has been done, General
Weaver exhibited to the reporter certi-
fed copy OF the returns at the last four
elections in Montgomery county, where
the people are three.fourths Republican.
At the Presidential election in 1876,
Hayes majority over Tilden was 1881.
AT the Senatorial election in 1873, the
Democratic majority was 1860. AT the
Congressional election in 1878, Herbert,
Democrat, was elected by 1,07S majority
over Armstrong, Greenbacker. At
the recent State election, Cobb, Demo-
csat, was elected Governor over Pick
ems, Greenbacker, by 2,6l6 majority. Gen.
Weaver also detailed some Of the methods
by which colored men are prevented
from voting. Whenever one OF them at
tempts to vote the Republican ticket he is
challenged, and from fifteen to twenty
minutes are occupiedi in questioning him,
the result being that, BY the time the polls
are closed, there Is large crowd Of me-
groes who are unable TO vote. Another
favorite method is TO provoke quarrel
with negro at the pollsS and then send
for a military company and drive all the
negroes away under the pretense that they
are violating the peace. The timid are
kept away by notification that there will
be trouble at the polls, aud that their
lives will be in danger. When all other
methods to prevent them from voting fail
then they resort to the process OF counting
out, which Is done by simply removing
the Republican votes from the box and
filling 1t up with Democratic votes, with.
out regard to number, which accounts for
the fact that in several counties at tho re.
cent election the returns show larger
Democratic vote than the total number Of
males over 81 years Of age Of all parties
combined
The Democratic methods are brought to
their highest perfection in Mississippi,
where no Republican can be elected,
though the State has clear Republican
majority Of $4,000. A correspondent Of
the St. Louis Globe. Democrat, who has been
over the ground thoroughly, describes
some Of the methods in a letter to that
paper. When all other means fail, actual
bloodshed is used, as at Nicksburg, Gin.
ton, Kemper and Yazoo. The second Is
the method OF the mllder persuasion OF
the White Line policy, which means ave
will not employ you or support you II you
10 not vote our ticket" which keeps many
WAY from the polls. The third plan is
hus described by this correspondent:
On the eve Of an election, in district b