The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21
An Outrage on the Ballot.

An Outrage on the Ballot.
The new House of Representatives.
1t its next session. will be call upon to
decided whether Chalmers, Democratic,
or Lynch, Republican, was elected to
Congress from the Sixth District o<
Mississippi. 1t Is not certain whether
. summary of the frauds. violence, and
tricks practiced at the polls will be
brought in evidence against Chalmers.
who has the Governors certificate of
election. That various expedients were
resorted to in order to deter Republi-
cans from voting Is well known. The
commonest device was for the Demo-
Gratis TO get possession of the polls early
and to obstruct the approach of all ex-
cept their own political associates.
This was done SO successfully in many
instances that hundreds OF Republicans
were left standing with their votes in
their hands when the polls were closed.
A letter detailing some of the outrageous
practices of the Democratic managers,
by which q large Republican majority
was reduced to a minority. was written
to the Times last November, and its
publication effectually silenced the
partisan cry that Lynch's case was
''trumped up for the sake OF making q
con.es - III
nut tne greaIest outrage " nno ~ h.,,uts
tne tnrowing out OF neariy o,vU oaoe CO..
cAst ior Lyncn; IN one oounsy % ~ 10
noma vnn Mmere Snamers Snn % m" ,ho Eiec,;nn
Sween aVv anu GU voses' VIC r.-. h.Iin,
SoisSloneIs .n,Sw OuS rSar -
ooH IN .ne county Du. oII S;. n,So1es.Ie
maze ~ appear .nas .n'T snre,w n"mo
slaugn.er =. Ir,lo We Sn,;ss;oner,
I IsAn t1U ne .Isson L",;a. wS;ch hsd heen
.arew S OUT ! atH Oslois Is, whS~ ,hsw tn"I I 0ood %
@ cass tor S Snalme.s ,.. ous .nw uVy ~ W T.vnch's
e, caso ~ .avw wv Has ," - 81 % h.ndsn, n Chal-
% svsC. SnJs S.m.. no @ ,osS ~, ~ eaI. in the count
IT,. -; s Toras.;oraI s 80 d;str;ct
-', = susrS AKA haIlot.
.vs Se vi - th;s nnmhey
~eIs VT ,nSwn ous, snI =. i.Hnch
a;Us0 1S m nsu oeeI csss -o' ds,.rno;nsd tn
Ing DemocIaes. WIZ S ,shn,,, !, wss
.o.ce m.G Congress ;g;nsn nnn a. e,act % When
aoN5iousiy imPossio,er srSS " .Ser de,;hsr.
maud and violence faiieo tney @ aenoer
aseiy resorIeo 10 tne Srino y,
ing the ballots which, mucn 70. ~ sner en-
cnaerln, outnumDS.eu snosS II ,,. ~
Cnaimen ana tnis snau.o G,,s s
mas Just oeen inoorse1 oy .no S1P'o
Court OF the Stste o. mlssiss,Pp ~,
Inc SSase Co9c provloes s MAJ al .us-
10y snSl % Ptans9o ~ s;.e
WIN p... ma anu .;.ho,. snv
snu ~. tney sn,n oo ~" t;crct
oevace, OF mark, oy y.:.S.,,.S.S wn.s tron.
may % Anown Us u .xsn. Nod
anotner: except the w0tus - suo 49,
Oh tne ucxets ine Pa - .siIad
ess G,o not oear Wnst c0IM ;.s
n&ulsnn9 mArH pss w :, P.moh
-, % usu.i IN sne P.a: I;,,.. ~,
VOL, seParatSo tns plln'psss .s ILL., n,.r ~,
tne uckes oy hgns 1rsnos, suou - ey
DO seen unoer the iargo yPo no"Ss
on the nrst page OF tne 1.mss, ss,S any as: ,uny.
Inese dasnes sePafateo Halne,u ~, nano
nom ATsnur s, arthur irom sno nS' ae ~
OF tne haectors, ano sne naLes S;,S "a ,on' c~e
last sentence on tne ucNes' ~oI I;So.. S
famed me name OF Lyncn, csnuSH. anS;"S
ior C0n&ress' In,s aasn. .non ~ .Sa
Was M hgnser tnsS any ~ T." S1c.nt;' @ I
L."es. anu 80 ngns - 49, ~ 20 ar.ns;n st;pn
o.e enooP. Sn so.y S.ose .ri,s ,vh;ch
% W. me ,ist'n& uiSn"S ma.. .st fn-
.laIe" suousan ~ Cs,ass xyho hsd
t-yncn, anu eiec.eI ShAAe''' ""o .''>
oeea amy oeisas:o r. .,;.,a. have shown
~ Sna.%e,s anu M ir'eIIS .S;.h 2 y ohsrsn.
III y. .ne iUw ounnS Snnth.,n .,har,-
solis.,o =. .aa' 1ss;s clSss y. tS.;. t..ds One
W. wno maHo Pos AZ. V;orsh,,-s,
DomSfStlc newsPsPer. sue Iono,,us Is
~ 1s. .usa, naa tne 0ou 80 ~ ~" IN
s1.s I'M s!no9s % oSs,ness 80 - ,ovarS,nent @ M -
oiusn,ng 9 Hauu On ne; ;v sw,o. ,o tha u nartv ~
Oe o!nerwise lnan An i1yui Gyi ~ sno liz =,
wnicn resorseG 70 IL ~ -.
E,ou4s were s.s1Meo' ,eN PS
mIneo 70 go 70 snc n9u se-
sS1sa.ises win n ha aegs, a"us;ss;nnar. uv IN
M;e ~ ene Ac.lon =. INC 1nnnS ,ha E,.c-
iunica County was Ioulu sne s.u 1.S c
S,on nsPSc.ofs nsI oI ~. ~ dr"ISt,,,
oHn = HJ;a.,u-,;"S;n Ua. Oa r.-t~ Safora Referred
s1rueu,Suus m -. ~, n.se
tne OeMoeIas soc % aenP sP II
,suoSng tnat .neso ~" .s S."'.,
Iegay coun'eu' anu ."S S-aasaS 10,
alor':S va inP,4pov TSo C;ro,,;,
Snis Moga . GN,;s.;n,,
Nours noio tnas 'no nL u
ers couio hot 5eJec' .1..s InI
nso oeen counteo, anu .nas "uosou
clsInguso,ng MARKS VIZ olo
p:res uaSnes ""o no' a"I to e..
S SSoi'eu law ..h
supreme Sourt Oh .ne o.aIe ~"s .e.or'
anu tnat couy hss Juss nsuT !. :. ~
eoie decision 70 .ne eIecs .naI ~ 20 '.o
outy Oh tne Electlon Coissivae's m .a ~
canvass .le oatioSs - ~um as S.,,o,s % =.
sns, euu " ." :',S.I. r.
aS .nSr .s ueoiE-% ,;na;sh;n1 sn pmarSs -
ard that their appearance on tne oa'-
lots was fatal to their leganty.
l. It will be observed that this decision
has been reached, through successive
stems. in the interest OF Chalmers. II
| l.A,,x &h.u,lx <h.x <Lo or;rv;p .
"oS PAoo"oy Suo~eu ~
outrage would be passed over, as so