The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-30
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The following from the New YORK itFeS
Is too good 20 be lost. Read "
aUp 70 the present hour there Is goou
reason for believing that the anti'Mssc'f'c
candidates for The presidency aud wee
nresid.ncy have been defeated. IL Is ifue
Thai there are remote districts from wnich
80 ,s,,,rns have vet been received. but Is
hon,ng arainst hope to Imagine that TIE re-
snrns from these districts, when they do
come In. win make any material alteration
An what now appears TO be the result Oh tue
electiou. Messrs. Phelps ana PoNeFol
have been beaten. sud the banner On antI'
Masonry hss once more gone down. Free
masonry hes again triumpbed, ana the coun-
try will have TO reconcile ITSELF 10 TINS pam
al fact.
"Now that the battle Is over and lost, we
can calmly examine The reasons for the de-
feat NJ INC anti. Masonic ticket, and II might
be remarked that an examination OF TINS
Kind Ia ALWAYS more satisfactory proceed
ing after defeat chan before IL. IL Is con-
coded by all that 10 m9uy districts there
have beeu large anti. Masonic gsiDs. ln
Smiihtown, Ohio, where the anti Masonic
vote in 1876 was one, II Is this year TWO,
gain OF precisely 100 per cent. 10 brown
willie. Md, three men voted on Tutsday TOT
Pbelns and Pomeroy, " beTeas last year only
two men voted the anti-MssoDic local ticket
NJ tbe annual election fol- the supegintend-
ency Of prowling pigs. Here is another
gain OF SO per cent. In RobinYille,
Illinois, Phelps and Pomeroy received
one vote, which Is clear gain OF
more per cent. than can well De
estimated, inasmuch as the anti-Masonlc
ticket, IN 1876. In that town received only
the vote OF young man aged eighteen, ana
a. IN nnf Tho
reckless and peijured men who supern'
tended the counting. Ia Thompson City,
Wisconsin,, 40 old lady publicly announced
that she would hsye voted for Phelps and
Pomeroy had she been q man, and this de-
cIarstion may fairly be counted as an anti
Masonic gain Of several per cent. in town
where hitherto no anti Mason OF any defined
sex has ever been seen. These figures,
taken almost at random from the returns
from four different States, show an enor-
nous anti. Masonic gain, and cannot but
awaken the utmost uneasinesS for the future
I'm the minds Of FTeemssOns.
.'How has 1t happened that in spite OF
such tremendous gains the anti Masonic
candidates have been defeatedY AS In the
case OF all defeated candidates, the explana-
ton is, Of course, fraud and corruption,
though in this especial instance the malign
influence OF FreemasonTy must also be con-
sidered. IL can be proved that vast sums
OF money were expended both by the Re-
publlcans and the Democrats TO procure
tie defeat Of Phelps and PomerOy. In ono
town 10 Ohio. the name of which is for
obvious reasons withheld, prominent
Democratic politician is known to
have bad upward OF tweDty-seven cents
I'm his possession during the week before
election, and to have boosted that with this
money he could buy the support OF three
small bows. sons OF worthy widow lady,
who were OutspOken advocates OF the gal
liant Phelps and the glorious Pomeroy. In
another town in Michigan the grossest In
timidaion was prac,iced by the physician OF
a lunatic asylum, who locked an anti Ma
sonic patient in bis cell, and prevented him
from going TO the polls in state OF nature
embematic Of purity-and voting the anti
Masonic ticket. Thus with the aid OF mo-
ney and violence the Republicans and De-
mocrats, in unholy alliance, succeeded IN
multiplying the will OF the people and placing
q Masonic administration in power.
1.-THE opposition to Phelps and POmerOy
did not hesitate 10 descend 10 the use OF the
basest means to Influence the minds Of the
people against The anti.Masonic candidates.
Not one word or syllable Of abuse was hurled
at either OF them. This studied refusal 10
extend TO them the cOurteses TO which every
candidate is entitled admits OF no excuse. 1t
cannot be pretended that either Mr.. Phelps
or Mr.. Pomeroy deserved this brutal neglect.
Nothing would have been easier than to have
charged Mr.. Phelps with c0Dgenital luDacy,
complicated with subsequent idiocy. To the
shame OF the Democratic and Republican
editors II must be said that they persistently
refused TO pake any such charge, The past
puhl,e life OF Mr.. Pomeroy, who was at one
time elected senator from Kansas, and at
another time was not, afforded every OPP
portunity to his opponents for vigorous
and effective campaign chargesi Dut, new
ertheless, be was treated with systematic
and silent contempt which must have MADE
the blood OF every earnest anti-Mss0n np.
proach the boiling point. These men could
not have been treated differently had they
been quiet, respectable citizens, who had
never been convicted OF having been candi
dates for Office. The utter refusal OF their
opponents TO aid them by making charges
against them was essentially fraudulent,
and In direct conflict with the spirit OF our
institutions. IL remains to be seen whether
the matter cannot be brought before an
Electoral Commission, and the votes Of
those States which have been unfairly Sc
cured by Garfield or Hancock thrown out.
"This crushing defeat should not, how
ever, discourage the antt-Masons. Their
cause Is q noble one. Garfield, Arthur,
Hancock, and English are all Freemasons,
and as such will unquestlonably aid one an'
other 10 the future, as In the past, IN every
variety OF crAe. The accused spirit Of
Freemasonry must be put down, and the
anti-MasoBs must never cease TO nominate
candidates until they iaally triumph at the
polls, In spite OF the desperate aud corrupt
devices OF their opponents"