Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-04-12

Last year, in the city and township, f o.
Alpena, he got about 500 eradication ,
and here is where place. Here is
should hayfves here is where most OF
.Hs tools live; here is where his blow
ers and strickers reside, and it must be
here, if anywhere, that the vindication
took place. But the vote shows that
got 106 majority in these places, run
ming some so or 100 ahead of my
ticket.
In Otsego county they were not III
terested in any vindication, but, as a
matter of fact, men were sent from
here who had opposed this man last
year, for the sole purpose of convinc-
ing the Otsego people that there was no
connection between limerick and this
man. IF the Otsego people had thought
there was any connection, limerick
would not have gotten fifty votes in the
county.
In Presque Isle county | was only
beaten in two towns out of eight, and
outside of Posen | got a larger major
ity than ever before. But Posen, last
year, went against this man, and went
against me this year. But how comes
this town to change on me? When /
run before, it gave me about $50 ma
jority. Since then l have become per-
sonally acquainted with most of the
voters. l defended them when they
were under arrest for the late riots,
and got them free. Most of the Po-
landers can not speak or read our Ian
guage, but every time / have met these
people, since those trials, they have
shown their gratitude by their actions.
They would no sooner have voted against
me, than they would have cut their
right hand Off they had known
what they were doing. Unfortunately
they have to depend upon some one or
two for their tickets, and these one or
two were the persons to whom l had
intrusted my tickets. These men were
bought up; my tickets destroyed, and
the others voted in their stead
But still the fact remains that | was
defeated, but how was it done? The
electors OF the district were corrupted
as far as money could. do it. / know
of men in the city of Alpena and the
township of Ossineke that were bought
up to vote and work against me. |
know of men that were offered from
S25 to 800 to merely keep still and do
nothing for me. The only wonder is
that, with the money used against me,
| was able to get any votes. The
churches that were so anxious and had
preached to them such eloquent SER
mons upon the duty Of voting right, /
want them to continue in the good
work and add another sermon upon the
wickedness Of bribery, for certain it is
that some Of their members contributed
to this corruption fund
1t is conceded by every intelligent
man here, that money turned the Po-
sen vote against me- Many Of the
Republicans do not deny it.
But the facts are that Emcrick's
friends repudiated any connection with
this man.
In conclusion | want to express my
thanks to all my friends for the hearty
support given me. A few fell by the
way side, but we know your tempta-
tions. The great bulk stood like
heroes. No money could buy you; no
offers bride you; no threats silence
you; no lies deceive you; true and
honest you stood by me, and, but for
the treachery of few, we would have
been successful. am just as grateful
to you as if had been elected. We
had better be beaten than to win by
the methods used against us.
JAMES d. TURNBULL.