Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-06-05
THE DEMOCRATIC OBSTRUC
TIONISTS.

national house Of representative is
engaged in as shameless an attempt |
to defend high handed outrage upon |
the ballot box, and protect gang of |
scoundrels in the enjoyment of privi-
leges of which they have robbed hon
est men at the polls, as ever disgrace
ed the party, even in the days when
the Ku KluX and red shirts were it's |
most effective and honored campaign
workers. The case before the house
is that of Mackey VS.. Dibble, Mr..
Mackey claiming the seat now held
by Mr.. Dibble. At the November
election in 1880, the republican cand-
idate in the second South Carolina
district was Mackey, and the demo-
cratic nominee Mr.. O'Connor.
Mackey was counted out, and O'Con-
nor was given the certificate. After
ward O'Connor died, and the demo-
Gratis went through the form of elect
ing Dibble as his successor, and he
thus becomes the defendent in the
contest, because if Mackey was leg
ally elected, the death Of O'Connor
did not cause a vacancy, and of
course Dibbie has no right to the
| seat. The election committee has
investigated the case carefully and
has found it crowded full of demo-
cratic frauds, perjuries and lies from
beginning to end. At most of the
polling places the ballot boxes were
stuffed, in the most shameless way,
with tissue ballots, and when in this
way the number of ballots, was
made to largely exceed the number
of voters, the election managers threw
out republican votes enough to re-
duce the aggregate to correspond
with the voters. Thus it appears
from the records made by these Of
ficers that in forty-five precincts 27,-
079 names were voted on, while 49,
326 ballots were counted out of the
boxes, that at least 6.247 ballots
were stuffed into the boxes. In a
single precinct, which had upon the
list the names of 1889 voters 2,449
ballots were cast, and in Charleston
county the votes exceeded the voters
by 4 ,2O2 and then the tally was cor
rected by throwing out the requisite
number of republican votes. But
even this Wholesale cheating did not
5 suffice to beat Mackey, who had g
majority of $40 without deducting 6
7 vote for the outrageous ballot box
T stuffing. In order to get rid of this
majority the state canvassers took the
: case in hand, and ON the most trivia
: preteXts threw out the vote of clever
: polling places in which the republic
: cans had heavy majorities, and chang
: ed the ballots returned from Others
s until they had reduced the republican
e vote 5000 below what was returned
D by the election officers. To proven
: the report of the committee, whicl
t sets forth these facts in detail, ant
s the evidence which proves them
: from being considered, the democrat
q in the house, with three HONORABLE
exceptions, began week ago las
is Saturday to filibuster, and by the
/ violent opposition, which takes a
it sorts of shapes, succeeded in the
4. purpose until Monday night, whe
is the republicans appear to have exc
to cised the rights which belong to tt
e. ajOrity, and secured vote to pro
b, ceed to the consideration of the r
to port. The object of Randall, Blacl
e. burn and the other leaders, who ha,
On thus resorted to the most despera
as measures to prevent the consider
re ton of a report which they cam
n impeach, and dare not discuss, is
n course not merely to keep Dibbl
7 who is of little account, in the Sc
ay he has stolen, but to notify the sout
he ern cheats that if they keep on
their old courses, the party will stal
of by and support them to the last e
!, tremity Mirror and Farmer.
IN We have received the June number
mo- The Neec Noon, a bright, popular, ill
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