The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-21
THE WAY II is DONE
IN THE FAa SOUTHERN STATES.
How thtI Couut tho Votes Thsre-A "B.ttsr
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WAsinSGroN, March 20.-"D.d you real
ly find the condition Of affairs as bad i1
the South as they repressnl?" your cores
pondent asked OF Senator Cameron, in tht
marble room OF the Senate yesterday.
"Yes, just as bad" he said, "worse,
think. ! think'the situation in the South
under the rising generation IL even worse
in many respects than 1t was ten or twenty
years ago. Before the war The planters
were rich, at least we'll TO do, and ,hey ed.
ucased their children, sent them North and
abroad, aud tho whites OF that section were
as u rule Intelligent. Since the war thsy
are poor, and those who have grown up 10
since Tia! time have not had this
educational advantages given the genera.
lion which preceded them. The conse.
luence is, l ,hink, that the South ia worse
otf now in that respect at least than It was.
II followe, too, tlat there Ia less political
freedom, for the denser the ignorance OF
Tho ruling classes the more closely thew
lraw the cord With which they bind their
rictims."
"Wha. do the people down there think
about the alleged violations OF the election
aws?'
TiIsf ADMIT 1T. ..,.
"Oh,' he laughed, "they admit It. They
'ay thor present system is better than kill.
ing niggers. The way they used to do, you
Know, ,wa7 10 prevent Republican majorities
BY means Of violence, and that is tue way
hey did it in Copiah county and at Dan.
Vile this year, but as rule they adopt
linerent methods.uow which they say they
:hink is better than killing niggers as they
Used to do. This, you know, is not nv
itst experience on committees Of this kind.
was At Charleston investigating tho tissue
ballot SYSTEM. aud one day after we had
inished our work we walked down the
.treet With prominent Democrats there,
Talking with one Of the party he said II
'uPanse you see, Senator, how this thing
wes done."- The Senator replied that he
i'd. We'll" he a1id, I've have thought
his matter over, and we have concluded
hat there ar. better ways to prevent tue
lesrces carrying elections than by killing
hem. / have been opposed TO this killing
'ystcm ior Several ears, but was unable to
'ontro! matters two yearn ago, now, how
.ver, by 'thls system We avoid that feature
u our elections that has heretofore been so
"And how do they do it further west, in
he lover Mistissippi valley where you
we're this time?"
COUNT TO SUIT TIIgMsELyFs.
"ln most cases by making the count 10
'uit Themselves. For instance, before the
election takes place in louisiana the State
Central Committee meets and determines
lpon the msiority thY State must give
or their ticket, then they send ou. word to
each county, or parish, as they are called
here, telling how much OF Democratic
majority that parish is expected to furnish
~ election day, and it always comra In
they have a very remarkable
method Of reversing the majoritiss, for in.
stance, il you are Republican and am
Democrat aud you get tliougsnd votes
md get hundred, they simply reverse
/ and report you cs getting leo votes and
myself 1000. If anybody complains they
,et the apers and cay, there are 100 vo:ers
n this parish aud there are HOO votes, and
hat settles it in most ce3fl."
"And what is the remedy for this very
serious state OF affairs, Senator ?" Z
"Ah," he said, with a shake OF his head,
that I confets am unable to answer"
'How did you find the feeling there in
regard to Presidential nominations ~
Il did not find any feeling" he aaid,
except that OF entire apathy. Neither
Republicans nor Democrats take any in.
crest in the matter. 1t is a curious fact
he Democrats OF that section Beem to have
no intercs. in tho election Of a Democratic
President. They fsy they are perfectly
.illing to let the Republicans continue in
,harge Of National sGairs, but they propose
% govern themselves in their own State ac-
;ording 10 their own rules, The coust sequence
Is that they care nothing al out the nomi-
1ation OF either party. Among the Repub.
leans there is little xpre.!iop, though
Arthur he's cs many friends as
my Of the candidates"