The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-13

sure thing in the election if there can be an non
est ballot and fair count. A plurality of from
u 900 to 5000 is not an excessive estimate
The t: tics of the Democrats prove that they
will hesitate at fraud to count in their ticket.
The efforts of the Republican managers here are
now entirely devoted to detect and prevent
colonization and repeating. 1t is gigantic task.
Hardly an hour of the day passes that the tele-
graph or mail does not bring news of the ship
ment of repeaters to this State. To put detect
ives on the track, to notify the authorities where
they are located, and to take measures for their
arrest, is difficult work 1t is being done. how
ever, and thoroughly as the experiences of some
of the gangs on election day will prove. Repeat
ers have been sent to Ohio from Illinois, Michi-'
gan, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, New York, Penn
sylvania, Maryland Virginia and the District of
Columbia gang of 200 repeaters from Phila-
delphia and Baltimore started for Ohio to day.
They are under surveillance.
So unblushing is the Democratic purpose to
stuff the ballot-boxes that when Morris Thomas,
of Baltimore one of the most notorious political
manipulators in the country, came to Columbus
to look over the ground of operations, he was
closeted with Governor Hoadly and Secretary of
State Newman for several hours. Many of the
repeaters are brought into the State on special
trains chartered ostensibly to run to political
meetings. Once safely on the soil they scatter
where ordered. Many repeaters have been
started for Cleveland, Toledo and Sandusky, but
the bulk of them will attempt operations in
Hamilton county.
Boarding houses in the cities and Demo
cratic farm-houses in the interior parts of the
State are being utilized for Eastern repeaterS
and local corn cutters"
The public works are beng prostituted to
political ends by the Democratic State officers.
The unusual state of affairs and undisguised
audacity of the Democrats and unblushing
avowal of their purpose to resort to fraudulent
voting and tampering with the returns has IN
dueed the State Republican executive commit
tee to offer reward of 800 for the detection,
arrest and conviction of any one voting fraudu-
the election laws of the State No precaution
is being neglected to run down the repeaters
and to ascertain their number, the places where
they are being run in and slowed away, and
they will bespotted on election day and promptly
arrested upon the commission of any overt
criminal act
The only cities in the State where United
States supervisors of election and deputy marsh
ais will guard the ballot-box are Cincinnati and
Cleveland. In the smaller cities the vigilance of
the people will it is believed, prevent fraud.
Over one thousand deputy marshals will watch
the ballot-boxes in Cincinnati. The force is un-
der the command of Marshal Wright, man of
personal courage, high character and good exec
utive ability. The Democrats threaten to over
ride the federal authority by arresting deputy
marshals who interfere with the election Mr..
Wright has notified his men that they must dis
regard any attempt on the part of State muni-
cipal officers to interfere with them in the dis
charge of their duties.
1t is a matter of some comment here that the
Democrats have not made careful poll of Ham
ilton county Whether this is for the purpose
of better working the gangs of repeaters on cleo
tion day or because the publication of poll,
which could not well be kept secret, would dis
hearten the voters, is not known. The Repub-
licans inclined to leave Hamilton ana Cuya-
hoga counties out of their calculations The Re
publican majority in the latter will, unless all
signs fail, Offset the anticipated Democratic ma
jority in the former.
Mr.. Hanna, of Cleveland. says Cuyahoga
county will give 5000 Republican majority.
Gentlemen who arrived here to-day from Gin
cinnati. report that the Democrats will not be
apt to get over 1000 majority in Hamilton
county, and that it is possible that the Repub
licans may carry it.