Daily Republican., 1884-12-04


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1AUDsDAY, DECEMBER ., 1854.
1Se DeoassraaAc ssbss Against Lib
ersy-
The investigation OF the Brand
Lehman election case In Chicago, which
the Democrats through shame and .
1ear Of the peDitontiary have abandoned
proves more than IVES 1t 6rst intended
The tickets in the ballot boxes would
never have besn overhauletl, and the
ffaud by which il WAS attempted tc
pount in Brand been discovered, had
nOe Congressman bsen voted for on
she same ticket. This gave the Fede.
nj Court power over the case, and the
ballot box WAS re opened and the vote
TO counted. The inves dgaiiou showed
that enough Republican tickets had
Assn distracted from tho ballot box,
md 70 placed by Democratic ballots, To
annsi the m~joriry Of over 200 that
Lehman received. and TO elect Brand by
= SMALL majority.
This fraud. 70 prove effective, re-
suired the printing Of new tickets, ca Oh
nnmbered ON the back TO correspond
With the numbers on the poll list, bu,
Den wero found ready to engage In the
Wholesale forgery aud fraud. A litho.
graph of the old Republican ticket was
taken, and others printed as nearly
Like it IS 1t possible, but with Brand s
name on in place of Lehman's. These
tickets were then put in the ballot box,
and took the place Of so many Repub-
hcan tickets abstrscted. 1t was found
by the Federal Court recount by the
MD Of the NUN bers ON the back of the
ticket, and comparing them with the
numbers on the poll lists, that q num-
her al I.ehmAn's nearest relatives. life
Hong kepobli'ans, had voted against
kilI, aud ior Brand the Democrat. To
double chnch the fraud on the Demo
crats. a sufficient number OF men vol
unfairly came forward, and testified
-sfas they voted for Lehman to give him
the majority he claimed. Here Is where
she bottom fell out Of the bungling
fsssd. Brand gave up the contest,
Democrats condemned the fraud,
and the perpo' rators took refuge in
night.
Bet " hat io We hear on the face of
this Paipsbse and timely discovered
fraud ? Hon. william M. Springer
does not favor fraud? oh, no, not he,
hut he Is loud in his denunciation Of the
interference OF the Federal Court by
which the fraud Was exposed. Carter
Harrison, Mayor Of Chicago, and late
defeated Democratic candid ate for Gov
srnor, talks In the same strain. Ex.
Governor Palmer, q renegade Republi-
can, had been employed asocounsel for
rho men who were To profit by the
fraud. They are all loud In their de-
nunciation of tho Fsieral election laws,
and with one voice they demand their
repeal.
Without these laws Brand would
have been counted in q Democratic
Senator through this fraud 10 serve six
years 10 tn. u ) senate. BY the
exposure OF the fraud the Democrat
have lost = United States Senator that
they were counting upon. Like mad
d1ned wolves they are bowling against
The Federal election laws that prevent
cd them from curry ng out their fraudn
lent designs and eDj lying the fruits
Df the fraud
Only think Of it'll Just such
means A. were employed to override
the popular will in Chicago, are em-
al f,AI -. q
Southern States. The system of
taking ballots voted out of the ballot
boxes and replacing them with others
Is legslized by law. BY such fraudu-
lent election machinery Cleveland is
electe President
But the Southern method did not
work az we'll as far north as Chicago.
There the hated Deputy Marshals pre-
vented the polling of thousands of
Illegal votes that the Democrats ex-
poc:ed to poll. They, the Democrats,
had tho registry lists double loaded
with Fictitious names and names OF per-
sons who had the right To vote when
they were registered. In one precinc.
IN Chicago 100 votes were registered,
but only 800 were cast In another
precinct I, 1853 votes were registered, but
only Chs votes were cast. The fraudu
Aent vote intended to be cast was KEEP,
out by the diligence OF the Deputy
harshals. Hence goes out the Demo
cratic cry Of down with the Deputy
MarshAls," and repeal the Federal cleo
lion laws which provide for their sp
Pointment. BY the repeal OF thes,
laws, the Democrats expect TO Soutt
Carolinaize Illinois, Alabsmaize New
York, Louisianaize Pennsylvania anC
Sseorgiaize New Jersey, through tn,
vote of such large cities Is Chicago
Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia
and Jersey City. Thank God, the Re
publican Senate stands in the way O
tho carrying out Of the plot against tn
liberties Of the people. A Republican
Senate is still the hope Of the country
and to IL a nation Of eople look a. tn
only power left to preserve their en-
frAncbised rights and to prot ect then
an the exercise Of the same.
YEaao Defended.