Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-11-07
INpIANA INFAmY.
FIFTY Thousand Votes for Sale Among
fItc tiue-tpta.
[Mentor In chIcago IleraIdl

Mentor In Chicago Herald
Many citizens OF other parts of the Un-
ion have read with increduliy the pub
lished accounts oil the traffic in votes In
this state III 1880. But MI such accounts
are worthy Of credence. Indiana was pur.
chased outright by Dorsey aud his agents
Republicans here do not deny 1t. 1t is re-
freshing to spend an hour with a sharp
witted, graphicspeakIng gentleman, then
MS now active in Republican management,
and TO listen to his description of the man
ner in which they won the day for Garfield.
While there is 80 much constancy.in the
voters OF both parties there is class oi
men, constantly growing larger, who are
termed "noaters." These are not the men
who are affected by issues or prejudic,s.
Their doubfulness dues not come from
wavering determination. These are pur-
chaseable. "You would he Shocked" said
the Republican Committeeman alluded TO
above, ito go over our poll sheets. The
fioa,ers are gathering in numbers from year
10 year. | dent know what we are coming
to. Now, look at this poll sheet for pre-
cinct up in Elkhur. county. This sheet
will show you how we do business down in
Indiana. Notice that our poll, as taken
carefully by precincts, shows total number
of voters, number sure Denocraiic, number
sure Republican, number Of Germans,
number OF Irish, number Of colored men,
number OF PiohibilioniIls, number of
Grcenlackers and number OF hnaters.
There nre also doubtful GreenbHckrrs and
doubtful prohibitiunisls, though not many.
Our work from this out viii be devoted
exclusively to the noateis. You know
that is what we call The mercenary element.
|, makes me blush for my State TO say it,
but there are so GOO OF these ilunters in this
s ate. Our poll shows little muie than
80 600. The number is greater that il ever
was before. 1t seems TO be increasing al
the while. Now, in this poll-shee just
shrw yuu there are seventy three put down
NJ iloaiers, twenty more than on the pre-
vious poll. See what the committeeman
adds under the head oil remarks nj the
| bottom | am convinced that the tloaiers
| "A a. =.
nerh,,s 900 in the precincts. There are
nniv | 400 voters there all told.
";rhi. il the way 1t goes throughout the
State On nm average there are more than
5OO aoatcrs IN each county, about twenty
6v, ,o each election pr, cinct. There Is
M, much difficulty in getting at this class
Most of them are known IN every cOmmu-
nitv. New ones make Themselves known
every d,y. There il no excuse for poll
,nker uniting doubtful man down rs "
ana,er mr. a Aon,er down as donLtfml.
What kind of men are ,l,e.e ilonters? All
kinds. You would lie as,ounded to see
somc men in this State sell their votes.
II ia not confined To the poor nor to the
cities. There are fully as many in the
small towns and i'm the country. / could
name you in five minutes, II dozen men
worth $40 900 to $50 900 who are down ON
our pnli.sheets as Tor sale for $40. Four
ve,rs .po when [ went home lust before
election they were waiting for me. NV
Office fronts ihe Court House Square in
: nv town. When | arrived there [ found
400 men conprepated IN the square, all
wanting money. There was one rich old
q f,rmer who iook me to one side and asked
Y for $40. Ii made me 80 mad kicked him
/ out Of nv olfice. There is one .precinc, il,
4 ,his State. or rather one township divided
g into Two precincts. where 30 per cent. d
a Tho voter. are a,o,ers Nul less than So.
n ono VIII be needed in that one township
, and hat won't he enouph.
Il "This state at affairs is mt con6ed I,
, ,nv race or element. The German. hav
~ f.wer A,,,ers and mora hones,ly doubdfu
,f ,L,n any o,her nationality. Tie c,lor.
% neon,e are The worst, You see thai durke
~ aut there IN the hall. He has been here n
70 bnur waiting to see our MIR. Adams. II
w il n Rennblie,n, and ought not To cost +,
nj n can't. But he swear. if he ism, fixed he
ID wi. for Cleveland. Nearly all of the col
oreI brctI,ren ar. in The same situation.
III believe go nor ceo, of In. col,,r.d vote
mr. are in the 6outer list"
81 "rLen winning the 6pht d.pends M,
o . the amount of money yJu have TO u,
,r- M, pn
ol "I am sorry TO say that is the fact. III
al national cun,nittee has done liuIe for
So. no far. We have done our work, and
l. don't believe they will leave us i'm Il
he lurch. We must have about half OF Il
m Honters. We know jus, what we have g
We I'm have and where i,, p.t Them But \
we can't do the work and raise the none
TOO"
be In polling these foaters the Democra
ho have discovered only 10000. As this COZ
Is. mitteemai, SAYS, the Republican poll sho,
Z 10000. There i, no doubt in my own miI
les that the only accurate poll Of the Sta
NJ. taken this year was taken by tie RepuiI
of cans. 1t shows tie State for Bl,Ine by
mt small pluratity of the honest vet. Mo
ed than 60 per cent. Of the mercenarv vote
he naturally Democratic and comes In II,
,es "D.mn or "R,p.n according M ~,
re would vote If there were no money il fl
cd ences. lhis Shows why 'he s,a'e g"
= n,;,'"os nt'ha'u ,,s ~ "m 1In .SI. @ I", m "e Wv
Id looked for bv the fiuater-. Tie Dc,rocr,,
IL nearly 90 600 Of ih,ir v,ter. whom ,h. X
lid pubIiran- pn down as for sale, Ii the
are 2o,0o0 Democrats whom HE D'mocri