National Republican., 1885-10-31

II the public conscience were thoroughly
aroused to the enormty Of the crime com.
mittcd by him who cheats or attempts to
cheat the people by election frauds, the
incendiary or assassin would not be more
thoroughly despised or more promptly
punished than such scoundrel.
The right to cast vote and 10 have
that vote fairly counted is the right pre-
servativc of all rights. Life, liberty, TIC
pursuit of happiness, all the inalenable
rights Of man, including protection In per-
son and property, are dependent on gov
ernment and government Is basel on the
ballot. To tampcr with that Is to commit
crime that should brand It's porpotrAt)r rs
ON outlaw. II anything could justify an
uprising Of the people aud the taking OF
summary vengeance 1t would be an election
fraud.
And yet, strange to say, there Is scarcely
any other offense which is viewed so lightly.
The man who steals few dollars Is pretty
sure to go to the pcntentary II detected.
The man who murders law and ovcrturn5
government by fraud is rarely prosecuted.
II is proper to make permanent record Of
the infamous attempt to steal an election
in Ohio two weeks ago last Tuesday. Our
kilograms have, from time to time, made
mention OF various details of the frauds
| undertaken, but no correct and adequate
idea of the scheme has yet been given in
these columns. As an illustration we will
take single precinct In the fourth ward of
| Cincinnati. The registration in precinct A
was 720 nincty-sX greater than the poll OF
votes the presidential election last Novom-
ber. But the Democratic scoundrels found
on election day that although they had
stuffed the registration list, they would
have to stuff the ballot box and initiate the
count also. They were able only to get
654 ballots into the box, thirty more than
were cast in the presidential election, but
when the tally sheet came to be counted 1t
was found to be credited with O96 votes.
The following table will show up the
fraud in this one precinct in a clearer light /:
The vote for Bune NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l7s
| The vote for Cleveland whs.....".."""...... 81!
The vote for Butler aud 81. John wls."".". 4
Total. tai...................................C Cll
Now take the october vote
| llOadly vote WGs......,... 02O
| FOrnker's vote Observation-Disclosures. Is
LeOnurd's vote was.".."................". -
lothl' W.
That little table shows what the Dem)
cratic party is.
Those figures are complete description
Of the party.
Not that there are no good and true men
in that organization, for there are many
such, but the party machine runs in that
way, it wins its victories IN that way, 1t
holds the presidency by that sort of title,
1t holds long rows of seats in both ends OF
the capitol by virtue of just such frauds II:
are shown in that table,
To this complexion has the national
Democratic organization comet
We have given the figures Of only one
precinct There are four others quite as
bad. If Cincinnati does not want to Invite
destruction by mob at the next election
it will see to 1t that the wretehes who are
responsible for this diabolisn are huntet
down and punished.
If the people of the United States do no
want their national government destroyC
they will see to 1t that 1t is deposod from
the shaky pedestal of fraud, and set on IT.
legitimate and only basis.