Daily Republican., 1885-12-23

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IIDIKsDAY. DECKMBkR ~. lssS
The Cincinnati FRAUD.
One Of the flrst things the Legislature
Ihould do In Ohio 10 to alter the law
vovsrning the counting Of ballots 20 -
% make such frauds ~ have disgraced
tho State ct tho Late election In Gin
cinnsti impossible In the future. The
mOre that IL known In relation 10 that
election, the more black and damnAble
N the record Of Democratic fraud. New
evidence has come to light since the re-
osnt decision OF the supreme Court
which seated the Democratic SENATOR
from Cincinnati, to show how well
planned the fraud Was, and that the
plsn reached from the inspectors OF the
elections up to the Supreme Court.
One OF tho prohibition candidates
Who worked ut the polls in Cincinnati
whore the most glazing fraud was per-
pserated, now testnos that he Was
prssent 1t the counting Of votes In
place Of IN absent Judge, and sat at
ths table with tho Democratic officers
and . Republican, the latter 20 far gone
In liquor - not 70 know what was
going ON. He says he assisted In the
count until aboRs II O'Clock, when ell
tie ballots hAA baen counted and .
memorandum or the result had been
made. Up TO that time the necessity
fsr the anal forgery In order to count
In the Democratic Senators from Gin
cinnati was not known.
The word had not yet arrived ut that
poll how much Democratic majority
would be required to help the Demo-
Gratis through. But the election officers
Ill the same held themselves In read
iness 10 make Whatever change In the
figures was required to accomplish the
fraud.
The vital part Of this candidates tes
timsny Ii, that 1t establishes FIRST, tn,
number Of votes actually found in thu
box to which all parties agreed at Il
O'Clock, and the next point 10 the fac
that all the parties gave the Republi
cans In that precinct 1871 votes agains
736 for the Democrsta Wishing to &c
lid Of the prohibition counter, tai
DemocrAtic Judges very kindly assures
him that they would give his candi
a he AnfnalIU fn
them, and with this ASSURANCE he left
not thinking OF the great fraud contem
plated against the Republican candi
dates.
Soon after this men came In q hacl
% the polls, bringing the demand frou
headquarters for an additional 200 ma
jority from that precinct, which wa
manufactured by taking off all the RI
publican vote except 48 votes, and put
Gil the Democratic column OF figure
ran from 726 votes up 10 926, and wit
this alteration the precinct was counte
by the county clerk by order of tn
Supreme Court Of the State. To folio,
the course taken to arrive at this cor
clusion shows the deeply laid plot {
the Democrats TO oapture the Legisla
ture and . United States Senator. FAi
~: sSs s n sais asGsls worked y "a sfss
the legislatioa which would preveI
such frauds In the future. Notwitf
ssMuaing the fact the Supreu
Court and all the courts should |
above the suspicion Of partisan pa
tisiity. the Democratic plotters kne
the character Of the creatures who cor
posed 1t. They knew they could d
pend upon 1t TO render any decisi,
that would be required to carry out &
fraud put on foot. The lower cou
was against the fraud, but how ski
fully the scheme Was allowed to ps
through that court.
As expected by the Democrats, I
Republicans got ont writ of mand
mus to prevent Dalton, the Democra
clerk, from issuing certificates OF el
ton to the Democratic Senators q
Representatives claiming to have be
slccted. This lower court was Repu
lican and decided against the fra,
How could 1t have done otherwise Q,
had 1t been Democratic and hon,
Tho piotters knowing full we'll W
the decision Of the lower court wo
be, had arranged beforehand to apr
20 the upper oourt, where..they had
prepared for clear sailing. But
most damaging thing that can
brought against this corrupt Supre
Court Is that, composed as 1t was
four members-three Democrats
one Republican, the term of one Of.
Democratic Judges had expired,
his Republican successor had b
elected and was waiting to take
Soat. But this would have thwa
the schemes OF the conspirators. az
Supreme Court would then have |
tie politically and rendered incap,
OF giving partisan decision. One
ouse and another was urged to !
the Republican Judge from b.
sworn In, but since the infan
decision has been rendered overru
tho lower court, Anterior, the d,
cratic Judge, has retired, covered ,
disgrsce and the Republican j nd &c
taken his seat.
1t is believed that there Ia sufic
ground for demanding q new hea
oy the Supreme Court. But as
court Is now equally divided politi,
rehearing could only bs had thr
.ne consent Of the two Democ
Judges, who, If they consented. w
reflect upon their own characters.
n these two Judges have already
caded that they had no power to re-,
the clerk to correct palpable Il