Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-25

j FREE BALLOT AND 4 FAIR
COUNT.

31H WOr0s ca MAHcNs
tksn this ysars Read the following
circular recently issued BY MAHoSk
- northern people who have been dc
ceived By his clamos for free bsl'o
and : fair count, aud then say whether
h your hearts you believe TO be
lfiend Of free elections the man who
issusd these orders. Every reader
can sec that IL is in substance
An effort to abolish the secret
ballot, and to make pablo every volt
cast By negro. Note, too, that 1t i
"shs colored vote in every precinct
that /" ought to be quickly organized
into one or more clubs" To each clul
. list Of the colored registered voters il
to be given. If the negroes are not al
IN the club, they must be brought 10
None are to be allowed to vote th'
Democratic ticket without being ex'
posed.
Note, again, that the negroes are "a
be marched to the polls in squads. "ha'
chance for free ballot will any Demo
cratic negro haves If one is found
voting the Democratic ticket, the Other
negroes will "make it hot" for him.
That this notable scheme is intended
"a expose the ballot-box is clear from
the fact ttat this circular positively
declares that his counters can, without
being judges of election, or counting
the votes in the ballot-box, tell
whether the returns made by the cleo
ton officers are correct or not! And
his bulldozers are directed to THEN
AND THERE demand a correction 81
the reigrns."
Call Mr.. FoRAKER's attention to
this circular. 1t is as follows;
PETERSBURG, Va. Oct. 3, 1888.
Der Sir: / hope you are making q
thorough and energetic canvass. No
thing should be left to chance, for,
whatever the Republican majority, 1t
must be remembered that it is the
scheme of the Democratic managers,
bv one means or another, to cheat us
ont of the colored vote. The Ander-
sop. Mccormick bill was designed for
tbi. parpose, and it is in the black
counties, not in the white, where, as
they have said, it is their purpose to do
their foul and dirty work. Every pre-
caution. therefore, must be taken not
only to poll our last vote, but to see
that it is honestly counted.
The FIRST duty, then, is to organize
our vote by precincts so as to poll it to
4 man on the day of election, and as
early in the day as possible. To this
end the colored vote in every precinct
ought to be quickly organized into one
or more clubs, according to the number
of voters in each precinct and the area
of the precinct. AS these clubs are
organized, the name OF club presidents
ard secretaries should be sent here,
giving names Of precincts and post
Office addresses, that commissions may
be sent to those officers.
To each such club so organized, list
Of the colored voters at each precinct,
taken from the registration roll, should
be given, so that the club may, from
time to time, compare the roll of its
members with such registration list,
and, by this means, ascertain which OF
such voters on the registration list are
not vet members Of the club, so that
committees Of the club may be appoint
ed to wait upon such voters as are not
vet members and induce them to join
the clubs. This should actively go on
until the last voter is gotten into the
club.
After the club is so completed, after
every registered colored voter has been
gotten into the club, then, at some gene.
raj meeting Of the club, its members
should be resolved into squads Of nine
or ten each, each squad to be composed
of members who live nearnest togo
ther, and each squad should then ant
there elect its own captain Of the squad
who should take a list Of the members
composing his squad. Each squa'
should agree to assemble at some deaig
mated place at sunrise on the morninl
Of the election, and proceed thence N
body to the polls each squad captain
should report with his squad directl..
to the psesident Of the club. who shoul'
be there at the polls with roll Of tn
members Of lis club. Az soon u tn
SQUAD captain reports to the presiden
Of the club the members should b
given tickets and the squad voted.
any member Of squad Is absent hi
absence should be noted by the pres
dent Of the club, and the squad captai
sent back 10 bring up the absent men
Der or members.
Care must be taken TO have at eac
precinct an ample supply OF ticket
which should be intrusted to one vel
choieu, reliable man at the precinc
and this man should only issue tickle
10 number TO one or two persons VII
should be carefully selected as 10y
and trusty Republican.
Every club should take care to 81
that It's members are registered, al
meanwhile an active committee shou
Z be appointed to hunt up such perso1
Who have become of age since the ele
ton, or who have come into the dl
tsict and become qualified voters. al
Gee that they ave registered, and, let
be remembered, that any man has
right TO register on any day except Su
days between the hours Of 0 o'clock
n. ard 8 o'clock p. N. from now un
ten days preceding the day Of Eclectic
At each precinct you want two ear
cat, active, resolute, aud reliable VIII
men to keep check upon the poll, a
IN this way:
One Of these white men should h'
IN his possession roll Of all the
publican voters. As each Republic
comes up 70 cast bis ballot, his tic
should Do shown TO this man hold
the roll, and this man should keep
eve upon the ticket IS 1t passes fr
tie voter to the judge Of election
q ceivipg ballots, when he should CHI
OF the name Of the voter, and oppo:
- 70 his name, for the first voter, IN,
!, the figure opposite the name OF