The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-14
THE OHIO INFAMY,

THE OHIO INFAMY.
If there be lower depths of infamy than the
Ohio Supreme Court has found, it is hard to
conceive how anybody pretending to any de-
cency could discover them. By its decision
on the Cincinnati election returns it proclaims
itself the willing tool of partisans and ballot
box ixers of the Joe Mackin school. In the
returns the vote Of one precinct has been
shown to be 168 greater than the number Of
registered voters, indicating most impudent
fraud to begin with. This is supplemented
by fraud on the tally -sheet after the election.
A bold and bungling alteration had been made
there, whereby figure '7" had been changed
to '9," making the total number of Demo
cratic votes 926 instead of 726, as the totals
showed By just such work as this certain
Democrats were elected" in Hamilton coun-
ty. The case was taken to the Circuit Court,
which very properly decided that 'fne
work" of that kind, done by men
who should be in the penitentiary, and
who may have served terms there must not
result in defeating the will of the majority.
On appeal to the Supreme Court the men in
charge of this kind of election scoundrelism
did not hesitate to avow that they knew that
this decision would be reversed, and they sig
nifcantly boosted that the Supreme Court
was "ours," and Democrats would not dare 60
back on Democrats. They were not mistaken
in their estimate of the men who now consti-
tute the Supreme Court of Ohio who, by a
partisan majority, have decided that these
frauds by which Democrats are elected"
must be counted By analogy, the same
court would order a bankrupt banking house
to return counterfeit notes as good notes to be
regarded as part and parcel of its assets.
The full measure of the infamy of this de-
cision cannot be understood merely as par
tisan necessity. Judge Anterior is on the
bench by virtue of appointment, made by
Governor Hoadly to fill vacancy. Ath-
erton was selected because he had been
candidate for the position but had failed of
election, he being in the minority further
than any of his fellow candidates. The
term of his election has expired, and he is on
the bench by virtue of the fact that Dem
ocratic county clerk has purposely
kept back the returns in order
to have Anterior, his tool, pass
~, II, aoo o1oot,,, fro-5s ocd ,,cono,o,o Allow,
valid! In other words, this judge is holding
seat that already belongs to Republican,
and uses his position to prostitute the court
to consummate scoundrelsm begun by man
who would be in the penitentiary were the
law enforced against him. Political prostitu-
ton can 60 no lower. The fraud that every
body has to acknowledge was attempt
ed in Cincinnati has been consummated
in Columbus by the cooperation of "our"
Supreme Court. Judge Atherton, still hold
ing his Office by reason of conspiracy to keep
him there, passes on election frauds in the
There was case that approached this in
infamy, and that was the work of the Demo-
cratic Supreme Court of Indianain 1880, when
the will of the people was overturned to &C.
commodate Democracy, and when the infam-
Gus decision was photographed to the boys"
The people signally rebuked that action as
soon as they could again get chance to vote,
and there is every reason to believe that the
honest and decent voters of Ohio will rebuke
this infamy as it deserves.