The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-06
TIE STATE oP THE CASE.

give Robertson plurality Of 3,647. On the
face of the returns as received, unofficial in
many instances, the Legislature seems to
stand: Senate-Dsmocrats 81: Republicans,
10. House-Democrats. 45; Republicans, So
Democrats rs, Republicans IA on joint ballot
This, as we say, is the face Of the returns
That they express the result of a systematic,
prearranged in this city as the Journal
warned the Republicans of the State many
| times before the election. The Journal told
| the people that if the infamous gerrymander
did not prove to be sufficient, the ring of
desperate gamesters would resort to any
| sort Of fraud to defeat the will of
the people, and to ntrench themselves in
power. The result is precisely as the Jour-
| nal predicted The Waterloo was. in some
respects, much more disastrous and complete
than was expected. They had little idea that
the Legislature would be imperiled, and
hence they were caught mapping for time.
But when the emergency fully revealed itself,
the fraudulent methods arranged for other
purposes were brought into play here and by
their use the expressed will of the people was
| defeated, and the Legislature returned
| by this apparent slender majority.
In Clarke county, for instance there
can be no question Of the deliberate
| theft of Senator, and the same is true of the
result in other places. The stealing of
another representative in this county was in
tended and arranged for. Coy told Mr.. Grit
fths that they intended to count him out,
and but for a mistake the gang made in their
estimate of his majority that additional bit
of scoundrelism would have been accom-
| pished. The whole vote in Marion county is
tainted and saturated with fraud The Jour
nal called public attention for days and weeks
to the schemes being devised by Coy and his
corps of heelers and scpundrels Coy boast
openly of his methods and of their success
BY any Fair expression of the popular will, not
only were the major part of the Marion county
ticket elected but the whole legislative ticket,
as WE'LL Two members of the House in this
county were deliberately and purposely stolen
from the Republicans by systematic, pre-
arranged, concerted fraud, arranged to cover
the whole county ticket in the interests Of
corruption and criminaity.
The frauds in this county were SO un-
blushing, those committed on election
day being supplemented by such infamous
crimes afterward, that public indignation has
been raised to dangerous pitch. The work
Of the canvassing board was Yesterday called
to the attention of United States Judge
Woods, and he vigorously charged the grand
of the allegations publicly made. If the dis
| trict attorney does his duty, the scoundrels
who altered the tally-sheets and committed
| forgery upon the inspectors returns will
have to answer for their crimes be-
fore the bar of the United States
Court. Let the rigor that prosecuted
and sent Joe Mackin to the penitentiary in
| Illinois be followed here, and some Indianap-
oils gentlemen will soon grace the cells of
Jacksonville or Michigan City. But not
content with the action of Judge Woods, the
people assembled in large numbers at the
Circuit Court room last night, and gave vent
to their indignation. The proceedings
will be found at length in our city
columns 1t was not political
meeting; it was citizens meeting
| and there were Democrats like William
Henderson and A. b. Conduit who par
ticipated in it. The committee of one hun
dred to be appointed will be one thoroughly
representative Of the citizens of Indianapolis
They can readily raise a fund large enough
to insure the most searching, thorough in
vestigation and the vigorous prosecution of the
scoundrels and thieves who have imported
the Cincinnati, and Chicago, and Baltimore
methods into indianapolis.
I
The revolution by the people, as expressed
in the election of last Tuesday, was one of the
most remarkable ever known in the political
history of the country. The impossible was
accomplished. The Democracy were routed
out of their strongholds. The people re-