The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-01
CoY's FRAUDULENT METHODS.


Democratic Tricks for Which Republicans
Should lie on the Lookout Tomorrow.
The Republicans have the best of the cam
paign. but in order to maintain this excellent i'd
vantage every Republican vote must be brought
out. There should be dilly -dallying or indif-
ference in regard to voting At the fucthest it
will not take more than ten minutes time to 60
to the polls and cast ballot Thsre is no doubt
the Republicans will win by decisive majorities,
if the polls are carefully guarded against illegal
voting all the tricks against honest suffrage and
fraudulent counting. Those conversant with
the methods and rascally purposes of the Coy
gang know that everything will be lone to defeat
the will of the people by all the systems known
TO false voting. Coy throughout has been the
sole master of the Democratic campaign.
There are men ON the central committee
elected by the party who would not consent to
criminal practices in electing ticket. Coy
knew this at the beginning. and therefore he
took upon himself the direction of the cam
paign without the committees assistance He
wants no advisers except those who believe in
his doctrine that the crime of a Democratic pot
itician is no crime and whatever the will Of
1t called for the commission of the wors. election
offenses, from changing q figure to
terrorizlng the electors by surround
ing the polls with sluggers and thugs.
That rule or ruin is the Coy policy has been
shown by every step he has taken in his desper-
ate measures TO elect Sullivan, Tacgart, Ayres
and Sahm. He regards the rest Of his ticket as
of no value for political purposes, and does not
care whether it is successful or not.
One of his first measures was to require from
Sahm and Reveal the appointment of no election
inspector who is not a Democrat. He submitted
a list of the people he wanted selected for this
trust 1t was ingenlously arranged In the north
ern Republican wards, and in others, where he
knew any attempt at election frauds would not
be tolerated, he chose good But
where by naturally large Democratic
jorities, his party had sway, he requii I'd
men who belong to his class of
politics. They will do his bidding to the last.
His instructions to these men are to make use of
the delay in challenging voters. Spoilers on the
outside, under the name of challengers, will
stand at the polls and frequently protest against
the receiving of votes. By this two objects
be served. One is, it tires out the impatient
voter and threatens the timd. Both sometimes
prefer to lose their votes rather than undergo
the ordeal of such preconcerted insult. But
there is deeper purpose. An elector hands his
ballot TO the Inspector. who acts in agreement
with the outside challenger. The challenge
comes, and the elector somewhat indignant,
turns upon the man who questions his citizen
snip. Inoy Will naturally nave q cOntrO
yersy, and in the meantime the Inspector
has whipped the Republican vote
into of his capacious pockets,
while from another he quickly takes neatly
folded Democratic ticket. He being ready, the
eector either swears in his vote or the challenge
is Withdrawn. He leaves the polls under the
impression that he has voted the Repu bican
ticket. but the slick inspector and expert chal-
lenger have made it a vote for Sullivan Taggart.
Ayres, Sahm and the Democratic candidates en-
n 6 chaIl0npa0 lAt at
demand the return of his ticket before he at
tends to the challenger. This scheme will be
extensively worked between and o'clock. A
particular effort is to be made in this way
against workingmen who are known as Repub-
licans, and against others who will scratch Sui
liyan, Tagcart Ayres and Sahm especially. 1t
to enable him to carry
this scheme that Coy ACCOMPLISHED his
purpose IN having the County Commissioners
order tho opening of polls at o'clock in the
morning. In the emidarkness Of that time he
will ALSO run in the greater part of his illegal
voters, who have been quartered for weeks in
third rate boarding houses on tho South Side.
During this hour, and little later, the work
house prisoners to be voted. r. NJ. Boone
was elected supernten of that institution
two weeks ago because ne is known to be SLICK
ward-worker. The voting of these prisoners will
be in direct violation of law, unless those sent
from the Criminal Court have bad their time re-
mitted by the Democratic judge of that court
But the purpose is to carry every one of this
class VINO Will pass as man. whether q RENTED
prisoner not, to the polls and vote him.
1t will be in direct violation of
law, which attaches dsfranchsement to every
one sentenced to punitory reformatory in
stitution These prisoners will be used in strong
Democratic wards, where an attempt will be
made to terrorize the Republicans.
Another fraud to be attempted by the gang
consists in scratching tickets during the count
The Democratic judge and inspector, in sorting
straight tickets, will have concealed between the
thumb and forefncer a small bit of pencil. AS
they strachten out Republican ticket deft
movement of the invisible pencil will leave a
light mark across the name or names The tick
ct will then be termed scratched ticket. The
strngng of tickets will be done by Democratic
judge, who quickly replaces Republican with a
| Democratic ticket
Yesterday afternoon Sim Coy had the in
speetors and judges of his party with
HIM for instructions. He has for his
| more secret work headquarters rooms at
the Grand Hotel, where tie money for the out
right purchase of votes was distributed to the
chosen few yesterday and where it will continue
to be distributed to-day and tomorrow. The
plans for fraud and purchase of votes are the
only obstacles TO be met on the way to a grear
victory.