New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-02
temporarily absent from home working on farms ana
railroads, or In the coal mines.
DEMOCRATIC VOTES NEVER QUESTIONED.


DEMOCRATIC VOTES NEVER QUESTIONED.
While they were thus unlawfuly prevented from
voting, the votes Of white NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
had been terporarlly absent under Ike circum-
stances were freely accepted In the absence Of or
I'm despite Of challenges. What was sauce for the
goose clearly was not sauce for the gander Ih,,
General John Echols, Of Secession ana CohieueIa's
fame. who sold his property In Virginia and removed
his family TO Kentucky some months before, but
WeS h a sGS or On nd Free
Trade, At the same precinct and within me same
hCr The Judges Of election So ABSENT from
his home and family working on rsoau ie
In a great many precincts. two OF which nave
been already mentioned the votes Of qualified electors
anss a were rceced BY emocac election judges
in FIAT defiance OF State law. Under that law man
larceny may not vote The reports show that many
were deprived Of their votes on challenges based
or Other thai poc While out Um hot er %
eneed denied the charges under oath Neverthc,
less their votes REJECTED as one sy o GS po oe
satisfactory proof of their innocence" ann,
In his report, one United States supervisor com
plains because a Democrat permitted TO vote.
although official record was produced to show ,hat
hS na e nd asm sapeoT SUBMITS the
with this curious comment; ,,on
This man is thei II he entitled d 10 vo'c then
1t would be tedious TO describe even TO cnnmer-
3 here all hS ss to oS boS
an excess Of forty five ballots found andcuous
ballots found In that box Inscribed with the names
Of the Democratic candidates. AT another preclnct
the United states Supervisor was called from bs so
he returned he found that the ballotbOx had pGen
Opened and s dumped on s bao
The supervisor then picked out number mon % 0I bHns
so%ned Ga a to tally H s
in The da oh then quietly s sonr of
these ballots II YOU Will the box and show
me how they were passed, through the opening
who asserted that the bees in Ireland were as big
as pigeons IN America and In reply to question Sion
Size as American bee hives. When asked how the
big Irish bees found their way into such small hives
Faith that's fhcir own job
In this the redundant ballots we're 50 big
opening it. and the clumsy and Disguised Demo
cratic judges were obliged TO reject them In ina,
case an attempted fraud detected and prevented
by the vigilance of a Federal supervisor
FEDERAL SUPERVISORS THREATENED
In several cases supervisors were threatened with
violence and in of these prosecutions arc TO
follow. One supervisor, upon showing his commits
sion, was met with the objection that he was OF
foreign birth and never had been naturalized
"why," he replied you all know better. I've
lived and voted in this precinct for years"
We can't help that, but you cannot serve here
unless you produce your certificate Of naturalization
he started for his home He had not gone far before
he was oveItahen by a messenger and Informed that
the judges had reconsidered their decision and con-
scented that he should act He returned, but during
his absence the box had been stuffed and when
It was opened 1t was found TO contain a number
of redundant ballots many OF which were printed
tissue paper No such ballots were deposited
when he present and he insisted that these should
be rejected ana at last the Democratic judges re
lucantly compiled with his demand In that case,
also, ali attempted fraud was prevented but snGh
cases were exceptional and in many precincts IN
the black counties like attempts were successful
Tho evidence already obtained warrants the be
lief that the Republicans will be able 10 prove beyond
the shadow of doubt that at least 1000 legal voters
belonging TO their party unlawfully prevented
from voting; that hundreds OF fraudulent Demo
cratic ballots were counted; that many ballots cast
for the Harrison electors were counted for the
Cleveland clecors that If there had been fair
election and honest count in Virginia this year
the vote of the State would have been given for
Harrison and Morton by majority OF several thou
sand and that, eliminating the fraudulent Democratic
ballots counted for Cleveland, and counting for Harr
son only the Republican ballots actually deposited
in TIC boxes, would give the latter fair plurality
The Republicans have not engaged in this task for
fun as considerable number Of Democratic regis
and judges OF election In this state Will learn
to their sorrow before they are year older.