, 1888-11-03
-E0S-N THE GLOOM.
Harrison Closely Housed at His
Home Yesterday.
A Grave Question Being Agi
tated by the Committees.
Republicans Think They See
Chances for Fraud.

lOT rrduu.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. "A warm and
continuous rain fell here throughout the
day, making one of the gIoomiest and
most disagreeable days of the campaign.
Gen. Harrison passed the time at home.
The general was the recipient of a unique
gift in the shape of a big jack rabbit,
which came by express from Washington,
Kas. The box was covered on the sides
with American flags, while the top was
hidden by countless tags and stamps put
on by the express agents with their greet
lngs to the general. Accompanying the
box was a letter from the youthful donor,
which reads as follows
Gen. Harr1Son-We are little boys,
IL, 8 and 6 years old and can't vote for
you, but we want you to be elected and
we send you a rabbit for luck. 1t is said
that getting a rabbits foot is a sign of
good luck. Somebody sent Mr.. Cleveland
a rabbits foot in 1884 and he was elect
ed. If the paw of a common rabbit would
elect him, we hope a whole jack rabbit
will elect you sure. 1t likes to eat apples
and cabbage and corn and will drink milk
as well as water.
[Signed. Guy RECTOR,
Roy RECTOR,
MARLEY RECTOR.
Chairman Huston of the Republican
state central committee, in his letter to
Chairman Jewett of the Democratic com
mittee, Yesterday suggested that election
inspectors be required to place a small
rubber band around each ballot as it was
received, this band not to be removed
until the ballot is taken from the box.
This, it was thought, would preclude the
possibility of any person dropping more
than one ballot. Chairman Jewett re-
piled as follows:
Il do not believe such an agreement
can be carried out over the entire state at
this late day and L am sure that no agree
ment we make can effect a legal ballot
voted in disregard of it. Nevertheless, as
such arrangement may in some degree
conduce to a fair election, if you will put
your idea IN the form of a recommended
ton to the inspectors [ will cheerfully
sign it.
On receipt Of this reply Chairman
Huston, acting upon the suggestion con-
tanned in Jewett' letter, submitted the
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proval and signature of Chairman Jewett.
To this Nh. Jewett replied substantially:
Il said in my letter this morning that
the scheme was impracticable at this late
day, and since then have learned that
there are not half enough rubber bands
of the kind named in the state OF Indiana,
and | am therefore fully convinced that It
is impracticable to get bands and have
them distributed and fully understood by
election day. Besides, it has been sug-
gested to me that any manipulation of a
ticket by an Inspector aside from taking
it from the hands of a voter and placing
it in the box would be regarded with dis
trust by our voters. who are unused to
any such proceedings. A much better
arrangement would be to for n voter to
put a band on the ballot himself and the
same results would thereby be accom-.
plished."
To this Chairman Huston acquiesced,
returning the argument with the amend
ment embodied and stating that he would
undertake to furnish all the rubber bands
required, the expense to be shared by the
committees.
The correspondence abruptly closes
here. The messenger that carried Hus-
tons amended agreement to the Demo
cratic headquarters to night returned with
the statement that Chairman Jewett said
he had nothing more to say. The char
acter and outcome of the correspondence
is the subject of general comment to night
In political circles. Chairman Huston,
when asked tonight by an Associated
Press correspondent whether there were
any special reasons of general interest that
led him to propose the rubber band plan
aud make such persistent efforts to secure
its adoption, said there were very urgent
and important reasons, and furnished the
following written statement:
Yesterday we learned from a man who
had been taken into the scheme by Dem
ocrats that double voting was to be re.
sorted to by them all over the state. This
man was taken into a room where he and
several other men from different counties
were instructed in the art of voting
double tickets. They were told to fold
and iron smooth a number of ballots the
night before the election. One or more
of these ballots smoothed in that way
were then TO be slipped into the folds Of
the lawful ballot and this ballot was 20 be
held with the finger fastened on the side
of the ballot opposite the outward told, sc
hat no one could see there were other
ballots inside the lawful ballots.
The Democratic inspectors were to be
instructed to seize the ballot between the
} fingers in the same way and deposit 1t IL
the box quickly. Once inside the box the
lawful ballot would spring open and thu
spurious ballot would drop out Of it
folds. especially when the box was shaker
or the ballots stirred 10y the hand of The
inspector in counting.
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