The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-29
Do They Want Honest Electionsa


Some days ago the MORNING News took
occasion TO say that the democrats demand
| fair elections in all sections of the country
| So far as the democrats of the south are
| conceI ned. they Will do their part TO secure
elections # that sort Referring to the ar
| ticle. tie Chicago Tribune says: THE SA-
vANNAH NEWS says there are no southern
! election frauds. This matter being now
| authoritativelv disposed of. let the cam
paign proceed" The New York Tribune
comments on it in the same vein, as follows:
"There are no such things as southern cleo
ton frauds, according TO the SAVANNAH
NEWS. OF course there aren't. Now let
the News proceed to argue that the ideal
Christmas pudding was never known to
contain raisin or a currant."
Probably it may be assumed that these
republican organs have attempted to be
both Ironical and witty. They evidently
intend to convey the impression that bull
doing and intimidation are practiced in
the south.
This is readily granted. They are prac-
ticed however, as has been pointed out
heretofore, chiefly, if not wholly, by the re-
DuDIlCdDS. OlIl1 n low ia dbicl1JlOu
was called to the action of a party of col
creed republicans in Chesterfield county,
Virginia, who set fire to the house of col
ored man because he was democrat; and
near Charlottesville, in the same state,
another party of republicans dragged a col
ored man from his home and brutally
whipped him because be had announced his
intention of voting for Cleveland and Thur
man. Here in Georgia, in the town Of
Bainbridge, several colored republicans
maliciously assaulted colored citizen for
voting the democratic ticket in the recent
state election. These things are mentioned
again because they occurred very recently,
and because they show that the MORNING
NEWS is not dealing with idle talk when it
charges the republicans with practicing
buldozing in the south.
The republican demand for fair elections
is not sincere If it were, that party would
proceed to correct the evil practices in its
own ranks before giving attention to the
reformation of the Democratic party. 1t
might begin in New York, where Chairman
Matt Quay, according to the best obtainable
information, is seeking to introduce republi-
can ward politics by colonizing colored re-
publican voters in certain portions of the
state. 1t might use its powers of per-
suasion on republican manufacturers
in number of northern states,
who inform their democratic employees
that they must vote the republican ticket
or get out When Mr. Thurman arrived in
Brazil, Ind, the other day, he found that
republican miner had discharged all of his
employees, and was taking back those only
who agreed to vote for Harrison and Nor
ton. The republican party has a very broad
field in its own ranks in which to work if it
really desires to correct election frauds and
abuses.
This subject does not call for flippancy.
The Republican party is well known for it's
impure methods in elections, and in order
to divert attention from them it alleges
that thu Democratic party is guilty of
fraud, intimidation and bulldozing. That
sort of tactics fooled a good many simple
minded people at the north a few years ago,
but it does SO no longer