Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
MONEY IN THE LATE ELECTION.

While the Democratic Journals
which have been vOciferOusly as
cribing their defeat in the presi-
dental election to corrupt use OF
money are taking a little needful
rest, it may be well to place a few
facts before Che public on the other
side of the question. 1t is hardly
probable that anyone has been
misled by the tOothless maunder-
ings of the New York Post about
"briberSn and "auctiOns' or by the
magpie surieks of backwoOds
journals. It would he easier to
convince the public that the ocean
is not salt or pitch not sticky that
to mako it believe that the Demo
cratic party does not know all than
there is to be known about cor
ruptlon in politics aud especially
when 1t is marshaled, as 1t was IN
the recent campaign, by a band OF
railroad spectators.
But to the evidence. \ sys-
tematic effort was made by the
Democratic National Committee TO
supply itself with huge sum OF
money III the last days Of the
campaign. POstmasters and tide
walters who hat not followed Mr..
Cleveland's example when he bid
$4,000 for four years more ~ the
White House were not appealed to,
but ordered to contribute. Said
the Democratic chairman Of the
Ohio State Committee in "A circular
sent late in October to the post
masters in that state: 81 am dl-
rected to look to you for D per cent
of the payroll of YOUR Office
Should | not hear from you by the
Goth of this month | shall draw on
YOU TOR a portion of the amount
vet unremitted.' Charles Hedler,
a postal clerk of Syracuse, y. y,
who refused TO respond to the SO
assessment made on him, was
peremptorily dismissed from the
service. These are only illustra-
tons of the methods pursued to
extOrt money from the Democratic
Office holders.
All over the South, where not a
dollar was necessary to secure
Democratic victory, earnest en-
deavors were put forth to scrape
together all the money possible
and send it to New York and In.
diana. On the Goth Of October
the Charleston NcicS QHd Courier
said IN a doable.leaded appeal for
Contributions; "With an abundance
of money in the party treasury the
national Democracy will certainly
elect their candidates. Without
an abundant supply OF money for
campaign purposes the Democratic
candidates will be IN serious danger
of defeat The St. Louis Republic,
October 10, urged the Missouri
Democrats to help supply the
National Committee liberallr with
funds for the "final effort" October
% the Macon Telegraph informed
the Georgia Democrats that 1.-THE
crisis of the campaign IS now upon
u.s. aud begged them to send every
dollar they could raise to New
York. The same day the Mobile
ReQistC, made a similar appeal for
help to the Alabama Democrats,
adding that chairman Bricc Is IN
communication with our com.
mittee;r and Mr.. Watterson on
October 81 appealed through the
Louisville COWiu"JoWRai to the
"mOney devil 10 come TO the ana
OF the Democracy, SAVING; III
must have money, and Democrats
everywhere should see that THIS
need is supplied
These frantic efforts to gather a
large Democratic fund in the clos
ing days Of the campaign could
have only one object. The "edu.
catioual campaign was over, and
the only use for money was for cor
rupt purposes on election day
This money undoubtedly was to
supply Chairman Whitaker, OF
the Morgan County, Ind, Demo
cratic Committee, with funds for
the "hoals," who, as he sad,
"haye to he bought, ana TO "see
that no one escapes" aud to be
put into the slums OF New York,
Brooklyn, Troy and Albany. That
the Democratic National Com
mittee got the money it wanted,
"put 1t where it would DO the most
good" and for this reason ielt
certain OF Winning, Is shown by
the premature rejOiclngs OF the
Albany Argus, which few days
before election shouted : "Ihe lght
is practically over, and the as
surances of victory for the Demo
cratic cause have now assumed
a shape that all doubt is removed. ~
The Democrats, however, over
estimated their ability to corrupt
American voters, ard their charges
of bribery and auctions now are as
harmless as the fTothlngs of mad
dog whose leash does not permit II
to reach it's intended victim
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