The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-08-22
STOLEN CONVERSATIONAL SEATS.
OstraGsous Frssds PsrPetrsssd by the
Dem0erats.


Special Ca the New YORK Pres.
wAsHINGToS, Aug. I2.-But for
the outrageous frauds perpetFated
by the Democrats la Louisiana, Flor
ida, south Carolina and other south
ern states. the Republican majority
Ia the next House would he at least
twenty-five and possibly thirty. IL
the contested cases to he presented
10 Congress at its coming session are
settled according to the evidence,
Major Mckinley and other leaders
are confident that the Republican
majority in the lower branch Of the
national legislature will reach NJ the
lowest estimate ten aud perhaps
even more.
When the committee on privileges
and elections holds its first session
the cases Of seventeen Republicans
who have been robbed Of their GER
tIfirates will lie submitted to 10.
Evidence Of fraud, whereby Demo
Gratis were awarded seats, now In the
hands Of the printer, will cover
nearly 2j.0O pages. From West
Virginia, Virginia and Mississippi
rome three contestants each; from
AIGbama, two, and Indiana, South
Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Florida each contrib
ute one to the record Of debaucheTy
al the polls.
One 81 the most fragrant cases II
that Of the Fourth West Virginia
district, where Charles d. smith Is
confident he will prove Judge J.
MUins jackson To have secured his
certificate frAudulently aud through
the grOssest disregard for Law on the
part Of Wilson, the hOldOver gov
ernOr. On the face Of the returns
smith had twelve majority. His
election was 80 clearly established
that the Democratic governor was
forced to admit H. This he did In
conversation with smith, adding
that he would be forced TO give him
his certificate.
Later, however, the clerk OF
Peasants county, In filling out his
returns, declared that Jackson had
received SI2 votes. In writing the
figures Ia script the ink gave out
and the appeared thus-'twO.'
Despite the protest OF the clerk that
was correct, Governor Wilson
ruled that the az }" meant %. This
and a majority of six. Wilson pre-
In the first district, on the face OF
the returns, George w. Atkinson
lRepublicAn) had a clear majority
Of seventy. In the recount the Dem
Orratic returning board, after q
review Of Ohio county, cut Atkin-
sons majority down Ia seventeen.
WetZel county. the Democratic
stronghold la the district, was de-
pended upon To overcome this.
Twist figures as they might, Atkin-
sons ajOrity would not dwindle.
tine night, however, the county
clerks Office was entered, the safe
containing the ballot boxes having
been conveniently left unlocked.
AtkinsOn's name was scratched Off
forty tickets. Governor Wilson de-
cIared John q. PendIetOn elected
and signed his certificate.
The two cases cited are Of such
notorious character that little
doubt IL entertained that both
Smith and Atkinson Will he seated.
Sill another case, the testimony In
which L. being prepared for publica-
ton by William II MObley, clerk Ia
the committee on elections, In that
Of Edmund Waddell, JF., against
George ID. Wise In the third district
Of Virginia. Wise's election II said
TO have been due not only to intim-
datIOn, bribery and suppression Of
votes, but 10 the fact that Republi-
cans were deferred from voting even
when they presented themselves at
the polls by constant challenges on
the part OF the friends Of Wise.
Hundreds Of men who intended To
vote for Waddell were thus pre-
vented from doing 30.
The details Of charges brought by
John w. I.AngstOn against r.. L.
Venabls Of the fourth Virginia
district have already appeared In the
Press. Mr. LangstOn insists that he
will be seated even though the ia
theT Of his antagonist succeeds
FitZhuRh Lee a. governor. In the
ninth Virginia district. where Hen
~ Bowen, Republican, Was pitted
against John A. buchanan, testi-
mony IL given thEt the Democratic
caudidate's friends made deal with
the iIlirIt whisky distillers In the
mountains whereby In exchange for
their votes they were allowed Ia
prosecute their nefAriOus traffic
without mOlestAIlOn.
In the seventh Mississippi district,
Cooper, occurred CRIMES which
rarely disgrace even = political fight
IN the south. Ia Madison county
six intelligent inspectors Of election
were appointed. These were dis
charged aud their places filled with
IIIiterate characters, one Of whom
was q confirmed drunkard. At
Canton the uited States supervisor,
Just before the election. was warned
not to appear at the polls on election
day on pain 81 bodily harm. The
bog Was stuffed, many Republicans
who duly registered and who Offered
to vote were told they could not do
so, ~ their names were not on the
poll books.
Railroad men who did not pretend
to he registered were allowed tn vote
the Democratic ticket, and many
who did not vote were marked ~
voting and tickets placed in the box
to correspond with them. At
Smiths school house more votes
were returned than there were
names registered In the precinct,
aud Republicans were not allowed
To vote. In Kinds county the polls
were not opened and no election
held. The total votes thus obtained
by the Democrats amounted To u, 900.
which were withheld from Kerna-
CHAN.
Francis q. POsey, who contested
the first Indiana district with
William r. Parrett, recites q tale
that goes to show that votes were
purchased hy the Wholesale, that |
The returns were held hack and
dOctOred aud that many hundreds Of
fioateTs were walked up TO the polls
aud allowed Ia vote for Parrett,
while e. many Republicans were
denied the 1privilegs Of casting q
vote. james II. Chalmers one Of
the leading Mississippi Republicans,
who WAS counted out in the second
district Of that state. charges that J.
B. Morgan boosted previous to cleo
ton day that the negroes would be
met ut the pollsas In 1879, when they
were dubbed aud in some cases shot
down. MOrgsn's friends carried his
threats into execution aud he was
awarded O congressional certificate.
Thomas T.. Miller, who ran against
William Elliott Ia the seventh dis
tTiet Of South Carolina, accuses the
Democratic governor OF being q
party to Q conspiracy, the result OF
which vas the issue Of an Illegal
certificate Of election
Robert Bullock, Who claims 10
have been elected to congress from
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