The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-03

The late Democratic St4te Con uvention
in It's platform announced II opposition
to the Registry laws, now enforced in
our large cities, and declared against the
appointment by the Governor Of Boards
Of Election in such cities. Their candi.
date for Governor has publicly denoun-
ced in his speeches these registration
laws and demanded their repeal.
It may not seem to us Of the rural
districts an important matter, as these
laws are not applicable directly to us,
but II we will consider that they are ap.
plicable to the cities which control our
representation in Congress, our Elector.
al Colleges and our State Legislatures,
which elect our United States Senators,
1t will be seen that we are vitality inter-
ested in the question. If the people Of
Ohio fully understood the issue, they
would find it to be simply whether their
honest opinion as expressed at the polls
should control our affairs or whether
that opinion should be set aside by the
ballot-box suffers, ticket-switchers and
ward. bosses of Cincinnati, Columbus
and Toledo and few more Of the great
cities.
A little history of former times might
give better view of the situation:
A number Of years ago at an election
in Cincinnati, the poles of number Of
wards Of that city we're taken possession
OF by what is known as the "Eph Hol.
land gang" Open and violent methods
were rcsorted to without stint, and
"great Democratic victory" was the re-
suit.
The United States grand jury soon
after indicted large number Of persons
for violating the election laws. When
the cases came to trial, old Uncle Seth
Glascock, Of this place, was one Of the
petit jurors. Conviction after convic.
ton was made of the offenders, when
one day Uncle Seth received note, ask
ing him to call at the Office OF the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. He went and found
collected there number of Democratic
politicians. They began upon him at
once for voting to convict the prisoners.
"What in the hi do you mean by con.
victing these men? Don't you know
they are Democrats ?" was the first
question.
SWELL" said plain. honest old Seth,
81 don't know what their politics are, but
they are charged with violating the law
and it is proven OH them, and I have to
vote to find them guilty."
The result was that twenty.three OF
the gang were sentenced to the peniten.
tiary, twenty-five of them Democrats
and one Republican, who voted at Col
lege Hill in the morning, went 70 Gin.
cinnati in the afternoon, got drunk and
voted the Democratic ticket.
Some years later, one Mike Mullen,
Lieutenant Of Police, raided celored
boarding house the night before an'Slec.
ton, arrested one hundred and fifty. two
colored men, lodged them in dungeon
until after the polls had closed the next
day and then turned them loose with.
out charge or trial. For this he was
tried by the U. s. Court, found guilty oi
violation of the election laws and sem
fenced to the penitontiary, from which
he was pardoned Immediately, upon the
accession OF Grover Cleveland to the
Presidency, appointed Inspector OF
Police by the Democratic authorities of
Cincinnati, given good government
position soon afterwards and was one Of
the leaders Of the Cincinnati delegation
to the convention that nominated James
E. Campbell for Governor.
Later came the "4th Ward A Pre-.
cinct" forgeries, which Gov. Hoadly do.
nounced as infamous, though had the
added votes made him Governor, it is q
question whether the denunciation
would havd ever been uttered, for he
sat in the Governors chair for weeks
while spurious delegation were claim.
ing their seats in the Legislature upon
the same forgeries, and he never opened
his mouth, when, by word, he could
have driven them home.
At the same election occurred the
"tally.sheet forgeries" at Columbus, pei.
petrated by the same gang for the same
purpose and only defeated by the hon
esty of Democratic clerk of the good,
old style, and by such honest Demo.
Gratis as Allen G. Thurman, who after
wards assisted in the prosecution of the
scoundrels.
We might 60 on and show many more
instances of Democratic outrages upon
the ballot in our large cities. We have
only noticed few of the most villain.
GUS. Can our Democratic friends point
us to one organized attempt in the State
of Ohio to vi olate the sancity OF elections
by Republicans mol Every attempt