The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-20
Sam kerchevars Appointment.

A telegram from Rockport, Ind, to THE
SENTINEL of Tuesday morning, said that
the Hon. SAM 4. KERCHEvAL had been APP
pointed an examiner in the department
of justice at Washington with a good fat
salary. The duty OF this official is to ex-
anime the records of the L. 5. attorneys,
marshals, clerks and commissioners.
There are only six similar officials in the
government service.
SAM KERCHEvAL earned his appoint
ment He was one of the men who were
chiefly instrumental in carrying Indiana
for HARRISON, on the "blocks-of-five" plan.
Immediately after the election year ago,
he came TO this city, and in the bar-room
OF the New-Denison hotel. had the I'M
blushing impudence TO tell a large crowd
how the voters of his county had been de-
bauched. A correspondent OF a Chicago
newspaper described him as reclining his
arms upon the bar and discoursing as fol-
lows:
"Of course, it was an expensive campaign
the most expensive the state has ever known
The prices of votes averaged over $50 each and
$50. But we got them and we carried the state
In Spencer county we had great many float
ers,' and it was open question whether we
or the democrats could buy them. We got
most of them"
"How could you be sure" the correspondent
asked, that vote which you had paid for
would be really delivered%
Nothing simpler" said the chairman of the
Spencer county committee. eff you buy dry
goods you get the package when you give the
money. We went on the same principle. We
had one man stationed at the polling places who
was able to see the ballot from the time it left
his hands until the time it went into the box.
Now, suppose tloater is secured by worker.
Say you are worker and this gentleman is the
voter, and this gentleman here is the guard at
the polls. Now, you agree with this man to
pay him $40 for straight republican vote
You steer him up to the guard at the polls and
call his attention to him. The guard gives him
q ballot folded and ready to putlntO the judges
hands The voter takes il. and if he votes as
he has contracted TO do, without looking at il
or 'mOnkeying' with IL in any way-and the
guard can see whether he does or not, for he is
never more than three feet away from the bal
lot-box-then he (the guerdl signals back 20
you that the man is all right and you take him
off aud give him his money. He has to trust
you that far, although L have seen cases in
this election when the 'fiOater' would not trust
the worker, but insisted on having one hand on
tue money Wulle Ne put III iut
How is the money paid afterward."
well, down in our part of the country we
took a room which had been used as a gambling
hell. The door had one of those little openings
TO it in the center from which you could see
out, but you could not see in. When a worker
had got a vote he wrote on a little piece of blue
paper the amount OF money TO which the voter
was entitled, and the voter poked his hand
through the hole with that bit picard board in it,
The paper was taken off by young man inside
examined and verified, Id, if it was all right,
the money-Sl0, $40 ofS5O, as the case might
be-was placed in the still open hand. The
man outside saw nothing; neither did the man
inside. 1t was all done quietly and efectually,
and nobody the wiser"
We think that no one will question that
KERcHEvAL is a fit companion for HoRNA-
DAY, MCFARLAND, JOHNSON, HAMLIN,
BAGBY, MOORE, BILLY" PATTERSON, MAR
SHALL WOODS, and other characters of this
sort. whom the president of many prayers
has introduced into the public service.
Hurrah for civil service reform