Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-06

a small rebellion in New York
City, which, being under demo-
cratic rule, it was necessary to
send troops from the field to sup
press. A great many of the
leading democrats in the north
called the troops in the field,
Lincoln's hirelings, and openly
sympathised with every victory
won by their southern brethren.
To return to the restoration of the
union and the basis of represen-
tation. 1t was notsupposed when
those laws were enacted, that, that
wing Of the party would, by the
use Of TIE shot gun and tissue
ballot,render them imperative and
| practically void. 1t was not
supposed that by the use of the
black mask and Winchester they
would attempt to get control of
the government they had attempted
to destroy. Under the same line of
argument you and not the robber
would be to blame to-day, if some
man should enter your house and
rob it. Is it not a nice aggre-
CATION of dirt, filth, dishonest
practices, thieving propensities,
false pretenses and general in
capacity for government, that the
decent people of this country are
called upon to fight in this cam
paign? A party, whose only hope
is the calamity dodge thievery.
The writer heard a leading
democratic politician, man who
has been strongly mentioned as a
candidate for congress on the
democratic ticket say, not long
since, that there was no question
but that Dave Hill stole the con-
troll of the state senate in New
York, by unseating three men
that were honestly elected, but
that that was very good evidence Of
his sharpness and that he thought
he should have been the demo-
cratic candidate for President
We are called upon to fight
again in this campaign, a party
that by the use Of the shot gun,
tissue ballot and fraudulent count
have gained complete and absolute
control of thirteen states, and now
propose to gain enough more, by
no less bold and fraudulent means,
to control the government. In
Wisconsin by an apportionment
depriving, in some localities, one
half Of the citizens OF any voice
in the elections. In New York,
by stealing the control Of the
Legislative branch of the state
government, and at once proceed
ing to repeal all laws, whereby an
honest count and return was
sought to be secured in the city of
New York, thus opening the door
to the fraudulent count and tissue
ballot practices of the south
Every time a move is made look
ing to the security Of the ballot
box and a fair determination of
the result of elections, we hear the
cry of Force Bill. Well! let them
call it force bill if they like. The
Republican party was a force that
compelled obedience to the law
and saved the government once,
and it now looks very much as
though the same elements would
be called upon, at no distant day
to take up arms to COMPEL
obedience to the law, and allow
the majority as voiced by the
ballot, to rule. All laws, are force
bills for the protection of society,
and to-day many of our prisons
are filled with thugs and thieves,
because Of those force bills. In
New Jersey, alone about sixty
democratic thieves have been sent
to prison, within the last year, for
terms ranging from six months to
five years, for attempting to defraud
the people of their political rights,
by fraudulent returns. The Demo
cratic leaders and press say, that
the Republicans have done the
same thing. Did you ever see a
thief that would not claim that all
men are thieves? Every prostitute
in the land will claim that there is
no such thing as virtue. The Re
publican party believe that there
is some virtue left in the world
and that a great majority of man
kind are honest and upright citizens
and they are appealed to to-day,
to help stamp out the life Of the
viper, that, unless it is done, will
some day sting to death our be-
loved system of government. No
government can continue to thrive
and flourish that cannot protect
its citizens in their rights under
the constitution and laws Is it
not fact, that without the slums
of New York City, the democrats
could not carry the great state of
New York within sixty or seventy
thousand votes? Practically, then,
If comes to tbic The democrats