Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-06-02

suffrage Indeed, It should attract the
serious attention and consideration ot
all who rightly value the high priv
ileres of American citizenship No one
who has kept informed as TO the situn-
ton in the southern states will be able
to claim that the dark indictment thus
drawn up against the democrats Is over
drawn.
II details the outrages inflicted upon
republican voters in dispassionate Lam
guagc, but in clear and convincing
manner II shows that the democrats
have uniformly adopted such methods,
and resortcd to such practices, rs in
volvc the complete denial OF the politi-
cal rights Of republicans, against which
the government has hitherto been un-
able TO afford any adequate protection.
II is story which should kndle indig-
nation and resentment in the breast of
every fair thinking and honest citizen
| Of the United States.
The democratic party, by the most
| colossal crimes committed against the
| purity Of the ballot and the freedom of
the suffrage, has practically disfran.
chiscd seven million people by such
means that party has added ut least
thirty per cent. to its power In the six
teen southern states, and II uses this
illgouen power N direct antagonism TO
both the interests and opinions Of the
citizens II thus robs and defruuds, II Is
also true that by the peculiar com
plication Of race influence, represents
tion and prejudice, this stolen political
supremacy through wholesale suppress.
sion, enables democrat in many OF the
southern states 10 exercise u power two
or three times rs great as any man, re-
publican or democrat, can exert In the
north.
! re white population Of South Caro-
lima, for instance, entities that state to
three representatives IN congress Tut
the colorod population entities 1t to four
! additional representatives. The demo-
Gratis, however, absolutely suppress the
colored vote and then proceed To elect
the entire seven Of the congressional del
, cgntion, and thus every democrat in the
state exercises two and one seventh
, tunes rs much political power in the
, | making of the laws Of the nation and in
: clccting the president Ms any voter, re-
D publican or democrat, In New York or
q in any other state outside Of the south.
g This Is the crime which the southern
. states are constantly committing
l. against the rest of the states Of the
c union and by which they regularly steal
(, at least forty seats in the house of rep
!. rcscutatiycs in every recurring con
II prcssional election. These forty stolcr
= seats in congress have given the demo
ID Gratis their supremacy in the popular
10 branch Of the national legislature, an'
W enabled them TO pass three free trad'
"A. bills,nnd only by the mcrcst accident W,
n escaped at their hands n most fraudulen
AZ free silver bill. In other words, the.
fy uniformly use these forty stolen scat
n, TO war against the interests Of our citi
Of ycns who reside outside Of their ow
II. section
We may well be startled at the bralc
corruption and political brigandagc q
Hill, Tnmmnny and Maynard, but in n
". senting their periidy and fraud we NJ
/, rescnting the characteristic methoc
and practices Of the dcmocr ats wherevC
they are sufficiently intrcnchcd In pow'
~ to give IMMUNITY and audacity to the
M crimes.
~, In voting against the democratic pa
a., ~, we arc not simply expressing OF
To- personal condemnation of these erin
.ns innl political methods but rs we
I welding the only weapon that has M
"a ficicnt temper Of steel and kccnnoss
cdge to dccapitatc the fiery and hi
., cous heads of this hydra Of political o
un preston, usurpatIon and corruption.
Nv II we would save the country FRO
u' the fatal poison Of this democratic mo
l'" stcr, which seeks TO cnvclop every sta
' In It's crushing coils, then we must n
IVY only seek republican success in ga
io' state. but, at the cost Of any sacrifice
Do comfort, convenience aud all self
considerations, see 20 It that republic
en- supremacy Is maintained In the fcdc'
,i' government
the There are democrats In louisa
'Iv who nov complain of wrongs VISIT
'lu upun them by means 81 their favor
'nV methods during the recent ihctioi
'p' npht in that state, and they Ia
nee threatened to invoke the strong arm
Ior- federal authority for protection n
rcparation But they are withh'
nay from such n course by the fear OF
lie Wholesale exposure Of their p
hat crime, and the probable injurious
sit feet upon their own future politi
TO prospects by virtue Of the preced'
nile thus established for federal interi
ius- ference.
eels Political corruption and usurpat
rest hive, however, nothing % fear tron
nj " democratic congress 50 long ms u
OPP are pructiccd ia behalf Of democri
pub success. The present democratic no
har- Of representatives has placed its
Of sanction upon election frauds
can general political drbuuchcry, howe
or audacious and enormous, by support
!, 900 and whitcwashing Rockwell, III
OOO oroicgc and hcnchmnn, aud that,
IN. In defiance ~ the decisions 81 the
this n!rhesl courts in this state.
'~t The oniy way 10 strike terror 10
!. arts Of these political robbers
''h' p,,i,.-'Sts Is 10 place and Keep
'e 30 co., so ptcr Of t.ic federal antho
Of ,n n' Inc strong, pre- and patrio''y ~
,ing nf the republican party'-N' J.
AM Express.
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men o.. -,ts op somc western mi
,'..,.,, .ocrnts say 1--WE Il
lear we hn't II. man" The
nav The western dcL. 'o
thc unite ON some eastern '''
cnt IS they cannot unite ON
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