The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-12-30

also dud that bIE. Cleveland lacIs 5I6,-
4z5 votes OF having Oue-half Of the poPu-
lar vote while the combined opposition
vote TO him is Q, ,5Tz, ,4I9, which puts him
in a minority Of t,OS2. $50 votes
But even the above table does not set
forth the true facts Ia the case. There
We're thousands OF votes thrown ont for
technical errors, most of which, oddly
enough, seem to have been republican
and populist votes Tor instance, ia
Massachusetts there were some 10000
republican ballots thrown aside while
in Texas about -, O1O poPUiist ballots
were not counted on account OF trivial
techuicalitiez- TLeu iu the southern
states the most outrageous and trans
parent frauds We're perpetrated TO main
tain the asceudeucy of the democracy
iu q solid south" Thousands of ball
lots were thrown out for no other rea-
son except that they were cast by pop
uiistz Other thousands of ballots
were counted for democracy that were
never cast at all by anyone There
Is no doubt but that with a fair
count of the votes actually cast
. In the southern states Welver's vote
would be increased by many thousands
aud Cteveluud's vote Correspouuiugly
decreased, while many populist COM
/ gressneu would be returned from the
south Ia Mississippi, Arkansas and
! Tennessee the fraudulent count was re-
iuforced by election laws which distran-
chise5 many thousands Of legal voters,
. the vote of the state OF Mississippi and
7 Tennessee falling Off ZIG, 900 votes from
/ this cause On the other hand it may
. be claimed that the votes shown Tor
4 Weaver in Kansas, Nebraska aud some
/ other northwestern states are made mp
/ iu part of democratic votes which We're
/ cast for Weaver for Clevelaud's sake.
/ To this it may be answered that it ia
I straight three-cuTnered fight ia the
. states indicated, the vote for Cleveland
would not have much exceeded the
I 80, ,CO5 votes cast for him, under pro
. test, in South Carolina 10y men who
. are at heart pOpulistsi but who were
. trapped into giving unte-couvcutiou
pledges. Ia any event, he could not
. have gained more than 10000 votes
But not only is Mr. Cleveland "a mi-
. nority president ON the face of the re-
. turns, but the votes counted for him in
many of the southern states smell bal-
/ ly, SO tainted are they with fraud and
7 corruption There is no doubt but that
with auything like a fair count Weaver
. carried Alabama by not less than l5 OJO
tine returns showing "a democratic steal
of 65, 600 or 90 600 votes Iu Georgia, III
the populist votes that were throws
out We're counted and the fictitious and
fraudulent Cleveland votes thrown out,
. there is no doubt that Weaver would
have the state All that SIS necessary
to establish these allegations OF fraud
IS to compare the rate OF increase in the
. vote since 1855 in Alabama and Georgia
. with the increase in any number of
northern states. Indeed, IL would be
/ diGicult TO Gui sufficiently strong LAM
] guage to characterize the outrageous
Iy infamous methods used by the
/ southern democrats TO perpetuate their
lease of power The paramount issues
to-day In the United States are tho
l ''puridcatiou Of politics" and the iuau-
guration of some system that viii guar
antea a free vote and fair count in tho
. southern states. GEORGE O. WARD.