The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-18
MORE OF BALTIMORE's FRAUDU-
LENT EEGISyHtTIDN.

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ring by which German rules that state
mas brought out many of his vile methods.
We have copied several articles from the
| Baltimore sun showing how Germans
mnions have stuffed the registration
| lists Of Baltimore with fraudulent names,
and we publish below another this morn
| ing We reprint these articles to show
tho people OF Virginia what is the ineyi-
table result OF ring politics and cheating
| in elections. Fraudulent elections pro-
duce the political boss, who perpetuates
his power by fraudulent elections. The
sun Of yesterday contained tile following
article:
The army Of repeaters u gathering.
| During the past few days II has be
| come evident to persons accustomed 10
| walking about the streets DAY dit hsHt
that Baltimore Is just now lne Mecca CT
a large number of strange "haidclcts'
| their appearance either bordering 2r the
tough or the sporty ana 10 che IN
| itiated Il means that these are outsiders
| imported to DO crooked work at the COM
ing elections. The band IS growing cay
| A well-known ring politician told a
/ friend of his yesterday that me ring ap-
/ preciates that il is beaten on AR tasls
! and centres its only hope in irduduleht
registration and voting. fhat vide-prea,mi
| cheating has already been done ana VIII
continue to be done until the returns are
| sent in is evident to any one Who hHoNs
| the methods adopted in desperate el1er-
| gencies. The facts here Satherei lave
/ Deen procured from many sources, ana
show what IS being planned 20 utlcel
the popular Will OF the people OF MARY
| land.
Men who frequent bar-rooms enc'rCled
| with ring patronage, ana VINO jIp-dI az
other times as idle loafers on street cor
ners, have openly Dragged OF thc mum
| Der of times each has already le~ls-
tered. Some have as maay "a ten frau-
| dulent names ready to De NV-el upOh'
and some have twenty:
| There has been much repeating acne
| in Baltimore in elections IN the past, tut
| this time plans more elaborate thah ever
| before have been laid. Those W 10 are
| experimenting the plans are believed 10
| he men high up in city and State pol
| tics but they do their planning 50 skill
fully that 1t is impossible or ihr Jaw 10
| reach them. The poor wretcnes VINO are
| paid TO carry out the plans are the OlIS
| ones the law can reach.
| Not only have outsiders been brought
| 10 Baltimore to vote upon the os-us
| names registered, but hunlra1s CT faise
| transfers have been male from faiu-
| more. Anne Arundel, and cthsr t.aocrt
| counties. Recently man az least i"lty-
| five years old, entered q Eal,lmVGe-slIeVt
| saloon and inquired the location c1 a
| certain precinct in the Ninth W ara. lie
| said he had a transfer from Bal'n1cre
| county. The document vas maze 0.t'l or
| whose
ty-two sim, this man registefrd III Tie
| Nilth ward under that name
| Many such cases as this nave com" 10
| light. and it is reasonable 10 lnier tIei
| arc many others which have not conc 10
| light 1t is suspected mat the bogus
| transfers are given, but n. recorded on
| the county registration books ms Two
| votes are cast upon the orlgidl rts,s'I "a
| tion-One by the rightful voter on thc
registration in the county ara the ether
| on the fake" transfer TO the city,
"heeler' being called upon 10 10 the mai
| work in the latter insta ice
The work of repeating as reduced 10 a
| science resolves itself into two branches.
| one of these is the voting upOt names
| legally registered by those who have 10
! right to vote upon them, ana the HtLtr
| is the voting OF names fraudulcntly regis
/ tered In the latter class must be IN
cluded the names of those ~po axe Ge~d
| or who have removed from their former
voting places and the bogus names which
! have been put upon the lists nv leflu:cis.
In getting these votes into tie nalht-
| boxes definite plan has been hIolie1 IN
the past and Will likely e employed ~
the coming contest. IN Young Np'h
names legally registered the repeater
usually makes II his aim = get 10 th'
polling rlace early in the Gay before Tie
| man entitled to the vote MAKES MS Az
| pcarancc If the rightful voter has 81
| ready been there when the repeater ar
rives, he escapes from MS ulemnlt by
show Of righteous indis latio1, ciainnrg
and that some rascal mas preceded hin
20 the voting place.
The art of ascertaiEirs tho time AZ
| which certain legal voters are in the
habit Of casting their res has been
well studied. and there HGc few men
whose habits are not well < loTr and
jottcd down. 50 that when election h*N
comes the bosses know comparatively
well who votes early and VINO woes late:
When the polling time IS about half
over II becomes dangerous .or repeaters
TO attempt to vote on the ancs "; on
ostly registered voters. and then the
rank and file is put 10 So.k voting On
the bogus names, in which instances In
reference is out OF the question. unless
a hostile bystander happens to know
tn. alleged voter and neers the name
that the repeater assumes u vote lrC er.
and great care is taken 10 avoid this.
The repeating is carried m ~ 20 ire
VERY closing of the polls. AID i. s said
by those who ought TO know tlat often
IL has happened that ballots have sur
reptitiously been showed int the i,Ncs
after the polls have slosed. because il
was discovered that the reporters VtIt
no. able 10 complete their rounds. and
that names frauduicntly rcgist src! rad
not been voted upon.
Al the plans FOR work OF this sor; are
being carefully laid. AM a ring man.
whose frankness is one OF his rcdecming
qualities. declared yesterday that his
marty WAS planning 10 east from 5000 to
1900 illegal votes in the city of Balti-
more and to buy not less than 5000 Re
publican votes in the city and counties
OF the Eastern Shore and southern Mary
lard
A man who has gone through many hot
Baltimore campaigns says that the plans
for fraud have never been better laid
than on this occasion. He characterzcs
them as beautiful
The following apt description of the
repeater is reproduced from the account
published in the sun on Monday Of the
decision i'm the famous Bat" Shea case
IN New YORK state.
In the course OF the decision judge
Peckham. who spoke for the court. said:
at does not appear, nor is II important
TO know 10 what political party the de-
PENDANT belonged. Such men have no
politics As the soldiers of fortune OF
a bygone age fought. so these rcpeaters
vote tor the candidate who pays them
The repeater is the modren p!rate-an
enemy OF organized and civilized society.
and Il is the duty of all parties 10 assist
the officers OF the law In the prompt
punishment Of the guilty
Commenting ON this, the New York
Evening Post said:
This is a truthful description. so far
as IL goes. But 1t should be carried a
step further A pirate the repeater Is.
but ne is only a member OF the crew.
The most guilty criminal is the captain
OF the pirate crew. the boss OF the po-