The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-01
REPUBLICANS FRAUDS IN OREGON
How They Swindled POpulist Con-
gressional Candidate Vauderbury.

How They Swindled Populist Con-
gressional Candidate Vauderbury.
To the Editor: The goId-bugs, or
rather swindle bugs, dominated main
ly by the Republicans, appear deter
mined, by fair or foul means, to car
ry the approaching election. The Re-
publican party, while prating about
"a free ballot and a fair count has
doubtless committed more frauds a.
gainst the elective franchise than any
and all other parties that ever had
an existence in this country combined.
1t is with regret that / make this
statement, but tits susceptible of
easy proof Had not the recent devel-
opments in Oregon occurred / would
have held my peace under the belief
that we would have "a free ballot and
a fair count"
The election machinery of Oregon,
as / understand it, is under the con-
troll of the Republicans. From the first
returns, both of the Populist candi-
dates for Congress were elected. The
following is from the Chicago Express
of June 6:
GRAND VICTORY in OREGON"
Both Populist candidates for Con-
gress are elected"
Legislature is carried by the Peo-
ple's party"
"A Populist landslide"
Portland carried by over 1900 ma
jority."
Portland, Oregon, June 3, returns
from the elections of Monday are not
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that it has been a great Populist vic
tory Both members of Congress are
conceded
In the First Congressional district
w. S. Nanderbury is elected by 1900
plurality over the Republican nomi-
nee, and in the Second district Martin
Quinn has carried the day by nearly as
large a vote The Democratic candi-
dates received but light support
'EN-Gov. Pennoyer, the oPpulist
nominee, was elected mayor of Port
land, by a plurality of 1926
The people had about quit talking
about the election when a recount |
was ordered and the above result re-
versed. The following extract from
an article, Election frauds exposed /
in This Appeal to Reason (Kansas |
City, MOI, of Aug 18th, will show
how this was done.
"CBACIAAIAS COUNTY"
''In this county Vlanderbury (Pop- |
ulisD lost as many as 50 votes by a
BENTON COUNTY.
''Vanderburg lost in this county 40
votes by so-called defective ballots and |
so votes by a miscount.'
LANE COUNTY"
by an error in the count Wander
burg lost IS votes and 40 votes by de- |
fective ballots"
JACKSON COUNTY"
''The Populist candidate lost in this
county by miscount 80 votes and by |
defective ballots 81 votes"
"JOSEPHINE COUNTY"
''Vanderburg lost 63 votes by a mis-
count and &c by defective ballots"
The reports thus proceeds |
through eleven other coun-
ties, Vanderburg losing in the |
aggregate sufficient number to /
reverse the first result, thus counting /
in his Republican opponent, Tongue |
Vanderburg has served a notice of |
contest on Tongue, and his success will |
very probably depend on the Populists
having a majority in the House to be
elected Nov. 3, as those contests are
usually decided by strict party vote.
The elections of Kentucky and /
Maryland were carried in 1863 by the
We have the best of rea-
sons for believing that this was done
by means of fraud and intimidation.
The late Amos Kendall, in pamphlet
entitled "Our Country's Crisis states
that on the morning of the election
$4,000 soldiers were distributed among
the various election precincts. (Mr. |
KindaH was Postmaster General I'M
der Gen. jackson. See also Object of /
the Administration in Prospecting the
War by Bryan Tyson. This pamphlet,
and probably Mr.. Kendalls also, is
on file in the Congressional Library at
1t is well known that Hayes was a
fraud from beginning to end and that
Tilden was clearly entitled to the seat
that Hayes usurped. For this reason
the word, President should never be
associated with his name.
The above acts lay close to gunp0w-
der amid should not be reported The /
great masses of the people are making
a desperate effort to throw off the yoke |
of oppression. Their only hope is ga
free ballot and fair count There
fore,
Observation-Disclosures shrdl shrdlu !
Ballot-boX suffers be ware of the day! |
When justice meets you in battle array. I
BRYAN TYSON.
Ollie, N. G. 3
CREELMAN ON BRYAN'S CHANCES |
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