The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-03
MORE REPUBLICAN DEvILrRY.
Chairman Manly Warns Democrats to
be on Their Guard.

1t seems that Republican election
| frauds and rascality are not confined to
| North Carolina alone. The following
| telegram, received yesterday by Chair
man Manly from Senator James X.
| Jones, exposes an attempted fraud in
| Illinois and warns the Democrats in this
State to be on their guard against similar
| deviltry;
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov 2, 1896.
Hon. Clement Manly, Raleigh, n c.:
Hon. A. l.. Maxwell, Democratic can
didate for State Auditor in Illinois, wires
me from Lawrenceville, H., that our
friends have discovered "a plot on the
part of the Republican managers to steal
the election in that county; that they
have captured valise full OF official
ballots. / understand that vigorous steps
have been taken to prosecute everybody
connected with the fraud and that num-
Der Of arrests have already been made.
1t would be well for you to advise every
county committeeman in your State at
once OF this and to have them notify each
township committeeman In their respec-
tive counties and urge the most explicit
vigilance on the part of our people to
prevent the preparation of such rascality
in your State.
Spare no expense now to ferret out
anything of this kind in your State. Call
the attention Of our people everywhere
to this villainy and have the people
thoroughly aroused.
JAS. K. JONES'"
Immediately on receipt of this dispatch
Chairman Manly took steps to warn the
people of the attempt that would prob
ably be made to defraud them OF their
right to vote and have that vote counted.
The following telegram was sent to every
Democratic chairman in the State that
could be reached by wire:
Information comes to me to-day from
Chairman Jones indicating that fraudu-
lent schemes will be practised tomorrow
in this State. am reliably informed that
they intend some deviltry by mixed tick
cts or false boxes, or in the count. Thirty
thousand letters were yesterday mailed
to each Republican and Populist judge
and registrar. Watch the count Our
civilization will not permit us to be robbed
tomorrow,
CLEMENT MANLY"
Later Mr.. Manly received the following,
giving further details of the villainous at
tempt to steal the election in Illinois:
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 2, 1896.
I4Ons OlcIlHuL Mainly
u. r. Richie, deputy United States
marshal, wires me from Lawrenceville,
ILL.,, as follows:
The plan of the Republicans to carry
the State of Illinois is to have official
tickets in the hands of the judges and
as the voter presents his ballots to be
deposited in the ballot box the judge is
to put in a straight Republican ticket in
its stead. We have captured a man here
with one hundred tickets and four hun
dred dollars in cash. He has weakened
and given the whole plan away
This plan will probably be attempted
throughout your State. 1t is absolutely
necessary that honest men organize
vigilance committees in all of your coun-
ties and townships, if possible, for the
purpose of preventing the consummation
of this villainy. Please take immediate
and vigorous steps to call the attention
Of the public to this plan. IT seems that
the Republicans will hesitate at no VIII
famous attempt to steal the election. Let
this be known.
"JAS. *. JONES"