The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-12-08
THE AUGUSTA ELECTION, /,
HOW PATRICK WALSH ELECTED MA.
YoR WlTt, VOTES TO SPARE.

'tOW t>H ffiON wv ALSfi fEEG y ED MA
YoR WITH VOTES TO SPARE
Opan Bribery OF vosoro Charged on ali
! sidas1hs Oolorod Mau and Dro,he,
sells His Vote TO tho Highest iddyr.
The inost exciting an9 aotly contes.
ted election ever held in Augusta,
Ga, resulted Wednesday in the cleo
tion Of Ex United States Senator Pat
rick Walsh for Mayor, after g cam
paign lasting several months. 1t vas
a three corncved fight between Mr..
Walsh, Postmaster William d. bar
and Councilman Daniel Kerr. Mr..
| Walsh was elected by q plurality in
ooth white and colotea boxes.
Iho Columbia State says the can
naiga "A WAS a disgrace to our sister city.
II was to decide,as declared, ''botween
tbfoa good men;' ii bad no excuse for
passion and viiuperation; itinvolyed
no vital public intoresls. Yet it was
full Of charges aud counter charges,
end was marked by an insensate ma
ilgnlty. The eltction WAS a still great.
en- disgrace. Ihe Augusta Evening
Herald, which supported MIR. Kerr, is
very frank in It's statement rs to the
way in which votes were secured, say.
ing
AT ! O'clock it WAS SO gouorally Ia.
ken for granted thst Mr. Walsh had
| won and by u large plurality, ii not
oy maj 5rity, that snrmises wero bo
ing INDUCED in as To- what had
brought about the "landslide," as it
was called ut that hour. 1t was tho
general opinion, il seems, that tha
tnen apParent victory WAS due prin.
cipally TO tho fact that Mc. Walsh
vas the best lsacwn ,nao, having
thus rallied To bis standard the largest
number Of the best political workers.
into whose hands had boon put the
larges. amount Of money. phis p,oa-
! oy, it was adnlitted, had been pus iuto
heuds that knew how 10 cifeciualy
use it with the purchasablo vote, The
Kerr nlea had money, too, and plenty
IoI ", but not aa nuch as tho Walsh
msn. And tho Kerr mon used it as
best thoy could II the Walsh mon
bought a negro it was because the
Kcrr man did not get chanco to buy
aim. Il the K5rr men bought no,
gro 1T was because the Walsh lnen did
not get q chance to buy him. That
was the long and short Of il. There
was but liltle attempt to hide the tact
that votes were bsing boug hit s.nd sold.
rae Herald says further:
Nd secret has baen made today in
the matter OF purchasing Of votes.
Ihey were oponly bought and openly
sold. Five dollars per head was the
price paid. Nogro leaders now and
thea received a larger sum. Negroes
were bought right and left All hands
knew that their opponents were buy.
ing votes. So far AZ the larger part OF
tno negroes were concerned, tho effort
was not made to persuade or d;,amado
them Ii was to SEQ who corld make
the money at hand go farthc.i. The
man most adept at buying votes the
man who could make money 20 far.
thes; with the negroes was The wor
lSer whC3Was in demand Thorelis no
use discussing this feature Of ths cam
paign. Ii has had its rasult. That is
nnqoestionable. The resolve is made
today by Kerr mon, Walsh men and
Dunb men that for tho last time in
The history Of Augusta shall tho pur
chas2ble vote coatrol an election here
That is absolutely settled. The non
purchasabls vote OF AuSu,tn is going
10 rule in the future. Tne bllndest
parllsanshiy could not prevent that
condition baing brought about Coun-
try negroes were driven into Ausus sta
last night 1t is reasonable to a,y hat
they participated in the election TO
day. Tnis thing is ended.
And again:
The Walsh men made hit by u.s.
lng shining new silver coiu for pur
chasing purposes, * )daks wee used
in ths First ward to photograph no.
groes III order to prevent their repeat
ing If possible. There were nc xro
women at some of the meetings last
n1ght. This was at balls whien were
III progress. Barbecu3 WAS offered at
nearly all Of tho pan gatherings
last night f.is estimated that besides
penned'up negroes, there were 1000
white mon, workers, who remained at
work last night.
Here is another choice bit from the
Herald's account:
Il u. Butler Of The Lancet Dua.
par supporter, was seen distributing
th3 following bill
ArrEN rTON
VOTERS!