Middletown transcript., 1898-11-12
POLITICAL LETTER.

"Since they (the Republicansl only
have minority Of the %road commits
sioners. they will find it necessary, two
years hence. TO send that little satchel
full Of envelopes containing one dollar
notes TO Philadelphia again.n
The above taken from this weeks
New ERA is the most open acknowledge
ment that We have ever seen made in
the public press that money belonging
to the people was used to pay the regis
tration fee of voters claiming afiliation
with the party in power. It openly de-
clares that the Democrs tic Road Com
missioners of St. Georges Hundred used
the money raised by taxing the people
to qualify Democrats, and explains the
fact that at least 100 Democrats in the
Third and Fourth Precincts who had
declared they would not pay dollar
(and neatly every one of them were
men whose word would be accepted) of
their own money to pay their registry
fee, did on the last day Of registration
either deliberately lie or received dol
Ior of somebody elge's money. Il also
declares, by inference, that Mr.. John
w. Voshells' statement that his defeat
would cost him his farm, was probably
true. As it will come pretty near TAX
ing that much to settle up his expen-
ditures to secure the nomination and
election, which if his expectations were
realized, would have been paid or made
up out Of the funds Of st. Georges Hun
dred, as there is no salary attached to
the office of Road Commissioner. Un-
fortunately for thelwriter Of the above,
he was not aware Of the fact, or rather
he would not admit the fact, that Mr..
John G. Allston was elected over Mr..
Gray whom the Democratic inspectors
counted in, Mr.. Allston appeared before
the Judges, who are the canvassing
board, on Thursday and made demand
that the votes be recounted. In the
First Precinct, eight Republican votes
were thrown out because the voters had
pressed SO hard on the stamp that the
impression was little blurred or it
showed through on the reverse side Of
the ticket. In the Second Precinct,
thirteen Republican tickets were thrown
out because they were improperly or
carelessly folded. In the Third Precinct,
six Republican votes were thrown out
because theyawere said to be stamped or
marked wrong. In the Fourth Pre-
cinct, Mr.. Cleaver, the Inspector, burn
ed eight Republican tickets, two Demo
cratic tickets, and one Prohibition tic
ket, because they were folded wrong
and would not allow these voters TO re-
turn to the booth and refold them. He
also threw out eight Republican votes
becs use the marking did not suit him.
The Court will certainly count a
part of these forty tickets and it will
only take nine of them to elect Mr.. All
ston as the vote as counted stands
Hiram Pleasanton, SIG; r. L. Gray,
513; J. G. Allston, sos; J. W. Voshell,
ATT.
In this connection. it is probably pro-
per 10 say that we think this disregard
and contempt for the election law
shown by Democratic Inspectors Of st.
Georges Hundred should be punished
and the time is now ripe to bring them,
and especially those Of the Second and
Fourth Precincts, before the bar Of the
Courts on criminal charges. II this is
not done, it will not be Of any use to
hold an election in these two precincts
in the future but just allow the Inspec-
tors to count as they please.
REPUBLICAN,.