The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-19

power of the county and commonwealth
o was ready all the day of that election {
act whenever any citizen would call upo
1t, and experience in this court has demon
J strated that the sheriff of this county an
l his deputies are particularly and Away
| ready to discharge their duty. no matte
, what it may be. and do everything the Law
imposes upon them. Not only were thu
civil authorities ready to act. but the.
} were able and competent TO do anything
that was necessary, able aud fully com
petent to prevent any trouble or any riot
able and competent to protect every maj
, who needed protection as a candidate o.
otherwise; not only able and competent
but ready and willing and anxious to d,
il. and those facts were known publicl,
and generally by the citizens OF Coving
) ton all the day Of the election and the dag
before it. aud yet Notwithstanding that
the circuit judge was not applied to, but
the streets of this town were disgraced
by the presence OF a lot of United States
marshals undertaking to obstruct and
interfere with State and city election.
men who had no more right 10 be here
than had the officers OF Great Britain OF
any other foreign country--men without
warrant or authority or right. with arms
parading the streets OF this city all the
day of that election-with the civil au-
thorities Of the commonwealth and county
Standing ready TO act and not being APP
Piled to-
4 DANGEROUS COMMON ENEMY.
Gentlemen Of the grand jury, United
States marshals on your streets and about
your polls on the day OF a State election
are a common aud public enemy and ought
to be treated as such. The people OF this
community had a right 70 treat them as
such. and dispose OF them, no matter how
nor IN what manner You had as murh
right 10 dispose of them as you would OF
any other dangerous and venomous enemy
that took possession Of your city and IN
dertook 10 control your polls. They had no
more right here than The officers OF the
state OF Ohio or of Great Britain OF
France or Germany. They had no more
right 10 undertake to dominate this city
and State election than would the officers
OF Great i5rtan TO undertake TO dominate
the election Of president OF the United
States
W hen ] saw that thing last Tuesday
saw the streets of this town filled With
those armed men, while decent, peaceabe
citizens undertook to discharge their du-
ties as electors. 1T seemed 10 me that the
people OF this community had less of the
spirit of their ancestors that they would
quietly submit TO anything like that. II
any statement had been made to me as
there ought to have been say 10 you that
every United States marshal who was in
Covinston that day, and every other Fed
era official, no matter how high he NAV
have been, would have in thirty minutes
been looking out Of the iron bars of the
Jail. Fraudulent elections are bad enough,
and ought to he broken up if they have
been and am doing all can tn brenl,
them up, hut they are not half as had as
the other thing You can get over I,
fraudulent election, YOU may lind "A rem
coy Tor the wrong that results from that,
but YOU will never find n remedy on earth
Il You permit any foreign mower 10 conc
into Your city with force and arms and
and undertake to terrorize Won nj tbe
polls. The people of this town submitted
made no complaint to the civil authorities
as they ought to have dpne The worry
moment United Statas marshal u,ada bia
appearance on tho streets the dov Of the
election some citizen ought 10 have called
upon the civil authorities IN tsIre some SO
ton Those peonIe were iIIegoI ,ni,,n,tut
and oppressive: they were here for an
Illegal and unlawful purnose and tbev
We're here to make show of force and
hrearms to control tho election of this
town.
WHO BROUGHT THEM.
'You may some of YOU he men Of mar
ticllar courage mr. bravery ia A. 49,.
cnre what ,isk ,o,, ,,l,. ~ -
'',' 'ou' '"Ne ou' great many
.,y,r
Sdrs, anoe o. rlot ana pioonshed, and any
dav tands y, in,o epe sthte on eleetion
heer,int, ~ ~ anu uo res ao.ua'is result III
vo,,r d,,tv ~ ga ~, In IN, ~ polls' ~ -
here nd AMI Who aslr.a td n'u ere'e peolie
who did IL and when van ha,yn i,,i,a n'u om.
man and bring them I'm ~ he co,,,ta ~ ~.
trial. The day has not come When mo
people of kentucky need any fore,qn in
fiuence TO control their elections, Tho neo-
pie of this State are capable of conducting
a,,thor,.in. 80 is ne courts ana me civli
of maintaining order and carving on their
business without the aid or assistance of
an; nv, ,9, e's , power on ear'n, say, md
they were brought here ana nbnr 'o,, WI" i
indict everybody who had anythinE to a.
with II. under this sectIon-lnterferins
with the conduct OF an election.
son the day of election there was n com
pany of troops in tho Streets of Cayinrton
with firearms. While this court was Sir
ting. hearing matter pertaining 10 the
election, while the parties in Interest," wero
before this court, demanding what tbev
thought they were entitled TO. while mat
was going on, In the shadow of tho court
house, within a stones throw. there was
gathered troop of soldiers under arms
for the purpose OF interfering with Inc
count OF votes cast In the CITY ot Gavin
ton and State OF Kentucky. THIS poyer,,r
of the Stata ordaraa 4rco,, 49,. a. Il