The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-31
FRAUD WILL
BE PRACTICED.
Big Corruption Fund Is to Re
Employed
HIRING VOTERS TO STAY AWAY
FIR ON the Polls Jobs as Census Enumera-
tors Are Being Promisy at whole
sale Rate to influence
Democrats.

Columbus, Oct. 26.--The Hanna man
ayers are becoming desperate in the
closing days of the campaign. Realiz-
| ing that defeat stares them in the face,
they have abandoned all hopes of win
ming by any semblance of legitimate
methods. 1t is now the program to buy
the election. Their plan is to corrupt
a decisive number of voters to remain
away from the polls.
Under the so-called Australian ballot
an easy matter to use money effectively
In buying votes for the Hanna state
ticket. The difficulty of ascertaining
whether or not voters supposed to have
been bought really comply with the
conditions of the bargain when they
purchasing scheme doubtful one.
But when voters are paid to remain
away from the polls it is an easy matter
to learn whether or not "the goods have
been delivered"
AN ENORMOUS FUND.
Under these circumstances the Hanna
state committee have determined to
use an enormous amount of money to
induce Democrats and supporters of
Jones to refrain from casting their votes.
1t is principally for this purpose that
the Hanna managers have been making
frantic efforts to raise money from
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unfortunate as to be connected with the
national administration or who may be
dependent upon the government for
commercial privileges of any kind.
The scheme of corruption contemplat-
ed is of gigantic proportions. A gen.
eral outline of the program was dis
closed today by Hanna lieutenant
from Paulding county. He CHANGED tc
! meet prominent gentleman who labor.
ed under the delusion that the infor.
mant was identified with the Hanna
cause. Their conversation naturally
drifted to the effect of the tour of Bryan
through the northwestern counties.
THE SCHEME OUTLINED.
: Paulding was one of the counties Mr.
! Bryan visited. The Hanna worker stat
ed that the trip of Bryan and McLeaI
in Paulding had awakened a degree o
interest among the Democrats that, i
not counteracted, doubtless would re
suit in getting out an extraordinaril!
heavy vote of that party But the.
can make all the speeches they want to,
said he, they will do no good in tn
end. We are arranging to head off thi
revival of enthusiasm. All We'll hav
to do is to get them to stay away from
t the polls. This we can do easily wit
$ the money necessary, and We'll hav
e that This is now the plan that is t
e be worked all over the state. All thos
German votes up our way, who ar
Y especially interested and bitter nov
against the Republican ticket becaus
d of imperialism, can be landed cheaply
= They are a cheap set and we can ge
e some of them as low as so cents and
u apiece. That's the way we will win ou
l. There is no doubt of it. So I say, the
: can make as many speeches as the
. want to, the Democrats can't get ahea
of us when we've got the money we wi
L have before the election"
l. Such is the plan unfolded to tn
II Hanna lieutenant from Paulding.
: will be observed that the Hanna mar
ayers have a peculiar idea of what cor
stitutes honesty and integrity anon
i the German citizens. AS a well-know
l. fact, there is no class of citizens in a
II the country who have higher ideas {
: onor and morality than the German
When it comes to buying them up, 6
d if they were sheep or hogs worth S
r muoh a head" the Hanna manager
: may encounter serious obstacles. So
will be with a large majority of tn
o other voters over the state again!
= whom they have felonious designs. NJ
it now evident that the Hanna mana
: gers will have enough money to carr
d ut this program, even if the people ha
d reached such a stage of depravity
make it possible.
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