The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02
TO ALL VOTERS.
STATEMENT FROM THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Right of Every Citizen to Cast His
Ballot and Have 1t Fairly Count
ed VIII BE Protected.
NO RAID ON POLLING PLACES
AND NO ASSAULT ON ELECTION
JUDGES WILL BE PERMITTED.
Precautions Have Been Taken to
Thwart the Evil Designs of Croker
and Jones Next Tuesday.
PURPOSE OF J. K. JONES
IN BOLDLY ADVISING THE BURGLAR
IZING OF BALLOT BOXES.
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He IL Trying TO Engraft on the Coun-
try the Arkansas Method OF
Carrying Elections.
He IL Trying to Engraft ON the Coun-
try the Arkansas Method of
Carrying Elections.
WOULD BULLDozE THE NORTH
THE SAME As HE INTIMIDATES
BLACKS OF THE SOUTH.
His LawIess Utternnces No Surprise
I'm Washington, Where the Char
acter of the Man IL Known.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, Nov. There win be
free ballot and a fair count next Tuesday.
despite the incendiary utterances of Rich
ard Croker and James K. Jones, the chief
managers OF Mr.. Bryan's campaign. Repub-
licans do not intend to be inundated by
threats of raids on polling places and
assault Of election judges with baseball
bats. While the Republican managers here
do not believe respectable Democrats ap
prove the wild rawlings of Croker and Jones.
they think utterarces of Bryans promoters
may influence the rabble. and precautions
have been taken accordingly In a formal
statement to the voters of the county to-
night the Republican national committee
announces it has taken steps TO protect the
rights OF every citizen in the exercise OF
ishes all voters not to be deferred from
casting their ballots by the threats of
Croker. Jones, ct al. The committees state
ment follows:
Mr.. Croker, the head Of the Democratic
organization IN New York. has ordered his
subordinates to gather in force at the polls
next Tuesday. and in case they see the
vote going against them to eject the cleo
ton officers and take possession of the
ballot boxes by force. This astounding an
srchistic order has been approved and in
dorsed by Senator Jones. the chairman of
the Democratic committee.
ss-rba r9aruhI;cov nortxy hoe s+ood
squarely for fair vote and an honest
count. A dishonest election is possible only
through violence such as is now threatened
by the Democratic leaders. because an
equal number of inspectors from both po-
litical parties is present at every polling
place. and so long as these inspectors are
not interfered with the vote must be con-
Quoted fairly. The Democratic plan, off,
cially declared. now is to overpower the
inspectors, whenever their party exigencies
appear to require violent interference.
Notwithstanding the announcement of
this Democratic policy of terrorizing voters
and burglarizing ballot boxes. the Repub-
lican national committee desires to state
to the public that the Republican man
ayers. national, State and local, have taken
measures to insure the protection of the
rights OF every voter in the pending elec-
ticn and that the votes shall be properly
counted and recorded as cast. The commit
tee, therefore, admonishes all voters that
they must not be deferred by threats OF
the Democratic leaders from exercising the
rights OF suffrage on Tuesday next. for
every citizen IS entitled by law to protec-
ticn In this his highest privilege, and we
shall see TO IL that his vote shall also be
protected at all hazards"