The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-07
News ana Gossip Of Washington
BY LUcIEN JULIEN WALKER.


| Washington, Nov. 6.-(Special. Jon the
night after IL had been made clear that
| lllden was elected President, In Novem-
| Der, 1876. and after Hayes had mace ms
speech OF farewell to all greatness. IN tne
| cause OF which he said 1t was not Tor
himself but 'for the poor black man OF
the South" that the mourned the notori-
Gus zach Chandler "saunt de word to
the Republicans all over the country to
Claim everything" They obeyed, and
Chandler and his fellow freebooters pro-
ceeded to perfect their plans for the
never-to- be-forgotten crime" of stealing
the Presidency.
Something similar seems to have occur
red In New York early Tuesday night.
Is! o'clock the returns indicated with
reasonable certainty that Golfer was elect
ea Governor, and for nearly an hour
afterwards the indications grew steadily
stronger. though 1t was unmistakable that
the returns from upper New York State
we're being held back. Suddenly. and
without any warrant whatever from the
ngures. a bulletin was given out that
Inc New York Tribune claimed Odell's
eiecten by 1900 plurality. Instantly The
Evcn'ng Post and The Heralr Joined In
the cry Of 1900 for Odell. But still the
lEr:rs continued to show Coler's election.
iho Republican newspapers then began
70 shirk by turns. For while this
seemed utterly absurd, but by and by 1t
an became as clear as daylight. The
nS.d. back returns from up the State be-
and apparntiy nonsensical claims for the
Republican ticket was told.
Inc republican game of rascality was
t tne poldest and most unblushing since
1876 While Greater New York was re-
leasing flood Of returns, showing a Coler
plurality of probably 10000 and his GER
tam election, the Republican ballot
tnleves up the State were evidently get
t,ng IN their work. Flushed with victory
the Democrats made it plain to the Re
plolicans that they had to steal the Gov
ernorship for Odell and steal 1t instantly,
II ,,, ne Were to get it at all. The Repub-
try was ringing with cheers over Coler's
victory. the thieves in rural New York
ana In some of the important cities up the
state We're deftly transforming that vic
tory into defeat
That Is the story briefly told promi-
nent Republican. resident in Washington. |
declared frankly TO me:
The up-the-State Republicans will steal |
have any false hopes I know what I
am talking about; Coler won't be allowed |
to have 1t. The Republicans in New York
and Pennsylvania are as rotten as Trunk; |
tney II steal anything in the way of votes; |
and the Republicans of Ohio are no bet |,
ter"
AS for Pennsylvania, frank Republicans
admit that the party has so 900 fraudu-
lent votes registered in Philadelphia |
alone, AMI confess that they could as
easily make the number 1870 600; while they |
have 10000 such votes in Pittsburg. Quay
was the first man to vote at his polling |
place at o clock Tuesday morning He |
Immediately crossed the river to Pitts |
burg and caught the TIP train for Phila- |
delphia." where he arrived toward noon, |
and doubtless personally took charge of |
the easy task of stealing Pennsylvania for |
his man Pennypacker He had stated |
previously that Pennypacker's plurality |
would be 1853, 000 He might as well have |
said 49,. 900 He could have made his |
oN,f- N<lt, oil I..
two weeks or two months before the |
election he could have named the plural |
ity with absolute accuracy, making 1t
even or odd as he wished.