The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-29

attracting attention of the whole country. II is
mlserlhe c-ifne-the urrunim Of the citizen-
ship. 10 is 8 stab a. the heart q self government.
and Judse Blair is rendering -euice 10 the coun-
rs az great AS anything the sogernoT or The Pres.
deaf has done.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
The reports that have be-n coming from Adams
Cosniy OHIO, oi wholesale traHcidng in votes
without regard % parts and wherg the sole requi-
site 10 an election was me distribution % money
show that s'sno Of the farmers ard smalltovn
residents are not ayeeo 60 selling their birthrsht
Tor mes Of Pottags.
Frorn the Csicago Record Herald
1sTsuts frsu Adams Courty OHIO. tel Of hun
drci Of Indictments for election bribery. prncrs1ns
n TuIcrs who peadcd guilty and revelations u whole
sale traffic in vote, TIE Judge sho Is active in
thez csss b quoted as asserting that more than
two-tfirds of the c1untys sovereign electors have
f'r years thus treated their votes as merchandise.
From The Springfield Union.
Adams County is practically without railrusds
telepIones. ar ncwsTaper. Il IS bsckwooi=
colnty far removed from ciJilizing influences. The
little nd sehoolhuuse, not TOO regularly attended.
oacrs the ouly means Of acquiring knowledse The
enough until the plblc prosecutor began % az
they did NOS seem to realize that vote selling was
renreheHsihle.
Prom the Philadelphia Record.
II sppsaTs from recent testimony that the sehng
Of yJtes has hssn q widespread and aelcsJabishei
industry IN Adams COUNTY Ohio. foT ffteen years.
TWo-thirds 81 the voters are said 10 have been in
the habit Of selling their zifnsCs. This probably
accounts for the derIcrAbis loss prices that votes
haze been bringing Of late. One person was shown
70 have sold his vote to one aide Tor and TO the
other fer % cents.
From the New Y0k American.
Political conditions are improving all the time
That is a splendid stey that cumes from Ohio.
where than 500 indictments for buing and sell
ing votes have beeD found in Adams County Il
an mviggating spectacle when thirty-hVe Of the
richest and hest known citizens Of Manchester. Ar
rairned and found guilty, were promptly fined
oOrding n Jaw ard disfranchised for Eve years from
the night Of the ballot.
From the Cleveland Plain DyaleT
Il is amazing and disconceTtiug 70 ind in Ohio
community wholly lscknE IN conscience, Were
the facts not made 50 indspuJab.y clear the peope
n Northern ONO would decline 20 accept The re
ports As true. That whole county has allowed
Itself 10 b. dcbsHcilcS II bad enough bat it Is
woro 70 think that for wears there has not been
one man brave enough and honest enough to raiss
bis voice against the iRiquity
From the Providence Journal.
What IS charged sith having taken place insOhio
is hahtuaIly UmTed IN eli parts Of the United
States According to current stories. the Suffrage
is dehauchci every year in New England as wen as
elsewhere IT one SIDE doesn't bay the 'hoater'
vote it Is arrued the other side Will Tie easy
morality Of this doctrine IS familiar; it recognizes
the existence Of an evil in politics. BOT regards I
ar inevitable ard Of little account
Prom the Kansas CITY star
Ir Adams County Ohio, tWothird5 Of the voting
ciizena according N the estimate II a local Judge.
sold their votes When BriaON. Muriock La Fol
lette and }oosayelt speak Of morality IN public
Affairs the privilege rooteFs laugh at them and ask.
Isn't the oouutry p-speroys?" 1t would quite
outrage these privilege gentlemen to say thai their
conception Of politics is on a par with that Of the
majority citizenship OF Adams County. Ohio. But
What Is the difference
From the Baltimore American
In a single Ohio county 6z3 indictments had been
made az the end Of last week or the charges Of
having sold the voting option at the last November
election. Without waiting to be tried on the in
dictmonts, ia voters against whom court charges
were pending. confessed their glilt and threw
iority Of the cases the court imposed fine Of SIS