The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-26

% the Maine legislatu after Thomas ia
had declared that If such entry had been made y
the books company. IL a pure biunder u -
delivery could have been made to Blaine wtM
his knowledge and that ne knew that the tale o.
wholly fictitious We take pleasure
therefore in "thdrawlng in the promptest and fui's&
the imputatons upon Speaker Blaine" said -
Tribune
came making accusations the other sdv
idle The Grant organs devoted many colimn9
@ the manner which the southern voters were beln9
buidosed into supporting the Democratic ticket n
Georgia particularly the conditions painted in ~
blackest colors- Early in the fall James h. smaeu
reelected and. according to one accouH
kilograms. letters and special messengers from al
parts of the state show that where the negroes were
polls, other taken to redao9
the Republican vote In Macon the eoiorea mAn wsre
driven away from the polls by pistol shots ana nfe8
of their number being murdered outright and
others severely wounded. Dougherty county moss
thousand Republican votes poled. and huS
$50 returned by Democratic In Liberty
the vote of two strong Republican precincts saa
upon q trivial pretext by the Democra ~
mana gers, DISTINGUISHING 60 Republican voters Bari
with actual Republican majority OF 1874 ha1
been Ku-kluxed into showing Democratic majority
Of
In New York no effort wag spared 10 bring home ~
fact that Greeley supported by rtns.
whenever friends mentioned anything about
Tweed, the Times. Harpers Weekly another OF the
papers would rush into description OF
the identical famHanystsa who were using reslsy 20
pull their political ehsstauta out Of the FIRE This was
expression of the sirne and likewise an tnss -
tor caftoonists. particularly Mast
If Twaeds support of the president should max .
man Mr. Greeley" asked HRyper's Weekly fer
and Halls support Of Mr. tirsssy
make man vote? Whoever Mr. Tweed may prefer. AM
henehmsn of the old Tammany ring the arss
the Greeley nomination. MIR, Oakley Hall waa
writing soass him last May Mr. Alseraon saivsA
Feilowss. Mr. CrsameF. Mr. Genet were fui OF seal
Greeley and broheriy love ths earliest oeportu
nity Indeed, 1t Is astonishing how thu late TsmmaW
nag gushes with sentiments OF good will II oa0I
could OF bsothsgly love enough 10 aoss
errinx control Of ths government
how happy Mr.. Fernando wood Mr. Genet. Mr Sweeney
and MI OaEsy Hall and Mr. Aigeraon sullivan. and AL
the other wsli-known hrothssly ovags would be
Greeley himself made long tour through Pesnsyis
wania Ohio indiana those dsya the salt asat~
elections preceding the national voting. likely ~
Of tar-reachns effect Tho oessasr verdets-of rsnn
syisauia In rarticuiarhaa proved ansailng xsde
the national result and II not until later that
Maine coca. tho unen. entirely sappiantsd
thsna
In Pennsylvania At the time there was bitter paA
struggle General Hartranft the nornnso
the Republican ticket, and Colonel Fos
neys owing Though supporter Of Grant the latter
threw all the weight Of his Newspaper against Hartran
ard sis led the Greeley men to nope for vsrdc ,hat
weud hs efAnsstimaes value ia the national contest u
follow.
n Browne, torcsfu stump spsAker. New York ase
was IN doubt between rrAncis ksrnAn. popular map
spatass reputation, whom the Democrats had put m
and General John 4 Dix the Republican nominee