Year: 1869

| How Elections are Carried in Jeher


Counsy-Choice Reading for the


Governor.


From the Spirit OF Jeferson.I


The law gives the Governor the power
to appoint all the Registrars in the
State; and he issues a ommission in
blank to such of his most plant tools in
each county, as he knows will do his
they fill the blanks with such parties as
they can rely upon to manipulate the
registry books to render radical candi-
dates certain of their election. This
power to appoint is in open violation of
the constitution of the State which
makes all offices electire. 1t is thus that
the law sets the Governor over the con-
stitution and compels him, willing OF
unwilling, to violate the very lnstru.
ment he is sworn to support. Not only
this, but exceeds his authority and dele
gates to others power vested only in
him by the law. Not only this, but
delegates that authority to parties
whose interest in the result of the elec-
tion is such that nothing but the virtue
of a saint could by possibility save the
voter his right to vote if he was even
suspected of holding different views on
the questions at issue in the canvass
from those held by the appointing pow
or. Does any man doubt this state
menti If so let him go to the county
seat and ask the first honest radical he
meets, "who appointed the last board of
registration p The answer will be "the
| Governor sent the commission in blank
to a certain party who was the radical
candidate for the Senate and he filled
the blank" And, if he presses the in
vestigation little farther, he will find
that one of the registrars did not suit
exactly-he was o little too honest -
and the plant Governor was telegraph
ed to GUST him. This was done, after
the books were closed by tho board. For
what' To manipulate the books so as
to insure the election of the radical
Senators. They toere manipulated. Ma.
nipulated after the books were closed.
And possession of the books obtained
from their legal custodian by a radical
Post Master upon an order from the
Govsrnor of the State. And, when be
refused to deliver them to him, was
threatened with confinement in the
county Jail, and then forced to give
them up. We know tAat the names of
legal voters were stricken from the reg
istry after the books were delivered up.
Who did it we do not know, nor do we
care. 1t is the fact we desire to make
public. Nor is this all. The books for
Grant township, which by law ought to
have been in the hands of the Supervis-
or of the election for that township at
sunrise or the day before the election,
were not forthcoming at the proper
time, and the election was held at
place unknown to the forty-one voters
whose names remained upon the books.
Held at an out of the-way cross roads,
sepenteen miles from the county seat, and
air miles from the usual place of voting.
1t was thus elercH of the faithful few
cast their precious votes. II was thus
eleren candidates were voted for. Thus
that ten of the eleven were chosen to ill
the tOlrnShip offices.


ThisiS the thing called an election Those,
thus secretly chosen, the choice of the
people. Eleven votes in voting popu
lation of 600 iegat voters. About 800 III
county which can vote 220O legal
voters.