New Richmond Record, Volume 5, Number 28, New Richmond, Montgomery County, 17 January 1901 — Page 4

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It has been frequently talked on the streets and elswhere that Tay-.i lor Thompson and Charley Benjamin are backing the prosecution of the floaters with the expectation of claiming the reward of $100 in each instance and thus profiting pecuniarily. While this would not in any way detract from the good to the community to be derived from disfranchising the floaters, it might discourage a further prosecution of the good work. We take pleasure in stating to the public that the motive of Messrs. Thompson and Benjamin have been entirely misconstrued. The Journal has interviewed both these gentleman and they both state positively and unequivocally that they do not intend to claim any more of the reward than enough to pay a reasonable attorney’s fee and other legitimate expenses. They also say that they acted in the matter because they knew of two or three other men who were ready to do the same thing. Mr. Benjamin says that he was bound to go to court and testify anyway and he thought he might as well do it on his own hook as be forced by someone else who would claim the reward. Mr.

Thompson says he has worked in politics for many years and that he has become thoroughly tired of being bullyragged by the floaters. He wants to get rid of them. There is another phase of the matter which will be of interest to the tax payer. While it has now been demonstrated that the cost of disfranchising our vote sellers will not be excessive as the pauper attorney seems to fear, because no one proposes to claim the reward in any large amount, yet the very action of this attorney it he praises in making every floater stand trial, will cost the county a large sum of money. Each trial according toestimate of a conservative lawyer will cost $40 or $50, and if it lasts over a day will cost a great deal more. In addition to this will be the loss of time to important legislation of various kinds. Now if the pauper attorney will keep hands off and allow the floaters to plead guilty as the most of them are disposed to do, he will save the tax payer the trial costs which will amount to a large sum if he prevails upon them to plead not guilty. Those interested in disfranchising the floaters can assure the tax payers that their plan is comparatively inexpensive. The interference volunteered by the pauper attorney is the only thing that will cause a raid on the county treasury.

On Wednesday evening of last week Sheriff Canine, acting on a writ of ejectment issued by the Putnam circuit court, proceeded to the farm of Wesley Grantham, east of Ladoga, and proceeded to disconnect the track of the Chicago & Southeastern road, commonly called the Midland, at the line of Graham's farm. Before tearing up the rails flagmen were sent in each direction to warn trains that might be approaching. Quite a number of men were on hand to see the fun and assist in the work. When the sheriff had performed his work he left, but it is said that quite a force of men remained at the point all night expecting a pitched battle with the railroad men who, it was anticipated, would come down to repair the damage legally done. But no armed railroaders came. About six o’clock the west bound passenger and mail train came sweeping majestically up at the rate of four and a half miles an hour, and as the Grantham farm was approached the engineer noticed a man frantically signaling the train. In doubt as to whether the fellow wanted to inquire the time or merely to borrow a chew of tobacco, the engineer stopped the train while the fireman climbed down to raid a neighboring hen roost while the engineer engaged the attention of the natives. When, however, the dreadful news was imparted there was consternation. The engine wouldn’t back, having been incapacitated for such work since the wreck it was in on the New York Central in 1847, so for a while it looked as though the crew would have to camp there. Finally, however, the difficulty was happily solved. The rails for the length of the engine were disconnected and then with a great effort the disconnected section was swung around on its mud bed after the fashion of a turning table until the pilot was where the tender had been. Then with a smiling face the engineer started pushing his train back to New Ross, reaching there about midnight. The ejectment proceedings under which the Midland track was torn up, grew out of some ancient lawsuits. When the road was laid it went over the farm of Thomas Messick, and he was paid for the damage. Later, his wife got the farm, and sued to quiet her title to the right, getting judgement by default, all similar cases failing. The old road was sold under foreclosure in 1887, and was bought by the Midland Company, which completed the line over the farm. Mrs. Messick claimed never to have given up possassion, and in 1898 she sold the place to Grantham, who sued to eject the road, and got judgement in 1894. It was appealed to the Supreme Court, and has been battled ever since in the Supreme Court and the United States Court.

Thursday, Jan. 17, 1901.

THE DISFRANCHISING OF THE VOTE-SELLER.

Tlmt full punishment meeted out to the vote-seller as stipulated under the Caraway election law in the disfranchising of these offenders would be a sure and safe way of making and preserving the purity of coming elections is an undisputed fact. Such things have long existed, and even the Australian ballot system has done little or naught to lessen it; these offenses have continued in spite of hard sought for legislation. Laws have been framed and passed toward the conviction and punishment of the vote-buyer and the vote-seller alike but their enforcement fell far short because evidence upon the one hand incriminated the other. Under the new law of 1899 the right act was enacted to make “good riddance of bad rubbish” and the chances are good for a thorough enforcement of the law the state over.

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Some forty-three, or more, indictments now rest over as many offenders in this county, they to be given a hearing in the circuit court on the 28th inst. The court has granted the attorneys of the defense this breathing spell, while the latter anxiously await the expected knock-out blow in the repealing of the Caraway law. Many who find exceptions to the law declare it unconstitutional too. Judge West has recently declared it constitutional with regards to the convictions in Montgomery county. The Supreme court may sooner or later be called upon to decide its constitutionality; to decide whether vote-selling is a “heinous"’ or “infamous” crime, because the constitution designates that no man shall be disfranchised unless under conviction of some heinous or infamous crime.

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NEW PHASE OF"tHE LAW

Ever since the late election we have read of the possible conviction of up into the hundreds of vote-sellers in the several counties around us, and to each conviction is mentioned the possible appended $100 to each person giving the information leading to each conviction. A reading of the law shows that this is certainly a mistake; and whatever might have been the intention of the law, the meaning is plain that the person or persons furnishing such information for the conviction of a person or persons shall receive the reward of $100, as in the cases of Vancleave and Benjamin for the late wholesale filing of affidavits in this county. Read the law (Acts of 1899):

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SEC. 2. Any person or persons having knowledge or information of the violation of the provisions of this act, who shall procure or furnish or cause to be procured or furnished the testimony necessary to secure a conviction of the person or persons violating the same shall be entitled to a reward of $100.00 payable out of the treasury of the county in which such convicshall be had and the reward shall bo a valid claim against the county.

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