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Foreign News
August 11, 1880
The Portland Daily Press
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Indiana Rep. De la Matyr claims Alabama's Democratic election victory resulted from systematic fraud, with laws facilitating it; true majority only 15,000. Fair Southern elections unlikely.
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Representative De la Matyr of Indiana, has just returned from Alabama, and has given his impressions to a reporter. The greenback Congressman is free to declare that the election was carried by the Democrats by means of a systematic scheme of fraudulent counting and voting. The laws are designed to make this scheme practicable. De la Matyr says that leading Democrats admitted to him that on a fair vote and honest count the Democratic majority is not over 15,000 in Alabama. Mr. De la Matyr thinks that it would be next to impossible to secure a fair election in November in any State of the South.
What sub-type of article is it?
Us Election Fraud
Southern Politics
What keywords are associated?
Alabama Election
Democratic Fraud
Voting Scheme
Southern States
What entities or persons were involved?
De La Matyr
Where did it happen?
Alabama
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Alabama
Key Persons
De La Matyr
Outcome
democratic majority not over 15,000 on fair vote
Event Details
Representative De la Matyr of Indiana returned from Alabama and reported to a reporter that Democrats won the election through fraudulent counting and voting enabled by laws. Leading Democrats admitted the true majority is about 15,000. He believes fair elections in Southern states in November are nearly impossible.