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Show SELLING VOTES. Now York Kvenlng Post. The number or males of voting ago in Adams county, Ohio, according to tho census of 1900, wns 7,210; nnd, ns tho population of tho county showed ery little Increasu between 1890 mnd 1000, this figure may be taken ns pruc-tlcally pruc-tlcally representing tho adult mnlo population nt the present time. Of theso 7,210 adult males, about 1,100 havo been Indicted, and It Is estimated estimat-ed by Judge Dlnlr and tho special prosecutor thnt tho number Indicted Is only one-third the whole number guilty. Tho grnnd ury keeps on grinding out tho Indictments, and , hundreds or porsons are flocking to tho court hoiiso to confe'ss, It seems within bounds, therefore, to concludo ' that very nearly ono-hnlf or tho 7,210 men, young nnd old, who make up tho ' otlng cltlzonshlp or Adams county hnvo been mnklng a prnctlco or ro celvlng monoy for tholr votes. Hut bororo wo look upon this as a stain ' on tho American name, hnd wo not better trace tho matter a little more -closely Is It not a lot or worthless Im I Imgrants thnt thus mako morchandlso ' of tho sacred prlvllcgo of American citizenship? Unfortunntoly, this re- - fugo Is denied to us; for tho total of 7,210, all but 137 are native Americans. Well, perhaps nt least they are negroes;" ne-groes;" but no, thero nre only 87 iip-groej iip-groej In the,wholo i0t. Out of the 8,2H" ndiilt'mnlo of ' Adams ' county, C.'JSG life native whltos. And what are we going to do about It we here In New York state? Is there not abundant abund-ant reason to bellovo that many up-state up-state co.inty In New York needs only n llkq sirring up to expose conditions that would closely parallel those of, Adams county, Ohio? |