Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-11-17
FIRST EDITION..
as a wean- of Fraud

bOAE INSIGHT INTO IT'S INNER WORKINGS IN CARO-
LINE COUNTY HOW LEGAL vorKRs WE'RE LEFT
OFF THE LIST AND COUNTY CLERK FALsEL,
ELECTED.
Especial Correspondence Of the Commereiall
| DENTON, Nd, Nov 8.
The proposition having been made in youi
midst to provide Registration law, 1 have
thought it ht TO furnish your readers with the
inner workings Of such a law in this county. In
| the hands Of honest men the law would be q
great political blessing, but manipulated by un-
scfupulous parlizans, it is a means of base
fraud nd subversive of the popular will
But let me relate you some facts in regard to
our late election. Our county. on its east erIl
boundary, for distance of forty miles, adjons
the State OF Delaware, and citizens from that
state for three years who formerly resided in
this county. and whose names we're left on the
Registry list, it is believed Intentionally, came
to our polls and voted The fraudulent vote
cast here at the late election, is estimated by
some.who profess to be informed upon theleub-
ject, at from 10 to 80 voters, enough to have
changed the result and elected the entire Re-
publican ticket
1t Is also stated that the books of registration
as compared with the printed lists, show that
eight names we're placed on the registration
books fer the I'd election district after the time
had expired by law for the registration of voters
In other words, eight names were placed on the
registry after tho official list was given out for
publication and said list was not made out nor
could it be made ont until the time fixed by law
for registering had expired. Again in the first
election district where Mr.. Temple, the Demo-
cratic candidate for county Clerk resides. the
names Of SIR colored men were omitted from the
lists furnished by the Register to the judges of
election, and although they had lived in that dis
tfict all their lives and we're known to be legal
residents OF that district. could not vote. This
tAmpering with the registry lists has been used
agaInst the Republicans, and has contributed to
th, ir defeat.
On ThurAday last, Mr.. West the returned
defeated candidate for @ unity Clerk in company
with bis counsel and several other gentlemen,
visited tie Clerks Office in this place and obj ain
ing the consent OF the Clerk Of the Court
recounted the ballots for the I'd and 81 districts
the names Of each candidate for the office Of
Clerk, only being called and tallied. The result
OF this count III thls district (the 3 y shows
clerical error in Mr.. Wert's favor OF eiqht UOtes
III the second, or GreensbOrough district, a like
error OF FIVE votes was discovered, making a
charge in blr. Vests favor in these two districts
of n,Hteen Uotes. Mr. Temple, his opponent was
only declared elected by fUe majOrity and
should no errors be found in the other three
districts, Mr. West will have a clear majority n
the county Of eight UOtes, These developments
have thrown Domb-shell into the Democratic
rauks and various rumors and speculations are
rife in the community.
IL this m alter should be pushed to the farth
est extremity, the whole matter would come up
before the next legislature the Democrats who
formed the present constitution being very care
ful to take this matter of contestIng the cleo
tiOn of O1unty officers from tine judges OF our
Courts, and making the Legislature the tribunal
before which all such contests should be heard.