The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-07

Democratic majorihes, 7,418 Republican net
majority AZ.
Dade county is not yet in. The majority in
this county cannot be over twenty either way.
The Democrats have claim OF twenty three
omitted votes in Clay county, which ap-
pear on the face OF the returna, but are not
| added up in the general result because it Is
not in evidence that the inspectors and clerk
were sworn. The twenty-three votes viii be
counted probably by common consent. This
would leave q majority OF nineteen Tor the
| Republican electors.
At the close Of the days session the board
was considering the case OF Baker county,
i from which there we're two sets of returns,
| one giving Republican majority OF foHty-one,
the other giving ninety-four Democratic
majority.
Every county in the State is contested.
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 29.-The Board Of Cam
vassers met at 10 o'clock.
When Alachua county was called the Demo-
Gratis introduced objections to Archer precinct,
/ in Alachua, reciting that the returns from that
precinct had been raised 219 votes over the
true poll cast. They supported their claim by
affidavits, one from Mr.. Fleming, who swore
be had stood at the door and taken the name OF
every voter as it was called, and that only 319
votes were cast whereas the return sent up
| claimed that 538 were cast. r.
| Affidavits were also presented from members
of the County Board. One swears that he was
|
returns Another swears that he knew the
frauds had been committed, but felt bound to
| sign the return, that it might go to the State
4 Board for final action.
There is also the affidavit of Circuit Judge,
| who swears that he saw the Archer ballot-box
opened by the proper officials, and counted, and
that only $40 votes were found therein.
| In the afternoon, the Republicans introduced
counter affidavits from Moore and Dukes, the
| two inspectors, and Bolton and Webster. the
| two members of the Canvassing Board referred
| to, all Of whom swear that their former atida-
Wits were made under duress, fear. or mlsap-
| prehension, and were false.
The Democrats introduced third affidavit
| from Bolton, who swore that il he gave any
second affidavit he was not responsible or Id hls
! true mind when he did so.
! In Clay county the Democrats called atten-
ton to the omission of twenty-three Democratic
votes through technical objection which they
removed by papers filed before the board.
There will hardly be any contest over these
votes.
In Baker county the Democrats produced an
affidavit from the Clerk Of the Court certifying
ninety-five majority was the true and only re-
turn from the county Of Baker.
They presented further certified copies OF
| each Of the precinct returns In Baker county,
regularly signed by the precinct inspectors,
| which footed up precisely the result that was
roClt0O IN inc True T0CCTus
| The board then adjourned until tomorrow
morning at o'clock.
| TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 30.-The Board OF Can
vassers met ut 10 O'clock to-day. Alachua
| county was called and passed, and Baker coun-
ty taken up. The Democratic managers called
attention to the fact that the second return
from Baker, besides the points OF 1legal1ty
| brought against it yesterday, was signed by
Justice of the Peace appointed since the cleo
ton that it was not certified to in the County
Clerks office; and that the County Clerk was
not summoned to attend the canvass upon
which il was based, and that official precinct
return ere omitted from that return and
false result reached. The Alachua county testi-
mony was listened to with interest. The Demo
Gratis first offered testimony that the alleged
| affidavit from Green r. Moore, purportlng TO
| deny certain facts in another affidavit he
had made, was dated and executed the 10th,
while the affidavit he proposed TO retract was
dated and executed the 23d. They then pro-
nounced the affidavit purporting to be from
| Floyd Dukes, square forgery. They then in
troduced Moore and Dukes as witnesses.
Moore swore specifically that all points in his
affidavit of the 23d were true; that he had
| stated the facts therein contained openly time
and again that he was inspector at Archer,
and only 316 votes were cast or counted that
| 535 votes were not cast that he signed the
| election certificate in blank, not thinking there
| could be any dispute; that he was approached
| the other day by Barnes, Republican, Sher1n
of the county, who offered aim $lOO II ne would
I sign paper. He asked if he had to swear to
it, He was told he would not. He then signed
it, and received the money. This paper was
| the one produced by the court as cOunter-afl-
| davit Floy Dukes, colored, swOre that he
| was inspector at Archer precinct; that only BIO
votes were cast; that he can't read or write, and
| that he never signed paper saying 535 votes
were cast. Upon the counter-afidavit alleged
to have been signed by him being read, he
| swore he did not sign it that ex-Congressman
Wales and Justice Bolton came to his house to
get him to sign it, and offered him $25 if he
wou d sign it, but he refused to do 80.
The Democrats then called attention to the
fact that in affdsvits from several hundred
negroes swearing that they voted at Archer
/ precinct, eleven names appear in two
| places two names in three places, two
names of men long since dead and two
names of men proven to have voted else
where. The Republicans submitted objections
| to two precincts In COlumbla county, alleging
that the Democratic Inspector industriously
changed ballots when they We're handed him.
and that the negroes were taken by three DEM
| ocrats into u swamp week before the cleo
ton, and, after various outrages, were made
to swear on their knees that they would vote
| the Democratic ticket
| Pending the preparation or papers In other
cases, the board adjourned.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec 1.-The Board OF Can
vassers met this morning, and the Republicans
introduced witnesses in the Alachua cases.
Vance. colored clerk at the Archer precineE
swore that the election was fair and regular
and that 531 votes were polled; that certificates
were made out TO show this number of votes
and we're regularly signed by Moore and Dukes
inspectors. He described with great particu-
larity the mode Of conducting the election and
count Upon being ss-examined, he swore
he was employed as Clerk of the County Com
missloners about one month before the cleo
ton in the Office of Mr.. Dennis; and that a
tally-sheet was kept. He don't know what
became Of the sheet that the ballot-box was
taken to his Vance's) house on election night,
kept there till morning, when it was taken in q
basket to the Court House Witness was born
III Canada, and educated at q Buffalo On. y
common school.
P. P. Black (colored), testified that he was
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