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length. and the Democrats offered large number
Of afdayits in rebuttal of the Pinkston testimony
FLORIDA,
THE MIDDLE OF AFFIDAvITs.

| 1T GROWS MORE HOPELESS THAN EvER-DEMo-
CRATIC EVIDENCE WHICH Is SERIOUS II TRUE
: TALLAHASSEE Fla, Nov. 30.-The board met at
10 o'clock, today. Alachua County was called, but
passed to Baker County. The Democratic managers
called attention to the fact that the second return
| from Baker County, besides the points of lille
gality brought against it yesterday, was signed by
| a justice Of the peace who had been
appointed since the election that it not certi-
fed to in the County Clerks Office, and that the
County Clerk was not summoned to attend the can
vass upon which il was based and that the official
precinct returns show that several Democratic pre-
cincts were omitted from that return, and false
result reached The Alachua County testimony
created great excitement.
The Democrats first offered proof that the alleged
affidavit from Green r. Moore. puiporting to deny
certain facts in another affidavit he had made,
dated and executed the Goth, while the affidavit
that he proposed to retract and correct was dated
and executed on tho Odd. They then pronounced
the affidavit purporting to be from Floyd Dukes
square forgery. They then introduced Moore and
Dukes rs witnesses. Moore swOre specif-
cally that all the points in his affidavit Of
the Odd were true; that he had stated
tine facts therein contained openly, time and again
that he an inspector at Archer and that only
316 votes cast or counted that 80 votes were
not cast that he signed the election certificate III
blank. not thinking there could be any dispute !;
that he was approached the other day by Barnes,
the Republican sheriff OF the county, who offered
him 800 if he would sign paper; he asked ii he
had to swear to it; he was told that
lie had not he then signed it and
received the money. This paper was the one pro-
duced in court as counter-afiidayit. Floyd Dukes,
colored swOre that he inspector at Archer pre-
cnct; that only 316 votes were cast that no more
votes cast; that he cannot read or write, and
that he never signed paper saying that 80 votes
were cast Upon the counter-aflidayit alleged to
have been signed by him being read, he swore that
he did not sign it that cX-COngrcssInan Walls and
Justice Bolton came to his house to get him to sign
it, and offered him S2j if he would sign it, but he
refused to do so.
The Democrats then called attention to the fact
that in the aidavts from several hundred negroes.
swearing that they voted at Archer precinct, eleven
names appear in wo places, two names in three
places two names of men long since dead, and two
names of men proven to have voted elsewhere.
The Republicans submitted objections to two pre-
cncts in Columbia County alleging thata Democratic
inspector indusriously changed ballots when they
were handed to him. and that negroes were taken
by three Democrats into a swamp a week before the
election and, after various Outrlges, were made 10
swear on their knees that they would vote the Dem
ocratic ticket. Pending the preparation OF papers
in other cases the board adjourned.