The New York herald., 1876-12-05

been found scattered throughout the whole list
at different and irregular intervals This Is sufficiently
obvious W any who reflects the least upon the
matter In point OF fact where are they ioundf
large number Of them found in the lore part o the
poll list. and blocks OF names are tose.her Ia the
middle and large number at It's END The conclusion
Is therefore irresistible that they been added 10
the list alter the election was oaded in other words
that aisc st mas been substituted for inc trIc one.
FourIh-Grcen X. Moore and Floyd Dukes, two OF
the election officers Archer precinct No. = have
% sven The" aiidavl.s ia support o. w., ,ns
counter aiiidavits, purporting 10 have been
madc by them IN contradiction OF their statements,
have been produced before your Board IN behalf OF
the hayes electors. Had thoy been genuine II would
only have been another proof oi The fatal asty with
which such spurious testimony y fabricated, of IFS
entire wCrthcssness aud OF the Jolly oi attaching 10 u
any Importance or any value whatever. The tcsti-
mony VI living Witnesses produced before you would
have remained In all IT'S integrity. ana their clear,
consistent narrative would have carried conviction 10
the mind VI every impartial investigator ol the truth
But fortunately Tor IT'S cause although un!ortu-
nacy Tor the interest OF tho morality and poatcai
honesty IN this state, plot OF deepest tcrpituae has
been brought 10 light, which should ovcrwheim witn
confusion And rum those who have been concerned II.
this conspiracy Green K. Moore and Fiovd Dukes,
two OF tho inspectors OF ihis election, have been
brought before you and publicly examined No one
whu heard thca DOUBTED mat they iestine!
truly. aud The PLAIN and SIMPLE narrative OF hat really
occurred al Archer precinct No . gwen by Floyd
Dukes. OF the manner IN whicn his statement was
tampercd with ana o: the desperate attempt
10 faisiiy the return, Is SINKING instnucc
OF the wav IN which the most cunninyy
devised schemes defeated by the humbcst instru
ments. As il, not only the Truth OF the evidence
gwen by Mesars Fleming. tucker and Bnch iuiy
conirmcd but a cionous attempt 10 defeat the ex
pressed viii Of the voters OF Aachua county has been
he Il up to pubic scorn and indignation No one nov
doubts OF the aisilication OF the vote OF Archer pre-
cinct No To the of 226 VOTES against the H.
den electors aud may IN uismssing TINS branch OF
the express tba hope IN tue interest OF the Whole
community that the perpetrators OF tins infamous
fraud viii be speedily brou4h 10 the bar OF a crniiual
court TO answer Tor Their conduct
How has the clear, simple, but direct, positive and
eDgt Al
been metz 1t has attempted 10 be answered.
FrNt-By aihdavns IN The same handwrit-
ing. patches OF the text, signatures aud cross
marks, ali the names duplicated and The
marks sometimes omitted. Even had
these ailiavs bccu signed by inarksmcn, they were
made by men so ignorant as 10 be unable 70 verify Tue
truth oi their statements. from their isnornnce Liable
cither to be mistaken ms 10 tho contents OF
written niliiavlts winch they could not
read, to bc ,umpereu with by tho designing and
fraudulent. They have not offered themselves TO
the test of cross examination; they have not
appeared III person before the Board. But In the
light saesss fraud which has bcen SO thorough
~ exposed and commented upon Archer precinct No.
should be usmssci from further cons sdcrnton. with
the reflection should Kept before throughout
this whole examination that case which calls 10 sup
port essential particular tho aid OF frauds SO de-
iIberate concocon ana Deirous In It's po5si-
bic results s tainted throughout with the sravest suspi
con Of direcness ana uniairncss, and requires tho
hghest aud most convincing weight OF proof and the
utmost candor OF presentation 10 sustain II in any
other part which stall DO made the subject Of dis
cussion before your Board.
scoad-It may bc asserted, however, that the tcsi
mony oil Vance aud Back tho CLERK and Inspector OF
the election OF this precinct VINO were produced and
examined the lst Of December before your Board,
contradicts the statements ot Fleming Tucker and
Bitch corroborated by the oral examination Of
Moore and Dukes, the other two inspectors We pro-.
puso briefly that the testimony Uf Vance and
Black is inlse, and that from an admission made by
Black perfect corioboration Of the witnesses
examined in behalf oil the Iildcn electors II is to DO
borne in mind that tho poll last returned
TO your Board, with the names fraudulcntly
added on, is unsigned II should have had TO
pnftt ha nf
the election officers Black, when asked about tho
poll list asserted positively that IT. was signed He
adhered to this assertion throughout wnen his atton
ton was pointedy called the subject In this ho
correctlhc true poll lst corresponding with the
list Of voters made and kept by Mr.. Fleming, was
signed From II copied upon the fraudulent poll
list returned the names found thereon OF men
who had really voted and tho OF the false
were added the way heretofore pointed out
The true list, signed by tho election officers,
was then destroyed and the abr catcd one returncu
which. ms we nave seen, was not signed Here, then
Is another remarkable corroboratlon OF the truth OF
the statements to by the first named witnesses
and another instance OF tho manner in which fraud
uent device has defeated. Had Vance aud Black
signed false poll lst they thought they mad done
this mode OF determining the alsy OF their testimony
would have been wanting Fortunately, they forgot
tins, und by circumstance apparently 50 trivial was
their conspiracy brought to light and coniounded.
The4 are ignorant men, played by others superior
intelligence who are behind them, aud they have been
betrayed as tho truth concerning the roal poll
bv want OF sufficient foresigntedness 10 comprehend
the elect ot their testimony.
No z before you, is branded. not ouly with forgery,
but perjury and must consigu It's perpetrators
the judgment OF all honest men, 70 mertcc MANY
BROUGHT OUT VOTE.
Three hundred aud sixtoen cast illegally
by jail for lriaI Tor criminal offences and who
were taken from their places or confinement and
brought up in body by the ShcriH or the county
the polls in Jacksonvic TO vote Tor tho Hayes aud
Wheeler electors. Tho gross and scandalous impro.
prcty OF this act deserves especial rcprobation,
und thcir case is covered by section O.
class 1, OF the Election law. These men
under guardlanship, and tho action oi
tho Sheriff repreLe ns.ble In thus pvrvcrtng
his position 0t c0nscrvntor OF the public peace 10
tisan.ends The men thus brought up ey him 70 vote
wero more FREQ agents. IN acting as tnsy did, than
are the cattle who afe driven TO the shambes Tor
slaughter
Hero the argument went into specific discussion OF
the contests the counties, and closed with
tho following summary
SUMMARY EVIDENCE.
In the dis :ussion oi TINS entire subject Il must bo
kept constantly IN mind as prominent and cardinal
tho history of this election that the party
IN possession Of the political this Stale aud
having OF the whole election machinery tho
republican party IL had lur several cars nbso
lulo control OF the appointments OF tne couy judges
The county clerks. VI tho county commissioners.
and consequently OF all the election officers. IL has
exercised TINS power to advance and It's party
interests, aud those opposed to y have bcen
except by the Casting OF their votes, 10 IN
hucncc or anee, the mighty power thus
arrayed against them. Common harness, COM
mon honesty requires therefore widely
might adj, o. subsance, too committed ny Tho re-
sicclIvc partcs 10 tins controversy Justice demands
imperativeIy that errors Oi iOrn committed the
ol tbose who have been denied lair evcu any
share creating and se.lng IN motion The machinery
by which an cicction Is conducted and controlled
shou: be treated VITA the utmost cnienry and that
tue true wishes Of the body OF the people should DO
extracted IRON tho ballots by them IN disregard
OF all irregularities where the means oi asccr-
tancnt really exists. Keep steadily before you and
apply tncsc ru.cs 10 tho cases winch have been pre-
sentcd
The argument then discusses the question Of the
ursdciion the Board contcndng that lis only powor
junction 10 look ut the face OF returns and decide
upon cm II the returns themselves not irregular
Fraudulent The argument closes follows
We therefore confidently conclude and assert your
honorable Dody, that your sole duiy, undcr the
suton aud laws OF the state OF Florida IS 10 deter
ininc IRON the returns iraus Inittcd Ia you what
y, have received the highest number Of votes
the olico OF electors Tor the President and Wee
President, and 10 lilo ccrticaie thereof the olce
oi he SECRETARY oi State Ths inquiry. IN tue
oI the law authorizes you TO exclude from your deter