The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-03

THE RETURNING BOARD BUSINESS.
TALLAHAssE, Dec. 1.-The Board of
canvassers met this morning, ind the Re-
pubicans introduced as a witness in the
| Alachua cases, Vance, the colored clerk
at Archer precinct. He swore the cleo
ton was fair and regular, and that $50
votes were polled that certificates were
made out TO show this number OF votes,
and were regular. signed by Moore and
Dukes, inspectors. He describes with
great particularly The method of con-
Quoting the election and count. Upon
| being eross-eXamned he swore he was
employed as clerk of the county commits
sioners about one month before the cleo
a tally sheet was kept. He don't know
what became of the sheet; that the baI-
lot-boX was taken to his (Fance'sj house
On election night and kept there til
morning, when it was taken in a basket
to the court house. The witness was born
in Canada, and educated al buffalo, New
\ ork, common school.
| L. H. Black tcolored) was introduced.
He testified he was inspector OF election
of Archer; that 5335 votes were cast.
counted and put in the certificate as reg
| ular.
The Democrats then filed objections 10
the vote Of Duval county on the ground
| that fifty three non-registerod men voted.
aud thirty-three men voted swice, that
| sixteen under penal conviction voted,
| that thirteen inmates Of the county Jail
voted; that the registration list was
padded and packed the only Democratic
member oftne board of county commits
sioners being removed Just before the
election to make room tor fraud there.
The Republicans filed objections to
twenty-nine votes in Nassau and twenty
three in Duval on the ground that two
paymasters OF railroads gave the Demo-
cratic tickets marked with certain num-
bers to negro .employe-, aud told them
they would he discharged if those num-
bers were not marked in the box; that
the negroes did not vote the numbered
| tickets, and various other grounds Of in
timidatiOn and violence. The Republic
| cans objected 10 Jackson county OH the
| general charge of intimidation, violence,
and fraud. The specifications assert that
the Democratic Inspectors drove the Re-
| publican inspectors from the polls, and
then refused to receive seven Republican
votes; thar the ballot certificate was
signed BY the inspectors, they
did not announce the vote TO
the crowd or to any one else as 3l6
votes that the ballot box was taken to
Nance's house and that party of Dcmo-
Gratis came and cndeayored to induce him
TO take 1t to some other place; that he re.
fused to do so that lie did not put illegal
votes i'll the boxes that no one else did.
congressman Walls, testified that
he did not offer Dukes So. or any other
SUN, TO sign the affidavit introduced by
the Republicans he did 60 TO Dukes
house with Belton TO persuade Dukes to
sign IL; Dukes said he would sign them
In town when they reached town Bolton
and Dukes retired 10 BeltOn's office.
Bolton came ont after while, saying /:
"Dukes has touched the pen and signed.
Dukes cannot write his name, he touched
the pen ana the mark is made for him."
| Maj. McCune. colOred, swore he was in
Belton's Office on the 18Th, and saw
Dukes put his mark to the affidavit; that
1t was read to HIM. 1t was something
about the Archer box being placed on
low bench. where the voters could not
see il; that one inspector tool, hand
;iill of tickets OUT OF the box and put
them in his vest pocket; that all the Re
publican votes We're taken from the box
at one precinct during the dinner hour,
when II was left open and ungarded.
The board then adjourned tor the day.
The papers in the other counties will be
filed tomorrow, which is The last day for
| filing papers.
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