The Portland daily press., 1876-12-02

llaC the alleSeu dInuaVlU IrOW GTeeu III. moore,
purportiDg 10 deny certain facts in another
affidavit he had made, was dated and executed
on the Goth, while the affidavit that he propos-
ed to retract and correct was dated and execut
ed on the 23d. They then Pronounced the aft.
daviJ purporting to be from Floyd Dukes
square forgery.
They then introduced Moore and Dukes as
witnesses. Moore Swore specifically that all
the po:ntsi his affidavit of the 23t Were true:
that he had stated the facts therein contained
openly time and again; that he was an inspect
or at Archer, aud that only BIG votes were cast
or counted; that 535 votes were not cast; that
he signed the election certificates i'll blank, not
thinking there could be any dispute; that be
was approached the other day by Barnes, the
Republican sheriff of the county, who, offered
800 if he would sign paper, He asked II he
had to swear to it. He was told that he had
not. He then signed it and received the mon
ey. This paper was the one produced IN court
as a counter affidavit.
Floyd Dukes (colored) swore that he was an
inspector at the Archer preclnct; that only 315
votes were cast; that he could not read or
write. and that he never signed paper saying
that 535 votes were cast Upon the counter
affidavit alleged to have been signed by him,
being read he swore that he did not sign it;
that ex-Cougressmen Walls and Justice Bolton
came to his house to get him to sign 1t, aud Of
fered him $25 if he would do so, but that he
refused
The Democrats then called attention to the
fact that 10 the affidavits from several hundred
negroes swearing they voted in the Archer
precincts, 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 elsewhere.
The Republicans submitted objections to two
precincts in Columbia county, alleging that a
Democratic inspector industriously challenged
ballots when they were handed him, and that
negroes were taken by three Democrats into
swamp week before election, and, after va.
rious outrages, they were made to swear on
their knees they would vote the Democratic
ticket.
Pending the preparation of papers in other
cases the board adjourned.
Yesterdays Session of the Bonrd.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 1.-The board met at 10
oclock today. Republicans introduced wit.
nesses in the Alachua case.
Mr.. Vance, (oolored), clerk of the Archer
precinct, swore that the election was fair and
regular and that 535 votes were pol ed, and that
| the certificates were made out to show this
number of votes and we're regularly signed by
| Messrs. Moore and Dukes, inspectors. He des.
| cribed with great particularity the method Of
conducting the election and count. Upon being
cross-examined he swore he was employed as
| clerk of the county commissioners about one
| month before election in the office of Mr.. Den
mis-, and that tally sheet was kept He don'i
| know what became of the sheet; that the ballot
| box was taken t. his (Vance's) house on cleo.
was taken in a basket to the court house. Wit
/ ness was born in Canada and educated at the
Buffalo, n. Y, common schools.
P. FL. Black (colored) was introduced. BE
testified that he was inspector of election Of
Archer; that 535 votes were cast and counted
| and put on the certificate regularly.
The Democrats then filed objections to the
| vote of Duval county, on the ground that 5;
non-registered men voted; that 80 men, voted
twice; that l6 under penal conviction voted
1 bot INN of fhn sa,1 ofaI. xI,a
the registration list was packed, the only
Democratic members OF the board of county
commissioners being removed just before cleo
ton to make room for the fraud there.
The Republicans filed objections to 20 vote.
| in Nassau and % in Duval on the ground thai
two paymasters of railroads gave Democratic
| tickets marked with certain numbers to negro
| employees and told them they would be dis
charged if those numbers we're not found il
the box; that these negroes through fear die
vote the numbered tickets, and various othe
| matters.
The Republicans objected to Jackson county
| on the general charge of intimidation violence
and fraud. The specifications assert that the
| Democratic inspectors drove the Republican
inspectors away from the polls and then refus
ballot certificate was signed by the inspectors
| that they did not announce the vote to the
crowd or any one else as 3l6 votes; that the
| ballot box was taken to Vance'S house and tina
| party VI D6HOCrdlS caIuo duu 6EQ6aVOf6u u
induce him to take IL TO some other place. thai
he refused to do so; that he did not put illega
votes in the boxes; that no one else did. Wit
ness was born in Philadelphia and educated il
| Ednburg.
Ex-Congressman Wells (colored) was intro
duced. He testified he did not offer Duke $2t
or any other sum to sign the affidavit introduc.
ed by the Republicans; that he did go to Duke's
house with Bolton to persuade Duke to sign it
that Duke said he would sign them in town
| When they reached town Bolton and Duke re-
tired to Belton's office. Bolton came out after
a while saying Dukes had touched the pen and
| signed. Dukes cannot write his name. Ht
touches the pen and mark is made for him.
Major McCave (colored) was introduced and
swore that he was in Belton's office on the 13 b
inst, and saw Dukes put his mark to an affida
Wit that was read to him. 1t was something
about the Archer box being placed on Low
bench where voters could not see it, that one
inspector took handful of tickets out of box
and put it into his vest pocket; that all the Re
| publican votes were taken from the box at one
| precinct during the dinner hour, when it was
| left open and unguarded.
| The board then adjourned for the day.
| The papers in the other counties will be fled
tomorrow. which is the last day for filing pa.
| pers.