The daily gazette., 1877-03-07
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| Q-Therefore you threw out the pre- pl,,
clnct without any evidence at all? A.
Yes sir. .ST@sG g GIoYgIE
| Q-Then you made up the returnsal
Yes sir,
Q,-Whowrote those 'returnse AL
did. bad @'3ai on .l'sls'iSs 51H 81 81 =
L Q.-YouI wrote them yourself9 a.
yss 2@And A ntl the Judge signed gdA thsrS a. A..
T. Q!-lMr. Green signed them also, did
lheaeA.--Yes, sir. il vrco oi dido an,
NJ Q.rUThen you made return to the Sec
lretary Of. State that you had canyassed
the vote?i Ayes, Sir. D'iFlA' HS70 V''
tt How long were you dril the CLERKS
loffice there o AL do notreniemberthe
ltiHs, 19ss nos : .g 9 gFsat while thonghiis was
4 Q.dlDid anybody come in while YOU c
II were there? fA.--No, sir ,99oliol 'bla
IL Q.+rW Whereldid you find n Mr.. Greene
A. M.IAs Z, u Wa! VIII ~ we al awsnt into
~ By Mr.! Woodbufnl !How long before
Lyouland the Judgeand tie Justice OF che.
~ ~><Sf4AAf-ttS my lNtttlf Ho9
THAT Q count bad been made on the same,
lday BY other parties4by tn, CLERK and
Isonnebody else 2 "A. II knew the fact!f
bwas present; j knew they were canvass
II Q=-How did you know, that one man
was intimidated at Johnsyille 'pprecint
fAI-Well, q we just heard it rum ored
around at the time. i4 Gem tesnod tDo l..
b BY Mr.. Hopkins-Did yousay that you
bad not the registration List before you on
the night you made the canvassP As
1--WE had not on tsJi9uad ef5lAo9 Il9iAf
Q.--Name the seven men who you
thought were illegal votssoi A.ri4 can
f. 9. Ibid the Judge give their qnaiih names, g.,
or did he just tell YOU that there were
fseven there that he thought had no right
Ale then told me that at'tahs there sarep were e
seven there that had no right to vote. u q
| Q.-Do you know when Green was ap-
pointed Justice of the Peace ! AL do
not. He was appointed about the time
OF the election, but what date I do not
know. 'iilsl.s al -'-''7 m ~
| Q-Do you know that he was not
appointed until after the elections A.
I-No, sir. ~ o.',.r---.T~--'-.--"a.'-1
Q.-Did you have anything to do
with procuring his appointment? A,
Mot thing; he was appointed be-
fore knew it. 5g trI .u.sl5 20 wa
, .Q.-The first time you ever knew
him to be Justice of the Peace was
when you got him ON the 18th to
nave the canvassf Ayes, sir that
is the first knowledge had Of his be-
ing q Justice of the Peace. III Ia, .,,..,,
This is a fair sample of the charac>
ter of the Republican charge of
lFtDemocratic' intimidatlon'u not only
in Florida but inL ouisiana and South
Carolina, To get rid Of q few thou,
sand Democratic votes it was neces-
sary only for some Republican to say
there must have been Intimidation at
such and such poll or there would
have been q Republican majority, and
with no further evidence than the
Republican wish q sufficient number
Of Democratic votes was disfranchised
,tolgive Hayes q majority! 1T isavery
certain that no decision of the, Presi-,a
Dental election, based on the positive
exclusion of facts pertaining to fair
consideration of f'the case, will meet
with popular approval The people
will submit to the infamous wrong, but
they will wreak their vengeance upon
the perpetrators Of that wrong, if they
are given an opportunity at the polls.