The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-22

Els pttssE53s, the CaDtoDites include
not only the citizens Of the old county
stat, fourteen mites diataut from
'ss.t.lls Point, t'nt the entire people Ia
the eeutrsi, so;ithern and southeastern
portion of The eouDty. These holu
that the county se4a can onis he Ioe;tt-
ell by the sovereign power Of the pse
Pile, tiist it was so located hy The peo-
pie, aBd has never been removed by
that power; that Caution being within
1--WE miles Of tbs geographical esntor
OF be county, under the Isw pertain
fng IL the removal of county seats, il
requires the two-thirt vote of Van
IaGdt 10 remove the seat To Wills
Poiat; that at the election held in May
the proportion for removing was de-
featet, tut by the throwing OUT OF
two of the strongest boxes opposed to
removal, upon technical errors, "a
forced tSo-third vote was made ap.
parent; upon this fraudulent count
the e,sunty seat Was declared removed,
and pending iii appeal, aud a demand
for a recount OF the ballots east, the
archives were carried to Wills Point
1t is further alleged that the present
county judge, Who passed upon the
May returns, Is obnoxious to the peo-
pie: in this, that at the setting OF the
last district court he was indicted for
official misconduct 10y the county at
lorney, that when the case " as called
he moved for "A change of venue, on
al the hands of the people be is sup
posed to represent; that he denies the
people the right OF u hearing before
the commissioners court to rectiiy
technicaiities bearing on the count oil
the ballots cast on The proposition for
removal OF the county seat; that he
has been peiitionei to resign the
county judgship 10y large msjority
of the people of Van Zandt, and
that upon his resignation the turmoil
ia the county could Toe adjusted satis>
factor,ly To the people both of Canton
aud Wills Point, by the re-submittsl
OF the question at issue to a vote OF
the qualified electors
THE SALLY on WILLS POINT BY TIE
CANToNlTEs.
Much feeling has existed since the
removal of the c0a1ty records TO Wills
Point, the friends OF both localities
holduig meetings aid indulging in
apd recriminaiions. On
Monday the feeling eliminated in the
taking up Of arms. AT 10 "a M. DIR. Blunt
reached Wills Poius aHu informed the
authorities that considerable force oi
armed men from the southern portion
of the county were about four miles
froin town, aud advancing with tie
avowed purpose of forciDly carrying
Canton. a oommittee OF twelve, APP
pointed on Saturday 10y the citizens
of Wills Point, was sent In meet
the advancing force, vino informed
them that the authorities were deter
mined 10 resist with arms any attempt
TO garry out their purpose, snu were
fnlSS prepared TO meet the attack sic-
e-ssfuily. a pariey ,ensued, lasting from
one 70 two .. N, when the confer
ence closed, the CaDtonites refusing TO
aecsde to any arrangement not based
upon the delivery OF the records and
,he Resignation Of Judge Rains. La
ter, the Cantonites advanced 10 within
four hundred yards Of the lown limiis,
deploye ed ;hcir lines and threw cut
piekets.
Ia the meantime the authorities had
barficsded the courthouse with cotton
bales, dry sooIis boxes, etc, gathered
arms and mustered an equipped posse
about eighty strong This bold front
checked the advance, when portion
OF tAs original committee, headed by
Messrs. a. p. Sullivan and W. w.
Gibson, acting for themselves and in
the interest OF peace, sought a pariey.
aud were met by a Rev. Mr.. Castle.
berry aud Aaron Merton. This parley
eYentuaied in the foil9sing agree
nieni: That the Cantonites and the
authorities should eseh select two
learned lawyers and the four select All
urapile, to whom should be referred .
recount OF the ballots, and upon the
decision OF this commission, If IA
yorable to Canton, the records
were to be delivered, and IL
favorable TO Willis Point, the attack
ing party would return to their homes;
conditioned, however, that Judge Rains
should Immediately resign, and tina,
within twelve hours the authorities
would pledge themselves TO abide by
the terms of the agreement, the Can
tonites in the meantime to witbdraw
aud observe a truce until the expira-
ton of the twelve hours
The Cantonites having withdrawn,
Messrs. Sullivan and Gibson returned
to the courthouse aud submitted The
proposition. Acting without authority
from the officers OF the law aud the
committee of Twelve, the agreement
was repasiiated on general principle:
by the citizens, aud as being entirely
outside Of law by the authorities.
AATTERs IN sraTu QUO WITH A CLEAN
OF sDJUsraEST.
Thus matters stood until Tuesday
morning, whea it became generally
known that the adjatsut general had
ordered the Lamar Rifles aud Stone
wall Grsys TO Wills Point to preven,
any attempt st violence, and that the,
were expected by special train Tn,
Gsu.enites, disinclined 10 force theii
purpose under this aspect Of affair-
retired ia good order to Canton, wher,
they proposed 10 wait the Withdraw
Of the military. Judge Rainea bad
left tie night before 10 confer with Go,
Hubbard, who WAS expected TO delive
an address At the agricultural fair a
Tyler to-day. No warrants had beer
issued or affidavfts made, and, 30 fal
az the authorities were concerned ever,
thing was to remain in statue quo unit
the return OF Judge Rains. Abou
noon. Colonel Eblin and Major Kirby
or Dallas. accom- pnaied by two eiti