The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10

returns. lie testified further tbat when Cessna
that nis sheet had Just been pisted In, and that
the muciiaee was not drv Green X. Moore, he
Republican Inspector, was shown what purport-
ed to he his signature to TINS return. and he
swore positively that h. did not sign VI. THIS
was the same Republican Inspector who
was said to maze made an affidavit and sent 1t
to the 10 rd Of State Cinyassers, In which he
tes'inei that the returns from Archer precinct
were true He testlned before the committee
that he had not made any such affidavit. lie
std that he rad sigued a statement to that ef-
feet, and he expl ined how he had been ind uced
To do II, lie SAID there was gathering Of the
Republican politicians at the house OF Can't.
Dennis, a carpet-baeger from Massachusetts,
whose trade Is tnat OF politician, aud VINO has
tire prominent of all the officehoiders IN Ala
chua county. Among Others At Dennis's house
was bowers, of lllha-sce. the friend Of Gov.
Stearns. lney inssl ed that he Green X MOore)
should make an AFFIDAVIT setting forth that the
returns from Arcner precinct were correct.
500, and he SIN refused. linen tnev
a ssStemens !, 0' that enc ct. "0ul In. ''s he
agreed to do. Thev gave nin 400 and no
ment, but lie swOro positively that he didn't
make oath to that statement. The sheriff of
the county testified that he was present at THIS
meeting at Dsnnis's mouse. aud corroborated
MOOres statement throughout, save as TO the
p'yment of money. he snefin wa' asked IL
was. Yes, think ne maze "A sorl of OF hand
oath" Cessna. the county Judge above alluded
to, testified that he had administered tue oath to
Moore lie was asked whether Moore stood up
aud hc Id up his ndnd while the oath " = admin
tstereu to MN, ana ne replied thtt he dil not,
but added That In his opinion this W = not nee
essaty. lie regarded tue tn administered
an ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the part OF the afiilnt
that the statement to which lac mai subscribed
was true In every respect. Tue oox OF Arcber
precinct was obt incd bytne committee. and II
was found to cOnt.iin only 81 tickets. he
tickets, after being counted. are required to be
strung. here were a nuinUer OF tickets In tho
bux which nad not been strung at all. mere
were NO needle holes through them, showing
cunclusively That tncy had NOT necn strung. and
tha' they must have oeen placed m the ooxsuo-
nm II In a lIaF t4l -.
tue uox Il! ballots were Democratic, and the rest
FALSE rRErEScEs.
In regard to Manitee county, one Of the four
counties originally rejected ~ the Canvassing
Board. the testimony taken toy the committee
SHOWS that tue county others were HppOinled
cans. Tae County Clerk resigned shortly before
the election that there might be no registration
Of voters IN the county. The County tlerK IL
also the Clerk of the County Commits .ipuers,
and 10 10 the duty OF the County Commissioners
to name the places at which the polls shall DE
opened. and 70 a. point inspectors OF elections.
The County tlerk on resenins, placed all hs
books aud papers IN the hands Of a fellow, who.
left the county. Tue Democrats did their best
t. have a new clerk aopointed, so that
yuseT.. on. TIT. wss not done Sy
the Governor. Tie voters In escD Of the cleo
ton precincts chose Inspectors ~ the election,
and these inspectors az nlnistered an oatn TO
every yoier-such an oath - tue law r quires
snail be administered TO a person whose RI mt to
vote mas Dttn lIOW
every precinct III Mahilee county were reRuiar'
and we've not contested before the stite Cam
v.ssing Board on tue grounds ~ any ,frczii,r-
ity. Inc sole reason for which the board re-
jected the entire vote OF tins county was tn &
tuefe hau been no REGISTRATION II voters and no
inspectors Of election appointed bv the County
Commissioners. an irreQulArity for whicn Gov.
Ste rus WAS alone responsible
In Monroe county the ouiy precinct challenged
before the Cauvdssiug Board Wa that oi Key
West. Tue allegation In THIS case WAS that the
election officers had not competed the making
out oi the returns on the dag Of the election,
aud on TINS alone the returns from that district
we're rejected 10y the state Canvassing Board.
All the election officers testified before tho
House Committee that the counting Of the
votes was nrisned at about o'cio. * ON election
nigni, that All OF tae election officers were worn
out. and that by unanimous agreement they
rost. oncd the making out II the returns until
swore had been einted AND VS. no neu a" @D
the night Of the election. and that a. clock
the next morning they met. not az the place
where the polls mad been held. tut Ia house
near ty, and there made out tn r. returns and
signed them. Inc RerIoiican officers II tue
election testified that the agreement To .oJoufn
was unanimous, aud cOrrODOrated in every re-
spect tbs testimony Of tue Democratic memoe
Baker county, IL will be remembered. bad two
sets OF returns. his was the county which
VIM. +. Chandler In his dispatches to the NelC
York tribune IRON Italian ,ssee said Was cou-
troIled by the Democrats, and that the returns
were held Dack for a purpose. When the Cam
wasting Board came to pass upon the returns
from all the counties 1t was found. yer, much to
the surprise Of the Democrats at lalah,s
Tnis was the nrst that the Democrats knew OF
the second return. One II the returns was
signed by the Sheriff the County Judge, aud
a Justice OF the Peace. The olner return was
signed by the County Clerk and a Justice Of the
tss Whole COUNTY Now there are oply fns Sr ei
ciurts h. Baker county. The return made out
by the County Judge threw out two precincts
entirely. Tue snerin wac signed the resurn
with the County Judge {, stiaed before the
committee that In the case OF Darbyvillr, one Of
the precincts rejected. toe Judge said II should
bc thrown Out because there "A
to the eject that there had been intinidi-
ton there The sheriff was asked whether
they had any witnesses to prove the
I CT that there had been intimidation. and he
ans wered. No; the Judge simply said he bad
heard that one man In tue II Ibyylie precinct
had not been allowed to Vote The reason for
the rejection Of tue precinct Of Johnsonville,
that he had heard that there were seven Illegal
votes cast at that poll. he sherifs sad that the
oul, evidence OF that fact was The simple state
ment Of the County Judge. Tue name of the
Judge IL Driggers. and immediai ely after max
county, nd the committee. although they made
every exertlon to tnd MIN. could not succeed.
lhe County Clerk testified That he asked Judge
DrggeIs TO JON with him IN canvas-ing the vote
OF the county, but tn Al lie refused to act that
the Sheriff also refused; that then. WITH the
Justice Of the Peace. he made the canvass. and,
a. there was no evidence Of intimidaton IN
cluded the vote Of all ilur OF The precincts
In his return, and forwarded It to tue secre-
tary Of state. Subsequently Judge Dngg, r.
got the Key OF the Clerks Office. ana III com
pany with the Sheriff went la at o'clock at
night, made new canvass and fixed up tneir
return. There was no evidence OF any inlimi.
datiOn In either OF the two precincts rejec ed
by Judge Driggsrs aud the Sheriff, and no mau
In that county came before the COM
mittee and alleged that there had been
any iIregulirity or Intimidation In
either DefOyville or Jobnsonvllle preclnct.
The State CaDvassing Board at their first count
accepted the return made out b. tue County
Clerk and Justice OF the Peace as the true vote
OF the county AT their second count, when
they had been ordered ny the Supreme Court to
include the votes OF Monroe. Msnatee, Jackson,
aud Hamilton counties, which they had re iected
at their first count, they threw out the Clerks
return from Baker county and &C .epted the one
maze out by the County Judge.
Clay county was endorsed In the first count
made by tho State Canyassing Board. AT the
second count, however II was rejec ed. The
alleged irregulerlty ana illegally for which lhe
state Canvassing Board ejected the vote Of the
entire county when they made their second
CANVASS, IL that at one precinct Green Cove
Spring. 1, was alleged tn It the inspectors OF
election lad not been sworn. The return made
out by them did not show that the inspectors
had been sworn, but showed that the CLERK Of
the Election Board had duly q Iallned. there
were 20 Democratic votes cast at this precinct
ana six Republican votes. For TINS simple de.
feet Ia the return from Green Cove Spring pre-
cinct the State Canya 'sinS Board, at It's second
count, rejected the entire votes OF Clay county.
The committee proved that the inspectors were
culy sworn before the polls were opened on The
morning OF the election.