The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-27
THE GREAT CRIME.
row FLORIDA WAS STOLEN FOR
HAYES.
.,,surCs OF l.. &. Dennis. the Lit
e,ant-AII About the Archer
precinct Frauds TWOhundred
and Nineteen Rogus Re
pubIican votes Added
10 the Poll List.

Washington, March 22.-l have re-
.,3ad in Arschua county, Florida, since
January. 1866 and was elected 10 the
s,.,e Assembly in lS7 st the same time
.s,bs ls,e Presidential election. was
=, that time a member OF the State Cen
go. Committee Of To- Repu blcan party
# Florida and also Chairman of the
Rsoublicsn Committee of Allacbus couu-
,v was also President Of the Board OF
County Commissioners, or Commissioners
ofAlschus county, from 1873 TO 1871
and WAS familiar with the manner of reg
,,rs,ion aud the manner of voting, the
location cf the polls and all other elec
ton machinery. e-
Astbe President Of said Board, and
with the consent of said Board, l located
81 the polling places, appointed all the
i,.nectors who conducted the election,
-aeslyed aud counted the ballots and made
and certified to the r,tUns. l sp
r5ip,ed as Inspectors of the A chr
p-ecinct box Nc. , Green K. Moore
F,oyd Duke and Richard Ii. Black,
Tbomss D. Vance went ct my request to
Archer precDt On the day previous to
,7e election and was appointed by the
I,.oe,,ors. Clerk Of the Election q. box
No ard served AS such. | was at
Gainesville on the day of the election,
and on thai night and the day following
nv residence was the headquarters ct the
Republican pa " and during the night
p-ecstIng the election all the information
was brought to me there.
Archer Precinct Frauds.
Sometime Of er midnight on that night,
Inspector Black came u my house s1d |
reported ~ me u at the result OF the cleo
ti6p y, Box No. 2 tor Presidential electors
wss ss follows For Hayes electors, lS0; |
sr Tllden electors. 1876. A little later |
VsnCo, clerk at said box No. =, came ana
maze the same report. uOstquently bo.h
B ack and Vance came 10 me, and sad
,5.v had returns from Archer precinct,
box No 2, signed IN blank by Inspectors,
snd that they would make out the re-
turns SO rs to meet the expectations of
their own party. They retired to u prl-
vs.e room, where they remained two or
three hours, and then informed me that |
,bsv had added about two hundred names |
70 the poll list IS having voted and had |
increased the Republican vote to that ex-
tent and | afterwards learned that they |
hsd added 2l9 names 10 the poll list. l !
entered the room while they were en- |
Moved there, ald saw them copying |
1snes from the county registration list, |
upon which those who had actually voted !
S. Archer precinct, box No. :, we're |
checked of, and now names were selected !
iron names Of Republican voters who |
h,1 no, already voted at thst precinct. |
A..er completing the returns IN this man !
lgr, they filed them, with the ballot box, !
with the County Clerk.
The County Commissioners met few |
d,ys sitter the election. Tn Bosrd, con- |
ssIrrgf !. + Webster, Clerk OF Court; |
" Ii. By.tpn, Justice OF the Peace, and /
Louis a Barnes, Sheriff, all OF whom |
we're R,puJh,a,s. Daring the canvass,
I7sgec.1r Moore appeared before the |
BlarI md submitted an affidavit TO the .
et-c. that returns from Archer precinct |
y were .ase. aud that true returns |
should BE- Il yes electors $50 votes, and .
Ilgu electors 1876 votes, but the /
Board decided they could not hear
evidence IS to the truth or talsity Of the .
returns, and upon the face of the returns,
The vote OF the county was as follows: .
Tor Hayes electors 1884; for Tiden cleo
')'s, l,2b7. The result included the PIG |
votes Tor Hayes electors, which were al |
1el ID the vote cast ut the Archer pre- /
c.nct box No. by Black and Na-c".
These returns were sent TO the Cover !
nor and Secretary of State. After these |
returns were filed with the Secretary OF |
STATE, an etor. was made to iuvslidste |
them so far IS Archer precinct, box No.
-Va. concerned.
Andayits Filed Stating Returns To |
be False.
A&3agIs signed by Floyd Duke and |
Green r. Moore and an othcial state /
men. from Mr. W Wsbs.er, clerk, was filed |
With the State Canvassing Board, for the /
purpose %. showing that returns from |
Archer precinct No. were false and |
.a-d-.eIt f. also appeared that Mr.. |
o..lD, Justice OF the Peace, had not /
sleI tue return fled with the SeCre- |
.,'y Of State and Governor. One OF !
duplicate returns was sent back to the |
A.a.l.s county snd Beltons sigma
'-'s was obtained Moore was also in- !
-a1el 10 make a counter affidavit deny |
ls The Truth Of his former affidavit A |
-l.er a.Llsy, was also obtained from |
lloyd Duke denying his former affidavit. |
lie Grand Jury Of Allschua county in- !
'@.-N-i the Archer precinct matter,
o.. failed 90 lind any fraud, snd passed |.
a,;s51.lagr 10 that effect, whereupon
IL Webster was induced to with !
-''S 1.s statement and make an
".1- 10 the effect that he was
%.'led that the return YVES
d. ngh. Then the attid4vtts and state
~so:s were laid before the State Canvass I
Board and the returns were counted. .
-l' 'esl., gives the hayes electors PIG
''.s' more than were cast for them.
have never heretofore made any
''sh statement or given any evidence
7SNl.1g The election in Allachus coun.
Signed l. G. DENNIS.
1le shove was sworn TO in Florida be.
.''s Justice Of the Pesco, and is cerLi-
-.- 10 by the Secretary Of State.
what Attorney. y.EeneraI Deyens
thinks OfIt.
NEW YORK, April pa special from
,-.AaePais says that number of at
D. Ups have been made 20 induce the
,.@.len, and members of the Cabinet,
,.O Ne with him u express their opin-
~ 0a The alleged confession of McLin,
.sa'aIng Tue Florida Returning Board,
a., "a, notwithstanding the most strenuous
t, t-..'' no Information could be gained
ua any member Of the party. This
6u'hs' however, Attorney General
r..Sa'' ems while in conversation with 8
.s''s .'1man expressed his opinion some
,'uuIiy IN regard to the matter. He