The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-09

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the Archer return, aud the "a vote,
stnped 10 the box in Leon County. AND
the LOO votes surEcpi.iously added II
SeHerson county, aggrsgating, 393 votes
peen rejected, and ths Democratic reiec.
TED precincts which we're excIuded So,
irregularity end illegslity contrary to The
decision of the Supreme Cnnrt bean 20.
tained and counted, Mr.. Tilden wonid
nave carried the State. The conolusion
therefore, 10 irresistible tha. Mr. Tijdan
was entitled % the electoral vote 81
| Florida, and not Mr.. Hayes. fl'i'11 -
IN making this statement my motive
wlil dpnbtless be questioned by many,
Due the facts will stand alone ae he
truth, without any nero motives TO sus-
tain them. am free 10 admit tbat
yio.ihg things as I.now 10, and Teiilie1,.
befiag that AzzF. Hsyss was continuallv
| inspiring his personal friends and trusted
agents by every means in bis power to
secure for him the electoral vote of
Florida and Louisiana, and BELIEVING Il
10 nave been 9 conscious wrong on his
part done with a acknowledge that hd hed
NOT been elected, as his subseuue ent repu-
diation of Governor Packard, whose title
was bound pin his own, and his willful
and cowardly desertion Of the very men
VINO contributed 60 largely to his election
mas shown, my contempt for the pitiable
iittieness ct the man is beyond my power
Gf expression. Ar. Hayes has denied
the validity of his own title in DENYING
Governor Packafd'a. He has ignored
ms Florida friendas showipg he believed
fhem unworthy ana tainted with fraud {:
yet he holds on to ahe Presidency, which
IN his own OPTION wes secured by this
very fraud. He mas co,vardly abandoned
ana betrayed his Southern Republican
friends through fee. Of being o,,sted from
an office that he believed hIia never was
elected to by the people. Whatever may
oe the opinion OF men in regard to my.
Inotives, give them facts ana leave my
motives 70 q, higher tribunal. =
-,1,t 3ad z SAAUEI b. 3IcL1N.
Inc above YES signed and sworn TO
before, the CLERK Of Thomas County.
Georgia. s,,.,..
L. @. DENNIS STATEMENT. { (
The following is e. statement made by
L. u. Dennis about tie fraud In Alachua
County. l. will be supplemented by q
more detailed statement: .oa n -
~ WASHINGTON, D. O., March %.
nave resided in Alachun County,
Florida, since January, 1866, and was
elected to tho State Assembly in 1876, at
the same time of the Presidential cleo
tion: was at tnat time @, member of
the Stete Central Committee of the Re-
publican party Of Florida, and also chair
man of the Republican committee Of
A!achua County. was also President
of the Board Of County Commissioners
of Alachua County from 1879 to 1877
and was familiar with the manner of
registration and manner of voting. the.
location OF f11e polls aid all electi6n ma
'chihery. AS President of the said board.
1 located all the polling places, appointed
ell the inspectors who conducted the
election, received and counted the bal.
lots, and lmaao add certified to the re-
turns. I.appointed as inspectors of
Archer precinct, box No. 2, Green r.
Moore, Floyd Duke and Richard H.
Black. Thomas d. Vance went at nv
request to archer precinct on the day
prevlous to the election, and was appoiu-
ted by the inspectors clerk Of the cleo
tion NJ box No. 2, and served as such. I
was at Gaipsville On the day of election.
and on that night and the day following
my residence was the headquarters &c
the Aei,s:!.Saai: party, and during the
night preceding the election all iuforma-
tion was brought to, me there. l.,
Some time after midnight of that night
Inspector Black, came to nv house ana
reported to me that the result of ,the
election at box No. 9 for Presidential
electors was as folloWs: For the Have.
electors, 1S0; for the Tilden e]c1oots.
l36. A little later Mr. Vance, tina clerk
at said box No. g.. came and made the
same report. Subsequently both Binck
and Vance came to me and said they had
the returns from Archer Precinct hex
No: 2 signed in blank by the inspectors,
and that they would make ont the re.
turns SC as to meet the expectations of
their own party. They retires 70 pri-
vate room, 11Secc they remained two or
three hou >, and then informed me that
they had added about 200 names &c tho
poll list as having voted, and had in.
Creased the Republican vote to that ex-
tent, and afterwards learned that thew
had added 219 names to the poll list.
l entered the room where they were
employed there, and saw them copying.
names from the county registration list
upon which those who had actually voted
at Archer Precinct No. 2, were checked
off andithe new names werS selected from
tiIe' names of Republican vnteraiWho had
not already voted at thet precinct. After
completing the Yetufrss In! eliiI MANNER
they filed them with the ballot box with
the County CLERK. s s. Sc. '.',.'l5',F :gs,s.
g The Gddnty Commissioners mat few
days after election, the board consisting
of e. Webster, CLERK OF itheSC Conrt;
w. 81. Bolton, Justice of the Peace, and
Louis A. Barnes, the Sheriff, all Of whom
were Republicans. During the canvass
Inspector Moore appearea before the
board and submitted an affidavit to the
effect that tho ressiissis ffTToi. Archer Pre-.
cinct No. 2 were false aud that the true
returns should be for the Hayes electors
l80 votes, and the Tilden electors 1876
votes, but the board decided they could
not hear evidence as to the truth or falls
ity Of the returns, and uron the face OF
tho returns the vote OF the county was MS
foiloys: Fer the Hayes electors, 1884.
for the Tildeni ELECTORS, I, ,267.i This re.
splt included the 2l9 votes for the HAYES
electors which were added 20 the vote
cast, at Archer PTscincg box No. z, BY
Black and Vance. These returns syere
sent TO the Governor and Secretary OF
State. After these returns were filed
With the Secretary of State an effort Nss
made to inyalldate them 60 far as Afchet
Precinct. box No. 2. was cnncernad.
AfIidavits signed by Floyd Dukes and
Green Il. Moore, and an Official state
ment from. Mr. Webster, clerk was filed
withSthe 'Etdte Can ling Board, for the