Daily Republican., 1880-12-07
How Rspubiteans were Disnau.
aNtA0d.

ton cOntrbs IOt uVn' n IL MSi'u
seat In Congress from this Stats, but II
Ia evident that there Is disturbed
state Of feeling 10 the Democratic camp.
Even should Judge Houston not sue
oeed in obtaining the seat in Congress
which rightfully belongs to him, the
Democracy have no stomach for having
the election machinery Of the State sx'
posed, and also the modes by which
they have kept . sRspublicsn State
nominally Democratic. Those who are
of the opinion that Judge Houston has
no cause to make q contest may be OF a
different frame Of mind when they read
the Esnty-four counts in another col
umn Of the REpuBLrcAx.
The first count is general in its scope
and stA.es that !, 900 free male cltiz 4ns
OF the State were BY reason of the
wrongful acts aud omissions of the as
SCISSORS, debarrsd from voting for Judge
Houston who would have voted for him
had they besn assessed. There can b
no DOUBT Of the truth of this count.
Tie So ond count AYERS that 500 bal
lots voted for Judge Houston we're count
ed for Mr.. Martin. We have no knowl.
edge Of the truth of this count, though b
We have no doubt that ballots were 80
counted. 3l6 bal OTIS counted In this
way would change the result Of th 9
election.
The third couut statcs that 1000 per-
sons voted for Mr.. Martin, who had lot
paid county tax assessed to them six
months before the elsction. There 10
no doubt of the truth of this 6vermsIt,
and this is one Of the counts that will
trouble the Democracy more than any
other OF the twenty four, as 1t embraces
ali the repeatsrs aud those who vet.d d
without being assessed. Mayor Alt
mord's pGl!ss Gill be given an opper
tunity under thD head OF stating nov
many illegal tax receipts ttsy distribu-
ted and to whom they we're distributed.
The fourth sssAt chargS that more
than 1000 PssasaS entitled to vote and
who offered 10 vote were prevented
from voting BY the refusal Of the
judges Of the election to receive such
votes. We do not know that more
than thousAAd Of such persons were
refused, hut ~ have no dOabt enough
were refussd 70 change the elsCtioD.
There are fNy.tWo election districts in
the State and an average Of thirteen
emily atsasA district would change the
result.
The fifth count AYERS that some six
hundred ballots voted FOR Judge HouJ
ton Ssys not WuAtsl for hin, and th.
sixth count sets forth that six hundred
more votes were oOunts for Mr.. Martin
than were cast fer him.
The ss venth souut charges that six
hundred less vstss wore counted for
Houston han were cast for him, ana
the eigh: oeuat charges th ct unnatural
lied foreigners 10 the number Of six
hundred voted for Martin.
The ninth count states that at least
six hundred parsons who voted for
MI Martin we're Plased upon the as.
ssssment contrary to Law. THIS count
takes in the four hundred of this city
assessed from the error lists, and which |
the Levy Court refused to strike from
the lists. This count might truthfully |
have pl seed the number thus illegally
assessed at 1000 in the State.
Thet ,nth charges that alarge nu mber
of per SONS who were not assessed voted
upon false tax receipts, when in fact
they had not bsen assessed nor paid
any tax Whatever.
The twelfth count is long one and
charges that number OF persons con
spired and oontrived to defeat ths real
objects Of the Fifteenth Amendment
to the constitution Of the United States,
by passing the laws relating to the as
s,ssmert and collection Of taxes. under
which law II is made possible and easy
for officers harged with the assessment!
and the ecllsction OF taxes to disfrsn.
chlse thousands OF voters and by which
more than one thousand legal ana
qualified voters were excluded from
the exercise Of their right Of suffrage
and all of whom would have vstsd for
Judge Houston.
The tw elfth count charges that on
GERS charged with the duty Of assessing
voters vilfally and knowingly refused
to assess over 1000 persons who would
have voted for Judge Houston. There
,ean be no doubt OF the truth Of this.
The thirteenth count charges that
the officers charged With the collestion
of the taxes omitted and refused 70 70
seive the taxes from at lsast 1000 per
sons who would have voted for Judg'
Houston and who by such illegal actor
were deprived Of their votes,
The fourteenth count charges tia