New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-18
lVrITCTION IN FLORIDA.
GOV 4 DlNIoCR.rIC CANDIDATE WAS ELECTED-
, Fi4uININr AFFIDAVIT IN rHE BIs8EE-HuLL


GOV 4 plNIoCR.rIC CANDIDATE WAS ELECTED-
,ri.uINlNr AFFIDAVIT IN rHE BIsBEE-HULL
CONTEST.
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
WA,HI>GToN, Dec. IA resolution was offered
ir ,le House Of Representatives recently author
1mg thc Committee Elections to employ an adj
amolal clerk duiing the remainder of this session
a. the tate of S6 a day. The Committee on Accounts
io-lay lnado "a favorable report on the resolution.
Tie Committee on Elections appears really to need
one OF TWO more clerks. Perhaps II would do some
ihne then IN regard to cases that ought to have
tef settled long ago One meeting OF the commit
lee has been held since this session began. Inc
b-coinnittec On The BisDec-Hul case has not met
ior months Oh account of the lndisposiuon Of IT'S
chairman. Mr.. Manning, 10 call 1t together. Inc
I,oitcd fict that one Of the Democratic members
q. tlat subcommittee will unite with the Republic
t.a membcrs IN report that Mr.. Bsbeo is entitled
ipa scat in the House Of Representatives NAV pos
s.u.y account FOR Mr. Mannings procrastination.
D. reference 10 the contest Of MIR. Bsbce. an afii-
C4,lt was made at Jacksonville, fla last Sepieul-
be- which contains some tacis that VIII interest
t,.e " ho are al an curious to know how Repubii-
o4n counties in the South are made to return Demo
uslc najor.tios without recourse TO "bulldOzing"
1ia, ain layt was made by L. i. Gale, Demo
.ciai Of Marion County Fla. who acted clerk OF
election at the Long swamp Precinct. in that
county. dunug the election OF 1873, when Mr. Ills
hte was a candidate for Congress. The statements
refe not made until all tie testimony in The BiSoee-
He'll ease had b5en filed. In brief, the affidavit sets
loith the following facts:
The Democratic Committee OF Marion Conufyin
September. 1878. appointed a subcommittee OF
Three members which committee was instructed 10
o. whatever might be necessary IN the jnuH-
meut Of these three men 10 elect the Democratic
heke, in Marion County Very soon afteIwara
Alfred Aver. who was chairman OF the sub-comn'it-
lee, went TO Mr.. Gale. who had been removed from
ts Office OF Justice OF the Peace. and told him that
b. would he reinstated if lie would help to carry
Long swamp Precinct for the Democrats. Mr.
Oac agreed. Aver said that no would have two
tsllotboxes made exactly alike; one OF them would
ee seat 10 the precinct 10y the Sheriff. and the other
would be taken there by himself. and substituted
ioi tie regular box when the polls were closed for
iAe recess. In the second box were 20 be placed
beforehand rs many democratic ballots as could bo
f~Ctd IA II without creating suspicion. some Re
publican tickets were also to be placed init To make
u appear more regular. This programme Gallo
s~eais carried out to the leter as VIII be seen
~ the following details embodied Ia Gales
tHdayt
Oh the day OF election about 10 o'clock m Alfred
ger aud taarlss Gibson rode up ia buggy III tfout OF
~ Natears office. which Was ia the same bulldpg
- :. sbct Ihc psIis hold. and connected wlb tue
t-hh sioOhl py open dpJrwaF. rus Dusxy cpn-
~, s.a and some csnned PROVISIONS The bal"t-box.
s'"fvsid found eIaeiiy Ike the ono sent Cneaiy