, 1880-12-11

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suOEsTR1NG DISTRICT. |
Hf.1E ARE THE FACTS. As ONE lluI.LDozEn
11fMaE1.r ADMITS THEM. |
Special Dtsp4tteh 10 1as Chicago 1stouns.
WASHINGTON, u. c., DM. 1o.-Gcn.
Chalmers hus taken time by tho forclock.
lie was found this morning in the rooIn Of
the Committee on Elections, oIlgaeel In col
lecting authorities 10 be used iii Ills contest
will, j, X. Lynch, who claims IN ilave been
elected To tho Forty~sovcntil Congress In tho
Sixth Mississippi District by majority OF
5u3 over Ger. Chalmers. who ran against him.
and who holds tho Governors certificate.
Gen. Chalmers claims tint lie wns clccted by
n majority Of 377o. THE TunuSE corro-
spondent asked Con. Chntmcrs this morning
whether he thought ho could satisfy tho
House OF Representatives that fIe ard not MIR.
Lynch had been elected. "Ycs, If any re-
gard Is paid to
THE LAW OF M1es1ssIrT,"
he replied. "Our law provides that IT nny
ballot bears nny marks except the titles Of tho
officers tobe voted for and tho naties Ut tho
candidates 1t shall nut bo counted. Tho 1aw
Is not directory, but mandatory"
"1Iow inuny ballots thrown out IN Wnr-
rem County brcausc thoy WGre marked, and
who discovered tho inforlnalty?"
"'rwt,nty votes cast for mo and 1900
votes for Lynch were thrown out. They
were ilrst discovered by one Of Tho Election
Commissioners. 1ie brought simple OF
them to MY law-partncr md asketl him II
they wero not III violation Ut law. uo was
told Tint they were; nil1 was ,.
ADVISED TO KEJrcr THEM"
"Do yo,l think tho col0red Republican
yotcrs could distinguish any lttiLrenco br-
tween those ballots md the Democratic
tickets bccnusu Ut tito printers' tAshcs on
the for,ner?'
"Cortanly tloy could. They llad bocn III
structed beforehand. They had boen matlo
to believe that MY friends would have tickets
| printed With Gen. uarfetl's and MY own
name on tilenl. These uaslIes woro put uu
Lynch's tickets SO that his rrioslds who could
! not read should not mike n mMtako md
yote fur INT. The twenty ballots for inc,
which were thrown out, boro GQl.. Garlicll's
| nnlne rs we'll rs my own, and were marked
with dashcs exactly Ike tho Lynch tickets
| whicl, wore thrown out"
"}Yhut about the ha1lotbox which was
alloT.auSHEp OUT
| in Jefferson County. according to nowspapcr
| repotts? ?" asked tho correspondent.
swell. thnt Is something ot mystery to
| me. Tho result Of the vote OF that poll Ind
been reported by telegraph rs 247 for Lynch
and " for mo. Tho box was started fur tho
| County-seat bnt never rcnchod there. If 1t
WIS .sllot-gunned,' 1t WIS nothing but u
frotic of somo of the 1oys. II might have
tueu destroyed by solna Ut Lynclfs own
| friends, 10 that he would hayo chance to
kick up Il row: Atall events, tho votea tn
that box were not counted. / think that
| 1at1 fF3,}
to ho counted"
"1Iow MANY VOTES FOR rYScH
were thrown out III the who!e dlstrletT'
'" think about 5000. Tie rc,naludcr, be-
Sides ttlose Ilaye mentioned, were thrown
out because precinct officers failed to make
returns, u1d fur various other lnf0rluali-
tiea."
"What was tho enttro voto In tho district.
Gencralw
~ think It was about 15.ooo."
"l1ow do ynu nccount fur tho fact tint tho
vote of Mississippi. Mt tho recent election,
was some L, 00u less thAn 1t cast rlEht years
Ago" llas tue population Of tho Stato d.
creased sll,co i81.?"
"No. Tho population has Increased. !
thiMk can give sou
A I.EAs0S FoIs TIE FALL1SG-orr
In tho vote. Il, tho first place, fur tho last
i've years ut all local elections in MY Slatc
the candidates for tic Legislature nlId tor
thu county md minor offices hayu s,een In tle
habit Ut spoldtng great dual of money,
The consequence Is, tint grcat many mon
now rcfl's0 10 vote at all unless tlloy are paid
for 1t. TllIs year not 80 much money WIS
! pata out. Then, 1t you were to SEQ tho re-
turns by precincts rf tho Mississippi olectinr
yol. would think that IN Il great many Ut thu
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