Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-16
TIIIG 400 LAW.
How so"te Contemplating andl fss~Dios
ciiiss-'r OF rnrrwpt Conaiy Gpssfea
Au Ebeatiun,

How bo"e Contemplating sndl fsG~s,io~g
Ciiistsir 81 1nrpwut County Ggsffsd
A. EleatIon.
A recent indictment against one g.,
Is. Mcdonald IN the cou0ty court ~
Iarrant county for falling ~ securely
box all tho ballots cast ~ M election,
held Us subdivision number t1arpe ~
Tnrrnnt county about three miles west
nj tie town ~ Grapevine, aud ~ de-
liver The same within four days there
nfttr to The clerk 81 this county, has
brought 10 light a very ingenious
device to carry the said election, ~
appears Uint upon lle petition Of some
twenty on more freeiioldes, IN the
said subdivision number three, the
commissioners cont ordered an cleo
tlDn 10 30 Iirid IN Hnld subdivision for
lie pnrpoHe Ut determining whether
on not hogs, sheep md g0nts shodild run
"a large III the neighI0ghood,
&. II. Mcdonald, most worthy but
witbnl impetuolh citizen, was np.
p0inted prcaidIng officer of The said
election which took place Oh the 8lst
day Of May. 1883. The law rooognll'
inR the fact that only freeholders we're
effected by the animals running ~
large, provides that only those who
are ireeh1ldeIA cnu vote In hticli hl
election, mn; IL was evident TINT tho
liberty of lhe rnHor-baek swine la Tia,
said subdivision of 1arrant counts
would soon hc gone unless some niVfh
ura could lbs adopted whereby tht
nDn.property holders could have q
voice In the coming election, Accord.
ingly they held meeting and n
HJ,rcwd old fellow proposed Tie follow
Ing method Of carrying the election Ia
tbs Interest Of those who wanted free
range for their hogs gonls aud sheep
A sufficient Dtmhnr Of men were 10
he made freehpldera To hold the bnl-
niieo Of DOwcr, aud twenty az more
were decided about twenty feet squire
Of rea estate and made fuIl-lledged
fresholdera hy this ahrewd old laclGiNn
Who, though posscsaliig o0nsldenble
property was IN sympathy with The
nonrpfopcHy owners. The day Of the
election oaliio oil md the IreolOldnlB
marched to the polls eonRfntulntin9
themselves Tint the reign OF The rahor'
back hog was over, but tlley were met
there hy the newly created lreeholdera,
with iheif properly ntieHted deeds for
twenty feet square Of repl estate and
realized That tile oleflion wins sure 10
80 ngnlpat them, Armed with their |
credentials and jubIlnni over n victory
which WIS fungone conclusion, these |
newly created a0ns NJ twenty feet /
square of soil marched ~ to tha polia
aiid deposited ther VOTES with the
lrgedani aud ,onclulaneo Of
- HUuli or u Vanderbilt
1ho presiding oillemp, Mcdonald aud /
the judged, vito we're all large prop. |
efiy holders, seeIug how they had |
buen cheated oft OF the election and |
growing diApl,Atad over II sure defeat |
tlusrd lh0 rlNelluns scattered The bal !
iusA already cast and returned TO their |
huii,eA ", pufiael over tin many WINS
of Hrttinu hi.ua MT ~ Il turniu aud
carrying selections, leaving the enemy
~ iul ppaheAsou Of tbs field aud the
rhSarshnek hog 10 wniidpr IN full free
dpnl and liberty Where8ueyut hehhnuld
plionha togo
None ~ these ,leoda were Over
placed On record, Their mission VIVA
accomplished aud no doubt they arc
siulnbeiiIin IA the private pnpefa Of
certain old ciilsrns WHO lauph
when they SEQ them aud remember
how nh election vas carried la thu
iu1e anu spite at tie law Ia the
nithhiinlo tho presiding officer has
been indicted for falling to mako tho
proper tetnrns Of the election aud
some lntefcsllng testimony Is lonlsod
ipf ~ his trial which viii irchnhly
elltle oil duting the next term VI erlm-
thhl term OF The county nourt.