The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-11

prove the expenditures and cause war
rant to be issued in my favor for tho
amount, viz: IS, ,235, with which am TO
he charged on the books of the treasury
department, and direct that Il draft on
the sub-treasury at Cincinnati bo re-
mitted:
For 600 deputies, two days each ....... 600
Six deputies, for ten days each .....,,... 800
Six deputies, five days each .....,....... lou
For col metallic badges each - cents, lD
Ten horses and hugges one day ......... ~
Printing for marshals .......... .......... oJ
Conyeyances ON election day, The ncces-
sity for which is uncertain, but antlci- 40,
pattd. ............. ..,,.-..... .....'.-. ZO0
Use OF telephone, uncertain ..-........ 70
For 1876 supervisors, at $40 each ...,.... i2U
Printing Tor supervisors. ......,.... ~
Total Observation-Disclosures; IS rs
desire to say the situation here is
peculiar, and 1t Is very difficult to cor
rectly Judge as to the necessity of the
foregoing expenditure, but after long
AMI close consideration, am finally OF
the opinion that | am justified in
calling on you for said money and
the authority TO make the expenditure.
| will try and make it fill the bill, and
will make it as much less than the above
as in my judgment it is safe to venture,
but shall not be surprised ii | fnd it
necessary to appoint double the
aforesaid number. shall be
glad to have this requisition
acted upon atlas early day as you can
find consistent with your duty, and re-
ceive such instructions and suggestions
from you as you may think wise to offer.
Fraud at elections in this place is the
rule, and 1t is my earnest desire
to break 1t up, to bring
transgressors to justice, and to fully
protect the people In their rights at the
polls. The sum ask for appears large,
but it is small in comparison with the
object to be attained.
THE NEXT LITTER,
dated September Is, Is as follows:
l forwarded to you last night re-
quisition for funds for expenses at the
election. l desire to state
more specifically than therein setforth
what our trouble is here. AS / stated,
fraud has been the rule here for years.
Without doubt the last
four elections here, two being
held in the spring and two in the fall,
were thus carried and the will Of the
people defeated. All the methods that
can be thought OF are resorted to-colo-
of voters, repeating, refus-
ing to let men vote who
are entitled TO vote, intlmidating,
improperly, rendering the
count the reverse to what it ought to be,
certifying, stufing, chang
ing ballots, buying votes, and last, but
tho most infamous of all, scratching
with chemical, in place OF ink, which
at first is not detected by the voter. A
ticket Is placed in the hands of per-
son desiring to vote the straight
ticket. He uses the ticket ursuspect-
ingly, and soon after 1t is placed in the
box, the fatal color Is brought out and
i aA.t al ynt a
lccal authorities are all in the ranks.
The Democrats police force is
under their control and offer
no protection, but if not scrutinized
encourage fraud. The sheriff
Is Democrat, and wo have reason to
believe it Is his purpose to qualify alarge
number of deputies that day. They
work in the dark, and 1t is impossible
TO find out what their purpose
is until tho day comes. In addition to
the number Of marsh ais sta
Ted in my, requisition, II authorized py
law at all, would like very much to
employ few, say thirty, from now un-
Ill election. to look after
-epeaters, and the vote being colonized.
+ have been unable to find authority for
such work on the part of marshals, but
now apprehend it might be embraced
and if so, that you would
know of it. l cannot express
20 you nay anxiety about this
and hope you
way of finance, but also in the way of in
,truction and suggestions. "An ounce
If prevention is worth ton of cure"
and it Is not improbable that timely care
and provision in this mat
ser may savo US the
horrors of riot, to which the one we
had here last spring is an infant. / re-
yret to find it my duty thus to write
you, but I think it clearly duty on my
part and am sorry did not do SO Mt an
sarlier day.
THE NEXT LETTER
md the last, is from Marshal Wright.
It is dated October %, aud is as follsws:
"I forwarded to you this day requi-
,ition for funds with which to pay dep
lty marshals and for other ex-
oenses pertaining to the congress-
Snal election. AS you will readily see
i is large, and while regret the neces-
sity of demanding the expenditure, it
was the very best 1 was able to do
lnder the circumstances. In addition
others, who did excellent service
not under pay). Yet l was unable to
get force necessary to protect voters.
We held matters we'll in hand in about
fifty-five precincts, but in about
six precincts the vote was
not protected, because was
unable. Our force suffered many
outrages at the hands ofstate and city
which apprehend will be
fully confirmed by what is about to
take place in our courts The situation
in precincts not well handled is beyond
the comprehension of those who have
have not been an eye witness
thereto, and do not think any hundred
deputies to the precinct could protect
the vote therein. IN one of those wards
alone, during the night before
the election, over 100 peace
able, but defenseless men, without