Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-15

Rival Polling Places for the Election OF
Governor.
ARpMoRE, August 14th.-News has been
received here of the Chickasaw election
from the Oapand polling place, in Pickens
county, Yesterday. Everything IN the
county passed off quietly. The polls were
opened early in the morning by the full
blocd party, and the first squaw- man who
attempted to vote was refused the privilege
Other souaw-men made the same attempt
and met with the same experience.
The squaw men, about 100 in number,
hell Coun and were addressed by Geo.
Pennell, the Indian Agent, who advised
peaceful measures. and instructed them to
put up poll of their own, and told them
he would recognize their Judges of Elec-
ton so lar as certifying to thereturns went.
The sauaw-men acted upon his advice,
and erected poll, at which all the white
men voted Close by was the Indian poll,
and every one with Chickasaw blood in him
voted there Meanwhile Governor Birds
militia and Indian police and United
States Marshal stood guard, and no dis
turhanne of any kind occurred.
The vote at the squaw-mens polls ex-
ceeded The Indian votes, and Sam Paul is
sure to be Governor if the squawmen' 8
votes are counted Most of the Indians
voted for Governor Bird, but few cast
their ballots for Paul.
N VS. Fl ~ Tishamingo is to the effect
that bloodshed was also prevented there by
erecting separate polls, The Indian vote
in Tishamingo county is larger than the
white vote.
The plan of the squaw men is to con-
test the election and carry their returns to
the Indian Court If the Indian Court ad.
Judges the squaw-men to be aliens, then
they must be citizens, and as such they will
appeal to the Federal Court. The latter
will then decide as to whether they are
United States citizens or not, and thus
finally decide the question.
SUCCESS OF THE INDIAN PARTY.
WYNwooD Il. t., August 14th. A
runner arrived early this morning, after
travelling fifty miles, from Stonewali. He
reports that row was narrowly averted al
that place, and hostilities only prevented by
superior forces at the command Of
Governor Byrd, who so overawed the dis.
frauchised whites that after some display
of arms they prudentiy withdrew. Stone.
wall was the largest voting place and was
the center of interest in the election.
Both candidates for Governor, Sam Pau
and William Byrd, were at the polls all
day. Each had large number of men al
LIS DdChs L aul eupPOIlcio nclC thC uio-
franchised whites, while the full bloods
and most of the half breeds were for Byrd
The latter also had ia militia under his
pay Everybody was heavily armed and
when the polls opened matters looked
serious Governor Byrd brought the
militia about the polls, forming circle
about it. The first squaw man was refused
the privilege of voting, and retired.
The whites gathered their forces, and for
a time it looked as if they meant battle, but
Byrd with his militia stood firm, and the
whites, seeing they would be worsted in
the fight, left, and Byrd and his military
ran things to suit themselves, and even
prevented those Indians from voting whom
they knew were for Paul. The result was
LOG for Byrd for Paul and is for Burris
(Ind
Enough IS known to assure Byrd's cleo
ton and the success of the so called Indian
treaty but the election is bound to be con-
tested