The Durham daily globe., 1893-01-06
WILLIAMS CONTESTS
He Will Not Yet COncede That Settle
Did Him Up.
He Still Wildly Believes That Mr.. vii
liams Is i'm It,
ARGUES THE QUESTION AT LENGTH
Reasons Why the Country Is Not Safe
Unless Archibald Williams Goes to
Washington.

A. II. A. Williams VS. Thomas Settle.
OXFORD, n c., Dec %, 1892.
Thomas Settle, Esq Reidsville, n. G.:
This is to notify you that the under
signed, A. Fl. A. Williams, contestant, in
tends to contest the validity of your al
legged election to the Fifty-third congress
as the representative of the Fifth con-
gressional, district Of the state OF North
Carolina, at the election held on the 9Th
day of November, 1892; and as grounds
Of said contest the undersigned particu-
larly specifies:
l. That the face Of the returns from the
Fifth congressional district, as made to
the board of state canvassers Of North
Carolina, shows that Thomas Settle re-
ceived IA, ,O75 votes and that A H. A. Will
liams received 13, TAG votes; but contest
ant AYERS and alleges that in truth and In
fact the contestant was entitled to receive
and should by law have been credited
with receiving a much larger number of
votes, to wit A.: about fourteen thousand
votes and the contestee, said Thomas
Settle, is credited with receiving O much
larger number Of legal votes than he
actually received, or should have re-
ceived, and contestant AYERS that said
in
about thirteen thousand legal votes, as
nearly as contestant can estimate, and
should have been credited only with the
number of 1900 votes. That the spe-
ci6c statement of illegal votes and irregu-
larities are as follows:
II. That at each Of the polling places
in the county of Rockingham, in said
district, particularly Wentworth, Stone
vile, Reidsville, Huntersville, Rufftn,
Oregon, Williamsburg, Rocky Springs,
Iron Works, New Bethel, Leaksville and
Madison, more than twenty five (25) lille
gal votes were cast and counted for
yourself, Thomas Settle.
III. That in the county Of Stokes, at
each of the following named polling
places, more than fifteen Q5) illegal votes
were cast for yourself, Thomas Settle,
viz: Dalton, Germantown, Danbury,
Francisco, Walnut Cove, Centreville,
Sands, Carriers Store, Wilson's Store, AL
ley's and Covington's School House.
". That at the following named poll
ing places in the county of Stokes, viz
Germantown, Francisco, Centrevile.
Sands, Carriers Store and Covington'. ;.
School House, the election was conducted
in such an irregular and disorderly man
ner as to render it illegal and void by the
action of the poll holders in closing the
polls before the lega! hour and by count
ing the ballots many hours before said
polls should have been legally closed.
By This illegaliiy and many others many
electors who wished to vote for the con-
testant were deferred from doing so, and
the returns do not show the legal vote OF
said precincts or any of them.
V. That in addition to this illegalitV
at said Sands polling place, in said Stokes
county, there was such fraud, force, in
reference and irregularities on the part
of the officers OF election and the electors
who voted for said Settle, as to render
the election totally void.
In one of the poll boxes many more
votes were found than there were names
upon the registration books of said pre-
cinct, and the election returns are invalid
VI. That at Carter's S ore polling place,
In said county Of Stokes, the poll holders
and the registrar illegally left the poll
boxes unguarded for the space Of half an
hour or longer, and opportunity was
given those favoring your election to
practice a fraud upon this contestant by
putting in ballots for yourself. and con
testant charges that said opportunity was
availed of by your partizsns, and that
such precinct should be thrown out.
( VII. Asa further ground Of contes
! contestant alleges that there was no lega
canvass or judicial determination OF the
returns or Of the number Of legal votes
cast in Stokes county, as required by th'
! law of North Carolina. That when th'
returns were sent TO the board Of county
canvassers TO be there canvassed and The
/ number OF legal voters judicially deter
mined, the board containing a membeI
not legally elected, did not perform ii:
duty according to law. That the saic
/ board were inundated and put in feaI
/ by a band of armed partizans of the con
testee, Thomas Settle, who had been as
sembled at the instance OF politics
! friends OF the said Settle for that pur
pose. That this band was led by The
said contestee, Thomas Settle, in person
who was present for the purpose OF pre-
/ venting the lawful canvass of the votes
That said Settle was At that time solic
itor OF the ninth judicial district o