The Durham daily globe., 1893-01-06
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entered by any wrongfully disposed par
tizan Of contestee, and contestant aver.
that from the vote as returned he ha:
reason to believe the ballot box was tam
pered with and illegal votes placed there
in for Thomas Settle. That the ballot
box of the congressional election was
from time to time illegally opened during
the day of election, the votes Illegally
counted and the result announced. Con.
testant AYERS that on account of these
illegalities the vote of the precinct which
gave Thomas Settle 32S votes and a. II
A. Williams 1913 votes should be rejected
XII. That at the polling place OF Al
bright township, in Alamance county, no
lawful election was held because there
was no registrar at said precinct, as re-
quired by law, and the vote of said pre-
cinct should be rejected.
XIII. That each polling place in Ala,
nance county ten or more votes were
illegally cast for contestee.
XIV. That at each polling place in the
county of Granville there were ten or
more votes illegally cast for cOntestee,
Thomas Settle, particularly at the follow
ing named precincts: Salem, Stovall,
North Oxford, South Oxford, Hobgoods,
Tally Ho, wilkins, Creedmore and Girls
som.
XIV. That at Salem precinct, in the
said county of Granville, the congres
sional ballot box was opened about noon
and the vote counted contrary to law and
the result announced. That the alleged
vote of said precinct should be rejected.
XVI That at each polling place in the
county of Person ten or more votes were
illegally cast for contestee, Thomas Set
tie, and particularly at the polling place
in Hoiloway's township.
XVII. That at each polling place in
the county Of Durham twenty or more
votes were illegally cast for contestee,
Thomas Settle, and particularly at the
following named precincts: North Dur
ham, South Durham, Oak Grove, Stagg-
vile, Patterson, Vicker's Store, Man
gums Store, Rouge Monte, Bahama,
Cox's Store, Garrard's, BragtOwn, Suits
Store, Barbees
XVIII. That at each polling place in
Guilford county more than ten illegal
votes were cast for contestee, Thomas
Settle
XIX. That at each polling place in the
were illegally cast for contestee, Thomas
Settle.
Xxx. That by the corrupt use Of money
in behalf Of cOntcstee in each polling
place in the counties Of Stokes, Rocking
ham, Guilford, Caswell, Durham, Ala
nance and Orange the suffrages Of the
thousand votes cast for the cOntestee
were illegal and void.
XXI. That by reason Of the numerous
frauds, irregularities and illegalities
above set forth the true result of the
election held on Novemb r S. 1892, in the
said Fifth congressional district was set
at naught, an apparent plurality of 329
votes was made TO appear for contestee,
Thomas Settle, whereas, in truth and in
fact the contestant, A. II. A. Williams,
received large plurality Of about 500
votes (the exact number of which con-
testant cannot now allege, but which he
will be able to set forth and prove with
exactness upon the taking of the deposi-
tiOns herein), and that the cOntestee was
not and the contestant was duly elected
as the representative in congress from
the Fifth congressional district Of North
Carolina to the Fifty third congress
ARCHIBALD Ii. A. WILLIAMS.