The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-17
THEY WILL ALLEGE FRAUD.
DEFEATED DEMOCRATS ARE CON-
 EEsrASTy FqR sEATs. .


 Those of the Louisiana Districts Allego Fraud, Baliot-Box stufAng, Illegal Vot- ing, Falsifying the Returns and Frauds or All Kinds.
 washington, Nov. 1s.-The members of the committee on elections of the house in the Fifty-fourth congress will Ind their positions no sinecure. Not withstanding the large majority secur- cd by the republicans upon the face Of the returns, there will be an unusually large number of contests for seats made before the committee. It is said at headquarters that the size of the ma 1ority will have no weight in determin- ation the consideration or issue of the contests; that in all cases where fraud Is clearly proved of sufficient extent to have reversed the will of the voters. or where the majority in a district have been prevented by undue means from expressing their will. the seat will be given to the man legally and morally entitled to 1t. Contests on mere tech nicalities, it is stated, will not be en- couraged in any way.
 Alabama-Fourth district, W. F. AL drich versus Robbins; Eighth. Cran- dall, pop, versus Wheeler; Ninth, T. H. Aldrich versus Underwood.
 Arkansas-sixth, Meyers versus Niell.
 Kentucky-seventh. Denny versus Owen; Tenth, Hopkins versus Ken dall.
 Louisiana-First, Kernochan versus Meyer; Second. Coleman versus Beck; Third, Beattir versus Price; Fifth, Obenoit, pop, versus Boatner.
 Missouri-Third, H. C.. orton, rep, versus Cookery; Fifth, Van Horne yer sus Tarsney.
 Nebraska-sixth, Dougherty versus Rem, pop.
 North Carolina-Second, Cheatham versus Woodard; Third, Bears versus Shaw.
 South Carolina-second, Murray yer gus Elliott.
 Texas-Tenth. Rosenthal versus Crowley.
 virginia-First, Mcdonald versus Jones; Second, Garland versus Tyler; Third, Southward versus Elicit; Fourth, Thorpe versus McKenney; Fifth, Cor nett versus Swanson: Sixth, Hoge yer sus Otey; Seventh, R. J. Walker versus Turner; Eighth, McCaul versus Need ith: Tenth. Yost versus Tucker.
 The contestants rom the Tenth Ken tuoky, Fifth Louisiana, Third Missouri and Sixth Nebraska districts have not informed the committee of the grounds which they intend to make their con- tests. In all the other districts named fraud will be alleged. The Louisiana contests assert that the frauds are of all kinds that may be perpetrated at an election, including illegal voting, stuffing the ballot box, suppressing or falsifying the returns and the preven- tion of voting by force and intimida- tion. .........-..
 The contests from: Virginia will be made in pursuance to plan that in- >cludes the determination of the consti- nationality of the present election law in that state. It is said at the com mittee rooms that one of the charges to be made by the contestants is that the election officers threw out at least 10000 votes. In the First district alone the number thrown out, supposedly cast for the republican candidates, was A. 900.
 The preparation of notice of contest to comply with the requirements of the law and that shall not allege such condition of things as will if establish ed nullify the contestants right to the seat is difficult and delicate task, and the committee officials say 1t will be done with the utmost care by the best talent in the several states that can be secured. It Is further explained that the committee as an organization will not undertake to prosecute any con- test.
 It has been suspected that in former times contests have been inaugurated for the single purpose of securing an appropriation for expenses, but of all the proposed contests brought to the. attention of the campaign committed since the election last week only one has caused doubt of the sincerity of the contestant in the minds of the com mittee officials. Which one that is they do not specify.