People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-12
SOME OF THE FRAUDS
PRACTTCED BY DEMOCRATS
LAST WEDNESDAY,.
THERE WILL Be CONTESTS
| In Many Counties. Honest PeO'
pie are Against Democratic
Methods to Control.

were wholesale frauds on the part OF
the democrats
Contests in large number of coun--
ties have been fled by populists, based
on fraud A few contests have been
fled by democrats, based on Irregular
tiles only.
The following contestants have fled
notices of contests from the counties
named;
Alfred Davis, populist, R. N. Brown,
fpopulist, Clay; w. 7. Newton, Poopu-
! list, Morgan; f.. G. Trussell,. popullsyt.'
talbot; j. T. Laboon, populist, NJ W.
! Hsynie, populist, Walton; NJ. Branch,
populist, Appling; j; W: Wood popu-
Gilbert; J. w. Waller, populist, J. W.
! Jones, populist, Hancock; Ii. M Kaig-
Ter, populist, Quitman j. II. Pittman,
| populist. Sledge Tatum, populist,
! Troup; J, W. McMichael, populist,
! Butts.
! j. r. Leard. popnlist, Hart; A. s.
Bartlett, democrat, Paulding; j. T.
! NIcGhee, democrat. ]. H. Booker, dem
! ocrat, Harris; A. O. Blalock, democrat,
Fayette; ], D. Benson, populist, j. L..
Sihley, populist, Cobb; II. j. Stapler,
democrat, j. a. Thompson, democrat,
jackson; S. w. Yopp, democrat,
Twiggs; s. e. Bird, democrat, Filing
ham; T. w. Davis, populist, Heard; S.
| Fl. Zellner; populist, j. r. Hill, popu-
list Monroe; John Il. Jones, populist,
Clayton; J. D. Howard, democrat,
Baldwin; j. r. Irwin, populist, Rock
dale.
In the thirty-third senatorial district
L. G. Hardman, democrat is contosting
the election of r. S. Johnson. A. NJ.
Baxter is also contesting in the thirty
fourth senatorial district.
Accounts of some of the frauds per-
petrated by the democrats, are given
below
Even the democratic papers are de-
nouncing the fraudulent methods used
by democrats to defeat the will of the
people.
/ @$& Tho Rotten Thing in Denmark.
/ LovEJoY, Ga, Oct. G.--The dead ami
NAL ''up the creek" was discovered in
Hampton last night.
a mass meeting of populist voters
was called, and Barrett's hall was filled
to its utmost capacity. The complaint
! of fraud in Henry county was thor
| oughly investigated. The investiga-
| ton proceeded under solemn oath, and
/ it was found that no less than 226 pop
| uiist votes were cast in Hampton on
; Wednesday last.
| The cofnting out process at the bal
J lot box only gave us la votes.
The ballot box went to dinner
Do you see the rotten carcass?
10 you smell the stencil?
S$s@@s e. A. HILL.
Intimidation In Putnam.
| EAToNToN, Co., Oct. 6.-Democrats
carried this county by intimidation.
/ Negroes were not allowed to vote in
Eatontoh.
1t a number of precincts, voters
were arrested on trumped-up charges
in order to intimidate.
| In Pike County.
!, IN Pike county, democratic man
ager left one populist precinct before
the polls closed, and the consolidation
threw the precinct out
In another populist precinct, demo-
cratic manager said it was not neces-
ssery for him to sign the return papers,
land the precinct was thrown out Tor
gthat cause.
Both democrats knew the precincts
were populiSt.
The following from Pide is self ex-
kplanatory:
ZEBULoN, Ca, October 6, 1894.
Mr.. EDIToR-The representative pop
[uliats of Pike county met in mass meet
ing to consider the outrage perpetrated
October 4, by the democratic returning
board of managers, by whose action
Hundreds of honorable citizens are dis
ffranchised and justice outraged.
The following resolutions were
fadopted, and it was determined to send
"a copy Of populist and democratic
papers equesting publication.
Preamble and Resolu tions.
/ Whereas The will of the people Of
Pike county, as expressed at the ballot
box or October 3, 1894, has been over
thrown by democratic returning
board, by throwing out precincts upon
purely technical grounds in open VIC
lation of section 1854 of the code; which
is as follows:
''No election shall he defeated for
noncompliance with the requirements
OF the law. il held at the proper time
and place by persons qualified to hold
them il it is not known that by that
noncompliance the result is different
from what it would have been had
there been proper compliance;" and
Whereas, The Irregularities of not
signing the returns properly by the
managers was the pretended reason
for throwing out said precincts oc-
lcurred mainly at the precincts where
the peoples party received majority,
and said Irregularities consisted OF the
failure of democratic managers to sign
the returns; and
Where's, Like irregularities and ille-
gal acts Of throwing out precincts in
-, -, cko 70
that w. I. Atkinson or some central
authority of the democratic party has
formed and carried out the grandest
conspiracy against the sacredness of
the ballot box, and against the elective
franchises of the people of Georgia;
Resolved, LIST, That we enter this our
earnest protest against these Illegal
acts and this dangerous conspiracy
against free and elective government
in Pike county and in Georgia.
Resolved, end, That we appeal with
confidence to the honest voters Of the
democratic party to rally to the defense
OF their liberties and the freedom of
theiS posterity by openly proclaiming
their abandonment Of decaying party
OF the past which relies upon such I'M
blushing frauds and plain violations of
the law
Resolved, I'd. That we will contest
the election for representative in this
county and exhaust every legal remedy
TO enforce the will OF the people as
honestly expressed at the polls.
Resolved, 4th. That we appeal to j.
X. Hines to contest the elettion for gov
amor OF this state, if the ballots as
cast lawfully show him to be the choice
OF the people; and we also appeal to
every candidate of our party in the
state who has been counted out lille
gslly to contest the election in the
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