Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-19
A NOTICE OF CONTEST Filed by Hon. A. T. GoodVyn
 Against Hon. J. E. Cobb. THE Us1s CHARGES MADE Fraud g llIot Box stuffihg, In- timit : on and Other Allega- tic Outlined in the Paper.
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CHARGES MADE

tts As n 0OONHJh hdo uOtiSO of coutes. on Judge James E. Cobb, con- gressman- elect from the Fifth district. Two notices were served on Judge Cobb, one in Was shington and one in Iuskegee, his home. Mir. J. A. Grimmet left copy of the notice and allegations at Judge Cobb's residence in Tuskegee last Saturday.
 MT. Goodwyn in his notice sets out the following allegations, upon which ho bases bis contest:
 1. 1 charge the fact to be that the appar- ent result of the election for congressman held for the Filth Congressional district of Alabama on the 6h day of November, 1894, was procured by fraud, ballotbox stuffing, changing legal votes actually cast for me to you, my opponent; returning votes as cast for you that were never in fact cast for any one; changing the returns by county boards of inspectors in the counties of Macon, Autauga and Lowndes as made by the precinct or beat inspectors in said counties in your interest. by having the votes of illterate persons entitled to vote marked for you when they were intended for mo by the persons voting them, and were so directed to be marked; by bribery and intimidation of voters in all of said three counties named above. And l fur. ther charge that these frauds were part of general plan in the three counties named 10 defraud on the part of your party and partisans and political friends, all Of which was well known to you, and to which you consented and agreed, and were not only passive, but an active party therein.
 further charge that you not only refused 10 request the probate judge, sheriff and circuit court clerk of each oi the three counties to obey the laws of the state aud give both parties representation at the bal lot boxes, but that in your letter published in reply to my request you really iusti- gated the appointment of such men as you knew had heretofore and would then stuff the ballot box and defraud the electors In your interest.
 9. IL is charged that the probate judges, sheriffs and circuit court clerks, ali polil- cal friends of Judge Cobb, refused 10 ap- point any but democrats as election in- spectors in said three counties; that such was violation of the law.
 B. It is also charged that none of the in- spectors appointed in said three counties were eyer sworn according to law, or in any other manner, to perform their dutles AS inspectors of election in any way, and that this failure to take said oath WAS part and parcel of this general piau to perpetrate frauds, and il possible, by, emitting the oath to ease the blackened consciences Of the men who committed inc frauds for you.
 1. Charges that the people of Macon county passed resolutions asking Judge Coob to join in the demand for the ap- pointment of inspectors to represent MT. Goodwyn in the election, and that he re- fused so to do.
 5, It is alleged that in the counties of Cham bers, Clay, Coosa, Fillmore, Randolph and Iallapoosa, where political friends and associates of Mir. Goodwyn fill the offices of probate judge, sheriff and circuit court clerk, inspectors representing both parties were appolntei and that no frauds
 th..ua C1 m flRa MT. Goodwyn claims majority of 36l2 and says Judge Cobb claims majority Of 4360 in the other three.
 6. He charges that of the 3296 votes re- turned as cast for Judge Cobb in Lowndes not more than 500 were actually cast; that of the 6l3 returned as cast In Autauga not more than 400 were iu fact cast, and that not more than 500 of the lO3o votes re- turned were actually cast in Macon county.
 Several precincts in each of the three counties of Lowndes, Autauga and Macon are specified, in each of which MT. Good- wyn charges that the vote as returned IS fictitious and false and that the registration in those precincts was much less than she vote as returned. He also charges that in certain precincts no election was held, but that returns were made giving Judge Coob a large vote. He also charges that In cer- tain precincts in Macon county the officers holding the election, political friends of Judge Cobb, and others who were in the polling places contrary 10 law, came out of the polling place shooting of thelr pistols, and thus intimidated and drove away from the polls friends of Mir. Good. wyn who were keeping count of the per- sons voting.
 He alleges that neither prior to nor since the election has he been allowed to see the registration lists in said three counties; also that at the said November election he received majority of more than 20O0 of the votes legally cast.
 MT. Goodwin says he will amend the foregoing grounds Of contest as he receives additional information.