Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20

The candidates were out aariy ,os-
terday morning and the heelers wen,
to the livery stables to look after de
vehicles" and to the Joints" to make
sure OF the gentry who were to make
the reserve forces in the battle Of the
ballots. 1t was the general under.
standing that these voters were not 10
be rushed until things looked desper-
ate.
The scenes about some of the low
saloons about noon were very remark.
able ones indeed. The heelers kept
them supplied with something to eat
at the cheap restaurants, where there
We're no short order counters In the
saloon, and they were given drinks
enough to keep them in good humor
but not enough to make them drunk
or dlsorderly
The negroes and the low down white
men, wanderers on the face OF the earth
from Cape Cod TO Cedar Keys, &c.
cording to their own confession. anus.
ed themselves by dancing jgs, eating
pie and Goldfish and singing rowdy
songs. They were kept busy in this
wise until the henchman came to bring
them to the polls
There was shrewd method about
voting them. too. They were not
brought to the voting places In droves
but after the tickets were marked they
were led forth by ones and twos, close.
ly followed by the men who owned
them for while, who were careful 10
see that the fellows were voted before
the guarantee was paid over. In
every case where the illegal voters cast
ballot some citizen stood by TO state
that 1t was "all right, they were
straight people, and then the return.
ing officers recorded the votes.
by way OF recapitulation 1t may be
stated that those who ought to know
say that from 1000 to 1900 illegal votes
were polled.
The Thick of the Fight.
There was not much excitement be-
fore midday. as the voting was rather
light up to that hour but towards
o'clock the carriages, buggies and
wagons began to roll livelier and there
was a steady stream Of voters going
into and coming out of all the polling
places. as business men and clerks
came from or went to dinner.
The friends OF some Of the defeated
candidates say that the executive
Democratic committee have problem,
and serious and profound one. to
solve. There seems to be general, and
in some Instances fierce, denunciations
at the fraudulant voting OF the Third
and Fourth wards "The executive
boxes. where such fragrant and out
rageous frauds have been perpetra.
ted" said strong supporter of H de-
feated candidate for county judge, who
stood prominently in the race. One
man said. 1--WE are looking to G. p.
Meade now for relief. for we won't
stand it."
One responsible citizen said that he
saw Chinaman voted In the Third"
another said he saw IAN unnatural
lied Italian deposit his suffrage and
couldn't speak a word OF English
landed In Galveston two weeks ago"
Some OF the friends of James w.
swayne are particularly outraged over
the result other Democrats say II
the Third and Fourth wards vote ID
not thrown out the Populsts and Re.
publioans will combine and will gain
500 votes in strength. Some speak OF
an independent citizens Democratic
ticket,
A lawyer reasoned thus: what
does the pledge amount to II the exc
cutive committee don't straighten the
matter out. the law says that fraud
cuts down everything. and when q
man pledges 10 support the Demo
cratic nominee he means that he will
support the candidate whose nomlna.
ton is predicated on reasonably
honest vote. When two mems minds
come together on a proposition. or n
other words, make contract, the
law compels the subject matter and
legal one. otherwise It can't be en-.
forced. and that the law says what Is
in contemplation of the minds OF the
parties at the time must be something
consistent with law. In consonanc,
| with good morals, and not against
public policy, so in this case. when
the honest voter made the pledge he
contemplated a reasonably homes
election. and fraudulent voting was nc
part of It; and Furthermore. 1t Is true
he promised to vote for the Demo
cratic nominee. but who is the Demo.
cratic nominee. The voter Will say
''how can tell when fictitious votes
wera cast, repeating was dene. ant
brides were made; II the frauds had
not been perpetrated It may be that
the other man would have been this
Democratic nominee, and therefore
am released from my pledge"
So reasoned the lawyer.
A gentleman pointed out big fat
fellow whom he claimed had repeated
six times when It came TO re
peating a Winchester rifle was not IA
It," said the reporters informant.
There were some ludicrous incidents
connected with the election: the anx
ious faces OF the candidates. almosi
misery ind anguish depicted there
looping linke tired horses from poll t'