The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-30
SIMMONS DOODLE.
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/ tnLvr the laS for the prumui sou of
Ie'Jury aad party seuahu - ,uoo are
allowed each side in contested cl,y,-
ton Ca>cs. THIS sum - suppus,-d 10
cover cNp"nscs incurred in the in
VeIngAtluu II the contest Within
Be- daS, after thc election the con
1 tes.aut n-tlNys the Coutestry of has
intention "a contest hIs seat in Con-
grrss. Thirty days are allowed FOR
answer. Following the contestant
/ has 10 DAYS iE which Ia take tcsti-
m"ny. IN, result ia nearly All casrs
/ depends upon tlcthrr the contestant
Or contrstcc IS IN sympathy with the
! dominant party. Bat the allowance
| of $4,000 for expenses Is certain.
/ Nlth few exceptions the maximum
is ALWAYS covered. The allowance is
made hy the committee on elections
and submitted - the committee on
appropriations. II is made on youch-
ers showing every item of cNpendl-
/ ture IN the prosecution of the inyts-
tigatlon. It's useless 10 say that the
law is Ignored. The grossest abuses
are practlccd; the treasury Is shame
lessly pIunderrd exorbtant attorney
fees are charged. In one OF two
eases collision between the contest
ant and his attorney has been dis
covered. 1t was simply robbery:
kooNCE IS. GRADY.
The contest IN the case has recent
| lY attracted some attention on ac-
count of the enormous fee allowed
+. NJ. Summons, Grady's attorney.
Posslbl v it was known TO Grady that
Simmons was acting rs his attorney,
but not until the item appeared IN
the Sundry civil bill appropriating
~, 100 as attorney fees for +. NJ.
Simmons" was it known To outsiders.
The allowance is an imposition.
! koonce made no contest. Apart
from formal notice and subsequent
ly serving Grady with "a so-called
repllcation,' no serious attempt look
ing 10 the prosecution of the contest
not scrap Of paper bearing on the
case can he found of the records in
the committee on elections. 1t was
abandoned, forgotten, until few
months ago Jerry Simpson, by re-
quest, offered IA resolution IN the
House authorizing the substitution
of certain papers by koonce for pa
pers destroyed by fire. That was
withdrawn and abandoned. The
contest was farce, but as business
enterprise TO Simmons it was sue
cess. The allowance in the case is
-, ,l0l.50. OF this amount Grady
Is allowed ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY
CENTS for personal expenses. The
balance of the plunder is pocketed
by Chairman Simmons. The ex-
pepse account speaks for itself.
SIMMONS FEE.
Hon. BENJAMIN i. GRADY,
Washington, ID. G.
In compliance with your request
that | furnish you with general
statement of services rendered by me
as your attorney in the proceeding
brought against you by Hon. Frank
ID. koonce to contest your election
from tie Bird Congressional district
of North Carolina to the 53rd Con-
gress, | beg to submit the following:
lst-Filed answer To contestants
notice OF contest and to his SO called
replication To said answer.
J 2nd-lnyestigated action Of board
of canvassers of Craven county ia
said district, with reference 10 the
votes alleged TO have been cast for
| said contestant and rejected by said
| board, at the following election pre-
cincts in said county, to wit: st.
| Philip, James City, Jasper's, Lees
Farm, Connor's, Temples, Pleasant
r Hill, Camp Palmer, and the 4th and
9TH wards of the city of New Berne,
and made thorough investigation
of the facts and law upon which the
board of canyassers acted in reject
ing such of said precincts as were
not counted.
e 3rd-Made like investigation and
examenation of action of board of
canvassers of Cumberland county
with reference to vote cast for con-
testant and alleged to have been re-
jected by said board at the following
voting precincts in said coun-
ty, to wit: Fayetteville precinct,
Flea Hill, Cedar Greek, Little River
Academy and MorreiPs Mill pre-
i cincts.
4th-Made like investigation of
alleged action OF board of canvassers
. of Onslow county in rejecting the
votes alleged to have been cast for
Q contestant at jacksonville precinct
). iG said county and of the alleged
$ fraudulent destruction of As votes
, claimed to have~ven cast for con-
testadt at said precinct.
9TH - Investigated charges of
frauds said to have been committed
: by the judges of elections at Cross
. Roads precinct in Onslow county.
Of 6th-lnvestigated charges of lille
g gal and fraudulent registration of
IL voters, partizans of contestee, at Pol
Y louisville and Trenton IN Jones
; county, Richlands and Williams
Store in Onslow county and Clint ton
in Sampson county.
7th-Investigated charges of in
. timidation and fraud by friend of
r contestee against electors desiring to
vote for contestant at Angola, Haw