Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-11-17
A Few Pointers About Judge
Fall, Down South.
Ballot Box at DOna Ana Stuffed
With ~ Tick II.
An Outrage Upon the Legal Voters Of
Dans Ana.
The FRAUD DKrnrED AN b EXPOSED
| |nncon SHAFT.

! publican central committee obtAinsd In.
tirrnstion from a reiiabl- source that -I.
sn.,ve frauds would be perp,irat-d In
w. precincts of this county. Une being
| Dona Ana and the other LomA Psdra.
,hs, the me,hods resort-d Ia would be To
suff the ballot boxes of those two pre-
sncts, that In order to swell th. vote II
Iona Padra, 30 - ,o allow large fraud.
slrnt vote 10 he returned. colonization
vould be- rspori~d TO.
In l'ursusnse of the plan adopted, the
louse ~ ssm Geek. at Dons Ana, was
bel a. the polling place for ,hs, pre-.
rnct.
Don Pablo Nelendr-s. the republican
Ani'da,s for probate Judg-. was oi- OF
he Judges Of election; Br,grsio Garcis
tsi Ysiquio Trivx w-r- the other Judges
The evening before tn. election Anal
bo Mel-ndr-s, q democratic worker,
spdcd Pablo M-l-ndr-s a lArY. package
d.m~ratic Ek-,r, and suggested this
on Pablo erHse the name o Martin
lmador, the democratic candidate hr
robate judge, And ins-r, his own nanr
hn Pablo dh as suggested. and handed
he scratched tickets ,n tonc-pc,on Tr'.-
bould be used on election day. They
b.r- us.d fer thos- were the sa''.- TUX
b subsequently, found in the bsllo, l1I
o tn. morning Of election day It was
aced by the republican workers that
y democratic tie was being held back.
his vas done 81 "p My IN Ia arOuss
sp,cion, and Don Pablo Aelendr-s. the
publican judge, WAS cautioned 10 watch
ballot boz.
1t ~ o'clock . recess vas taken for
Ausr, st this time ~ votes had born
ks,, the tally list KEEP, by the challengrrs
lowing 90 republican and 10 democratic
btss. Mrs. Geek invited the judges to
kp In and take dinner. The ballot boz
he len on the table. Mr.. Aclspdres
BOX . ssat at the table in the room,
bhers he could se~ the ballot boz through
kr donr. He was requested by Mrs.
beck 10 take seat ., the other end ot
n table, but declined to do %. Shortly
ker, Mrs. Geek CLOSED the door. Mr..
<lendres arose aud opened Il. no that he
bald kssp the ballo, boz In sight Ars,
eck again closed the door and Melen-
re again opened II. This occurred saw
al times. Finally hrs. Geek fell
gainst tho do,r, 40 II by accident. clcs.
y IL. A moment sfter hr. Melendres
sard q movement In the polling room
, aruee, opened the door and discovered
At the ballot box Vas gonr. He rushes
N the room, and psssing throagh th'
Dor into the postofice saw the bes oper
the counter. The "a folded ,ickei'
hich had been deposited In the ballo
pa during the forenoon had been alb
kacts.., and In their plAcS were ~
km,cratic tickets. The substituted tick
b w.r~ not folded; thy had beef
brown In the boz In . rll. The seonn
k~ls detailed TO porpe,rate this 'nfAmou'
fi,ne had evidently been surprised D,
lr Msisndr~s just amer they had so
hrac,ed the legal ballo,s. aud ned with
at having time To ronsummass the er'm'
n closing the ballot box and returning
J to ,,s place. They had undou6,esii!
s+n Furnished With the duplicAts key 4
ks ballot boz.
Mr.. M.l-ndrrs immediately gave th
Marin, aud intense excitement prevailed
! emncra,s and r~publIcans alike denouns
g ths outrage aud its psrl'etratora, an
, the sss,undrels had then been caugt
Ium.nAry punishment would have bee
; eAlc,ed by the outraged ci,isens. III
sdgrs IL the election refused IN pr"c~"
hr,h.r until late iu the afternoon. whs
uive Fall arrived and sdv'sesi them
kon,iuus the el-ctiOa but 10 certify u
nudulsut bAilots separately This vi
1on- aud ninsty-tbrso votes were cas-
Ab,y.ssvsa being republicaps aud an
Ia democratic. the bulk Of ths sspab
M vote, having bssu east In The Tor
sou. Had II no, besp for ths s..saiing
he ballo, box the vote wcsh have sse'
spublsean %, dsnosratie sA insssad
sA,ch . democratic majority Of 10 "
susa, excluding the ~ fFssduisss tic
NJ s,uiIsd Into the ballot boz.
The rspab,isAss have carried ID"