Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13
NOTICE OF CONTEST Filed by Truman H. Aldrioh, the
 Republican Candidate,
 tS AGAINgS 0. W. UNDERWOOD, The s'mooratio Congressional No : nee, Who Was Elected. = 'ar3eo of Fraud Made. JH
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AGAINg< 0. W. UNDERWOOD,

Mt. Truman II. Aldrich, the defeated republican candidate for congress from this district, has served notes of contest on MT. Oscar ". Underwood, the successful candidate. In his notice Mir A.drich al- leges ali soris of election frauds, and charges that 5)) iliega! votes were clst ia the city of Blrming ham for Mir. Ul1er- wood.
 He also alleges that the county board of supervisors ia Perry county changed the returns ol the precinct ins pectors. lie says one box in Bibb county, with mnjority for him, Was thrown out, and that l0J reg istration certificates were bought at One onta, and when tie parties went to get them. so they could vote, the purchasers refused to r3turn them.
 Among the numerous allegations ths fol- lowing seventeen are pu Dlshed:
 l. The result in Hale and Perry counties was procured by fraud, ballot stnfiilg, changing votes.
 2. Probate judges, circuit clerks and sherifs in Hale aud Perry appojnted only democratic inspectors.
 3. By fraud of the inspectors 1 was de- prved oi 510 legal ballots cast for me in said counties, and you got the benefit of as many cast for me.
 4. In Hale and Perry counties people We're allowed 10 vote for you without reg istration certificates, and you thus got 200 illegal votes.
 D. In Hale, Perry and Jefferson counties the democratic registration officers issued registration certificates to your parisans after the legal time, and gave them dupli- caies Tor those lost. In beats 21 and o7, city of Birmingham, 300 illegal votes were thus procured for you.
 G. In each precinct of the county of Jef- ferson your party appointed all the assist ant inspectors from the democratic party and refused to appoint any from the oppo- silion. In beats 2l and 37. city of Brming- nam, l0) illiterate votes were changed by hxers from me 10 you.
 7 At Bessemer 300 illegally registered voters cast ballots for you.
 8. In beats 2l and 37, Birmin gham, your political friends bought up or fraudulently obtained 700 certificates of men who would have voted for me.
 9. Illegal arrest of colored voters in beats 21 and 37, Birmingham, by policemen and deputy sherlffs, to intimidate them from voting for me.
 10. Armed deputies prevented 100 men from voting for me at Bessemer.
 Il. Only 125 ballots were in the Bessemer box when it was opened for casting ballots on election day, and your inspectors knew this and they gave these ballots to their friehds, and my friends had none to vote with.
 12. At Bessemer your political friends filled the voting place at least ten strong at time, and your policemen and deputies illegally arrested twenty five voters who would have voted for me.
 13. Two hundred of my friends at Besse- mer were thus kept from the polls.
 14. fair election at Bessemer would would have given me 500 majority.
 15. At Bessemer seventy five iliterate voters had their ballots illegally fx'd for you when they intended voting for me.
 16. At Oxmoor, Jefferson county, more than forty legal voters were prevented from casting their ballots for me.
 F. In Bethlehem beat, Jefferson county, Adam Pow, whose name was handed in as inspector for me for that beat, was entered on the list "by some mistake" as Adam Powell and that there being no such per son as Adam Powell in the beat your in- spectors put in his place one Of your parti- sans.