Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-13
THE ELYTON BOX.
Some Testimony Regarding That Box = in Behalf of the Democratic
 9 Congressman Elect.
Aldrich vs. Underwood. Contest for a seat in congress.

Aldrich vs. Underwood.
 Contest for seat in congress.
 The face of the returns of the election last November gave MT. O. w. Underwood, the democratic nominee, majority of something over HOO. The defeated candi- date, Mir. T. H. Aldrich, alleged fraud and set up contest of the election.
 The taking of testimony in his behalf ended on the 27th of February, and yester- day Special Commissioner Thad Weatherly
 began taking evidence in behalf Of Mir.
 Underwood.
 The investigation is being conducted in Cabt. M. A. Mason's office, Third avenue
 and Twenty first street. Captain Mason
 and MT. c. H. Powell represent the con-
 testee and MT. William Vaughan the con-
 testant.
 take the stand. He was deputy sheriff at the E!yton box On the day of the election
 and his testimony was principally In re-
 burial of alleged bulldozing set up by the
 contestant. Testifying as to Demetrius Myers witness said:
 stIn the afternoon of the day of the
 election Myers came down to the polls
 walking; he came down on the opposite
 side of the car track where there was no
 sidewalk at all, and walked up to the
 ropes we had around the poles 10 tne en-
 tering place, and asked me to let him go h.
 asked him what he wanted to go Tn about
 and he said to vote. 1 thought he was
 joking all the time, and told him he could not go in. He seemed to get mad when 1 told him he could not go in and insisted on
 going in; claimed he was living in that
 beat and had right to go in. told him
 he did not live in that beat. He said he did, that didn't know where he lived. told him he was not registered voter II he was living in the beat, and that he
 couldn't go in. After he found out he could not go in he said he understood there were some men there that they wouldn't let vote. told him there were some whose votes had been challenged, and he asked where they were and | pointed out one or two that l recognized. He called them up to him and began to talk to them and abuse the management generally in language that o1dnt tnlnk was suitable in such place; so l toio him if that was his business there that ne had better go back to town, and ne LOOK the next car and left. Witness said ho did not curse Myers and disclaimed any attempt on the part or any deputy sheriff or other official to bulldoze voters. He said several parties were chal- lenged. bu; in every case where they could prove their right to vote they were allowed + to do so, He heard no abusive language towards any one. He said the colored vote | was much lighter in November than In August, and not near so mucn interest was manifested. He was questioned as to the number of | convicts worked in the mines in this county. In his opinion they numbered l between 2OOO and 5000, aud at the expira- l ,ton of their sentences they were dis charged in this county.
 | MT. Y. s. Tate, who was chief deputy sheriff at the Elyton box, was on the stand l for a short time, but his examination had
 to be postponed on account of his being on | the federal jury. He said there were only l seven deputy sheriffs at the Elyton voting l place in the congressional election of 1894 whereas at the presidential election in 1892 there were fifteen deputy United States l marshals. He said everything was quiet | around the polling place and he saw no | trouble nor attempts at bulldozing.
 The investigation will be continued to-