Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-14
MEMORIAL FROM pOPULISTS.
THEY MAKE CHARGES REGARDING
A cAss COUNTY Dox.
Alleging That Forty-Two Popuiist
Votes Were Extracted and Demo-
cratic Ballots Substituted Therefor.
What Petitioners believe.


| ening memorial arrived yes'eruAg'
and will be presented to the house by
,btf,nt I.afavatte "from the free
.
state ol van NaIu'' toiii'i Nv
| To the House Of Representatives OF the
Twenty-fourth Legislature OF Texas:
NJ ~, ,,.,ao,.t,,,,od cttt1ena and
- -
voters OF Cass county, IeNhs' VINO
voted at Sprlngdale in said county. at
tho eiec,io, held nj saId Mace on the
| 81, = ,-..-.-,..- ,eo, a.. a.. ,,,,.,,,.,
oth OF NoNeih"er' io''' i'' '''e P''
OF electing state. district ana county
officers. respectfully and prayerfully
s,,hr,,t,t 60 ,.o,,r bnnorabie hodv for
sNo"'''' " 'Ou'
serious ana Impartial eohsiueratio" tue
following facts, to-wit:
l. That Mt said election we who have
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hitherto annexed our names so'eu io'
j. II. FROST for representative from TINS
. mo. c,od. Ntaggsrd n Denio,rat
-,
was manager OF Halu SIyStioi; that
there We're IouF clerks uiiu LSul Juusea
OF sald election I'VE uL Mlipin w.
Democrats, ana the remaining tnIee
Were Popunsls' Ihat one iioWuyshell,
Democrat, acted as cahNAsslhg JuuSe
ana READ OH the lleHets anu Calieu tue
cahdluales names Noleu LOT A. salu
election Ihat sald Juuses aHu cleIHS
law reaulres
a. That said election was In all thlngg
inst and fair md the result OF the nr-
tunl and fair count gave james H.
FROST TOT represenfatlNe io'' anu II 4
ONehl ~ NOtes, as SHOWN py the re-
turns sent up from thls county anu
certified to by the judges and clerks Of
said election.
4. Your petitioners swear that there
was fair and Just count OF the votes
cast at said election for state, district
and county officers
s. That said HowdcrAhell Demo
crat and canvasslng jSdge OF said
election, carried the returns thereof 30
the county seat signed up and certified
to as aforesaid, in wooden box In
which the tickets also mad been de-
posted.
D. Your petitioners aver that any
fraud could not have been porpetrated
on SAID box Walle tho same was al
sprlngdale, ana during the counting OF
the votes without run knowledge OF
suGh inct by All OF said mnnagers; and
Nhereas, your honorable BODY hasl
seen nj To open sald box at the trial OF
ff05t VS., Ne1i case ana 10 count the
pallots thereih; ana found ~ ballots
more Tor y Nehl IMAM the returns show,
MSS us, 'i,,t we Said " votes Ior y Neai
80, tepo 'i..al. IA sun V0N anu mum
49, " I'd pulu WIN V E9'ys "hien
a., -, ~ ullu lin SUI - N9tvs
~ = ~ - 1 ~, pych M,tnuIuwI hhd ~
- ~ " - 9uSa.ltut5u th1Te,ot,
80 t,,a,,,.s a. 49, sa''u; anu ma
49, n'ii ~, W 70, - as'on ~ ogcur ,
ami si,,ce ~ IT, I'D, 'tS ~, pIteiil.l
III. caro ,nd c,,gt,i,, ,,,,,,'i l''i"
Nh p1n,,itet noe HOO, ii,,,,,I y, 1911,
eaid hn~ az, ~ t,,,,,,r In, ~ '''ulg
Unv shane or fnr,,, an, ''' atiS
sticb "a cl,,po, al, aItora H., 80, 49,
beon node vehtte gati ~. 80, -
in the hands of tInvdnrsbett nr
Odorm, county clerk WHO ore botb
Democrats. We. YOUR petitioners be,
lieve In a Republican form az poyern.
ment. and that an political ouestlons
should be determined by n mir nn1
honest vote OF the peonle and tbnt 10
highest vote cast should settle MI
rights as to Office. and Its emnitinente
Upon an honest count and fair
election depends the safety ana
welfare of society and the
perpetuitv of our RrnrtIIr,r
government. such il our nbiian'
throphv and pntrIotIsn thnt 90 MIN
not and cannot nfforJ 10 nerne,,,,ta
such hellsh frauds and practices In Inc
election OF our officers whether thev
are Democrats. Republicans or Pom.
lists. We Will endeavor TO preserVe
Inc ennctitv and nttritv ~ ma hait,t
box at ali hasards, Ne viii trust sY in