The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-16
TOM WATSON DEFEATED,
HIS PAPER CLAIMS GREAT
FRAUDS AND SAYS THERE
WILL BE A CONTEST.
On the Face of the Returns the
Democratic Majority Falls From
1873 in 1894 to 1900 or
1000 in 1895.

The old-party papers have been
joicing over the defeat Of Hon. .
Watson, at by-election in "a
the other day. The People, srty
Paper of Atlanta. of which - Vat
son is editor, has this to q. 4th,
1895:
In 1890 the Tenth Cons 1onal dis
trict was composed of @Sr counties.
Mr.. Watson received a majority of
votes in each county and was elected
to Congress-
His refusal to regard caucus pledges
as more binding than pledges made to
the people. His manly battle for the
cause of Reform upon the floors of
Congress, and his merciless exposure
of the drunkenness and rottenness
which prevails in the Nations Capitol,
arrayed the leaders of the Democratic
party, the liquors dealers and the lob
byiSts against him.
His district was remodled or gerry
wandered against him in 1891 by re-
moving one of his strongest counties
and adding two strong Democratic
counties thereto.
In the election of '92 with all the
political machinery in the hands of
his political enemies, Mr.. Watson in
creased his majority in eight of his
old counties, and captured one of the
Democratic counties. Leaving only
two counties Hancock and Rich
mond-in the Democratic column.
Hancock gave Mr. Black !, 537 and Mr..
Watson GIG, Richmond, Black 1915
and Watson 1882. The extraordinary
vote of those two counties gave Mr..
Black a majority over Mr.. Watson
Every citizen of those two counties
who was conyersant with the methods
by which such vote was obtained
was satisfied that fraud had been com
mitted in each county.
contended again. Mr.. Watson carried
nine of the eleven countless and again
the men who ontrol" in Hancock
and Richmond counties, stuffed the
ballot boxes. Hancock gave Mr.. Black
1,54S, Watson 634 Did you ever see
two elections, two years apart, give
such exact results as were given by
Hancock? Richmond county, however
jumped the bounds of posi- bilities
and gave Mr.. Black 1922 and Mr..
Watson 2,16l.
Our readers are cOnverSant with the
the result of the election. Mr. Black
had to drop his commission or have
his friends and his political party
damned by official exposure.
Again the Democratic Legislature
was importuned to aid the handful of
Democrats who hold and control the
political machinery in the Tenth dis.
| trio.
A Registration law was passed, Civ
ing the Democratic party complete
control of the franchise of the citizen.
The election just closed was held I'm.
! der that law. In some Of the counties
the Democratic Registrars disregard.
| ed the requirements of that law and
struck Populists from the list 81
voters and allowed Democrats to re.
main on.
The official vote Of 1895 has not been
| made known as we go to press. The
Democratic papers claim Mr.. Black s
| election by majOritieS ranging from
300 to 600 We delayed This issue
| Of the Peoples Party PAPER hoping
to get the full returns, but up to D.
m. Thursday, they had not been Sc Mt
in.
AUG UsTA FRAUDS BY AN EYE WIT.
| NESS.
| was in Augusta on the second OF
October and saw some Of the damn
able work that was done by Mr.
| Blacks friends to defeat Mr. Watts on.
| The 81 year old negroes were divided
into squads with Il couple or more
''heclers" in charge who would vote
! the scions OF Democracy in one ward
and then take them to another. vote
| them under another namc-then
move on to the next ward and con-
tinuc the work indefinitely. For fear
a mistake would be made, young
| Democrats stood near the polls with
polling lists and the heeler would APP
proach with his man-be given a
name and vote him. The gang Of q
year old negroes. instead Of leaving
the polls would squat around and wait
| for the squad to be moved to the next
| ward. Electric cars were used tC
| transport heelcrS and their men from
| ward to ward. When voting Jagged
at any precinct, some good Democrat
would bring word that so and SO must
report Immediately TO the First, Sec.
ond or such ward as was tagging
| While the Registration List was adj
| hered to, any man with half brain
could see that few ignorant negroes
were used to poll MI. Blacks ma
| joritv.
| | advise that Mr. Watson contest
| the election and do so as vigorously as
possible. Sincerely.
JOHN "A. SIBLEY
POLITICAL GOSSIP.