The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-12-19
THOMPSON
Us. SHAW.
Some Extracts From the Brief In
Which Thomson Presents
His Claims.
SOME OUTRAGEOUS FRAUDS

Such ~ Oaiy Dirty. Disrspui.bIs Demoe-
r.ey wouid Attempt Or ToIer.ts-Liv-
ing Facts which Clearly SHOW Nsf.rious
Observation-Disclosures stumsg Galore
We have been favored with the
brief Of DR.. Thompsop's counsel in
the contested election case OF Thomp-
son vs.. Shaw, from the 3rd Congress
sional district. We have not had
the time to give it, which it's import
ance demands, but from the exami-
nation which we have gwen it, the
fraud alleged by DR.. Thompson is
clearly established.
ONsLOw COUNTY.
In Onslow county it is shown that
at one precinct the registrar kept the
registration books up to the night
before the election, and then rode
twenty miles to Jacksonville to re-
sign and
SURRENDER HIS BOOKS
to the clerk Of the court. This was
done of course to prevent any cleo
ton being held, as this precinct
Sumersill-was largely Populist,
and to give the county returning
board, q pretext to "throw out" that
vote; at Jacksonville precinct, DR..
Thompson was allowed thirty-two
votes, while one witness, Mr.. Bar
bee, testified under oath that he
SAW FIFTY VOTERS
cast their ballots for DR.. Thompson.
At Swansboro the election was held
in the upper story Of a brick store, where
it was never held before, and no au-
thority was had for FOLDING it there,
except the arbitrary will of the Dem
ocratic registrar and judges.
CRAVEN COUNTY.
In Craven county, at Riverdale
precinct DR.. Thompson received
eighty one votes, while he was al
losoed only twenty-four. At Fort
Barnwell precinct, while DR.. Thomp-
son received ninety-sir votes,
NONE WERE ALLOWED
him by the returning board.
JONES COUNTY.
In Jones county, the precinct
chosen by the county returning
board to be thrown out, was Beaver
Creek, where Shaw got twenty-five
and DR.. Thompson one hundred and
sirteen rotes! The vote as cast gave
DR.. Thompson clear majority of
seventy-six in Jones county.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
But it was in Cumberland county
that the browning infamy and frauds
were committed. In one precinct it
was proven that the Democratic
judges in counting the ballots were
seen to call out tickets voted for
Thompson for Shaw; and when this
was objected to and denounced an
other Democratic judge so placed
himself as to
PREVENT ANY ONE SEEING THE JUDGE
who was calling out the votes-this
was clear fraud, and here they were
caught in the act, and this evidence
was not contradicted or denied by
Shaw or his friends.
In the township where Fayette-
vile is located there was only one
election place, the township having
a population of 6,012, and Fayette-
vile 4 800 according to the United
States census Q1th), while the local
authorities Of Fayetteville claim a
population for it, of between 5000
and Z 1000, and yet only
ONE VOTING PLACE
for this entire territory.
Clerks were appointed by the
chairman of the Democratic county
executive committee previous to
the election, to hold it. The Demo-
Gratis had one side Of the building
for their voting place while the other
side was for the Populist and Repub-
licans to vote. The Democratic
clerks
HELD BOTH SIDES,
The Populist and Republican judges
were not allowed to "place the
tickets in the proper boxes at the
request of the voter" as the law di-
rected, but they must 60 into the
hands Of the clerks appointed by
the Democratic executive committee.
A large number-30O OF more, of
Republican and Populist Congress
sional tickets were
FOUND ON THE FLOOR,
behind the counter, on which the
ballot boxes were placed, where the
clerk sat who held one of the Con-
gressional boxes, and this too, on
the side where Populist and Repub-
llcan were made to 60 through the
form of voting!
No tickets were allowed inside the
polling place other than Democratic
tickets, except such as the voters
carried in their hands for the. pur-
pose of voting, and this fact makes
it interesting to know where those
tickets came from that were
FOUND ON THE FLOOR.
A guard was placed at the door of
the building where the Republicans
and Populists were to enter to vote,
consisting of two Or more s.alwart
men,
WITH OPEN KNIvES!!
No Populist or Republican was al
lowed inside the voting place which
was veritable "Buil pen" of an
improved order, except the Judges
Populist and Republican-one of
each, and they were shorn of their
authority, and could do nothing but
look-and they were even
DENIED THAT PRIVILEGE,
Tor they were taken into a room.
away from the polling places for the
space of an hour, while the boxes
were under the sale and undisputed
control of the clerks and the chair
man OF the Democratic executive
committee who, with number of
his confederates were sworn in as
deputy sheriffs for that day, when
there was nc disorder attempted or
threatened! The populist judge was
told to