Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-01

said seventh dfStr1ct all representa-
ton was denied the Peoples party on
the county board of election commits
sioners, in others member of the
Peoples party was put on the board
who was not selected by his party, but
by your partisans. And in the ap-
pointments of the managers of the
election in the several precincts of the
district, in large number OF cases, no
member was appointed on said board
from the Peoples party, although the
commissioners were specially request
ed to do so, and plenty of suitable men
of said party we're to be found in each
precinct to fill said place. 2. In each
county in said Seventh district and in
each and every election district in the
several counties therein every species
of fraud was committed, for the COM
mission of which the ground was laid
in the constitution and election laws
of the State; citizens of the United
States in great numbers were disfran-
chised by the terms of the law, still
more were, disfranchised and refused
the right to register and vote by the
unlawful and arbitrary acts of the reg
istrars of the several counties in said
district, in refusing them the right to
register even when they were able to
comply with the requirements of the
constitution; electors who had registered
and paid their taxes were struck from
the registration and pollbooks in large
numbers by the county boards of COM
missioners of election under the pre-
text that they had not paid taxes due
by them, or that they had died or re-
moved, when in fact such pretext was
untrue, and was made without notice
to the elector, and he first became
aware of it when he appeared at the
polls on election day and presented
himself to vote; that men not qualified
were allowed to register and vote by
the registrars and the boards of cleo
ton commissioners and the managers
of the election; that voters were deter
red from registering and voting by in
timidation and threats; that votes cast
were not counted, or counted for you,
when cast for me; that in many places
hereinafter to be enumerated no polls
were open and the voters were thus
deprived of all chance to deposit their
ballots; that false returns we're made
to the boards of commissioners by the
managers of the several polls and un-
accompanied with the required tickets
and tally sheets; that electors duly reg
istered were omitted to be transferred
by the registrar to the pollbooks and
were in consequence thereof denied
the right to vote; that the clerks of
the election in some cases appointed
by the managers of the election and in
others illegally by the county board of
commissioners of election we're in most
instances both Democrats and in con-
sequence the count was made entirely
by your partisans.
l charge that at every box through
out the district voters who had remov-
ed from the election district were al
lowed to return and vote, if your par
tisans; when voters similarly situated,
it my supporters, were denied the
right to vote.
Icharge that at every box through
out the district men whose names had
been erased by the board of election
commissioners for n-payment of
taxes were allowed to vote, if your par
tisans, and that the like privilege was
denied to nv supporters.
l charge that at many of the boxes
throughout the district tickets we're
distributed among your partisans, away
from the polls, in violation of law.
Here follow the specifications of al
legged frauds and Irregularities.
And further charge that said arti-
Gle II of the constitution, and said
chapter 113 of the Revised Code of
1892, is in direct violation of the act of
congress admitting the State of Mis-
sissippi to representation in the Con-
gress of the United States, approved
Feb. 3, 1870, wherein it was expressly
stipulated as follows:
Provided further, that the State of
Mississippi is admitted to representa-
ton in congress, as one of the States
of the Union. upon the following fun
damental conditions: First, That the
constitution of Mississippi shall never
be so amended or changed as to de-
prive any citizen, or class of citizens,
of the United States of the right to
vote, who are entitled to vote by the
constitution herein recognized, mean
ing thereby the Constitution of the
State of Mississippi of 1869, by means
of which violations of said statute
more than 5000 voters in my said dis
trict, the Seventh congressional dis
trict of Mississippi, an overwhelming
majority of whom would have voted
for me, were deprived of the right to
vote.
/ charge that the said article twelfth
of the constitution of the State of Mis-
sissippi and the said chapter lib of the
said Revised Code of the said State, are
in direct contravention of the four
teenth amendment of the constitution
of the United States, and were DELHI
erately constructed and passed by the
constitutional convention and the leg
islature of the State of Mississippi.
with the intent and for the purpose of
multiplying the said constitutional
amendment and rendering it of no
force and effect in the State of Missis-
sippi.
And l charge that all these fraudu
lent, corrupt and unlawful acts were
done and performed by your friends
and followers, members of the Demo-
cratic party, in pursuance of a previ-
ously arranged and widespread conspi-
racy among the members of the said
party, by all manner of illegal means
to control the elections in the State of
Mississippi and to produce an apparent
majority for you in said election, and
that by reason of the same / have been
deprived of a large majority of the
votes actually cast, and of vastly
greater majority, had those who wish
ed to cast their votes for me, but were
prevented by the acts and machina-
tions of your partisans from register
inc and voting haan allowod 70 ror;S