The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
DEMOCRATIC MAJoRIJY Or %


Walter, Elk eers to- bel Madesa Judge
Foratsis estnsA Wis nClient isl 20 .
rvAlsolau Aspipent Eof' asa>ss &,
t,1G ,Ess ohce!!t 1 y Al.
walter Henry was in town yesterday N
fuu force. Lie was all here-his red
head, big hat, long-tailed coat, and huge
To %sa .ss)lihf lDns i town through
idle curiosity, either. lie came strlctiy
en- business and he attended toSA IKE "A
man who knew what he was about. sfhe
truth of the matter is Walter wants an
office and there are offices at stake III
the little business matter he was here 10
attends ia yesterday, and he's not gong
TO let them sip if he knews it. Not waiter
lie resAmbers that little Curacao mel
dent when he got mad with Ransom
and discovered that Cleveland was
rascal.
Well, that sore has never been cures
but it will not be Walters fault If 1t
IS not done this timea His business here
Yesterday was ito have 4he7 vote of a
precinct in Mecklenburg zeohhty1that gave
a Democratic majority of so thrown OUT
because of alleged irregularities, so that
the fusion register of deeds and county,
surveyor could be declared elected in
stead of the Democratic candidates
And what is Walter to get 4eut Of all
this? Nothing directly but great deal
indirectly, in short the Republicans and
Populists have promised to- make hlm
Judge of the Criminal court to succeed
Judge Meares. So he came to argue the
order restraining Clerk of Court
Morrow,sof Meeklenbufg, county, from
counting theretuFns from precinct No. =
of Pineville tewAship which came mp yes
terday at the Supreme court rooms before
Judge Furches, from whom the order
was issued.
The plaintiff was representa- by Mr.
Walter r.. Henry and the defendant by
Messrs. Plart r. Walker, w. r. Maxwell
and G. r.. Duls.
The statute swhfrff authorizes this ac-
ton is seetfoh Z TT tile new efaction law,
The ordtr issbasetf upon the Complaint
of one Ed ttey6nafd, who Welt, before
a justice ffitfs matia AFFIDAVIT that one OF
the registrars, John Alexander lcol.) and
one of the jntfges' Of election, T. G. Con
nor (col.), of precinct No. Pinevil1e
township -aHeckleffbtffg county were by
threats of violence compelled to absent
themselves FROM the voting place, and
that some of the leading Democrats OF
said precinct, led by one Jim Bar
nett, together with a. Democratic lawyer
and surveyors, ran ARline by survey for
the purpose of claiming and to make it
falsely appear that said John Alexander
and Il. G. Conner live beyond the line
in another precinct. The complainant
further set fortl~that under the direction
of said Barnett the two negro registrars
or judges, a npointed in the place OF Mex
ander and Conner, and the two Demo
cratic officers elected one Of the Demo
Gratis chairman of the board; that then
under the threat and by the direction OF
said Barnett, one of the registrars or
judges took dhe registration book and
struck off tire names of the $50 negro
voters, alleging that the said John Alex
ander had no right to register them,
leaving the names of SO white men and
one negro.
1t was npon this affidavit that Judge
Furches Thursday morning issued a rule
upon the clerk OF court OF Mecklenburg
county f6show cause why the whole vote
of No. 2 precinct in PineyilIe township
The case yesterday was opened by Mr..
Walker, who read Mr.. Morrow's an
swer TO the order setting forth that he
knew nothing Of the proceedings alleged
by the plaintiff in his complaint, but that
the new election law provides that. on
Thursday, November 9Th, 1896, the clerk
of the court is to count and to make abb
stracts of the retiifnssofi the election in
his county, and that he was proceeding
to do this When stopped by the injunction
issued by Judge Furches.
The affidavit of J. Ell. Barnett, a pr6mi-
meat citizen of Pineyille township, was
then read denying the allegations made
against him in the complaint and setting
forth that no threats were made or yiO-
lence used and that Alexander and Con-
nor voluntarily surrendered their office
when informed that they were non-resi-
dents of the township for which they
had been appointed. These facts were
strongly corroborated by the affidavit Of
DIR. n G. Moore, a prominent physician
who testified that no intimidation was
used and related the circumstances of
Alexandersaaad yeonnox,g Tetirenle4t
from 9,1, theiS ne e,.s., "
ated by NJ. %. Culp, one of the registrars,
WHO UlaQG dnQdA1t IldL ne was
present and that there was no
disorder Of any kind at the place Of regis
tration. He told how Alexander and Con-
nor had been notified Of their being nom
residents Of the township and 2S tlsils
T. J. s4h&r, sns of a1e app1ihte9 Of
the clerk of court, as judge of election,
corroborated the statements of Culp and
told how he had been chosen to act
in Acknowledgements chairman and hdd'
in turn appointed a judge of election
in place ofUonnor. q irfe testified that no
violence was offered and no Intimidation ida
used. 80 " NM
That Alexander and ,Connora FoIun-
tarily retired from their office and that
at no time was any violence or intimida-
ton used was sworn to by J. w. HAYS,
r. r. Harris and Il. R.fhIorrow. They
said they knew of no violence used or
intimidatiqg threats. made, ~,s -,
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