Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-25

| AQNeTllSeT are denounced
by us as wilfully and maliciously untrue.
]. w. TYLER,
w. e. WALLACE,
w. C. PRESTON,
Inspectors.
H. CARTWRIGHT,
W. A. PETTY,
| Mr.. w. A. Petty, one of the clerks of
| the primary election and Clarke man.
| voluntarily makes the following written
| declaration:
| Election Clerk Petty's Statement.
| CA Clarke Man.)
| I, w. A. Petty, hereby certify that
| was one of the clerks of the election held
| in Decatur. Ala, on Saturday, March 7,
| and was PRESENT DURING THE EN-
| TIRE DAY. I WAS A CLARKE MAN
| AND VOTED FOR CLARKE. The bal
lots were received by w. C. Preston or
]. W. Tyler, as they were handed in, and
| by him placed in a large paper box. This
| box was securely sealed or fastened,
and kept so during the entire time the
voting was going on. Immediately after
| the polls closed this box was opened in
the presence of all the judges and clerks
| and the counting begun. Mr.. Wallace
would reach into the box, take out a bal
| lot hand it to w. c. Preston, who would
call the same, and Mr. Cartwright and
| myself would put the votes on tally
sheets, and then the ballot was handed to
| j. w. Tyler, one of the judges, and he
| placed it in ballot box and after the
votes were counted the box was securely
| locked in my presence. The certificate
| of judges was written out by Mr. L. P.
| Troup, a Clarke man, and was signed by
| the judges, sealed by them and delivered
| to S. T. Vert, the returning officer. 1
| WAS CONSTANTLY PRESENT FROM
| THE TIME THE POLLS OPENED UN-
ED, AND CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY I
| BELIEVE SAID VOTES WE'RE
| COUNTED AS THEY WE'RE DEPOS-
TIED. I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT
| THE JUDGES, MESSRS. TYLER,
| WALLACE AND PRESTON, OFFER
| BALLOTS OUT OF THE BOX OR
READ THE BALLOTS, BUT 1 PRE-
| FERRED TO KEEP THE TALLY
| SHEET. w. A. PETTY,
Clerk of Primary Election of March T.
1896
Register Neelv Pride's Statement
"a Clarke Man)
Nicely Pride county registrar, and
WHO WAS A CLARKE LEADER in De-
| catur and the man who got UP the pro-
test on the day of the primary election,
| and whose name appears as Nicely Snide
| in the Montgomery Advertiser of March
| IL, makes the following statement:
II am a CLARKE SUPPORTER and
voted at the primary election in Decatur
on March z think THE ELECTION
/ L
only complaint 1 have to make is that
| Clarke was not allowed an inspector to
| assist in holding the election. The John
ston men did allow us Clarke clerk.
''NEELY PRIDE"
Mr. M. T. Cartwright, one of Decatur's
| oldest merchants, whose statement no
one would dare to deny, and one of Mr..
| Clarke's warm supporters, says the cleo
] ton was fairly conducted and votes fair
| 1y counted.
| Mr.. Cartwright's Statement.
| CA Clarke MANI
| As a citizen of Decatur, and one who
voted for Clarke, I take pleasure in certf-
| flying that 1 believe the recent primary
election held in this county was fairly
| conducted and the votes fairly counted
| l am satisfied that Johnston was and is
much stronger than Clarke in Decatur.
| (Signed.) M. T. CARTWRIGHT.
| Mr.. Garnett's Word.
| W. w. Garnett, a leading wholesale
| and retail grocer. gives the following:
"I voted for Clarke but am perfectly
satisfied with the conduct of the election
(signed) W. w. GARNETr.
| A F. Houston's Statement.
| "a Clarke MANI
| voted for Clarke in the primary cleo
| ton on the 7th and am perfectly satisfied
with the result of the election and believe
A. F. HOUSTON.
CD Pointers Statement.
"a Clarke MANI
I voted for Clarke in the primary cleo
| ton, but | am satisfied that the election
| was honestly and fairly conducted and
| am satisfied with the result.
C. j. POINTER.
| The signers of the foregoing certifi-
| Gates namely, Messrs. w. A. Petty, M.
| T. Cartwright, w. w. Garnett A. F.
| Houston and c. J. Pointer are supporters
| of Mr.. Clarke and are published by the
| Montgomery Advertiser on its editorial
| page daily as protesting against the fair
ness of the primary election, whereas,
| they state in writing, over their own sig
| natures, that they believe the primary
| election was conducted honestly and
| fairly, as do also the following Clarke
supporters, whose names are published
| in the same manner by the Advertiser:
| Other Clarke Supporters.
| We, the undersigned voters, partici-
| pated in the primary election at Decatur
| on March and cast our votes for Mr..
| Clarke. We believe that the primary
election was conducted honestly and fair
| ly.
| A. M. HOPKINS,
| Business Man