People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-12

doubt glorifed over the frauds which
kept an honest man out of Congress
because he would not bow his head to
the machine.
Messrs. Walsh, Kerr and Dunbar are
now candidates for the Office of Mayor
of this same city of Augusta-the hot
bed of political rottenness, and stink
ing cess pool of fraudulent elections.
They all belong to Moss-ba Dem
ocracy, and are acquainted with every
species of election frauds They and
their henchmen have practiced it so
often upon their Populist adversaries,
that they have actually grown suspi-
cious of each other and of the laws
which they outraged in their partisan
hatred of Watson. So much so, that
they appealed to Bill Fleming to write
for them a special code of laws for gov
erning this special election-laws
which would prevent stealing an Office.
Bill has drafted it for them. Bill
knew how. He had been along that
road with Boy kin Wright and Maj.
Black, and marked the sign posts that
Watson had erected by sworn testi-
mony of good citizens
In reading the code prepared by Bill
you can't resist the belief that you are
reading brief of Watson's exposure of
Richmond county frauds and perhaps
you are, for Bill was one of the sttor-
ney's employed by Major Black to put
him in and keep Watson out
Here is the prepared code:
To the Mayor and City Council
Sirs: In the interest of harmony
and to fully demonstrate to your hon
orable body and the citizens of this
city that we, the undersigned candi
dates for mayor and members of coun,
ell for the ensuing term desire clean
and honest ballot in the fullest term at
the approaching election. We beg
here to submit to you for your consid-
Grafton diagram of plans for booths
and voting stations in each ward and
earnestly ask that you adopt the same
to be used at the election for mayor
and councilmen of this city December
LIST, 1897.
ATTACHED was drawing and the
following provisions:
1. Polls or voting booth to be built
as per drawing.
? Fence of Enclosure to be feet
inches high.
8. To be three managers, or freehold
ers, at each box.
f. To be three clerks at each box.
s. One manager and one clerk to be
selected by the mayor from the friends
of each candidate for mayor, each can
didate furnishing the mayor four
names for said selection to be made
from each box, there being three con-
testants in this race.
6. Policemen to be stationed as per
drawing.
Z. No one allowed at any time inside
of booth except managers and clerks.
s. No list of unchecked names or
partial lists thereof to be furnished at
any time to any person. Or no outsi-
der to be allowed to take from list in
said booth name or names unchecked.
9. There shall not be allowed be-
tween turnstile and booth, or exit and
booth or voting box, but one man at a
time, and he to be a voter, who shall
pass out Immediately through exit
after ha- cssAs- his ballot
10. 1t shall be the duty of police41
to enforce these instructions at any
and all times between opening and
closing Of polls on day of election.
IL. There is to be no negro votes cast
in the white box, or white votes cast
in the negro box at any time for any
reason.
10. Oath to be taken as provided for
by law.
IS Ballots to be counted as provided
by law That no election be held in
any of the engine houses of this city.
respectfully signed,
w. M. DUNBAR
ID KERR.
PATRICK WALSH
The booths or voting station petit
toned for is similar to what is known
as the Australian ballot system, and
removes the voter from the supervision
m. influence IF ward beaiarc
The city council has not yet acted
upon the petition.
1t was Dumas, we believe, who
wrote: Courses, like chickens, come
bone to roost," 1t is fact neverthe
less-makes 10 difference who wrote
it-&nd if Augusta amt reaping a
whirlwind from the corruption sown
in the elections of 1894 and 90 we
don't know a skunk from his odor.
MAC