The news & observer., 1897-02-25
YOUNG'S SIDE OF IT |
Argument in the Broughton
Contest Continued.
SPEECH OF j. c. L. 1ARRis
FRAUD IN THE BALLOT
AND IN THE RECOUNT.
WHILE COCK AND BRYAN sllpr


Argument win be Concluded To ay
by Mr.. Douglas An Early Re.
port Expected from the
Committee.
Argument in the Broughton- Young CON
test was continued yesterday, before the
House Elections Committee, by Mr.. Z.
l. Harris, who appeared for the contestee,
Young He spoke for more than two
hours without interruption, except from
the sonOrous snoring Of Chairman Cook
anl Little Billie Bryan. At the conclu-
sion of Mr. Harris speech, the commit
tee adjourned to meet again
to-day at O'Clock in the State
Library, and hear Mr.. Douglas,
who will close the case for Mr.. Broughton.
Mr. Harris began his argument by read
ing his answer to the allegations set forth
by Broughton.
In the case of Junius Thompson, who,
Broughton claimed, was illegally prevent
cd from voting, Mr.. Harris said Thomp-
son told one man he was going to vote
for BrOughton, and told another he would
vote for Young.
Touching the charge that FIVE convicts
voted for Young, Mr.. Harris admitted
four of them, but the fifth one, Robert
Lawrence, he said was convicted before
he was u years old and the disqualified
ton ought not to apply. The committee
decided that this position was not tenable
under the Constitution. Then Mr.. Har-
ris said one vote must be taken from
Mr. BrOughton for Robert Royster, who
he alleged, voted for BroughtOn. The
evidence, however, when read by Mr.
Harris did not show either that Royster
was a convict or that he had voted for
Broughton. On the contrary, he obtained
bis vote from a Republican and showed it
to another Republican, who told him it
was all right.
The last answer was that Broughton
received a number of votes to which he
was not entitled-the Republican ticket,
on blue and yellow paper being duplicated
with Broughton's name on it. a great
many people Mr. Harris said, voted these
tickets, thinking they were voting the
straight Republican ticket and they ought
to be so counted. The Republicans, on the
other hand, Mr.. Harris said. did not
counterfeit the Democratic ticket, and
that Young's majority would have been
very much larger had the Republican
ticket not been duplicated.
OF the thirty three students at Wake
Forest College who voted for Mr.. Brough-
ton, Mr.. Harris claimed that only six of
them were entitled TO vote. Two Of
tihenl-Staley and Paschall-he alleged
had rot resided in the county ninety
days, rs required by law They all went
home to spend vacation, except eight
four III the law class, two of them selling
maps and one editor of the Student"
and one manager of the reading room
The two latter, he said, had not been in
the county requisite length of time
Further, he said, none of these men had
listed their poll-tax.
As to the voting of Green and Mitchen-
er, Mr.. Harris said there was conflict of
testimony-Rep swearing that
Green is insane and AIitchener an idiot,
and that they ought not to be allowed to
vote The Democrats swear that their
condition of mind is such that they ought
to be allowed to vote.
Mr.. Harms contended that there was no
authority for counting votes where the
office for which they were cast was not
designated. Separate stickers, which had
dropped off the ballot, he said, come under
der the same head, and ought not to be
counted.
Three persons, Mr.. Harris alleged, yot-
ed in the wrong township, or moved to an
other township and registered at the place
where they voted without getting a certifi-
cate.
Taking off all these votes Mr.. Harris
said. would give Mr. Broughton only
4,387 votes, instead of the 4,431 claimed
by his attorneys
Commenting on the recount of the
Fourth ward, first division city
of Raleigh, Mr.. Harris said the
evidence was conclusive that the
box had been tampered with, and
he didn't think the committee could rely
upon anything but the original count
As to the Stony Hill box, Mr.. Harris said
the count was made carefully and certi-
fed to by the poll-holders, and ought to
stand.
These were the principal boxes at which
material differences in count were made
Small mistakes were discovered in other
boxes.
Mr.. Harris claimed that there was
fraud of the plainest kind shown by the
circumstances of the case, and that the
original count ought not to be disturbed
Taking all the facts in the matter to-
gether, Mr.. Harris declared that Young's
majority ought to be 200, instead of
the miserable IS he did get
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