The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
AND ASKS THEIR REMOVAL
THE MATTER TO BE HEARD BY
JUDGE WALTER CLARK,
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK
In Two Of the Precincts there are no Popusts,
and Republicans have been Named
TO Represent that
Party.

The business of having Objectionable
registrars is game at which Democrats,
as well as Republicans, can play.
The clerk of court in Richmond county
has made some illegal appointments, and
must appear here next Saturday at >
o'clock before Judge Walter Clark to
show cause if any he has, why the ap,
pointees complained of should not be re-
moved.
The Chairman of the Democratic exc
cutiye committee, Mr.. Cameron Morrison,
is the petitioner, and Messrs u. L. Long,
clerk of court, w. III. Cox, register of
deeds, and j. b. Coyington, county com
missioner, are the defendants. Slr. Nor
rison is represented by Mr. Maxy l..
John, of Laurinburg. In his petition ne
sets forth the following grounds for his
complaints and on them prays for relief:
Il. That he is the duly elected and
qualified chairman of the Democratic
executive committee in Richmond county.
and i'm that capacity petitions the Hon
orable Justice of the Supreme court.
III. That u. Il. Long is the duly elect
court of Richmond county, being elected
to said office and having executed his
bond as said clerk according to law,
took the oath of office December 1891,
and has filled said office continuously
since taking said oath of office, and as
such clerk of the said Superior court,
with the register of deeds of said county,
and the chairman of the board of county
commissioners of said county, acting in
pursuance of chapter 1S5 of the laws of
1897, did, on the first Monday in Sep
tember, 1898, appoint as registrars for
the election to be held on the Sth day of
November, 1898, in precinct No. j, Stew
artsyille township, in said county of Rich
mon. Ed Buchanan, Murdoch l.. Shaw
and N. Men. Smith.
iii. That said Ed. Buchanan is and
has always been a Democrat; said Muir
dock T. Shaw is and always has been
Republican,: that said n. Men. Smith
was appointed as a representative of the
Populist party, but declined to serve as
such registrar.
Nv. That on the 2Sth day of Septem-
Der, 1898, said n. II. Long, clerk Of the
said Superior court, did appoint as reg
istrar for said election to act in the
place of said N Men. Smith, who de-
clined to serve. one w. III. Cox, named
above as defendant in this proceeding.
". That said w. I'll. Cox is an open
and avowed Republican, who has pub
lished in newspaper issued in said
county, in the town of Rockingham. since
the first day of September, 1898 an
article setting forth why he is a Repub-
lican, and said w. III. Cox did attend
Republican convention in and for the
county of Richmond since the pubIica-
tion of said article in said newspaper,
and did act as secretary of said Republic
can convention. nominating candidates
of said Republican convention for the
election to be held as aforesaid.
''VI. That said Ed Buchanan, MUIR
dock l.. Shaw and w. FL. Cox have each
taken the oath prescribed for egistrars in
said election, and did, on Saturday, Oc-
tober LIST, 1898, proceed to enter upon
the duties of registrars in and for pre-
cinct No. l. in Stewartsyille township,
in Richmond county.
WI. That there is in said precinct
No /, Stewartsyille township. no Popu-
list, unless it be the said N. Men. Smith.
who was first appointed by said clerk
of the court. the register of deeds and the
chairman of the county commissioners,
and who refused to serve.
Will That the appointment of w
II. Cox, on September 26th, 1898, by
the clerk of the court of Richmond coun-
ty, n. Il. Long, aforesaid clerk, was
contrary to law, as your petitioner is
informed and believes, and illegal and
void.
TX. That said board appointing regis
trars on the first Monday in September
1893, did appoint one j. b. Covington.
as registrar Of precinct No /, Rocking
ham township, and as your petitioner is
Informed and believes appointed as a
Populist.
\. That your petitioner is informed
and believes that there is no other
Populist in said precinct, and that said
j. Il. Covington is the regular nominee
and candidate of the Republican party
for the House of Representatives and
is thereby disqualified as registrar afore-
said.
Wherefore your petitioner prays:
list. That said w. III. Cox be removed
as registrar in precinct No. /, in Stew
artsyilie township, in said county, and
that said n. 4. Long, clerk of the Su-
perior court of said county, be restrain
ed from appointing any person to serve
in his place
~iN' unl Sulu H. 1ONlHSlOD Ue Fp-
moved from the position as registrar Of
precinct No. /, in Rockingham township.
in said county, and that said II. Il.
Long, clerk Of the court, be restrained
from appointing any person to serve in
stead.
"And your petitioner further prays
that proper order issue to said PARTIES
to show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of your petitioner should not be
granted, and for such other further re-
lief as your petitioner may be entitled
to.
(Signed) "MAXCY r. JOHN.
Attorney for Petitioner"
North Carolina, Richmond county
Personally appeared before me this
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