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any such election.

any such election.
 Section 2635 makes it a misde- meanor punishable by fine for any one who has a bet on the election to act as judge or clerk.
 Section 2618 is:
 Every person who shall false lily lcake or fraUdulently de- stroy any certificate ot nom Iinations, or any part thereof or file any certificate of nominations, knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be false, or suppress any nomination which has been duly filed, or any part thereof, or forge or falsely write the name or initials of any judge of election on any bal. lot, shall be deemed guilty of a feI ony and, on conviction thereof, pun ished by confinement at hard labor in the peniteotiary not less than one nor more than five years Section 2658 is
 Any election officer OF other per son wbomsoever who shall wiIfully make false count of any election ballots, or falsely or fraadulently certify the returns of any election, or steal, destroy, seerete OF other wise make way with any election ballot, tally sheet, certificate or bal. lot box, either before OF after the closing of the polls, shall be deemed guilty of felony, aud on conviction thereof, punis7ea by imprisonment at hard labor ia ehe BeafteatiafY not less than two years nor more than seven years.
 These and other provisions of the election law show t6e 0telton of the law makers 10 place every pcsst- ble safeguard around general elections to the end that saeh eIec= tions should be free and fair
 There can be no doubt that tbat part of the first section above quoted which relates to selecting judges from different political parties was designed to this same end, namely, an honest election, and it goes without saying that this pro vision tends to bring about this desired result. If this is true as between different political parties, then the policy Of the law suggests, and fairsense of rightand justice demands, that the same plan becarried out by the elee 5ion eommis- sloners when the contest is not be tween :ersons ot different political parties, but between two Democrats. A large number of goo. and faith ful Democrats of th's county do no i believe that Mir. H. A. Mccoy is the choice cf the Democracy of this county for the office of sheriff, hence they have asked that Mr. D. c. Bell, a lifelong Democrat become a can didate for that office at the coming September election. In compliance with this request, he has announced himself as such candidate, and kis oomlnation has 0eea certified te you by the requisite number of cleo tors of the county, to the end thai his name shall be priate2 on the off. cial ballot.
 You know that great number, il not q majority of the Democrats ol the county, are supporting Mr. Bel in his candidacy who believe that the policy of the law, a9 above indf cated, is sound, and that if that policyls pursued in this ease, it vii tend to insure an honest election and will result in peace and har mony and right, and that a con
 trary policy will be wrong in prin ciple, aud evil ia results; and 1T their name, we ask that in appoint ing judges of the election, you ap
 point one judge at each voting pre- cinct from among tbe friends an( supporters of Mir. D. c. Bell. Yol
 also know that there is no oppo
 sition party ticket in the race, ano
 the only contest as to county officer
 is between two Democrats for thu
 office of sheriff. The people of tn,
 county will look on to see whethe you will grant this request. If 1t i
 granted, no man can say that yol [ intended to do anything but right