The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-08-04

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from four districts on the date fixed
and then you adjourned 70 meet Wed
nesday In the event bess 8 box should
come inf
Ana-Yes, and On Wednesday beat
box had not come 10. As Istated,
went away on Saturday and this
meeting was held on last Monday,
and DR.. Clark knew that / would be
back on Monday evening, and I think
there were three members present in
person and four by proxy, and they
canyassed beat 4 box,
CUES. How long after the date
h1ed BY your committee before beat 4
box was brought in2
Ans.-We met on The 18TH u July.
and canvassed the returns Of four
boxes, and adjourned to meet on We'd
nesday the 18th inst. to canvass beat
4 box il IL had come In. bnt it had
not, and the committee then declared
the result as before stated, and beat
4 box did not come IN until Monday
the 18th.
CUES. WA there any list Of voters
sent 10 with 10?
Ans.-No, sir.
CUES. Wa there a poll-book sent
In showing who had voted ?
Ans.-Yes, sir. I attach copy
from poll-book, marked exhibit &c, :
and / will show you who the voters
are. The first man is j. w. Crowder,
registered as a colored man / know
him personally to be a colored man,
and he is registered as a colored man,
and the poll-book shows that he vot-
cd ]. L. Gillespie, registered as for
ty years old, colored know him to
be colored.
CUES. That box sent in had all
Henry votes IN it,
ns.-Yes sir fifteen votes, all
for Henry. The next is j, II. Harris.
that is John Harris, a yellow negro
in Quitman county ; 1 know him to
be a negro, and he is registered as a
colored man A. L. Luander, marked
colored and Voted know him to be
colored j. r.. Miller, he is a white
man, a member Of the board Of super
yisors, and Is marked voted r. ].
Province, a white mai and a legal
voter Lane Richmond, colored j.
Rusk, white Reuben Shotwell, G. NJ.
- M, J.. Holmes, Tom Sledge,
and -Unger-three white men and
two colored NJ II. Williams, color
ed; Webb Bowman, eolored. IN adj
ditlon to that, Mr.. Scott, we have
the tickets here from that dictrlct,
and I would be glad to submit them
to the committee, and l think they
viii show up On their face that these
ticket were not made out by fifteen
different men, but we're all made by
the same man. Tickets attached as
exhibit Sd" Iwin further say that
when we assembled to count these
votes, it was unanimously agreed that
these four boxes were right here are
all the votes that were turned over to
me from beat 4 box / was not there
when they we're counted. There was
no tally sheet, no voting list and no
certificate.
Mt, P. G. Chapman Mr.. Chair
man, / don't thlak IL necessary to 60
into this any further, / therefore
move chat tile box be excluded from
the count.
This motion was duly seconded and
unanimously carried.
The Chair. Is there any other OBJ
lection 70 Quitman county ? II 50,
please make it known.
None offered.
Mr. Percy move, Mr.. Chairman,
that there being no further objection
offered to the vote IN Quitman county,
and 90 further time asked for tile
procuring Of testimony ia regard to
that vote, that the vote of the county
is certified BY the chairman Or tile
Democratic executive committee Of
the county be accepted and declared
the legal vote Of Qultman county.
Nh. Cutrer II desire to make 4
statement. The motion offered By
myself being declined BY the commit
tee
Mir. Scott here interrupted Mr. Gu
trer, and d recess was taken for a con-
sultation among the committee.
Upon the committee being called TO
order aud tile next county, COahoma,
called for, Mr. Cutrer offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Whereas, there have been return
led aud filed with this committee two
reports Of primary elections purport-
log to have been held il Coahoma
county on July IIth, 1898, one Of
which said reports shows that an elec-
tion was held By alleged election ofl-