Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-05-14
Electors Voted for Phillips and Their Votes
 Turned to Mccoy.
Irregularities in Bogy and BoIliver Townships Also
 Alleged-The Petetion in Full.

substituted therefor other and diff ferent ballots. That the judges of said election precinct met on Monday morning, May 9th, 1898, at the resi- dence of the said Wins Rogers and proceeded to count the fraudulent ballots deposited in said box as aforesaid, and made their returns of said election therefrom. That ac- cording to the return of said election as smade by the said judges, H. 4. Me Coy received 39votes in said township for said office; that your petitioner received 4 votes for said office, T. Nj. Phillips received votes, and C. NJ. Phflpot# received ? votes for said office. That said return is false and fraudulent. That, in truth and in fact, as befored stated, H. A. Mccoy only received of the legal votes cast in said precinct for said office; that your petitioner received s of the lega! votes cast in said precinct; that T. NJ. Phillips received 34 of che legal votes east in said township. and c. NJ. Philpot received 5 of the legal votes cast in said precinct, as will appear by the affidavits of the electors of the said precinct, which are hereto attached.
 That at the said election, one George Foley, and N. Little voted and neither of the said parties were qualified electors of said township, but resided in Lincoln county, Ark ansas, time the time the said election was held. That's. c. Robin son voted at said election, and was not a qualified elector of said pre- cinct, but was a citizen and resident of Desha county. Arkansas, at the time of said election. That A. B. Patton, one of the judges of said election was not a qualified voter of said township or of Jefferson county, but was q resident voter of Lincoln county, Arkansas. That Henry Winters, one ofthe clerks of said elec- tiOn was nota qualified voter of sad Melton township, but is qualified voter of the Third Ward of the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and resides therein. That your petitioner is unable to state for whom the Illegal votes were east for said office, be- cause the original ballots, as cast by the electors in said precinct. have been removed from said ballot box, and other ballots with other and different names substituted in their place.
 Your petitioner states, on infor- nation and belief, obtained from reliable sources, that no election was held in the township of Bolivar on the day fixed for the holding of said election by Your Honorable Com mitte, but he is informed and believes that some person or persons un- known to him held some kind of a pretended election on Sunday the Sth day of May, 1898, in said precinct, and some person or persons un- known to him, have made a return of the said election held in said town ship purporting to give 53 votes for said office to said H. A. Mccoy and one vote to T. NJ. Phillips for said office. Your petitioner most respect fully asks and requests that Your Honore ble Committe thoroughly in- vestigate the fact as to whether any election whatever was held in said
 township. Owing to the fact that
 the entire township of Bolivar is overaowpd by the Arkansas River to such an extent that It is impos-