The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-23
FORCE, FRAUD. INTIMIDATION.
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and all Of the boxes were brDuxnt
up containing these tickets before
the board of county canvassers. They
refused to hear any evidence what
ever in regard to them.
At Cedar Fork precinct there VS.
q majority of 100, and at Rantham
precinct the majority for the Fusion
State ticket was about fifty. By
thro wing out these two boxes, one
member OF the Legislature and the
whole OF the county ticket was de-
feated and counted out.
Our people will not submit to this
outrage, we will contest the last inch
OF ground. and sac il any justice Ca
be had in the courts for county on
GERS. We do not expect justice be
fore the legislature, however, and
have little hope of seeing our men,
Der of the Legislature. who was coun
ted out, seated.
WAYNE COUNTY.
When the counting of ballots be-
gan, the registrar, Democrat, shut
for the occasion, and no one was al
lowed to see the count but himself.
When the State ticket was counted
the Democrats claimed three ma )ri-
ty We were surprised at this, know
ing that our vote was ahead, so !
proposed he recount the votes, but
this he refused to do. grabbing up a
Laudful of tickets putting them back
into the box, and locking them up so
that could noe count them. When
the count of thu county candidates
was made, the D nice ats had thirty
majority.
know of at least twenty Ave Dem
ocrats that voted against the amend
ment, but according to their count
they have a maj ,rity Of seven.
During the first part of the day the
Populists complained that the poll
holders were tearing up their legis.
lative tickets. We have had no cleo
ton here at all, and neither has the
State, for it was handled elsew here
JUS as it was here in Wayne county.
If the law cannot protect us, what
is to be done in North Carolina with
Simmons and his lawless red shirt
drunken mobf
MOORE COUNTY.
The cooperative ticket was count
ed out in Moore county, with the OK.
cepsion OF Jones for Sheriff. W. G.
Wilcox, our candidate for the legis-
lature is behind only q few votes.
At Aberdeen precinct there were
1875 Democrats registered, and be-
tween $50 and 1856 Fusion 70 ers reg
istered. or the 1876 Fusion votes on
" about twenty were allowed to vote.
There we're 80 red SHIRTS around the
polls on election day. On several
nights before the election the red
shirts rode around over the country
firing of their Winchesters and de-
clarlng that if those opposed to the
Amendment tried to vote there would
be trrould be trouble, etc. In other
townships they challenged our voters
and kept somn from voting that were
legally entitled to vote. In our very
strongest precinct they tried 10 get
up a row so they would have a pre-
text to throw it out.
The red shirts went to lhe regis
trar in Bsnsalem township on the
night after the election and ovsrpow
cred the registrar and stole the re-
turns. Next day, they, or some one,
stole the tally sheet out OF the Dem.
ocratic R egistrar of Deeds Office. The
election judges, or returning off GERS
three out Bensalem township as there
were no returns. In fact they did
enough enough to damn forever any
political party.
It we had had any thing like q fair
election, We would have elected our
whole ticket by from 800 to 500 ma
jority.
Tue so-called election is simply a
farce and ought to be declared void.
PERQIMANs COUNTY.
l consider our election complete
farce, and to tell Of all the irregu-
larities would require a volume. At
three precincts in this county, the
result shows crookedness OF the
worst sort, and it seems to me where
one knows the facts, the returns
and registration book should be
conclusive evidence Of fraud.
At Hartford precinct we about 15S
votes cast for the Fusion ticket,
wuile the returns show 50 votes
for our ticket. The Democratic
judge deposited most Of our tickets,
and during the day he thought he
thought he was doing fair, the man
allotted for our judge acted as clerk
when the votes we're counted, our
tickets were found partly In the
wrong box, and SO was all we got
counted.
At Parkville precinct. where we |
should have carried by 20, went &C
,ording to their count rs Demo
ks T.xo