The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-16
[)RCE, FRAUD,:
INTIMIDATION
|rn ru ARRI AMEND
Lryr lND ELECT DEM
orRlrlD TICKET.

hkN
ocRAII TICKET.
TIERS FROM EVERY SECTION
or THE STATE
.o Thpt fhc Methods Used
The simmons Machine
.tent,l the VIII of the
People
rorInupI From Last Week.
DAVIDSON COUNTY.
.r.r fr.. Srrds. Doubtless you
hoard 10. tins. of the Wholesale
n r,mr. ..d in this county. At the
election 100 Tyr0, lexington, Tho
.an. auH hbbot's Greek precincts
majority n this county, by honest
IstyouH br at least 800, yet the
.uornr- u. thieves, claim the county
their count Take Tyro for instance
,l, dem.nratic, gave our ticket at
k.r'O votes straight, yet in the
rt thpy only gave us 81, which is
!. than uur-half the votes we know
Irrq.t 'ur 90. II the vote could be
IretN counted, We would carry rot
paud-on county, but this Senate
! IDr,tGc'.
DAVE COUNTY.
puer from Mocksville: 1--WE cannot
ord to tamrly submit To this revolu-
/ IN brought about by force, fraud, and
him datIou, ana the sooner the Sim
ns crowd are "eliminsted" the bet
W. must he u free people at all
nrd-
CNTAWBA COUNTY.
Letter rom Newton: They have
mply stolen this county. At Nal
br, Newton, South Hickory and
Iiyors they transferred over l5C
bios. The election is q whole fraud
BURKE COUNTY.
Letter from Morganton: There
|ere about l60 colorei voters In
bis township, most Of whom were
bly, registered and sworn. and
Nth others saw their names writ
|n in what they supposed was the
Rgistration book, but were after
BIRDS changed to another book, anc
j the names OF these voters were
w out except 81 / examined
bese books on challenge day anC
Dund their names not there.
|pestioned the registrar, why i
Jas that their names did not ap
bsr ON the book, and he said h'
build answer no questions The.
ere not allowed to vote, although
bey went and tendered their bal
,ts. They were told that thei
ames were not on the registration
OOk. The registrar Of this precinc
las named J. A. Perry. and b
we'd in ano her township, and hi
smlly lived thore at the time, an
Ov reside there, and he registere,
nd voted here. They appointed
udge that could neither read. no
Erite, and who refused to serve
ind instead of appointing one c
he Republicans that we rendered
hey appointed no one in the plaC
Y the Judge resigned at all. so tn
'ection was held by one Democra
c Judge, the registrar and a Dem
'crstia clerk. The registrar did nc
Ittend TO the registration book
himself, but received and deposite
lhe tickets, and the Gle k checke
|he registration book. There wei
many tickets dep sited in the wron
box, all OF VIII ch were Fusion ticl
Bs.
At the box on the other side I
lhe court house there were tv
Demccratic judges who would NJ
sllow a single Populist or Reputl
Ean about the polls only while "
tlug, Our tickets were handed
the judges or registrar, and | Al
Informed Democratic tickets w
substi uted and ours cast as d
No Populst or Republican w;
pres Mt when the counting was b
gun or finished. | was present
Our b y part of the time when u
counting was done, and was the o
" one allowed IN the room, but w
not q owed to take any part. Wh'
. ticket was scratched, they wou
not show 1t t, me. Lots Of tieks
Were IN the wrong box. al
which we're ours-not single Del
Ocraiie ticket In the wrong box.
AT Ltnville township, about S
w co ored vo'ers Were allowed
vote cut e 80. Some went up 81
rendered their btllots, VIII ch we
eken from them, destroyed, ours
and told to get ou Five men n
ls.ered and vo'ed the Democra
ticket az Upper Creek thai lived
suother county and did no. move
until the Saturday following {
election. This Ia only a small pI
ot tho rasc ality and fraud practi'
IN this county.
robson COUNTY.
Letter from st. Pauls: 7
election farce is over and all
deyllment done. We had tue me;
est most damnable fraudulent
lalr mortal man cou d concei
Ioey refused to register at least
" our legal voters on the thin :
text OF their not having bonai
re'idence. Some o. them were b.
and raised IN the township ,
nave never been out OF the st,
Va election day they, challenged
leral voters who were registered
ngh'. Their reason for challe
ing was their age did not ia
wlth the old resistrati n be
lhes' men live in the tow wnsl
own t cir own homes and are z
cltlzens. One man leaned on
pc aud was ordert d away,
Wnen he refused TO go, tney I
pnolet 10. hep tJ three or
pIsces;s d soon they were C I'M
lL ON rhn.lr In xn md .n =