The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-06-13
FILED
BY COL, ESTILL
CHARGES IRREGULARITIES IN
MANY COUNTIES IN THE
STATE.
Addresses Communication to Chair
man Brown Asking For a
Recount.

Col. J. H. Estill, of Savannah has
MED protest in the recent euherna.
'orial primary Following is a copv
OF his letter addressed to Coairman
broWn, of the executive committae.
savannah, Ga. June H. 1902 -
Hon e. T Brown, Chairman sto+a
Democratic Executive Committoo
Atlanta, Ga.-Dear Sir: From inror'
nation received within the past few
days, | am satisfied That there waro
irregularities in tae democratic nri-
mary election held June S. 1902 and
therefore protest against the CLAIM,
that the Hon, J. M. Terrell has 70
eeiVed 1876 votes, or any number Of
votes by which it is claimed thar he
Is the nominee of the democratic nartv
for the Office of governor of toe state
of Georgia.
Inis protest is based on the fol.
lowing grounds, to wit:
THAT in the county of Cobb 7 N
Grant chairman of the democratic
executive committee of said county
did issue ami circulate circn;ar sion.
ed by him in which ne stated that
no ballots would be counted in the
democratic primary in said county nm.
less each ballot mad his name ae,
chalIman, thereon, and in that wav
and manner and by such means a
Ifee expression of the opinion of the
voters was prevented in said county.
Further that in the county Of
Banks, tickets. claiming to be Off
clab were printed and circulated in
WATCH sac s....aosi ef tsye candidates
ior tne nomination for governor On
pont Guerry and J, H. Estill. were
printed with a blank or obliteratinq
rule printed over said names there
ny preventing voters in said county
from expressing their caoice of can
dldates at the polls at said promary
election
And this said protestant, ]. II. Es-
llll, further declares that he believes
that said unfair and undemocratic
methods used in the county of Cobb
and the county of Banks were also
used in ot'ner counties to obtain votes
for the said Hon. ]. NJ. Terrell in vio-
Iation Of the rules promulgated by
the state democratic executive com
mttee.
I'm the county of Laurens, where
there was only a small majority of
votes cast against the said ]. II. Es-
TIL. he is informed that one precinct
was not counted, and ne believes that
said uncounted precinct would have
given him the majority of the votes
in said county.
In the county Of Jefferson ne is re.
llabiy informed that one or more Dro.
cincts were closed before the hour of
closing prescribed by law, and had
said voting precincts been kept omen
until the proper hour of closing same
had arrived, he would nave received
a majority of the votes in said coun-
ty
Moreover, he mas reason to believe.
ANA in some instances has wat he
deemS to be reliable information
that he received a majority of votes
in the following counties, which coun-
ties are reported to have given ma
jorities to Hon j. NJ. Terrell or Hon
Dupont Guerry, namely: Emanuel
Towns, Union, White Dawson, Wash
ington Murray, Dade, Lowndes. Gill
mer, Forsyth, Worth, Miller, Fannin.
Colquitt and others.
"And, furthermore, he is informed
tnat in the county of TatnaIl. in one
Of the precincts, the manager refused
to open the polls, because there was
no one present to represent Mr.. Guer-
ry as his managej and the other
voters, VINO were thus disfranchised
were adnerents of the protestant. J.
II. Estill, were deprived of their right
to vote.
He further AYERS from general re-
port that unfair means were resorted
to in registering voters; that facili-
ties were afforded the adherents of
Hon. j. NJ. Terrell and not those of J.
H. Estill and Dupont Guerry to reg
lister by means of divers devices.
And he further believes that thera
are other irregularities in other coun-
ties, and that if there is another count
and the Irregularities and illegalites