The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Speaker Morris Says Judge
GOber Won the Race
Illegally
HE SENDS IN HIS PROTEST
Claims that Ballots Cast for Him
Were Taken From the Box, His
Name Erased and Judge Go
ber's Placed on the Ticket.

Atlanta, April 26.-The contest be
tween Hon. Newton A. Morris and
Judge George r. Gober for the demo
cratic nomination Tor judge Of the su.
sperior court of the Blue Ridge circuit
will be the most sensational matter to
be brought up at the meeting of the
state executive committee, and per
haps before the state convention when
liz is held.
Mr. Morris yesterday filed his notice
of contest with Chairman Ed T. Brown
His charges are sensational. He says
that in Fannin county not only were
voters Influenced against him, but
that votes actually polled for him
were changed by the Gober managers,
SO chat they We're counted for Judge
Gober and against Mr.. Morris.
The protest is a lengthy document
which goes thoroughly into the situa
tion, A copy of the protest filed oy
MI Morris with the executive commit
tee Of Fannin county it attached This
notice the petition says, was ignored
Alleged Irregularities.
1t is alleged that the election in
Fannin county was Illegal, fraudulent
and void for the following reasons:
Morris was not given representation
in Fannln county, as provided by rule
VII Of the committee. He made time-
y requests to the executive committee
Of Fannin county more than ten days
before the date Of the election, for rep-
resenteeion a two precinc1s, known
as Blue Ridge and Morganton. The
county committee, through its chair
man, promised and agree to give him
representation at the TWO precincts
in the persons of Win Allen at the
Blue Ridge precinct and John Tram,
nell at the Morganton precinct. This
contract and agreement was not kept
and the two parties were not made
either clerks or managers, and nc
notice was given Mr.. Morris that the
agreement was not TO be kept, and he
did not know that the agreement had
been violated until after the election
had been had.
AT Morganton precinct where, upon
its face the returns showed Gober. 1926
land Morris 6 votes, Virgil Dawes, one
of the managers of said precinct, de-
/ clares Mr.. Morris substituted large
number Of ballots with the name OF
Gober therein for ballots which had
been voted by legal voters for Morris
Dawes would take ticket offered by
a voter, the notice of protest declares
open it and look at it, put it in his
pocket or destroy it and place instead
in the ballot box ticket with the
name Of Gober thereon which had not
been voted by the voter.
Names We're Added.
During the noon recess at Morgan
Ton precinct, it is declared when the
lyoting had been stopped and when the
ballot box and talley sheets were in
charge Of the managers, 20 names
we're added to the talley sheets anC
votes for these placed in the ballot
box in favor Of Judge Gober, where
las, in fact, the parties represented by
the 20 named did not appear and vote
at the election.
| It is further claimed that in the Nor
canton precinct there was no regis
tration list and the managers were no
sworn according to law. During The
time Of balloting the talley sheet dis
| appeared, but the voting continue,
without it.