Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-03
10 TEE DEMNCRATlC VOTERS
 OE JEFFERSON tGINTy

oF JEFFERSON tGt\Fl
 Wzsaouf wishing 10 i0Hae0eo yaur votes for ezther of the other cauzi. dates. for eircaje clerk, and wi;n ae personal malice to Hf. K F. NeNai!, wish to make a statement as L. lows: simply that 1oa may iudgo 0. his Gcmocracy and hence his clai,f To democratic support
 In 1908 l was the regular demo. cratic nominee for constable of Bar raque township. having won the non2- ination fairly. before the white dpn- oeratie voters Of the township, al the regular primary election, thai nomin9- ted county and township officers.
 Messrs. Harwell and Matthews were the nominees for justice of peac4. at the same election. At the general election following Mr McNeil, who is now asking the democratic nom;na- ton for circuit clerk, ran as an in- dependent candidate for constable ana defeated me. This was done char"e, with the negro voters of the toW.!- ship, and caused the defeat of one of the democratic nominees for justice of the peace, in the township, by a ne gro republican, Tom Mingea, by name.
 An analysis of the vote of the towa- ship will show this to be true.
 Barraque township has two votins precincts, viz: Redield and Kearnev. Nearly all of the negroes voted at Kearney, less than a dozen voting at Rodfeld
 The vote at the two precincts for constable and magistrate was ar fol lows:
 1t Redfeld.
 Fort democrat, (defeated) ,.------.,---.---.''t Matthews, democrat, (defeated> :,5 NcNeil, Independent .--...-.=..-z.-.-...--.-.-- 9 Mingea. negro republican -----------.-------
 1t kearney.
 Fort democrat C Mathews, democrat -----.-----.-.,-----,--.--=i 6 McNeil, Independent ---------,------,----,--.36 Mngea, negro republican ........---.-,-.=--.6
 You will see that Matthews, the defeated democratic nominee for nla a5- istrate and myself ran together, at each place and that McNeil and the negro ran together.
 Au analysis of this vote shows such a close parallel between the vote Tt each place in the vote cast for Me Neil and that east for the Negro re- publican candidate for justice of the peace, Tom Mingea, as to leave nc doaI}6 in an unbiased mind that tht sane CT practically the same votes were oast for each.
 This statement Of the votes is tal,en from the returns of the General Elec- ton as certified 10 by the Electio2 G0Nmissioners. and nine tenths of the white voters Of Barraque township. will bar me out in my deductions
 Of course this is a free country, and 2 Man may do as he pleases. so los% as he violates no law, but every white man knows the need Of party loyalty, in this section, and when 6 man asks for a party nomination he should have a clean record as to party loyalty, and no stain of conf vance however remote with the negro republican element in politics.
 give this statement out to the Democrats of Jefferson county, sc that you may judge for yourselves just how much NIr McNeil is entitled to yoHr support.
 have no interests as between the ot'fer candidates, but do feel that any 3aan who asks democratic nomi- nation, al the hands of his aparty should show clean party record. and net have even suspicion of collision with negro Republicans to defeat re- eular Democratic nominees.
 spectfully yours for Democratic principles. T H. FORT. 1a-29 to 12-1
 There's notnlng SO good for a sore