The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-08

matte Plan OF Election Fraans
Over the stase-sfany R~pusl-
cans Denied the Right to Register
Doodle and Booze Used by the
Democrats - Many Illegal Votes
Cast.
Continued from last week.
We give below extracts from let
tiers from other counties showing the
contemplate methods used BY Dem
ocrats in the recent election
Durham County.
From Durham We receive the fol-
lowing information:
I'm this county a great deal OF
money was used by the Democrats, Ii
Is said. But the size Of the Demo
| planned by their increase in votes, but
by the loss in the Republican votes.
| This occurred largely on account OF
the hundreds OF Republicans who
failed TO pay their poll tax before the
| LIST day of May. This will not occur
again, so ii is safe TO say that there
are six or seven hundred more Re
publican votes now In the county that
will be cast at the next election than
were cast at this election"
Johnston County.
A letter from Johnston County
says:
There were enough frauds in one
township (O'Neills) In this county to
defeat our State Senator, in spite of
the fact that Sampson County in
creased its majority materially this
| year over two years ago. I am in
formed that a canvass of the voters in
that township shows that TIA men
voted the Republican ticket, while
only &c men voted the Democratic
ticket. / am told that the TIA Re-
| publicans are ready to swear that
| they every one voted the whole
| ticket. When the Democratic cleo
ton officials counted out the vote in
that township they gave the Repub-
Gratis 219, thus stealing from the Re
publicans 81 votes and padding the
Democratic vote to the extent of AZ,
making difference of 81 votes. III
| the vote in this box had been counted
| honestly, our State Senators would
have been elected by 33 majority. II
methods like this were carried on in
| ~ nv +nu CD,
| fraud to make Johnston County Re-
| publican, and if the same kind of
| frauds were carried on all over the
| State there were enough to make the
| State Republican. This does not take
| into account any frauds that the
Democratic registrars may have COM
mitted in registering voters who were
qualified to register, nor does it take
into account the use of money and
whiskey by 'prohibitionists'
Ireden County.
From Iredell comes the following
| information:
''In this county there was, from my
best information, a Wholesale steal
from the registration, and, besides, a
thorough and very effective knitting
of our ticket on the part of certain
so-called Republicans. We gained in
this county at least 800 votes from
the Democratic party but we lost that
many or more Republican votes,
toned or from other causes unac-
counted for. Our ticket was behind
only about 700 votes. II what might
be called the anti-Morehead Repub-
licans had been loyal to the ticket,
with the large number of recruits
that we gained, we would have either
carried the country or had 1t tied, af-
ter losing the large amount of votes
that were disfranchised by the Dem
ocratic registrars. Besides, the Dem
ocrats, to the surprise of everybody,
had a good deal Of money; where
they got it. do not know; but they
used 1t with considerable effect
Again. the registration books In this
county were withheld from examina-
ton by our people until CHALLENGING
day. In violation of law. It win be
clearly seen from these conditions
that Iredell County. under fair cleo
ton, with no corrupt use OF money,
and with all Republicans being loyal.
would have this year gone Repub-
1ican."
| Nash County.
A prominent Republican In Nash
County writes as follows:
The element OF Republicans who
nave heretofore been having things