The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-01
THE ELECTION FRAUDS
some of the Letters Received
by The c.ue.saaa Sin<s
the Eleetion.
FRAUDS or ALL KINDS

FRAUDS or ALL KINDS
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shl.~si--st~ay Illegal vese. c~.x.
The infornssion ~hleA TIE caa-
casioa las besa Teoelstng ever day
sinca Soxember ssh wcaid Inateats
systematic plan Of sae<slos fFaaaa
u various klads permissible EnAss
he Democrats slsessoa la~ fron
cue end of the state TO the other. u
seems that The most wtdsspreaA
sekeme OF the sane character was
'raad practiced hy registrars IL pre-
senung Republicans from register
AZ who we're entitled to 90 80 anA
termit;tng Democrats 10 register
nd vote who wsre not ens!tied. ssen
lnder the Democratic Ian.
In addition. there ware ths vart-
ous kinds of frauds pract.es6 on the
lay oe the election and - the tine
of the counting OF the vote. which
have been In vogue In North Caro-
Ina under the Simmons ballot boz
stuEnng machine for many years.
practIced here and there with varia-
sions and where IL might Seem The
conditions we're more favorable TO
that kind OF frauds. The Caucasian
gives below q few Of the extracts
from a large number Of letters re-
ceived which show The eharasier asd
variety Of frauds in the different sec
tions OF the State.
Rutherford County.
A letter from thia county siasa:
There were irregularities OF vAri-
Gus kinds In this county and over
the whole congressional district. so
far as I have been able 10 learn. In
this county alone the Democratic
Registrar disfranchlsed so or 90
white men. apparently for thu sole
reason that they would vote the Re
publican ticket Among those dis
franchised was an old Confederate
soldier. crippled in the service
Burke County.
A letter from a prominent Rapuh-
lican in this county says: I'm Burke
County the Democratic election on
cials made no apparent effort 10 give
US a fair election. In one box. TO
my knowledge. many illegal votes
were cast. II was remarked. By .
fair-minded man that even q cow
could have voted in my box .f she
would have agreed 10 vote the DEM
oeratic ticket. IL seems that every
thing In the name OF Democracy is
right In the eyes OF some Democrats,
and especially ss TO frauds and cleo
tions. feel that the day will soon
come in North Carolina. when our
fair. brave and honest people will
not tolerate such conditions"
Chatham County.
From q Chatham letter ne make
the following extract: II heartily
endorse your position Of ferreting
out all election frauds and irregu-
larities- Permit me TO state that In
my precinct they used Doodle and
booze. notwithstanding their prohi-
bition pretensions. 20 the limit.
think that they have voted In this
precinct at least a hundred Illegal
voters. They have voted some men
who live In South CarolIna- Several
have not paid their poll taxes-
think cur people should have those
who perjured themselves. as swear
ing that they have paid their poll
tax, indicted. and trust that our
county committee will take action
along this line. I am told that at
one or two boxes they counted more
ballots than they had names on the
registration books. | think The
Caucasian is right In taking the po-
sition that we should begin now for
the next campaign, - we did In the
two years from 1892 TO 1884, The
two years by The Caucasian was
largely responsible for the results in
the election OF 1894"
Pitt County.
A letter from Pitt states: .T have
no proof. OF frauds committed In this
county. for here there seem TO be NJ
causes for fraud. but "A TO other
counties In this section / have diff
ferent information There WAS q
great falling OF In the vote In this
county. but II was greater for the
Democrats than for us- While cur
vote -fell oG. yet the Democratic ma
jority in this county will be reduced.
think about 400. This II true. In
epite OF the fact that the Democrats
were< fighting apparently for their
lives In this campaign A more. bit
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