The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-29

1 through the influence of w. B. Jones, no- | torious scalawag, a large negro vote ak 1 Qemopolis, say zoo, was pledged to his brother James Taylor. Both brothers lived at Demopolis and so did Dereen, government employe at that post. It ap- peared further in the testimony that 7W negroes with democratic tickets in their hands, about to deposit them as their bal- lots, were overtaken by Dereen and his supporters, the democratic tickets takan from them and republican tickets sub stituted.
 The senate committee to investigate these contests was appointed by the lieu tenant governor. It consisted of four sem ators Pennington, carpetbagger from Lee county, was chairman, and the sena- tor from Sumter, radical Gilmore, who died before the hearings were concluded Parks. democrat. from Pike, and Edwards, democrat, from Biounts were the remaining members.
 1 Great labor was expended on Marengn 1 case. The books of the board of super visors and all the ballots from all the pre- l cincts were brought to Montgomery. It | was found the ballots in the paper box | from Dayton had dried. They were | opened by the committee and counted, showing large majority for Dereen. Judge Maupin came in response to sum- mons The clerk of the probate court came, J. w. Taylor bringing with him the 1 book of registration. A large number of | ballots were thrown out by the senate committee. The returns found in the of | flee of the secretary of state were conn pared with the precinct returns The re- suit was Dereen was declared elected over | James Taylor Jones by 263 valid votes, and the successful candidate took his seat. While the senate was not employed ex- cept in the contested election cases, the house could do nothing. Boyd of Mar lao of it's readiness for business. This motion greatly excited the radicals. Everybody knew what the senate was doing. The notification would be an insult. Parsons replied in a speech of two days delivery. :. White argued. John Bruce from Wilcox 1 spoke at length
 | Senator Spencer sat on the uneasy bench. He had been elected to succeed himself by the court room legislature. By advice of the attorney general approved l by his friend, President Grant, that legis- lature had dissolved. Would the senate admit the senator from Alabama" l Other matters directly connected with his election had risen up. The large sums | of money he required Postmaster Moulton to take from the Mobile office to support 1 the court room legislature he expected to return from the internal revenue offices. l One of the revenue officers most to be de- pended on was dead. Spencer was help
 
 idge came to Mobile unexpectedly. a spe- 1 cia1 officer. He at once detected enor- nous frauds. The money order depart ment was $29000 short the general fund was $7009.01 short. Postmaster Moulton Lewis, his assistant; his assistant Green, mailing clerk, and Cragin, stamp clerk, were all arrested. Waiving examination. all were sent forward to the United States district court.
 All parts of the state became profound ly interested. A one leg veteran. of tho Confederate army, J. H. Whitehead, was solicitor of the circuit in which was But Ter county. The credit of the state was known to be extremely low. The solicitor had all the merchants of Greenvllle ar rested for not paying their licenses. The habit was to pay these licenses later in the legal limit of time and they would have been paid thus in 1872. Whitehead conceived the plan of arresting the mer- chants so that they would be fined The fines would go to the county, payable in county scrip, to be bought at 45 cents. The state license would be let alone and Gov- ernor Lewis would lose it.
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.