French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

,,,7 a statement TO the GREENSBORO
,-.u.s last Sunday in which he stated
.,o+ . denial was made at the hearing
,.oforn Judge Bond in Raleigh. by both
resistant Attorney General and Col.
william G. Lamb of ever having ruled
,rat on unmarked ballot was illegal.
N.Y. 1r' statement has been used freely in
49, napers by the Republicans since
t t,o controversy and and the Republi-
cans sent out literature purported 10
~ nxtracts from ruling of Mr.. Cal
yerts. -. ..,,
AIR Britt has kept the matter IN
.o,rt 50 constantly that have hesita-
"a ahout discussing the facts and law
~ tho situation in the press. But, as
al Rritt has not been advertent to
no almost uniform custom that exists
hon cases are in court-and certain
W, i applies to all lawyers having
cosos in court-and in order to pro-
tocf myself and the Democracy of Bun
oombe county and the tenth conS1es-
sionaI district, I feel it Is necessary
20 talk feeling that this custom has
hoar 50 grossly and f1agrantly viola
tod nv Mr.. Britt. and such erroneous
t,'nressions have been created by
+bnsa constant publications, especially
IN the GREENSBORO News, that IN de-
frnse of myself and of the parry wn1ca
I nave Il e hc:lur to repre- sent In Ca'
',ietrirt and III this state. I deem it Ell
oirelv within the bounds of reason and
MON, inv to make q statcts Cnt.
Mr. Britt's claim to have been cleo
g.. Ia Congress from this strict, r.
a,,rc;; ~ it's fin = analysis that Il q
sufficient number of ballots honestly
a.. tor me in this dist;ict should ha
,nrnw>, out, he would l.. left with a
mai lity. If this is done, and ballot
aetna iv cast for me are dlsl egarded
MS y ish is gratified.
me statement has been made and
reiterated that the county canVasslne
~c.Y6 of Buncombe county did injus-
tice TO Mr.. Britt. This is false, and
e1css SANDER of the good men wnt
IMPOSED that board. They simply
tof.nte6 the ballots actually cast TO-
mo and cast for Mr.. Britt, in the bal
lot boxes of Buncombe county In al
cases where the returns had peel
made to them.
81 make the assertion. based upor
accurate information, that if all marx
ed and unmarked ballots had beer
counted in every precinct in Bun
comba county my majority in the dis
trict would have exceeded Mr.. Brltt
and I challenge him to deny 1t ant
successfully prove his denial.
"I make the further statement
based upon accurate information, tina
to count all the ballots in this dis
trict put into the ballot boxes, marked
and unmarked, that a majority o
these ballots cast by the electors II
the tenth congressional district Wer
caet for me. Therefore, when yol
consider BuncombS county alone y
consider the district as whole,
have been honestly elected If the &C
tual votes put in the ballot boxes ar
counted.
Il pretermit any discussion of tn
vast amount of money spent by Wal
street and thoes who are seekln
snecial privileges by leglslatlon
Congress, and I base my claim anu
seat in the 65th Congress upon I'll
ground that l was elected by the W
ters of the tenth congressional ols
trict. Notwithstanding the vast lIlIu
cace brought to bear against me iron
Wall street and the advocates OF spec
al privilege. ~,
- challenge Mr.. Britt to count III
ballots put into the ballot boxes III III
district or. if YOU please, in Buncomb
county alone; either, and l VIII D
elected.
y denounce. in behalf Of myself an
the democracy OF BuucOmbe county
and the tenth congressional distrlc
his pettv whining and baseless com
planning about wrong having bee
done Mr.. Britt by the action OF tn
county board of canvassers or by any
..JGN else.
! want to say this with emphasl
tl?q the statements made by Mr.. Brit
f-,f REPRODUCED in the editorial page
of he Greensboor News that the boar
Of canvassers of ~BuncomDe count
'n2uu picked the precincts IN oFder
create a majority for me IS totally an
absolutely false. The board OF car
yassers of Buncombe county gave MI
Britt every opportunity to be hear'
He secured an adjournment Tor III
purpose of being heard, as ne STATES
about the unmarked ballots in the seN
eral precincts. The board granite
this adjournment, and the chalrma
said that they would give Mr.. Brit
Mr.. Settle and his other attorney
plenty Of time. Instead of doing tn
thing that they asked the adjournm1eI
for. they used the time thus obtalne
for the purpose of securing mands
mus to compel the board to count
specific number of votes for me an
for him, which he. and not the boar,
had figured out: He lost upon Ill
mandamus. The court found the e.
sential facts upon which the mandf
mus was based against him. He the
reserted to an injunction to tie up I'd
state board.
And all this noise and claim
fraud and wrong-doing has been base
upon the fact when you get to the DO