W. M. Jackson Write* About
The Australian Balot Law
SAYS WAS SNEAKED BY HIM
m la aay state in the Un
i hwr Is ca' d the
Law, bat hi my Ja it)
Griat at Csld
Stanley coaatiaa.
title waa all that waa
of tha Hooa* at
you see It only
to Caldwell and Stanley
aaftwaaaat
I bog to say that I wax just
•a aacbjurpriMd as you eoold have
haan when I noticed Tom Boat's arti- •
4e ta the Greensboro News some ten ;
4ays ago, la which he stated that;
lorry County, Alexander and some
ether coonties ware included in my
WII. I presumed then that theae coun
piHipBHHMH
_J added in the Senate and
I find oa investigation, that that
waa the ease. As to who was reepon
riUr for the other counties I do not
yet know, but on receipt of your let
tar I remembered that Senator Boyett
was Chairman of the Senate Commit
tee oa Election Laws and I went to
his home yesterday afternoon, found
Mb in bed sick, but was able to get
aa tatarview with him. He tells me
that it is his recollection that Sena
tw Woltz, of Gaston, was instrumen
tal In having Surry County placed
'* * operation of our bill. I
Owpn of Sampson, placed
in it by a sapalsmiatal |
MO, hot I did not know that these oth
m coon ties were included, and I am
hi no way responsible therefor, nor
la Mr. Qnat. when the bill was in- ;
traduced by Mr. Grist and Myself the
hill only referred to Stanley and
Caldasn Counties, and so far as I
know R Ml the Rouse In that form. ,
I wear even heard Surry County
■d In this connection by deal
er republicans. 1 trust you
wilt believe me when I tell you this.
T was elected ta represent Stanley
Ml Bam County or any other coun
ts and I believe what yon know of
Ste while in the House will bear me
«at In this If this matter has or
ghall cause you aay trouble or eiabar
AM I am la no way responsible'for
jay county being In the bill except
If you are throuvh Albemarle at I
may Dm, It aora to look Br up.
kmming you of My paraonal re
Youra nn truly.
To«. P. "*
b jostle* to Mr. WoKa rafarrad to
i tha tkofi tettor 1 bat to iM)
ha dmiaa havfciff anything to 4o
wtth placing Surry County in tha
Auatralian Ballot Ml, but admit* that
ha knew a bill wa. introduced for
m. c
I M HfJ
to
_ . h' the AuatnUu
BUI. I did lit know it until ! re
nM ymm Mv. I hnaa mm Mm
who did H, bat I npmh it waa th«
iirtf work mi iuh democratic peli
■ BUI for s;
II *H t eoyy of the
or Mil. morn did sot ra
rer to the Stanley and <aldwell Bill,
lint whaii It inartod mto tew, it
ra in tlM Stuh; Mid Caldwefl BU.,
pot thetr b~ Senator Johnson, of My
ftacrict. I wMi 1 waa aMa to glee
jrou hw information in regard to
tMa Matter. bat I Ian aa way of
finding mrt^^botto^o, >o«r cawnly
war* Mintiji m that Stanley and
Caldwell 5S*.
With boat wiahn. I bad to rrnmmm.
Toon »ary truly.
Thoe. E. Owen."
K. C.
Oct. «th, 192-4.
Hon. W. 11. Jackann,
Doboon, N. C.
My Bear Sir:
Replying to your latter, I will aay
I waa mm Much aurpnaed aa yoa were
So hear that Sorry County waa in
1 uded is the Calitaril BhMitay ao-call
•d Australian Ballot Bill paaaad dur
tng the recent Extra Session of the
Legislature. I remember very well
irhen tha Dnmgat dner-Criat Bill,
lilacing Caldwell and Stanley Coon
:iea under a so-called Australian Bal
lot Law, waa before tha Hooae for
mnaiderntion and pnaoage. At no
lime waa it nude known to the Mes
srs of the Houae while tha bill waa
kcii( voted upon that Surry County
eaa included in its proviatona. Aa
he toll waa read by the reading clerk
t applied only to the twa counties
"alowell aad Stanley.
Bala Ct of the Houae of Bepreaen
•ativee reads aa film:
ahall t£
of tha same."
of tha aoh
of a bill referred to in the fore
. _ role la the title or cap
ion of tha bill aad except in eery
rare inataacee tha title or caption of
i local or public local bill la all that
a road by the reading clerk when the
>ill conies up to be voted upon, it ba
ng understood by all of the members.
uid inquired by Hooae Bala il.
he title or cup?ion carriea a trne
joees of the bill.
You, Mr. Jackson Jiad no notice that
Surry County was includ.-d in a bill
ehich by its title referred only
to Caldwell and Stanley Conation.
I do not know who ia responsible for
be dirty job of placing Barry Con
;y under a detestable and unfair eo
•alled Australian Election Law in
plain violation of Houae Rule &1 and
ill other rules of decency. Honesty
ind fair dealiag, bat I assure the cit
zenship of the good County of Sor
ry that yoa had no means of knowing
hat Sorry County was included in a
Jill the title or caption of which ap
plied only to Caldwell and Stanley
Counties.
Yours very truly.
Chaa. H. Cowlea."
I further bcf to uhriic that Hon.
Chas H. Cow Irs and I roomed togeth
rr while attending the recent extra
session of the Legislature and we
■rare together day and night, and that
Mr. Cow las is a memt er of the House
Committee of Election Law* and says
that at no time when he was present
it the meetings of the committee was
Snrtjr County in any bill pending be
fore said committee or mentioned In
■onnection with the so-called Stanley
ind Caldwell BUI. He farther says
that the Bumgardner-Grist Bill was
lever amended in the House placing
Surry County in Mid bill, fiat he
had nothing to do with keeping Yad
kin and Wilkes or any other counties
nut of the bill, as he had no notice
*f any bill excel* the Bumgardner
Grist Bill for only Caldwell and Stan
ley Coantiaa, and that his coonty
rould hare aa easily been sneaked In
to that bill as 8«rry County.
The unfair and dishonorable demo
cratic politicians who sneaked Sorry
County bit* thia bUI knew they
wonld have to keep it absolutely from
me and conceal Its tracks. Vhlch they
ilid I* order to get H through, for
-hay well knew thwre wars enough
honest democrat members in the
House that would stand by me and
keep Surry County oat of this abom
n^i'iiiiM Th*t mmtm nkd ** tk*
11 iiIiumi i i ; hi aimaad
Sorry Comity art given the power*
of the Cnr of Rmm. with tW only
mam «f the Board of |
Sorry County, for under aid act tW
mlitwn arc fini the power to ap
point all the Marker* to
desiring lo vot« whi
vote without assistance hi the pre
paration of their ballots, by the turn
sent of the Chainaaa of the Board of
Elections
If the Chairman performs his dut
ies as in my judgment is contemplat
ed under said act the marker* wiTtX
he composed of an equal number oW
democrats and repablicans, because
the Registrars are to appoint the I
marker* "by the consent of the said '
Chairman. AH marker* shoo Id be
appointed before the day of election
by the registrars and by and with
the concert of the said Chairman.
Under the Bnncomb Comity Ana-,
♦rallan Ballot Law are two official
marker* for each votinf precinct, one
democrat and one republican, recom
mended by the Chainaaa of the De
I mocratlc County Executive Commit
tee and the Chairman of the Repub
lican County Executive Committee,
yet Surry's law does not make this
provision, but Justice aiu^ right <)r.
msnds H and this la the course par
sued by the people of Buncumb
County, in administering their elec
tion law for the poor and unfortunate
that cannot read and write.
I certainly hope and trust that the
officer* in chair* the coming elec
tion will administer the preeent elec
tion law on the elect! sa day fairly
and honestly, so that when election
| is over that republicans as wall a*
democrats will feel that they have
been given a fair deal.
! want the good people of Bun;
County, regardleee of party, who ka
li honest elections te i shake the
of tricksters, who placed this
expensive election law on as.
If I am sleeted, and I expect to ha,
I will repeal thie law by and with
the consent of honest mwhins of
the next General Assembly.
Dobeon. N C„ Oct. 14th, MM.
wm
if Forsyth
Albert Byrd. ae«rn, of Lenoir
■oonty. rrimmaJ aaaanlt, and Jim Col
in*, Mfn at
r r* ti »
T«C
•r old youth
Cecil Brewer. tt-jwr old youth
xxwrnp. hi a patient at Martin M*m
Tim) hnaptta! nheie he ia mo»n in*
'mm Injai i«* wwlr»< when he ram*
a roataet with the hull of a taulr
"«fl wm op early mm
faa
ha
■ the
T not
the
of *M Berk the hoy
sp a bonrh of
away at the
m the flank,
rhla bin—tit forth a aqaaal and a
:lek followed with am heel landtnir
qaare on the aid* of Cecil"* head
la kept Ma premnte of mind and
nada hh way to the himaa where hla |
■renta aaw he wna aailunahr hurt.
fl* Hek had opened op a had rash
■n the aide of hi* hand ahoee the rar :
ind examination at the hoapital *how
d the akull to he rntrked ahoat four
nrhea al«n* the aide. The hoy ia
heeifiil. ha* remained ronatiom all
he while and I* on the mad to rrmr- ,
ry. ahhoarh he will carry the print
<f that mule'* *hoe on the side of his
Ited the remainder of hia day*, y/
ct
CfcwrgH G. O. P. Raises
Slush Fund of
mn MAT AFT
Charlotte, Oct ll.Gov.
Far
TMs
• copy of the Galax Port Herald at
last «Mk Hy O. B. Webb, Republican
Chairman, m which reference is Made
to D. A. Robertson, a former citizen
nf that town, trot now a resident of
Meant Airy. Mr. Robertson ia now
frrry much in the public eye at this
part at the county a* he ia the Re
publican candidate for
Mount Airy township. Since
to thin city he ha*
with K W Dobbin* in the
The tHppinr from the Galas
speaks hirhly of Mr Roberts*
at the request of mm ef ear
M is
-We hare jast learned that D. A
fm msi If of this place,
hi Mount Airy, M. C,i
for J ode* et the
Recorder's Coort ia Ms lu—«y. This
ro»«« as a eery pleasant bit of ia
fortoatiaa to the many friends of Mr.
Robertson ta Virginia.
"Before goiaf to Nerth Carolina
Mr. Robertson was awyer ef ear
town fsr several tsims. and fUled the
position with ability aad distinction
—with credit to himself and to the
town. Be wna a road officer aad a
rend eitisen. and if elected to thia po
sition as Jadre of the Recorder^
Coort. we know that matters coat
inr before him will he carefully look- 1
ed after and disposed of with ahss
K honesty and the best attention
jodrment."
Several Constitutional Amendments To
Be Voted Upon — What Are They?
Raleigh, Oct. 10.—Pour
aenta proposed to
ution phis the porta and terminals
»iai»n are to be submitted to the
>eople at the election next month and
o date they are conspicuously lack.
r>r for friends. Copies of the pro
meed amendments are being distri
cted hi a limited way from the office
t the secretary of state, but there is
rf> campaign for or against either or
U of them.
The first, urged by Governor Morri
m and mambus of the budget com
mission, would guarantee the hiTtota
«Uty of sinking funds. A new sec
ion would be inserted, under the bill,
ending: "The general assembly
hall not use or authorise to be aaed
ny part of the amount ef any sinking
■ad for any
it of the
who, if
aeroM.
it the
to pot it I
effort behind
that it will fee
I1
Tm Pot
ty iyM
TW
• lattar circuit** ia
hy the W«yi
at Mm
tee propomn* to raiM (MM.SM
Pennsylvania for
and aamBcd that ta
contribution from New York
be more than a million.
"Sloali fund" of nor* than tvm er
fnr» million dotlara, he Mid. waa hi
prmpact for tha nirpuaa of
the faction."
La FoOetta dropped his
a broadsword and tote into tha
pufclieaa
in a manner that
now on ha
u roiwtto
he told
eh* Republicanism at
WU that at
not that of Andrew
with nit]
This is the niinl
of th* State and the Sail
The exposure at the i
tribotioa letter, and the
the Ule»iam to Senator
■»inHi| aa Ineastigatisn by the i
mittee of which Borah is the
was prepared for by a MttsJl
meat of the Coottdc* Admjnistrntisu
>nd of he President L1 "
Senator La FoDette told Ms I
that he was expected to he <
that K was necessary for the
States to come to the rescne
West. He said he knew
State was duply rated hi
-anisni. but expressed the
State is at heart Pratrsssiis
"I firmly kdim today,''
"when the Republican Party I
nittod more completely to <
ind privilege than rt did ondw Taft,
ranta will again apeak sat for hss
•st representative, pimisssln Cor
at Washington.
Cootidge sat to th* Cab
net with Pall and Daacksvty and
Osnhy while the policies of this Ad
is cat in the United
rhea I revealed the locality and rst
ennese of the ofl Isasss and strtsmsd
i Senate iarsstigatioa of Mr. Cnoi
>aughsrl>. Den by,
tot Mi