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announced: The Defense Rests.”LAREDOCONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGEtheir pay through the Independent Club.If you believe the signatureson the applications and on the hsllot affidavit did not correspond, would you reject the ballot?” Dan Moody Jr.. court- appointed master-in-chancery, asked Goodwin.Some Votes CountedGoodwin said no, he didn’t, but there were some that he threw out for that reason, but that there were more where signatures didnot correspond and he did not throw them out.Davis Grant, assistant attorney general, read the election code with Goodwin who satd he had read it for the first time Saturday before canvassing the vote.The testimony against the long-dominant political party came at a hearing before Moody, master-in-chancery for Dist Judge Charles Betts of Austin to gather evidence on alleged violations of absentee voting in Webb County.Votes dob RequirementGates said applicants for local government Jobs had to supply lo to 80 “sure votes for the Independent Club” before they would be hired.The rancher also said employes had to kick back three per cent of their pay to their immediate supervisor and guarantee votes in all the elections to hold their Jobs.Horace Hall of Laredo, who said he had been a member of the Independent Club for years, recorded the testimony.Another packed court of Inquiry checked the same allegations before Judge R. D. Wright. Gates refused to testify before Wright and was fined $50. He told Moody:All employes of the city and county govrnment are members of the Independent Club. The elected officials and employes, at least «9 per cent, are members.”Gates said that every Independent Club candidate has won since 1939 and that every Independent Club candidate for statewide of-flees either won or led in tha runoff.Buy Poll TaxesHe said city employes during poll tax buying season may go to their Immediate supervisor or leader and receive usually $15 to purchase poll taxes on their list.”He said every city employe had a list of 10 to 80 voters that could be guaranteed to the Independent Club.Gates said all absentee ballots were notarized“Ninety-nine per cent of the notaries were members of the Independent Club and usually worked in a courthouse,” he said.♦ k”*6 A^IarPd 14 was ridiculous that 1,300 absentee ballots were cast out of about 16,000 eligible*a,d 14 doesn,t compare with other counties' absentee bal-10 til.Gates said some people at the polls were using aids, which were marked so they could see how they vote.EGYPT
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Corsicana Semi Weekly Light
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Fri, Aug 03, 1956
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