The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-10
LOCAL MATTERS.
NOTES ABOUT THE ELECTION
The Radicals Meditatins a Contest.
COMPARISON OF THE VOTES OF NOvEM.
BER AND MAY. ~

Although They were mol NJ all cOnlahnI nl
carrying the city, and gave it up early on
the afternoon of election day, the Radical Is
affect to be greatly surprised at the result,
and are loud in their charges OF fraud and
intimidat ton, notwithstanding the fact that
everything was done in accordance with
the strict requirements Of the United States
Marshal, whose deputies were at every poll,
while a hundred soldiers were quartered in
the heart Of the city in readiness to do his
bidding. .s7T~E>.EFE.t
Their principal complaint seems to be
that they did not have time to poll their
whole strength. !
Some of the defeated candidates show
their intention to contest the election, and
Messrs: Smith and Chandler went on to
Washington yesterday morning, their object
being, it is said, to consult with Judge I'm
derwood and 3concoct q scheme for setting
aside the election by an appeal to the Fed
eral courts. As q preliminary to this effort
to defeat the expressed will Of the people,
the following protest appeared in the State
Journal yesterday evening: - !
SECOND PRECINCT, JEFFERSON WARD,
'--..1 h. RICHMOND, VA, K ov. s, 1870. ;
This is to certify thst Twas appointed and act
ed supervisor In The above ward and precinct :
rim. the el. cton on tue day of November, 1872,
and thai Edward Ruderson and Joseph Eiiyson,
hoEh colored were refused The right to vote, al
though having trans fers fcom til first to the Sc
c3ud precinct in this ward, At the appointed
hour In the morning for opening the polls one Of
the judges of election WAS absent, and over one
hour was lost before another was procured. The
voting daring the day was obstructcd and delayed
bg aski trivial and unnecessary questions even
after the answers given b. voters gave satlsf4c-
tory proof Of the ident y as the persons regis
tered, -. .-
10 carry ont this work runners were sent with
them in order TO be sure they lived in the exact
place stated thereby causing further delay: OBJ
je t. d o this, AID was informed by r,r. Rogers,
one OF the gentlemen conductiog The ecc ION, lpa'
he was very willing to extend the same privilege
to the Republican officers and clialengers.
have several notes in my book hist intend To
use In case o: contest l win here state two
cases. One is that Of William Burton, (colored,
who changed his residence since the LAST revision
of registration and moved t. another precinct In
This ward and who was refused the right to vote.
The ether Is the case Of John Powell t~h'rel
| t. vote against my protest, OF course -....
The registered vote OF this precinct Is about 200
and only It'll over 400 votes were poled, al
though ut the time OF closing thers were over Isl
| colored men in the street waiting 10 cast theil
[ now protest against the whole proceedings o
! the voting during tie day ~ IN Outrage On ths
THoS. LEAHEY, Supervisor.
| In this connection we cannot refrain from
reminding them that the white registered
majority In this city after the completion o
| the registration in October was one Thousand
and thirty.siX-had every white voter il
the city cat his vote on yesterday and every
colored voter done the same-after a du'
allowance being made for white Radical
and colored Conservatives, the majority fo
the Conservative ticket would have beer
not less than eight hundred. So all thi
talk about negroes not voting is "bosh,
and intended to serve VilIainous purpose
The apathy exhibited by the people il
the late campaign just closed is well illus
trated by a comparison of the votin!
strength called out at the two municipa
elections which have taken place this year
This comparison will show that Ellyson il
May received 1861 more votes than keilee!
| in November, and that Cbahoon's strength
exceeded Smiths by 1853 votes. 1t will
thus be seen that although our majority al
this time is larger than in May. not les
than 1,3O0 Conservatives ansented them
selves from the polls. We may add that The
conservative vote would doubtless have
been lighter still had not the Federal troop;
made their appearance.