The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-23

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1.-THE Independents partys Of date October ISs
1875. -
4,sTherep Of the Nary Hlll meeting, 81
g.. Proof OF the compact or anderrtand.
Hing between The Republican aud Indepsnd-
ent partfes, embracing the general under.
standing as TO- mutual support OF candidates,
money paid By The committee and treasurer
| Of the Independent party to- the Republican,
Committee 70 get out the negro vote
pledges Of the Independent candfd fdAtes 70
support the Republican policy on the consti.
tntional amendment disffanchisirg for petty
larceny; fair dealing Of the Repu ublicans la
putting the names OF Knight and Starke on
their tickets, and tfelchery of the Indepsnd.
ents In leaving Norfnand Smiths name Oh
theirs. They gain the votes OF the negroes
OF the county by the fidelity of Smith, and
also over five hundred negro votes tn the
city which they would not have gotten but
| for the belief OF the negroes that they were
voting for Smith, w hose name was put on 2
/ five thousand tickets; by the Indepeuden Is
but, left off of fifteen thousand. All this !,
proved by deposftions Of John s. Wise and
Captain Bohonon on cross. examination and
by the deposition ID chief OF Nermand4
Smith. I! s
| Is. Two hundred and seyenty-fve islegats
negro votes cast for Starke and Knlght by
negroes who did not reside In the precincts
| In which they voted proof Of the latter
fact being the testimony sof sfnteliig ent can.'
vassers who went through lheir respective
precincts ,proyi Wit lists taken from the
Iregistrstion- books OF colored voters, with :
their residences; that said canyassefs irts
braeed In said lists at their registered resi-9
dences, and generally throughout the pre-5
t,cinct, following out inteilig gently ard honv
testify every clue obtained, and reporting as
nonresident Ia their respective precincts
any such voters as they found living outside
Of them, or such as could not be found any
where within them, after such duigsnt in.i
quiry. The proof that these negro Yoter5
| voted for Knight and Sfarke rests, as to some
| Of them-that Is, all that could be found,
| most OF them, naturally enough, keeping out
Of the way, illegal voting being q felonysby
statute-on their own direct rfessicn but
as to most OF them, only in the genersl TACT
| that they are negroes, ana OF the
compact above proved, and upon PROOF
Of the terrorism and persecution brought
/ to bear upon the negroes by their .oWn
party and color to prevent them voting
i lUE 0cQcldl oOnnoSu dn0 SuO SOtloSA
ticket, and also upon the evidence of witt
nesses from both sides thar very few nee
groes--notj over two hundred in all-goled,
the Conservative ticket. IL. y ys.s !.
The act Of the General Assembly, Code OF
/ 1873, chapter 8, section /, requiring that all
depositions shall conclude within twen.ydaTs
sitter the day OF the election contested, coura-
sci for General johnson now close these de-
positions. 5st,l ! 500 I. $
The Proof OF Colonel Tanner. 800
The aim of, Colonel Tanners counsel, so
far, has apparently been to traverse Mr.
Starke's general allegations Of fraud, and to
establish the fact that the election was not
only as fair as any election has ever been, Or
can be, under the ballot system, but has been
In fact an unusually fair one ana that II II.
regularities are charged against the regular
Conservative ticket, they are more taan ses
off by the over.zealous efforts OF the inde.
pendent ticket to secure votes on the dag OF
election. ga s 81 Il - 4, 81.
In the First precinct Of Jefferson Ward, Of
which SO much has been said, II seems TO De
the ain, to rebut the testimony Of Mr. Starka
i by counter evidence so positive and con-
yincing that the community and the Sena.e
must believe it more reasonable to suppose
certain gentlemen of undoubted integrity
land honest purpose are mistaken as 70 tneir
accuracy than that various gentiemes OF
equally high standing and irreWoacasple
character should deliberately perjuyc them
selves as sworn officers Of election. Com.
! parativeiy little has. been eifcIted as TO lhe
Second precinct Id Jefferson Ward beyond
| the fact that various names exhibited ,by
/ Mr.. Starke as having twics voted are in fact
the names OF different persona equally enti-
tied to vote, and therefore that Mr. StafkeS
EaDegat!nns 40 10 the Second precinct OF aJst-
ferson Ward are erroneous. 90 "
Several gentlemen whose e8ngnaes ara ex.
hibited by Mr.. Starke, whom he had reason
to believe were ready to swear they voted
for him and not for Colonel Tanner, hase
ifestified that MIR. Starks Is mistaken, and tbet
| they did vote for Colonel Tanner
] ysews OF sEr. Jehn S.Rlse,
I Mr.. wise says in relatioe 20 the reslsits Of
Ithe contests thus: The contestant nas
lmroved III 103 legal voters at the First PIE.
tcinef IN Jefferson Ward that .theys deposited
4 halIots for Knight. " From this preeine aTiy
i ia votes were returned for KDight, ane Ss!5
6or johnson. He has also pSoTed = ilseest
vo,ea at this precinct, and that four voters
uho deposited ballots did not vote for Jchii-
Isan. Johnson's msj0rity ins The district nsipg
I174. take OF the Z Y0tes it leaves but l6l ma'
Iforify. Then from the 1066 votes fos kn!gnb
nike The l3aIioSed Knfght, aud y leaves Dim
o5, They added 10 Elm end taken ,ston sla
Johuson. ss they fmnst be, Leave hnlens e
) ahead 0f johnson ln she alsssi g ..,aas "a
conte estant has aise sfsus glsss.ls s.leus
1 Iyotas ia the Se6nd precinct 9l yensssssSss sss
EWard and the Second preanct @ Y M sssa s,sn
ward. and relies on these iacta ala ~. a.s
tieged 81 I've sA's -