The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-09

Fa The Alexandria SenHnes, Q sois w. 80
called q Independent !" paper that sup.
I,ported Jaass ,BAesouE for Congress IN
ss7s sp.fnst the regular nominee Gene.
al -Ytsrox; ana which r. always more or
Less fishy, grasu.tousls Insults Tho peopse, o.
Ricbtaond, ana especially Dor Common ntl j
weasth's ateorney, first BY assusaing saa' our |
Tibet ID Richmond was eaeated Ss ffaud,
and secossS BY assuming that'tkere Is .!
Nsposaioaamongs. the pecfse here TO cover
these frauds up, IL ,frsads there were.
Nothing ssuid be furtner from the truth,
Doubtless there are mea sin both parties
here Hshe would wink al election franos
but sheanass Of the voters, Radical anu Con-
servssse, are not only willing butaesirons
thas tke elections shah sll be faitls'eondact
cd. Tue statemanx assde by Colonel As1eHr
AS 10 the votes cast last week at tbeE,st pre-:
cipassof jefferson Ward, If ftrue, DO not ny
saysmeans please the people of4kicbmond'
But they are not; such fools as to suppose
stss If there were frauds these were confined
10 one precinct. They, wish to have tho
Trough oyerhauling Of the whdleTote. There ilE
I~as majority Of GG1z in jackson Ward (alior
nearly oil negroesa for NIsHT. Does the sen.
d.i;nel pretend TO sag that these were all COCO
tvotess In fact, taking the, whole city over
!. there we're probably more than S,Ooo negro
4 votes cast for KNIGHT, and notl 600 tor JOHN
I SON. Are all these '3;0o0 10 be accepted III
| good? RI 49,.
Once more: Tbevote 1in'a1s7a was fol
KrurgR COST, iHueHEs 55ss71 total, l., 35sS
wbe, ms In 1874 only six months after wards
it was for KELLEY J,50S, SCARKE 4,s44-totai
10 ,S47, falling off OF 2,sll votes. 'Yetthe
Sentinel Is guilty Of the unfairness of com
. pairing IJoHSsoN's vote with KEMPER's, ane
| inferrius fraud fromies smailness. Ii It ha6
been greatly larger there would have bees
some reason for fnierrlog fraud, but to infel
fraud from q reduced vote yis the act Of
personal enemy, or Ola nincompoop. *,
| Finally: The yotelhas fallen off through
out Estate 10 ratio as large as that OF th'
4 reduction In RtchmoHd. The exceptions tt
this rule are few. No two elections ever rul
together as to, Numbers. So as to preeinc
votes. Invariably coae party or candidate
! gains at one precinct and loses at another
when tte votes attwo eIectionsa are compared
Monroe Ward gayeiKRApER very large ma
jority in 1873. .It:gaye JOHNSON q small oa'
In 1876. Clay Ward gave HUNDLEY tinde
dendent) majority in 1874, but gave ma
jority against KNreHE in 1875. There is nt
fairness in drawing such references ss some
uniformed and some ignorant persons haV'
drawn from the two facts that the vote IL
this city was small last week, and that some
precincts which gave larger msjorities for th
Conservative candidates than they had givel
at some previous election. Let justice b
done though The heavens fail. -. j..
! We repeat that We are for the fullest in
yestigation of the so-called frauds. Let tn
ball OF. box be Thoroughly purged. Bat II
the name Of common sense and common jus
tice don't assume that the frauds were at an
given precinct or on any giYen side. Let u
prove them wherever they were. And lie
all possess their souls in patience in full cor
i fidence that the Senate of Virginia will tt
ljustice. We did net wish to make any ed.
terial refetence to this contest, and only dc
it now in order to do justice to our own side
OF the question. If the Radicals and their
n allies will turn the whole matter over to the
, Senate we shall be content to say notanothel
! word on the subject. - ,.,. .riat -...-.a-
! TIE CAT OUT OF TEE BAa.-ln bis affidavit
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