Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-09-26

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ley. Robertson, in his notice, con.
tests the vote of Z. Ii. Motley, OH
the ground that he was not a
registered voter. The 2 evidence
proves positively that I. II. Motley
did not vote at all. But the Demo
cratic House, to get the one vote
needed, threw out the vote of
Buck Motley, although his vote
was not even contested, and in
face of the fact that he was duly
registered and was personally
known to the judges of election as
the veritable Buck Motley him
self. This fraud reduced the Re-
publican vote to thirty-three and
increased the Democratic vote to
to sixty-six and exactly two-thirds
of ninity-nine; but there was to be
an election of a Delegate in place of
Boiling and as Hubbard, the chca-
ted and defrauded Senator from
the Buckingham district, would
be certainly elected, it.was neces.
sary still further to red uce the Re-
publican vote, and hence Banks
and Parker were unseated, though
it was an undeniable fact that they
had each received majority of the
total registered vote of Norfolk city.
This act reduced the Readjuster
vote to thirty-one, which enabled
the Democrats to pass nearly all
their partiZan measures over the
Executive veto.
But the Democrats were disap.
pointed in the Norfolk election.
They had so amended the charter
of that city preliminary to unseat-
ing Banks and Parker as to give
their party control of its election
machinery, even to requiring a
new registration, and they confden-
tly relied on gettingtwo Democrats
elected as the price of having chea.
ted Banks and Parker of their
seats. But these two gentlemen
as we'll (as Mr.. Hubard) were re.
elected by largely increased ma
jorities, which restored the Re-
publican vote to 81.
The Democrats again lacked one
vote to give them the desired two
thirds. To get this needed vote a
charge was trumped up against
Griffin, the Republican delegate
from York, and the Democra-
tic Committee OF the House ac-
tually reported in favor of unseat-
ing him, although it was a fragrant
notification of the Constitution.
This outrage on the organic law of
the State was not cOnsummated,
because the absenteeism Of Repub-
lican members rendered it unnec-
essary at the regular session, and
the acquisition of the vote of Mr..
Winn (of Lunenburg at the extra
session gave the Democrats the
magic 67.
But to meet any accidental
emergency, the case of Griffin has
been kept open, and to make as
surance doubly sure the Demo.
cratic Committee of Privileges and
Elections has repofteLA. favor of
seating Lewis (Dem.) as the Del-
egate from King William, the Dem.
ocratic clerk of that county having
transposed the respective votes of
the two candidates, and converted
Mr.. Mooklar's (Rep.) majority of
92 for the Democratic candidate.
o, Democracy ! dark, mysterious
and past finding out are thy ways.
With Danville circulars, the people
are deceived by daring falsehoods
With sulphuretted hydrogen gas,
meetings are broken
up and now county clerks are en-
couraged, if not invited, to change
of their own sweet will Republican
majorities into Democratic ma
iorities o, Democracy the world,
the flesh, and the devil are all
thine own. Y.