New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
SENATOR BARBOUR DENIES FRAUD.
An EFFORT TO MAKE OUT CASE FOR if''-''-'
nryocp, oRING THE PROOFS
OF DISHONESTY.
OF DISHONESTY

nr,tocRArs-IGNoRIN THE PROOFS
OF DISHONESTY.
Washington July l2 CspeclaD'-. nilep - the
hopr expres,cs great surprise al "ro - eght in
Doa,,,rTr,, state Committee 10 make Il" ne 1i,.on
ii ,.epS .,,- vAar as we'll as at the reasons So
,ra.a lie says that from the position nc ''' t,
~ o' a,ai,roon ~ the Democratic Committee hc ~ w
~ tat, positively that the elections IN Nlrsinf .'
hoen a. fairly conducted as those IN an! o'''''
Among other things Mr. Barbour 'au ou. ,t.,osa
81 bovo no doubt some Republican Vo"IS ~
.o,,d NOT he shown were stricken from '"o
rou ue,s in the last campaign. l am conhde"'' ~ ~
~ mot instead Of o. 900 names being stricken Ho''
,bo noU lists the actual number dd not eA'e0u '
,r . 600 in the entire state. II Is wei i. "i
that tho coored voters in Virginia arc W nl'0'''
h,bits moving from county 10 county In scarf" u
cnployment. while large numbers seek "oFN !"
d,s,ant states The declaration on the part oi ten
oral Nabone's committee that the Republicans OF
Virginia should forbear further partcipa'loh III "7
elections On account Of the unlawful dl'rdhc
Of the electors is insincere and deceptive lhc CIV
tion machinery in Virginia IS practically ana IN SUD
stance throughout the state what II was Wieh "eh'
oral Malone and his party controlled the Htato gov
ernncit II there was any wrong perpetrated IN the
last Congress onal elections In virginia, why Is il tat
the Republican House Of Representatives, has ia.Ied
IN find with single exception that any wrong was
donc' And IN tho exception referred 10, the alleSa
ton Of fraud was confined 10 Il Single "d'u III i'''
mond7
Mr. Barbour forccts neclccts 10 say that names
of Repuhlican voters by The thousands have been
arbitrarily stricken from the registration lists as wei
As from the poll lists, In plain violation Of the state
law which forbids such action without due public
notice In Richmond and Petersburg alone the regis
tratlon lists have been "purccd' by the Illegal re
moval Of the names Of several thousand Republicans
Much u this work has been done since the last
election I'm order to make doubly sure the result Of
the ncXt fll election. In this way, aS Virginia
Democrats gccfully declare, they can easily carry
the lld Congress District now represented by Judge
Wadd without rcsortnG to any irregular methods.
This Illegal "purcng7 ha> been carried to such
extent in all the black counties that the
Republican state Committee j. probably within
the mark IN It's estimate Of the total num-
Der Of Republicans who have thus been
virtually dlsfIanchi,cd and must remain unles, the
Election bill shall become law, unless they
move other states in which Just law, prevail. Bad
as tho Virginia Election law is. and # by no means
As Mr. Barbour would have everybody believe tho
same either practically otherwise a> the ono which
In force when the Republicans controlled the
state bad IL j.. the administration or maadmin-
i,taton of 1t is still Thus Mr.. Barbour speak,
of the migratory habits Of the Colored voters Il
true that in lass good colorcd men from the
Black Belt AZ work railroads then buldins in
southwestern Virginia. They had been there en-.
ploycd long enough give them right 10 vote II they
obtained transfer certificates of registration from the
precincts IN which they were registered. Hundred,
Of them applied for such certificates 10 which they
werc lawiGlly entitled a few received them In
many cases. testimony n the contested election
| case OF Bowden against Buchanan. Of the IXth Vir
gna District shows these certificates fell into the
hand, Of the railroad bosses contractors al Of whom
Democrats, who forgot to deliver them until after
ic election. In many other the certificates
W:ro lost and In many other no attention was
paid 10 the application.
The last paragraph Of senator Barbours state
meut is amazing. IN view Of the facts. lie refer, 10
the allegation Of fraud In single ward in Rich
| mond" the only in Which a Republican Hoa,c
If Representatives has been able discover that any
| wrong donc' in the Virginia election of lass
Being senator Of the United state, accredited from
the old Dominion, II might have been expected.
pcrhap,. that he knew that the fraud" in a single ward
in Richmond admitted by the Democratic member,
of the House Committee on Elections who reported
that II v.tated the election and they therefore
recommended that senator Rarbours friend Wise b.
un' atcd. despite the fact that he had been seated
%n %.n = ccri,aic Iiincd 10y senator Barbour, Other
expected. also that senator Barbour would have been
q-aadq IN the V 'gI VrSni, o' DI,rSt ," %
which proved the allegations 10 Lc rue. tllc
Ecctons committee q "a Rcpnblcan Hon, noasc of
Representatives." ha, reported favor Of uu,ratln-
another Democratic representative. Mr.. Vcnah, OF
that senator ra'boar would have known that ALL
cations of fraud were made against a third Demo
uatic Representative. Nr buchanan, of thr ma
District. who escaped tn fate of Wr and Ncna5l,
at the hand, OF The Election Committee nos bccau,.
,w committee did not find proof Of gross Democratic
tild~, hut hcc8us" tn proof was not I'm it, opinion
hcicut wholly tn Nitlte m" Official return II g.,
fthcr strange that Nr. barbour never heard Of that
..c. broaua' large amount of hoodle" used IN
behalf ot Cleveland. Buchanan and Reform" in
the lNth District II seems trIly pity thar senator
i,irb0nr Is 20 ignorant, albeit 1t Is pleasure to
| know that a.. with hi, own hand. never stuffed
ballot box tampercd with election return since
i--4." Here his own words. and they mus be
ccptcd true no Democratic authority ever charged
| or in>inuatcd that would or ever had tamp'rod
| with intcricicd any connt of the ballots. The
truth /, that what was said In that connection by
| portion uf the Democratic press in friendly spirit
| 10 me- that II had been at home the result oi
| the clcciion- would haze been different. No such
| meaning count As DISTINGUISHED from -u
| ever alleged against me hy the Democratic party.
20 far I concerned. in the count Of the ballots
| u an election with which have been connected In
Virginia since 1852 dSclam all personal know ledge.
direct otherwise, Of any unfair action or proceed
| ing
OF course senator Barbour never did such thing
since l-72,' and has no personal knowledge of the