The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-22
WILL HAVE A RECOUNT.
srorswooDw Rno0rsr GRAINED.
Tho CITY Central Committee Have NJ last
Agreed 1ha; the work OF tho Primary
Shall be Acknowledgement.

inc the crotSWoOu-Nnlth VoUteoteu erection
case. The committee occupied the stage and
a crowd Of several hundred citizens filled
The chairs in tho auditorium. Colonel Spots
wood occupied seat in rear OF his counsel
Wessrs Elicit. Mcclure and Guigon. and Mr..
smith sat beside Messrs. Cosby and Wenden-
lurg. his counsel These gentlemen were seat
al no tables on ono side of the stage and tho
reporters were similarly located on the oppo-
site side The arrangements were q great im-
pr0Ycmen. on the circuit court room.
The meeting was opened by motion from
Mr. Jefferson Wallace that q letter signed 10y
Mayor J. Taylor ElysOn, Mr. G.. Y. Meredith
and Colonel Meade HasSius. written IN re-
sponsc. 90 the request Of the committee at the
previous meeting be read. The letter is as fol-
lows.
MAYORS OFFICE.
RICHMOND. W. April p. 1922
'Dr. Jud 3. Wood. Chairman:
Dear Strive bog leave 20 acknowledge
vour notice Of the action of the committee
on Monday requesting ms 90 submit for your
OUnsideration a plan that would simplify
ana expedite the proceedings of the COM
nitiee in tbo SpOtswOod-SmiIh contest. We
should with pleasure have compiled with
your request indeed we were
already considering and periecting
.plan when the publication of tho letters
iugs papers SO materially changed the sltua-
ton existing 30 the time you passed the
resolution that We do not feel that 1t would
De- now necessary for Us % make any sugges-
tons. With cordial appreciation OF tho com.
piment you paid US IN inviting Us TO counsel
with you, We remain.
Yours very truly.
y. TAYLOR ErIys0N,
&C. v MeBEDTH.
MEADE HAsElNs.
on motion this letter was received with
thanks. aud the letters Of Mr. H. NJ. omith,
jr. and Colonel VI. J.. SpotswooI pu3Hsnteu
in IHE TINES yesterday, were reau lOI the
.~f~rmatiop Of the committee and ordered TO
record.
Chairman Wood then stated that in the alb
fence Of q motion these letters would IN no
way affect the manner OF procedure Which,
fccording 20 the understanding. was Tor the
rurpose of further investigating the demand
of Colonel SpotsWOOd for recanyass and
recount.
THE INVESTIGATION.
Mr.. Ferrter moved that the meeting re-
erme the investigation where II was left oil
Monday night.
,ir. McGuire. IN behalf Of Colonel spots
wood. said We are here IN pursuit Of me de-
mand made first on the tn day of Aprll iOr
recanvass and recount. and we SIN. ask
that in the desire that It may be decided
once and for all who was properly elected to
and SIS entitled TO the ONCE Oh common
Wealtl's Attorney. 800 o,
he offered the POLLOCK Of the Third Jeffer-
son precinct 40 evidence aud stated that wnile
the certified list showed only 2g2 votes at tins
precinct whereas an actual count showed oO2
and that the mistake was easily explained, as
Nh examination proved that IL was error IN
the consecutive numbering OF tue voters
Mr. Mcclure explained that the examination
Of the books was made with the ala Oh Mr.;
R0yster clerk of the election az the mira
Jefferson precinct. He then read large
batch of dispositions showing that up 70 TINS
time they lad discovered nifty illegal
votes which were cast al that pre-
,,uct. The history of these cases
as they were grayely read 10y MIR. McGuire
were irresstbly funny T. the audience and
tie chairman lad 10 threaten a clearance OF
the hall in order to quiet them. lie was ire
Quenly Interrupted by questions from men,
hars If the committee and IN each instance
gave evidence of perfect familiarity with the
details of the case.
llr. James Drscol. whose vote was record
ei on the pOll-b0Ok. was proven 10 be DEAD.
member suggested that Mr. DriscOll had q
SON Mr.. Mcclure replied that he knew that,
and that his name was L. j. DriscOu lie also
thought he was registered. Anyhow, the
looks showed that james Driscoll had voted
twice. Applause and call for order.l
VOTED FOR sPoTswoOD.
Mr.. Mcclure also offered the affidavits Of
about seventy men who voted Tor Colonel
~rotswood In the Third precinct and stated
that In no instance were they the same as
those presented as illegal Summing uD tue
result based on the discard of these votes and
che counting of the seventy who were shown
70 have voted for him. not only the vote OF the
precinct but the nomination Tor Common
Weaith's Attorney would be changed.
Mr. Cosby is that oil the evidence you
have 20 present. SIR
AIT. Mcclure. ] think that is enough for
our purpO-e. We are still getting more evil
dence but I don't think we need It now. /
AN al present only asking that the polls be
oueued. and when that is decided / will bring
forward the dispositions 10 DO read IN support
Of our demand.
Nh. Smith was then asked if be desired to
address the committee Dir. Smith in reply
said
Il have nothing TO say that have not al
ready said. am only standing on my rights.
] have already explained my attitude to this
committee and can only say. as / said before.
that if there was any fraud or irregularities
uD % the time / made "a personal investlga-
ton. as stated in my letter TO the
committee, knew nothing of it. !
did not think 10 becoming in me
a. the nominee of the party 10 20 TO work 10
snow that received my election by fraud.
think ] made plain at the first meeting of the
committee my position. and while my cOuE-
sci fought each point IN my case faithfully as
III came uU / nave personally never advocated
ANYTHING but an investigation if there was
any ground for fraud. / went so far as TO
ask some OF my friends on the
committee TO lot Colonel SpOtswood see
the pOll-bOOk As soon as these
matters were opened up made a personal in
yeshgation. as stated IN my letter, and at the
earliest moment being engaged all day in
court / announced my convictions 10 tho
committee. l have never, as some OF the
newspapers have seen proper 10 say, taken
any deposition or other evidence except that
published in the papers.
/ think II Colonel cpOtswOOd and his friends
desire u and the committee SEQ fit that the
poll-books all over the city had better be
THROWN open that a full Investigation may be
made
EVERY PRECINCT.
Here the question was asked if the original
sixteen precincts first mentioned by Colonel
Sp0tsw0od were not sufficient To this Mr..
Smith replied: IL think all the pre-
cncts had better DO included and the COM
nittee eve me the same privileges as my OPP
rlnent. If ;hey do that then ] may take a
Land myself ] am willing 20 leave the mat
tiers IN the hands of the committee"
Colonel Iazewell Elicit followed Mr. Smith
and discussed 1T length the legal bearings of
the case and dwelt on the duty Of the com
uittee 10 the party. In the course Of his
speech Colonel Elicit read extracts from the
pan OF the primary and referred TO 1t as the
only chart which the committee had for Il