The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-11
THE ELECTION FRAUDS.
4 REPORT or THE sUB-coxMITTEE.
They Think Cohn Greatly to Biamr, But
Find Nothing Against Botto-1hird Je'-
fcrson to 10 Thrown Out Entirely.

meeting previous 10 the primary NJ the CITY
circu,t courtroom. commencing at $3.50 o'clock
last evening.
The first hour and half Of the time was
taken up in the detail routine work OF ar
ranging for tho proper gearing OF the election
machinery for tomorrow. The supenn-
tendents Of the various wards made re-
ports of the judges and clerks appointed
At the severa! precincts IN their respective
wards ONLY three OF these wero maze CON-
pleto. and the other superintendents were al
lowed until noon to-day 10 complete them
The Cleveland Club presented 10 the com
mittee a list OF judges and clerks Tor each
precinct in the city AS fer as they couid 90
40 in the limited time allowed only Two or
three precincts were not supplied. N S,3Ie
were presented by the Antl-Cleyeianu tnhD
Club. This will entail upon the committee
the appointment and payment OF the JuuEe7
that they do not supply.
Mr. Luther Martin. whose name was hanueu
70 the committee as delegate by 'he Cle'e-
land CLUB from the Third precinct OF Monroe
ward sent note asking that ms name DE
Withdrawn. On motion. ms name YVES 'aheH
from the Inst Of candidates
TIE SUBCOMMITTEE.
The subcommittee appointed 10 inyesti-
gate charges Of irregularities and frauds at
ward then mado their report. when was reau
by Dr. Harrison. chairman OF SAID committee.
The report commenced with the Second pre-
cinct and reads. They believe that the eIec-
ton a. this precinct from the opening 10 the
closing of the polls was conducted according
10 the plan laid down by the central commit
tee. At the closing Of the polls Messrs.
Frjs.hkorn. Sullivan. Chasa. Wood and Mach
man were called IN 20 superintend the count.
The ballots were first counted and found 10
tally with the poll-boOk.
The plap was now violated when Messrs
Frischkorn and Sullivan were assigned 10 the
task of tallying. neither OF these gentlemen
heinz either Judge or clerk They did tins
work. however throughout with tho OK
ception of few moments. when M.
Cohn relieved Mr.. Frischkorn. Mr.. frisch-
koru and Mr. Sullivan respectively
friends of Nessrs. Hardwicke ana hing
opposing candidates for aldermen. ea;h
kept ms own tally sheet These sheets were
constantly compared, and III only one n
stance was there discrepancy. and then OF
only one vote. Who was IN error was deter
mined by referring 70 MI W W. Wood, WHO
kept private tally.
from this system Of tallying we cannot hes
nate TO express It az our opinion that the Ia
lying must have been correct. Inc discIep-
ancies in the vote. az reported by the luuRes
and clerk and the recount, must then be due
10 an error in calling the tickets, and tins
work was performed by two Of the sworn ON
GERS of that precinct Mr.. Robinson and Mr..
COIN. MIR. Robinson We have been unable to
have before US owing TO sickness.
MR.. COIN.
Mr.. Cohn appeared before your committee
and testified 10 the fact that he and Mr.. Rob
inson called ballots alternately. He could
not account for the discrepancies then. When
asked if he had spoken % Mr.. Page IN regard
ttar toll hat
he be allowed more time to formulate his
defense.
The time asked for was granted him and
Friday. April 9th, at 1880 Z. M., was fixed as
time he should again come before us. In
stead of doing SO on Friday morning he sub
mitted a letter 10 the chairman stating that
he thought he had been badly treated IN not
being allowed TO remain in the room while
the witnesses were testifying in his case. The
chairman assured him that the papers
had published full statement of
the witnesses and earnestly urged him 10 APP
pear before the committee and offer what
evidence he could in yindlcatlOn
Of himself, which advice was UNDECIDED
= Nessrs. w. ". Wood, Sullivan and Frlsch-
korn gave testimony that when Mr. Robin
son called the ballots certain candidates ran
very evenly but when Mr.. Cohn called
three or four of them rapidly forged ahead.
Mr.. Wood also said that after the election
Mr.. Cohn advised him as n friend OF Mr.
Page to prevent Mr.. Page from contestng,
as ho, Mr.. Page, already had gotten more
votes than he was entitled to.
Mr. Steve Wood testified that Cohn told
him he hoped Page would not contest, rs II
would show up some work he had done at the
Second precinct. In view Of the testimony
presented 10 US we can but conclude that me
discrepancies IN the counts were due 10 The
mscalling OF the ballots by Mr.. Cchn. but
bat ha al HV
stricter adherence 10 the plan
could certainly have prevented this trouble.
THEY RECOMMEND.
We therefore recommend change of Off
GERS at this precinct and further. that the
vote cast at this precinct be regarded as legal
DIR. Wood started TO speak III regard 10 the
parties upon whom the blame was cast but
deferred going further into the subject, wren
il was suggested that this would be a matter
for future action.
On motion of Mr. Bowery the report was
adopted unanimously.
TherepCrt as 10 the. Third Jefferson precinct
saws From the opening of the polls 10 the
closing of the count we find the grOssest II
Irregularities prevailed. Tho report thet
at length details the manner IN which
dead. repeating and other Illegal votes
were cast. The report continuing, saws
Mr. james Register. who acted a.
clerk during the entire day with th'
exception of "A few minutes. gave Ia but little
light as to how these names came TO be
recorded. His memory must have beer
much clouded at the time. as he tells us tina
while now he remembers giving Mr.. Henry
Asher his transfer on April sth, lac did no
recall this fact when on election day he wai
recording his name as voting"
CONTRADICTORY.
Again the report says
q The evidence is contradictory as 90 whether
Mr.. Lowe took any part IN the calling of tn
ballots. Mr.. Lowe states that he did. but hir
Perdue testihes that he did not. and is cor
rOborated by several witnesses. Some OF tn,
centlemen-viz.: Mr.. James Cannon Mr.
Lawrence and ID. s. Gates. from whom you
committee had hoped 10 gain some infor
nation. did not appear before US.
We have been able 10 tino about nit
votes at this precinct which unquestionabl,
must be classed as fraudulent. With til
limited authority under which We were work
ing were unable.to determine whether thes
alone could be so classed AS TO who are re
sponsible for the irregular work done her,
the testimony IS too conflicting 10 enable II
50 say.
Your Judges andiclerks are certainly grossl,
culpable tor many reasons. The OF
fcers of the precinct seemed TO take but httl
part in the work they were sworn To do. In
stead OF doing this work we find that by ia
the greater part of the time the Judges ar
merely looking on and the clerk. we canno
tell for how long, asleep. IL has been tate
Al Il .