The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-10
HE GIVES AFFIDAVlTS.
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ssrH DISTRICT.
10. Th,nh.a Fair Count would Have Eject
ed Him In His scna. orial pisu''''
Reasons for His Belief

.,. election held on November ''h' 1870
,.D,, a. "a duty which J owe myself as
...n as TO the many friends who ioya"S
.,s earnestly gave me their support 10
..-.espt the subjoined statement oil i'c's
NJ, must concirsivCly show that han
49,. been a free ballot and an hohea'
.,,rt mat would have been your Ss ne
fo' i' ~ an honest election ~ one tha'
.'--..,ds everything else. At S'on.
. eud Powhatan voting places ~
49, Cttv county 1 was warned Oh Az"
''.' - danger and, 10 guard asaIiSs
l.'l''t communicated with friends ana hau
lils, l,,t white men OF unimpeachapie
'",e..,e,ion 10 protect me. AT FoWha'a'
Iop",.t the voters were requested 10
~. ,roir ballots aod deliver ITEM 10 .no
80. az election IN such an open iilai.le-
record could be made i" voters
%" s.-.d their ballots whose rames 10"
-,.s in my possession; the return saw
~ At Stonehouse precinct siu.i'S'
i'o ,,,D vas tak6n-l2O votes were ten
lIeDs "a ~sturned. 1 also have the record
oe.,,. ,.,.ere. names as they voted. These
,r...ncfs gave me POI majority the
..-rs made gave Mr.. Barnes twenty
-o,.cn majority one OF the judges OF
.l.,tton al this precinct Was Ineligible,
,.r,test was made to his acting, as ne helu
positIon under the u. 5. Government,
bYf the protest went for naught. Al
yyvtbe District in Elizabeth City county
I ind there are only about 10 whlte
voters. this precinct which is the nome VI
Mr. Todd, the Pcpulist candidate, had
large number Of Populists about toIty)
who heretofore had been aligned WIN tIe
Democratic party. In 1888 1--we s ~
Mckinney received I66 votes. In 1882 Pres
dent cleveland received l3s votes. Yet IN
lsq3 with detection in the ranks OF the
Democratic party there and the RepuDh-
rans suppOrtinC either Mr.. Todd or my
self. thu returns made gave Mr.. Barnes 20
while ] ara only credited with ten nov
= an, In nossessiou of a list OF twenty-five
voters Including Honorable l.. &. BrlstoW
and others the majority OF whom can redu
and writo who are willing TO make oath
that they voted for me. MIR. u. q. Dardeh
writes me that he is Of the opinion thal
4 received over one-hundred votes there
Judge Bristow tells me that he had 10
thrust his ballot through an SXlO men
snace Of a window and that he could not
see the ballot box. Mr.. Cummings, the
editor OF a Democratic paper in Hampton
admitted that at the election held at inns
precinct I'm the spring Of 1898 he was thor-
orrblv OF the opinion that fraud was COM
mitted Row in the face OF these admis-
sions and the facts surrounding the pres
emit election is 10 not reasonable CON
clusion Ia draw. that the same spirits
which committed fraud In May 1873 was
present in November z, 1880? At Precinct
No. 2 I'm Newport News record was KEPT
of the voters as they voted for me- "a
voted. l43 were my returns. This is the
vi W. 1naIUUTHfe0
last wear and which resulted i'm calling
out the military. RumOr was current on
the streets the night preceding election
that a wagon load Of Winchester rifles
had been moved over into this precinct;
this caused and deferred many TO remain
from the polls. At Precinct No. 3 fraud OF
"A most open and fragrant nature was per-
petrated. The afiidavits below VIII snow
plainly what methods were used in the
Newport News voting places. My major
itv al this precinct should have been
TIE returns made gave Mr..
Barnes eighty majority. The Newport
News sun, "a daily evening paper which
has been supporting the Democratic party,
says November 7th 1888: "The Republic
cars stuck % Morgan Treat Treat is
the winner" 1T IS known that
"a number Of persons broke through the
old party lines to-day and dropped in votes
FOR the entire Populist ticket with the eX-
ception OF Morgan Treat who got their
support for the state Senate In
former issue 10 admitted that there was
Republican majority of 500 or more In the
county and yet the returns made gave a
majority against me OF 4l2 and this in
the face OF no opposition 10 me in my
party. He again says. that such sudden
and altogether unexpected results as that
which is alleged TO have marked yester-
days election in this city make room
for the suspicion that the political juggler
was on hand and at his old tricks again."
Irregularities occurred here which for far
less cause I'm York County the returns
were thrown out. The York County pre-
cinct however being in my favor This
was at Bruton the wen known strong
Mold Of the Republican. For reasons not
made known but suspicioned the two Dem
cratic judges failed to make their appear
ance al the polls until late I'm the morning
and then refused to act. The Republican
Judge who had been present before sum
rise. between nine and ten o'clock swore
iu two other voters and proceeded TO hold
the election No fraud was or has been
alleged 20 the manner i'm which it was
conducted or 10 the returns made. the
My reason assigned for throwing IL out
was "rhat it was not conducted according
tend TO show that this plot was all pre-ar-
ranged.
RESPECTFULLY MORGAN TREAT.
West Point, Va, Nov 18th, 1898.
State OF Virginia. County Of Warwick. IS:
NJ. ID. Wright was duly sworn and de-
poses and SAYS. that he IS thirty-nine
years old. was born and raised i'm Nir-
ginia. that he IS one OF the largest tax
payers in the county. has always lived
here and IS a REGISTERED voter. that he is
an attorney at law. and for eight years
was Commissioner OF the Revenue. that
De votes I'm election district uumber tmee
OF Newport News. that he was there at
the opening Of The polls a l., with the
exception Of an hour, was there AN day
undl the votes were counted at night.
Before the polls were opeued & saw
man named Frank Ruff there VINO 1 was
told would be one OF the judges of cleo
ton. 7 went 10 Mr.. Andrew. the repre-
sentative of the Democratic party, and OBJ
jected 20 Run being q judge Of election.
Ny reasons for Directing was hat / knew
RUIZ was not "a legal resident Warwick
county, because about a year ago L. H.
Lyon & Go. rented a store from me al
Newport News and Run was a snemeber
Of the firm, they kept the store about two
months when they sold out the store 10
81 D. Pitman. They were in the cigar
business and when they sold 10 Pitman
they moved their machinery for ms <ing
cigars and their household furniture 10
Richmond. where they have been living
ever since. They moved away, that is
ligon a Run, sometime a. February
taking an their belongings. aud Run has
not been back since until TWO days be-
Tore election When he and Lyon came
back linon left here g. o dav before cleo