Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-30
Many Will Probably Be Made From
the State Of Virginia.
COL. LAMBS SAMPLE PROTEST
He Claims Fraud in Many Of the
Precincts.
COL. WALKERS WARNING

The republicans Of the next Congress
will not seek to pass a force bill. Nothing
is clearer than that. But they will, un-
doubtedly, make very thorough investiga-
ton Of the contested election cases which
may be presented.
1t is inevitable that there will be many
contests from Virginia. The republicans
Of that state claim that there was nothing
in the general or local conditions which
tended to make Virginia an exception from
all other states which surround it, and
which were visited by the tidal wave. Yet
only one republican Congressman has been
returned from Virginia. He Is Col. Walker,
one Of the most noted of the eX-confedcr
ates, who has a reputation throughout the
state for his personal courage. He is said
to have gone about In his district, and to
have given all election officers notice that
any election officer who should commit
frauds affecting him would do so at his
personal peril. Col. Lamb, another eX-con-
federate Of prominence who has for many
years been a republican and a protection
list, has taken charge Of the republican con-
test in the Norfolk district Of Il. r. Bor-
land against G. d. Tyler, and has already
outlined the points in the contest which
he will make before the committee on elec-
tions OF the LeXt House. Col. Lamb as
serts that he will be able absolutely to
prove the truth Of all Of the charges which
he makes. In the text of the case which
he has prepared he leads off with the state
ment: Il protest In the narue of the hon.
est electors Of the second congressional dis
trict OF Virginia. without regard to party
differences. against the issuing Of the GER
tifcate of election to @. d. Tyler, as
against T. r. Borland, because the greater
portion OF the return Is fraudulent, and If
the returns were purged of these frauds
majority Of the votes cast would be
shown to have been in favor of I. r.. Bor-
land"
Colonel Lamb then asserts that the pro-
visions OF the election laws were corruptly
violated in nearly all of the precincts Of
the district; that judges known to belong
TO dinerent political parties were appoint
ed In only a comparatively few precincts.
and that In some precincts judges were
chosen not able to read or write. In
many precincts. he claims. the polls were
not opened at sunrise, and in some they
were closed before sunset, while in Others
before proclamation was made Of the OPEN
Ing OF the polls the ballot boxes were not
opened and turned upside down, so as to
empty them of everything that was in
them. Colonel Lamb further asserts his
ability to prove that at some of the pre-
cincts the ballots remaining unused at the
close Of the polls were not destroyed before
the box was opened; that at otner
ballot so as to be able to see how the
elector voted; that parties not election Off.
GERS were allowed In tho voting places; that
Tyler tickets were substituted for Borland
tickets after the latter were handed in by
voters; that parties were counted for Tyler
who did not go to the polls, ballots being
corruptly put in the box to represent their
votes; that at one precinct the name of an
illiterate judge, who could not read or
write; was forged in two places on tho
poll book; that one member on an cleo
toral board had more tickets printed than
the number allowed by law, and that this
was done fer corrupt purposes; that Clare
mont precinct was thrown out for irreg-
uiarlties purposeiy committed by the cleo
ton officers; that at one precinct a Judge
was blindfolded to draw out the surplus
ballots from the box which had been
put In by a dishonest Judge: that nearly
sist illiterate voters. while many did cor
ruptly mislead them, and that representa-
tives OF the republican party were not
allowed to see the counting Of the votes in
most of the precincts,