Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27

AZ ucTciuOciVIS pretcT1Oeu, sucn ov"A"
shall cause written notice to be served,
a. provided In the sth section of this act
chat is by Sheriff. Sergeant. or. Con-
stable, on the elector whose right to re-
main on the registration book has been
80 challenged notifying him TO appsa:
10 answer the challenge on some uay
specified during the registration loiiow-
Ing. provided by this act: but Until sucn
notice has been served no such challenge
shall be considered etc. Ana sectIoh
Is provides: In no case shall tne name
Of registered eiector be stricken from
the registration book Of any precinct.
otherwise than as hereinbefore rrcvided:
Now observe that the Dill rovides Tor
two sittinys OF the Registration Isenrd-
one I'm May after the act IL adopted,
which Is TO last for five days, ard then
for a three-days' sitting before every
election: the first Of which three Gays
lis to be twenty days before such election.
These provisions are found IN seeuohs
70 and q. And at all OF these s'ttings
the board is required to register every
one who takes the oath TO which 1 nave
referred.
THE MEAT IN IT.
"Observe that you can have no mans
name stricken from the cooks un"l the
Sheriff has served upon him written
notice. You might find The names c. :"
men on the books who mad 10 IL Since
left the county, gone you know not
where-tO Scott or Wise or the Kingdom
OF Dahomey. You could not serve them
with notice. Their names would. there
fore remain on the books. and on cleo
ton day they for their duplicates might
return and vote without challenge"
"Observe again. that you must notify
the Registration Board OF your challenge
<loun pra6aIin0 the first 0ax OF
registration A thousand men might
come from ZuluIand and register at
the sitting of the board twenty days
before an election, and you could not
challenge their right 10 have their names
remain on the books until during regis
tration day after the election.
"But this Is not all, nor the worst OF
Ii. Under section 3X1 Of the Code. TX any
one votes when he Is not qualified
elector, he shall be confined in jail not
exceeding one year. and fined not exceed
ing $1,000. but in this Jurisdictions bill
there is not a line nor a word prescrib-
ing any punishment whatever for voting
corruptly. Could he be punished under
the present law? No; because the ninety.
NTH section Of the proposed law provides
An laws and parts OF laws relating TO
registration and elections in this Common
wealth are hereby repealed
THE TRANSFER TRICK.
again, let me call your attention TO
the subject Of transfers under this act.
Under the law as il now stands, when
ever registered voter changes his place
OF residence from one county or city to
another county or city, he may procure
transfer, which transfer certificate will
entitle him to be registered In the county
or city TO which he has removed ON his
showing TO the satisfaction of said regis
trar that he has resided or will have
resided prior TO the next election in the
county or city to which he has removed
for three months preceding said election
but his name cannot be entered on tho
reglstration-book after the last regular
day OF regtstra tion-to Wit, not after ten
days before the election. How Is 1t under
the Malone Walker scheme?
Section "a provides: Any registered
elector on his written application, signed
by him, an6 duly attested by one wit
ness. for transfer shall be i'm
mediately granted transfer 10 such pre-
cinct IN the same county or city, or TO
such precinct in any city or county OF
the Commonwealth as such elector may
designate; which, on presentation TO the
clerk OF the Registration Board Of the
precinct TO which ne IL transferred, shall
entitle him TO be registered Section
- provides that no transfers shall be
issued after the close OF registration. but
transfers previously issued may be re-.
ceived and shall he entered at any time
within ten days OF the election follow
ing
"Now, mark the changes: An elector
under the old law is not entitled TO a
transfer until he changes his residence;
under the proposed law he Is entitled to
II whenever he applies for ii. Under the
present law he can get 4 transfer only
TO the precinct where he has removed;
under the proposed law he can get il
TO any precinct In sthe State, whether
he has removed thereto or not. Under
the present law, although he may get
transfer, yet this will not enttle him TO
be registered unless ne can also show
that he has resided or will have resided
In the county for three months next be-
fore the election. Under the proposed
law he presents his transfer; the clerk
dare not ask him q question, but must
register him forthwith. He may never
have set eyes on Lee county. He may
leave Petersburg or Richmond eleven
days before an election. with his trans
fer in his pocket present 1t here the
next day, and then there is no way on
earth to prevent him from voting. You
can't have his name stricken from the
book, because the time for
giving notice has passed. You can't ar
rest him for false swearing because he
has taken no oath. And. as he can vote
without challenging. vote he surely will.
And, after he has voted, You can't arrest
him for illegal voting, because the pro.
posed law prescribes no penalty. What
a beautiful scheme for transferring voters
into any district that party managers
may desire!
"These are a few Of the defects in the
bill.
II haven't time to call your attention
to many more. This Is the bill which
these Jurisdictions people wanted our
candidate In Wise to pledge himself 10
support, and said If he would they would
not make q nomination. OF course. he
refused, and then they started the cry
that he was opposed to fair elections.
and that they would, therefore, make a
Their patent trickery Is
enough to turn the stomach OF an honest
man."
GENERAL WALKER.
General Walker. in reply. confined him.
self entirely to the ACKNOWLEDGING
law and the Walton law, and made the
same old speech which he made at
Gladeville and Gate City. Fraud. fraud,
fraud was the burden Of his song; but
1t was noted that he carefully avoided
any specific charge against any
Democrat in Lee county or this sena-
torial district. Whenever he came to
II was concerning Eastern
Virginia or Smyth or Wythe counties.
He did not answer q single charge which
Mr. Bullitt made about the law he pro-
posed. but contented himself with saying
he was not for 1t as ii stood; that II
needed amendments--th!s Notwithstanding