The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-01
THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
End ~ SIGRT or A MOST INTER
EsrISG CONTEST.
The Ninth District for sound Moncy-au
Alabama Mans Tribute to Governor
oTcrraIl-rrauds in Virginia.

weeks aEo ihNt litit WV 49,
Sound Money Democrats.
THE THREAT or ALrGELD'
The Alexandria Times says;
So 4 is to be Judge AHgeld, II Bryan
Is elected. Think Of At; tho Anarchisuc
Governor Of Illinois on the bench Oh
the highest tribunal IN the land nave
the people forgotten Chicago ana t"e
days OF the riots there.
The following comes to The Times
from Birmingham, ala
To our beloved Governor OF virginia
from one OF the absent ones whose
home was once in your state.
You need no assurance from true
Vnginian as 20 your stand IN TINS po-
utical issue. The honest and inteih-
gent Democrats OF your state ana an
over the country endorse YOU. lc"
oranks and demagogues nave urea 10
annoy you. but they seem 10 forget
your backing. and that there 10 d"
hereafter ,
Tho silver cloud will soon pass ana
our party will shine forever oilshe lo'
sound money and true democracy
God bless you.
An ALBANIAN now anu d"
man. but will never forget Virginia.
mum ' J. i. s.
NOT MOVED Ky SELF-lNTERbST.
The Richmond CORE pohoeht OF '"e
Baltimore sun says:
Never before has Governor OTerrau,
one Of the boldest and most loyal lead
ors the Democrats ever had. refused 10
throw himself I'm the thick Of the hsAI
and strike hard blows FOR that SIDE.
Others who have abandoned tie party
on the financial issue are Generals Pey-
ton Wise and r. NJ. Logan, MI Southah'
OF Charlottesville. who has been dele
gate 10 more National Democratic Con
yeufions than any man now living IN
virginia: Alexander Hamilton. Of Peters
burg. eN-Conercssman Edward 9. Ven
able. OF the same city; Colonel J. =.
Richmond. of Lee and scores OF others
almost equally as We'll known i'm this
state. In the case of Governor OFer-
rail-. who has been singled out for the
attacks Of the Democrats. there was
everything for him to gain by giving his
support TO the principles OF his party,
ana much to lose by following the course
he has. The same thing can be said
with as much truth n many
Of the other leaders. who. Ike O'Fer-
rail-. refused 20 accept undcmocratic doc
trines. which they could not and would
not bllndly support.
THE DISGRACE or IT.
The Petersburg lndeX-Appeal says:
The infamy Of Smithcr's precinct pales
before the revelations concerning tho
outrages upon free elections al Shuma-
ker's precinct. which. like the other. is
in Henrico county. In the former "a Ions
line OF men was kept standing all day
while the registrar employed dilatory
tactics to keep their names off the books
with such success that fifty-two citizens
were practically disfranchsed when the
books were closed. At the latter, so far
as appears, no pretense of trying to pre-
vent registration was made but uneX-
ampled villainy was perpetrated upon the
ballot by unlawfully striking from the
books the names of two hundred or more
qualified voters upon the pretense that
they were dead or had removed from the
district. Then TO conceal their infamy
and TO effectual'y disfranchisc the voters
whose names had been illegally erased,
the election judges of the precinct refused
to submit the books to inspection until
they were compelled 10 do so by order Of
court.
When The books were produced in court
the evidence Of shameless fraud was ap-
parent as soon as they were opened
Long lists of voters were practically
wiped out in one column, for instance
the erasing pen Of the registrar had left
but five names out of thirty-seven. A
casual inspection OF the books showed
that a majority Of the colored voters Of
the district had been disfranchiscd. Many
of the men whose names had been erased
were in the court room when the books
were opened, and as their names were
called. declared that they had been as
sured by the registrar within few days
prior thereto that their names were prop
erly on the books.
1t is almost superiuOus TO add that the
voters cisfranchised by the arbitrary and
unlawful acts of the registrars at both
Smithers and Shumaker's precincts are
colored Republicans. IL is almost impos-
s.hle 20 escape the conviction that the
managers OF the Bryan party. who are
making such bOastiul claims of IA ire
mendous majority for their ticket in Nir-
Einia in face of the well-known detection
of Democrats all over the State. must
have guilty knowledge Of the methods
adopted in The precincts mentioned TO
manufacture Popocrat majorities IN de-
fiance OF the will of the people II is
fair. also. TO assume that il such noto-
and tolerated-if not approved the
very noses OF the party managers. the
people who are promoting crimes against
the ballot in Heurico would not scruple
10 engage In the same practices In each
Of the other ninety-nine counties Of Nir-
ginia. where they have the opportunity
10 do so and escape detection. II nifty
citizens can be disfrsnchised in one dis
trict and two hundred IA another in a
single county. and a similar ratio can be
maintained throughout the state il is
not difficult 10 perceive the grounds upon
which the claims OF an abnormal ma
jority for the silver party ticket are
based. These peculiar tactics may result
in carrying Che State for Bryan. but. in
view Of what has already come TO light
I'm regard 10 the methods employed for
the accomplishment OF that end. IL can
never be made TO appear that the result
will register the will OF "a majority Of the
voters Of Virginia.
THE ELECTION MUST BE FAIR.
The Chase city Progress says:
Before another issue OF this paper
reaches its readers each voter viii have
exercised his right OF suffrage in elect
ing a President and Nice-President 20
succeed the present incumbents CT those
all important Offices.
Every man who votes wants his ballot
counted as cast. and IN the name OF
honesty. fairness and justice. we de-
mand that IL be so counted II is with
shame that We acknowledge that here
tofore Nirginians have been cherged-and
We fear Justly so--w!th fraud in elections.
Fellow citizens. as honest men and Nir-
rinians, we cannot afford 10 employ dis
honest means 10 accomplish any end.
no matter how desirable that end may be.