Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-05

" they We're not. TO run the precinct ac-
cording 10 their own notions Mr.. w j..
Blnfoit. n conductor on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, was the Boilers
Judge thore. and Wash Williams. a
negro. was the Republican judge. MIR
Bnford and Williams worked together
go secure az large a Republican vote "a
possible. and as was asserted in the Dis
patch yesterday morning Mr. Binford
marked the ballots OF iliterate voters
when they were not In the booth with
him. and folding the ballots up, deposltel
them In the box without first submitting
them 20 the voters
THE OLD SOLDIERS SHOWN COUR-
TESIES.
In the claim that irregularities oc-
cnrred at Shumaker's Precinct. Il is
specified that TIE veterans from the
Soldiers Home were driven to the pre-
cinct In a wagon. and allowed 10 deposit
their ballots without getting out OF the
vehicle. These veterans were all Grip
Piled and unable 10 get out OF the wagon
and 60 into the polls. and the courtesy
was shown them IN honor Of the ser
vice they had rendered their country IN
days gone by. The charge also made.
that the balot-box at Shumakers be-
coming too full 10 receive any more bal
AWANs AnNAiifI ono was SuASAiiuhfQs !,
based on fact. but the extra box was
made by member Of the Electoral
Board, and according to gentlemen who
are posted In the election laws Of the
state tine judges We're perfectly jUstifa-
bile in calling for another box. as other
wise. the entire vote OF the precinct
could not have been cast
THE IRREGULARITIES AT JONEss.
The Boilers in their cries about irregu-
lariues fail absolutely to refer TO Joness
Precinct, where all the election officers
were either Boilers or Republicans. Those
who had charge of this precinct were
Mossrs. Joseph Bryan and Buck Jones,
both BOlters and William Tyler, q color
ed Republican. These judges appointed as
clerks MIR. Floyd, a Bolter. and Mr..
Carver, a Democrat, and, though they
had no right under the law 50 to do.
they designated Mr.. Manning c. Staples,
the registrar of the precinct. to scratch
the ballots Of the illiterate voters, a duty
which, under the law. can only be per
formed by the judges.
AZ this precinct, II Is further alleged,
the voters were for more than two hours
permitted 10 remain within thirty feet OF
the poll and the ballot-bOx was not
locked. the lid beIg raised. at least. I'm
some instances. TO deposit ballots within
II. This was done, it is said. because
the hole IN the box was too small TO
admit OF ballots being showed through II,
but whether this be true or not, il was
clearly in violation OF the law. which
requires that the box shall be at oil times
securely locked until after the polls close.
CANVASS OF THE RETURNS TO-DAY.
The Boards of Election Commissioners
Of the various counties and cities will
meet to-day 10 canvass the returns OF
Tuesdays election. 1t is understood that
the Boilers have a scheme on foot by
which they hope to have the votes OF
some counties thrown out The plan, ac-
cording 10 what could be heard YESTERDAY
is for the attorneys employed by the
Boilers 10 attend the meetings of the
canvasscrs I'm the counties with a large
negro vote. hut which have returned
Democratic pluralties, and try and have
the vote thrown out.