The evening times., 1896-11-18

BIC FRAUDS IN VIRGINIA
State Should Haye Given 10000 Majority
to,MeKinley.
NEGRO VOTE WAS JUGeLED
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Every Known Method for Defeat
ing the Republicans Was Used
by the Bryan Democrats-COl-
Ored Men We're Cheated ana De-
frauded of Right of Suffrage.
NEGRO VOTE WAS JUGGLED
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toin machinery in their respective districts
were i'll many cases so bold and brazen as TO
have aroused Indignation even In the eA-
elusive ranks of the initiated, ana IL is row
stated by many conserrativep peopiethattW
more elections like the last will practically
wreck the so-callcd Democratic party In
this State.
1t is not denied by those whoare famlllar
| with the various fra udulent methods adept
| ed that through desperate measures ON
| the part OF the free silver Democrats 10
| keep the Republicans from turning out
| victory for both President and Congress
men those in charge OF the election ma
| chinery in a number OF the voting places
went to the extreme OF openly violating
the regulations on the statute DOCKS, ana
| instead of strengthening their cause they
| have lost heavy support on the part oil
those W no frown upon fraud and chicanery
! in elections.
The fraud in elections in this State has
| been growing more and more frequent
during the past four years.
What started out to be a little cheating
| on the sly has developed into shocking
| frauds, until il is now claimed by the Re
| pubicans that in the last election what
would have been victory Tor MI. NC
| Kinley in this State by 25,OO0 majority
| was turned into n triumph fcr Bryan and
| free silver by a ma !ority OF about 10000.
MCKINLEY WAS CHEATED.
The Republicans claim that Mr.. Mckin-
ley was cheated out or 4S,0oO votes in
Virginia, and they have reasonable grounds
for this estimate.
Certain IL Is unat if the Republican and
sound money Democratic vote had been un-
obstructed and properly counted Virginia
would have been put in the Mckinley col
umn instead OF the Bryan column, and this
by a majorty OF not less than 10000.
Throughout the State the most fragrant
and brazen frauds were perpetrated. In
Richmond city ami in the Third district, IN
addition to the name OF Judge l.. L.
Lewis, who Was the bona fide Republican
Congressional candidate, the fake names OF
wv. H. Lewis" Elisha l.. Lewis and
sJohn Michell'' were placed upon the tick
ct. This was done so as to confuse the
iiliterate voters, and as a consequence
more than 400 Votes were thrown out as
defective. F
vote is largely in the majority, only about
725 voters out of $3.50 who were duly
registered were allowed to cast their
ballots.
Diiatory tactics and challenging voters
who were duly registered accomplished TINS
part of the program. In Clay ward about
2T5 colored votes were distranchised in a
similar manner.
Ii is cIaiied by the Republicans that the
iliegali,ies and misconduct In the city OF
Richmond alone constitute nearly enough
TO overcome the majority returned for the
free silver candidate for Congress.
The Republicans have 2.ycO affidavits
from voters who claim that they. were de
layed, and consequently unable to cast
their ballots for the candidate OF their
choice.
Outside the city nearly 500 similar affi-
davlts have been returned from voters in
the district. These include the fraudulent
-a1f md f1ff ffssars
precincts lust outsidethe CITY. the two most
notoriously corrupt election precincts in
the state.
In the Fifth district the Republicans
were cheated out of many votes. AT
precinct in this dictricta bargain was made
by the election officials that white men
and negroes should be allowed to vote al
ternately, one at time.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
This was agreed to about noon, when the
greater part OF the white men had already
voted A negro would go up to vote, but
would be told that he would have to wait
for white man, according to the agree
ment. After the expiration of half an hour
or more white man would arrive. and
then the negro would be allowed to cast
his ballot.
This would be repeated. and when the
polls closed a line of $50 negroes was
waiting TO vote. This is an example OF
what took place in various parts of the
State. In nearly all these cases the Re
publicans Were the losers.
In Charlotte county man named W.
W. Henry was taking affidavits from those
who voluntarily gave them Henry was
stationed n quarter of mile away from
the nolls He was arrested by the Judges
for interfering with the election SINH
lar cases were reported from various por-
tions of the State.
When n careful comparison is made df
the returns in the counties where the white
vote is in the ma iority with those in the
counties where the negroes predominate it
will be seen that what is ordinarily an
election is in reality nothing more or less
than farce.
From the "black belt startling evil
dences of fraud are seen in the returns.
As q matter of fact, the negroes in the
State. with scarcely any exceptions, voted
for Mckinley. In the white counties of
the State, according to the returns, the
Republicans made gains of 80 $3.50, while
in the black counties, where the Republican
voters are greatly in the majority, the
Democrats made gains Of 9,176.
This does not include the Palmar and
Buckner vote.
Nansemond county, which has Republi-
can voting ma jority of 1927 land which gavea
Republican ma jorit yOf 704 in 1883, returns
a Democratic ma jorty this time of 2i2.
Northampton changed from 241 Republi-
can i'm 1883 to $50 Democratic. North
umberland from 341 Republican to AZ
Democratic; Nottoway from 500 Republi-
can TO 46T Democratic; Prince George from
357 Republican TO 125 Democratic; Prin-
cess Anne from 357 Republican to 1913
Democratic; Southampton from 557 Repub-
lican to 999 Democratic; Brunswick from
22S Republican to 500 Democratic; Din
widdie from 3i5 Republican to 249 Demo-
cratic. ESsap from ala Rppublicau TO 400
Democratic: Fluvanna from I35 Republican
to 2TO Democratic.
These are only a few startling facts.
The figures look stranger still when it is
known that there was a better and much
stronger organization among the Republi-
cans than ever before Jand that hundreds of
sound money Democrats cast their votes
for Mckinley In these counties.
THE JuGGLERY.
In Dinwitldie county alone the negro
vote is ,47S in the ajority. In addition
to this there are more than 1000 sound
money Democrats who pledged themselves
to vote against Br yam. yet the returns give
Democratic ma jority of 249. These facts
have been laughed at all over the State.
Prince George. which gave Bryan ma
jority of 125, has majority Of 400 negro
votes. and Nansemond has majority Of
negro votes of 327. Sussex has 344 ma
jorit of negro votes. and Northampton 2O3
majority.
leghany, Accomac, Bath, BOtetourt, Bed
ford, Carroll, Clarke, Culpeper, Dickinson,
Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Franklin. Fred
erick, Giles, Ora yson, Green, Henry, High
land, Loudoun, Madison, Montgomery,
Nelson, Orange. Page, Patrick, Pulaski,
Prince william, Roanoke, Rockingham,
Rockbridge. Rappahannock, Stafford, Shen-
Snf.ff To- ,a1 ncl,f