The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-06
CLAIM HEAVY FRAUDS.
NEssRS. BRIDY AND UiDDTLL
uIhE 4 PLIIN STATEMENT.
say That Mckinley Was Robbed OF Nir-
ginia-A Fair Count Would Havo
Given Them Big Majority,

The following statement was given
out yesterday by Colonel James d. Brady,
secretary, and Judge Edmund Waddilh
Jr., treasurer of the State Republican
Campaign Committee:
This committee has been confident that
for thirty days last past that Mckinley
upon anything like fair vote, would
carry the State bys not less than -O,VvD
ma Iority. That we have been substan-
tiaily right in this position IS now ap-
parent 10 all well-informed persons. Upon
IL fair vote, and indeed anything approx
mating q fair vote, the election would
have been easily won, and II IS only
by the most atrOciOus frauds known 10
modern politics tna1 the pretended ma
jority OF some 1900 is claimed ior Bryan.
Frauds of all conceivable kinds have been
prdcticed. from the printing Of bogus
names upon the ticket 10 deceive isno-
rant voters TO the shutting out OF more
than 100 votes in a single ward OF Il
CITY.
ROBBED OF VOTES.
The fraudulent methods adopted IN
Jackson ward OF Richmond city and III
the adjacent county of Henrico, AT when
last-named place We were robbed OF
nearly A thousand votes are fair SAM
pies Of what has been carried on IN
many places of the state. The plan of
shutting out votes at sunset was not
only practiccd I'm the cities at this clet-
ton. but was put i'm operation in many
OF the large precincts of the counties.
and the result is that there arc OF this
class thousands of voters i'm the State
VINO were defrauded OF their right to
vote. OF the voters whose ballots were
rejected because improperly marked it
is impossible al this time 10 approximate
tho exact number, but 10 is certain that
this class will easily reach 10000 and
the cases whore fraud has been commit
ted by the change of ballot from one side
to the other, reports Of over 5000 are
now az hand This class. it will be OBJ
served. taken from one side and put to
the other. will. of itself. make a differ
cuco of 1900 votes.
WHERE THEY WERE HEAVY.
The turnout of the Republican voters
and tho enthusiasm among them was
greater than ever before known in
the State. and the loss of votes on ac-
count of the silver question from the
party Insignificant. while, on the other
hand. the strength of the gold Demo
cratic vote Was exceedingly large and
which. when deducted from the Bryan
vote. would show that the Republicans
could not have failed to carry the state
hy handsome majority. our gains
have been very large in all Of the white
sections. and mainly i'm the rotten bor-
ousns Of the colored counties and cities
have The frauds been committed. No
better illustration OF this fact can be
had than the concession Of the election
Of the Republican candidates. General
walker I'm the Ninth and Mr.. Yost in
the Tenth districts. by handsome ma
joriucs, and the setting up of the pre-
tended claim TO the election of Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress I'm the
Fourth and Second districts.
Mckinley is entitled to the electoral
vote Of Virginia upon a fair count by at
least 10000 majority. and upon proper
return. We should have az least six con-
grcssmcn.
EDMUND WADDGLL. Jr.,
JAMES ID. BRADY.