The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-13
WISE Will. CONTEST.
1t He Can Raise the Money Necessary TO
Meet Expenses of Same.
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CRAlRMEH MEET
ana Bring I'm Returns from Their
Several Sections md Report to
Gold Democratic leaders With &c.
trnyal and Promise Breaking.

All the Republican chairmen of the
cities and counties of the Second Con-
gressional District except Mr.. Nance.
OF Charles City. and Mr.. Clay. of War
WICK met at state Chairman Lambs
Office last night for the purpose OF max
ing returns and reporting ON any irrec-
ularities which may have in their judy
ment come to their notice.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Mr. S. p. Carney presided The meet
ing was secret one. of course and its
business cannot be reported in detail
However 1t is known that alleged frauds
We're reported from nearly all the cuun-
ties, especially Nansemond Southamp-
ton. Isle of Wight and Norfolk county.
In the latter it is admitted that the Re
phblicans got fair treatment. except at
iiuntersVllic, lions Church ana Tan
hrrs Creek Cross Roads.
AHEAD OF HIS TICKET.
The official returns show that Dr..
WISE received 252 more votes than Nc
kinley, in spite of the fact that the Bow
den dyer faction diverted Il few hun
dred votes from him.
a mistake of 100 votes was reported
III the unofficial returns from Warwick.
as given in the press, in which DR. Wise
was credited with 546 votes, when il
should have been 4AG A difference of
one vote was discovered in the returns
from Surry These are about all the
CudHBeS reported.
IF HE CAN RAISE FUNDS.
DIT. Wise was present, and as n result
OF the meeting. of the information and
auVice ne Gieaned, and other reasons.
mas decided to contest the election of
Mr. Young If he can raise the money TO
90 so, the amount necessary being not
less than $4,000.
The Returning Board does not render
its report until Nov. %. after which 70
n for
1t is not customary to give notice of
contest before the report of the board
and DR.. Wise will wait until then before
DONG so, If he does at all. 1t has re-
solved itself altogether into a question
OF cash. and nothing else.
ALLEGED REASONS FOR CONTEST.
The Republican leaders claim that
with the funds they can seat DIR. Wise
as easy rs rolling off log The princi-
pal grounds for contest. as catalogued
py them are well planned conspiracy
TO steal the district; failure to register
certain voters; dilatory tactics ut the
polls. whereby they say from 1000 ia
5000 Republicans were kept from voting.
ialse instructions given by judges to il
hterate voters, and many other req
sons They refer to the contest of
Goode against Platte in 1872 as an ex-
h,hpic where such arguments as the
above were potent
49, 49, w l'I..
In an interview with n Virginian rem
reSentative, Col. Lamb said that he had
received letters Indicating probable con
tests i'll the Fourth and Fifth Districts.
and perhaps in the Third. He scored
the gold Democratic leaders vigorously.
saying they had betrayed their pledges
in this district.
lie declared that it was thoroughly
agreed 10 by the gold leaders that if tho
sixth District We're given to them they
would make no fight in the second. but
on the contrary, would assist the Re
pubiicans To carry the district in every
way. The gold men had promised larn-
sums OF money for this purpose to the
republicans. Accordingly Hoge wns
taken down in til. Sixth. and the next
thihE That happened was the nonllra-
ton of Mr.. Whalcy in The Second. in
direct violation of the agreement.
DIDN'T SPEND IT RIGHT
Col. Lamb AYERS that every cent Of
money sent here by the gold Democrats
has been used against DR.. Wise. He
wished to be understood as referring 10
the gold Democratic leaders and paid
n handsome tribute to that part of tho
rank ana Tie of the gold Democracy
which threw its support to Wise and
Mckinley.
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