The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-25
mi TEFI JORDAN ms,
ll)slnpaI Political CONTEST Fought Out
Regardless Of Expense.
.slsT oF JUDGE KILBY's DECISION.

s65 ssSsx IS
I NEG Tree Robbcxa Arrested Creditors
ssS5s ,ennis Humber Company lGe.i.
Ss sas a eitl,,a t;t.asc by nh 0sticcr--
sist,, ii, s:aR fekei.ea S,t Hampton
Z & g, s i, s I'i' y !: pl,s.
ssS So ISL III July "a Especially
sssFt ltess{ts q Ga n w ms Concluding |. sev-
3 en- rial and SIX hours al astuta
& 2 rg5s2t g. County ndgc ". j. Knby.
n at 81 10y clacik 81 his afternoon, sentlcieG d
a5dscisiaS BY NirlUas or which Water J5r-
an iASi IL &cqnt inue to 8rotain his scat aa
s. cha rntan OF the &Damocra tic Board Of
& supervisors lie will. ala, draw tho nay.
s8sIsut tha is OF aasYery p!caEunish nature.
8 comma red with tho leads Of money
81 W fstih hiaFe heeal 81 ent by both sides in
zen testns this, one OF the hardest
sfNI.ugal elec ton eases in local annals But
33inone wa s no b3ecs. THE men f9u4h;
& for principle. All through the case Mas
levi len Al. 5eh,lllitton Of feeling, having
s$4 Is origin in personal mattens irreleyln.
sSto3 elections. hut finding expression In
VI 9. court OF justice.
WHY JORDAN WON.
SJud ge kill delivered an oral opinion
81 of q bout 1900 words In which the ras,.
WA 8 reviewed. cxhaustively. Jordan won
& he use & I3abey's supporters al Yeatca'
rs precinct, bygjHn error Of judgment, the
court said, cast their ballots 1t the side
~ prec4nct instead Of 4 t the polling place
INV hese official ballots were used Rabcy' 8
N arecfnct, Where 81 votes were palled FOR
b him, wa $ thrown out, leaving +; he cor
~ rected count of POI to 100. Had the 81
votes been counted, The office woul'
n t}1ftar 1l1l "A
that Reginald Wrght's fai!use. 10 .ltliyc,
h the official ballots on lime deprived 40
555yQter of = no right of an honest PIE .P-
ESen ce:S The people are the GoveSei G; Il, lta
IN said, and their will must be risttH#ua.
Those Ewhovoted n the wrong }ncaif Il
4; m de errors OF Judgment Tor which The
81 court was not espolsible.
sSSs, JudgeHIRaW leS gave notice Of Il motion
"a for a appeal. Tho case will be called
again At the October term Of County
W. Court. t@s q
SPEECHES TO LET
3S$5$ There We're plenty or speeches--.nge-
5$nious and aStute argument on both sidcs
S5At times the lawyers talked cntcrtnin-
$&ingly5 and cloquently. + is impossible
Ito publish anything like a resume or the
argument.
5Es Judge r. II. R,wles opened for the
E& contestant in fifty minutes, Ba said in
part :%s,
5Ss IF you count all the ballots at every
N precinct. Ra hey wins. Our election oii-
5$ GERS de facto as well as officers de iure.
We stand on our legal ,ights, demanding
as as citizens of Virginia that We be ac-
&I best citizens are here demanding their
rights. Are we to be deprived of our
rights by ag:y.Saoi ytss acts?"
Some man (Henry Clay has said, Il
II had rather be right than President.
H@ Sumo people here had sra Their be super
visor that&rignt. I should not want an
III office gained by questionable means.
Let this case be decided by the evil
NJ aenee, Let 1T be written On the walls
that generations yet unborn may read
#% that Justice was done here to-day. Lot
Justice be done though the heavens
& fall
THEN CANTl5 IVERETT.
Attorney S, E, Everett followed Judge
4 5Ttawles He spoke e for tho coiltestce
5f and reviewed the details OF the en- tire
& case, with which Virg!nian readers are
VI Familiar, Everett made an eXhaus i've
discus sion which did mini great credit
Isl His plea lasted an hour.
i.5z JUDGE BRO BOXES ZIG SPEECH.
iii Everett was tol!owcd by his collea qua,
who for two hours argued clearly, forci-
Ii bly,, and at times with eloquance about
Il the charges Of fraud which have been
d made. Judge Brooke. spoke rs follows
TT doesn't always do for these auspi-
c!ons to be paradcd before community
as fraud. If there has been fraud 1T i.
5.ahe proven. Some Of these men .Asn
statements they haven't read, and
81 swear aga inst men OF high standing 10
III they stop to think Of the regulations
spotIess as snow which may be b!ac,, en-
ed by these communicating charges hG
#slander?n ii H.
F.s ISLANDER takes unto itself wings all
8xlike .hing life flies forth-,row Il
III now tti:ra and yonder, aud back as
van:iJiingSo over a community. spre
= It's DINING influence and blasting & I
t2; tati onx-75Qmetim irrepara by-n %iai
& and fitting like birds In the .sisyc aa-
3 and recrossing 10000 times.
Men should be careful. No psrsan
\ can ever know. tina. tho truth viii Ike
8 at the place where the lie haH
whether 1t can repairfthe roIusgti5ns
Il and hanpinass that have hncr lIlaSia%-
u ed by slanderous weapons
Observation-Disclosures