Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-02-01

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had removed from the District in ordel
that "somebody" could vote agains
Walker.
9TH. BY resort to the use Of names o.
men resident of Tennessee and Other
States.
Sth. By resort TO the use of names OF
men formerly we'll known in the District
but slightly changed and made "colored'
90 as to be used for repeaters, for example;
"John Smed, colored," for "John Smith,
white," etc.
9th. BY resort to the offering to ne
groes and others the privilege OF voting
several times by changing clothes" or
shaving" etc.
10Th. Bv resort to allowing men to
vote who had not resided in the District
the "time required By law"
1lth. Bv resort to changing the "elec'
toral boards" throughout the District, 1t
being claimed as indispensable to the re-
demption of the District by Democracy, 20
called.
10Th. Bv resort to the changing OF Re-
publican judges and clerks on the eve OF
the election without notice.
18th. By resort to the plea OF refusing
to announce the judges, etc. until the
morning of the election
l4th. BY resort to the appointment ol
dsgruntled Republicans who were known
TO have been and still to be the personal
and polit;cal enemies Of Walker in all OF
his campaipns and who were known to be
for Judge Rhea.
18th. By resort to the appointment OF
iliterate Republican judges against the
nrotest of the Republican committees who
asked the privilege of selecting and sug-
gesting proper judges.
18th. BY resort to "signs" from "ln-
side Judge" to "outside worker" contrary
| to law.
17th. Bv resort to the refusals to ap'
point Republican judges at certain voting
places thoagh capable men could have
been secured.
18th. By resort to bribery, intlmida
ton and bulldozing.
18th. By resort TO the Illegal plan Of
allowing some Judges and clerks to hold
the election without being required to take
the oath of office, provided by law.
10th. By resort to allowing minors t(
register without swearing as to age, resi-
dence, etc, and vote.
2lst. By resort to secret posting OF TN
new reg stration lists at night, tn'
strange (?) and quick disappearance OF TIT
same. and the refusal of Democratic regis
trars to permit Republicans to gee or IN
spect the same; and refusing to register o
transfer many Republican voters who ha'
applied therefor.
22nd. By resorting to the plan OF wher
ever possible of holding the election IL
houses anu buildings controlled and guard
ed by the active partizans OF the Demo
cratic candidate.
23rd. By resort to furnishing Demo
cratic workers "on the outside VIII
"oflcial ballots" already prepared in viola
ton Of law.
Oath. By resort to the plan of substltu'
ing, surreptitiously, previously prepare
ballots for Rhca instead Of the ballots pre-
: sented by the voter which said voter ma
prepared for General Walker, the latte
being burned Or otherwise destroyed
suppressed.
t 25th. BY resort to the method OF fol'
ing all voters to accept the Democrat
marking judge" and declining 10 allo
e Republican voters to select the judge the
e preferred to prepare their ballo!s'
a 26th. By resort to the plan, in man
places, of appointing as Republican Judge
9 old and decrepit men -men both physica
ly and educatiOnally inca able OF dIschari
ing the duties thereOf-men who have zee
convicted of crime, and, in some case
n men notoriOusly known to be "ffoaters
>. and habitual "vole sellers"
/, The evidence in the contest OF Gener
1t Walker against Judge Rhea nov pendlI
before Congress will confirm fully al
Is completely the reasons hereinbefore IND
-s Gated, and unless the conduct of the ele
II tions of 1898 is rebuked by the seating
!. General Walker and the ousting Of Jud'
n Rhea, the next Republican convention
e. the Ninth District of Virginia should a
IN iourn without making nomination.
The Republicans Of the Ninth DIstrl
will receive with qualification the news
General Walkers vindicatlon and Il
condemnation of the methods employt
to defeat him, and in this, hundreds
Democrats will join. A decision o.htrwl
will be construed as vindicating said met
ods. The case is above politics.
i Very respectfully,
~ STUART +. LINDSEY.