The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-13


| indeed, surprising to us when Rev. George
W. Lee announced himself as Repub-
lican delegate when he, but few months
prior to the election of delegates. de-
nounced the President-William McKin-
| ley-and the Republican party. l.. NJ.
! Saunders, in this protest against our ad-
| mission, is actuated by personal pique
and his former defeats as delegate to
Republican conventions. In all meetings
| of the board of election. of which he was
n member he coUld-not utter a sentence
| without some abuse against the member
of the National Republican Committee,
Col. NJ. NJ. Parker. His assertion that he
would not serve On the board with Mr..
Chase was because he (Chase) refused to
consent to vote to place Saunders on the
National Committee. Saunders begged
Chase to form a combination with him in
the appointment Of the judges.
This conversation took place in Saund-
ers' office. Saunders was charged with
this in the presence of Judge Cotton,
which plainly showed that he was willing
and ready TO do anything to be elected.
He repeatedly sent persons to Mr.. Chase
to be his running mate. and as often as
he sent Mr.. Chase declined. We beg the
pardon of the committee in making per-
sonal references. but it is our object to
able to Mr.. Saunders until he (Saunders)
found out that Mr.. Chase would have
nothing to do with him.
mir. Chases refusal to support Mr..
Saunders for the District Commissioner
ship is another reason that he (Chase) Is
opposed by him. These questions would
often come up in the board meetings, and
his (Saunders) declaration was that he
would spend $4,000 to defeat
Chase. 1t was quite evident that the
National Republican Committee had been
imposed upon when Saunders was appoint
ed He was Immediately made secretary
of the board upon motion of Mr.. Chase,
and his English was so bad that he was I'M
able to keep the minutes. He could not
spell the simple word Anacostia when he
was required to write it,
In answer to the charge made by Rey-
burn and Lee that Chase was once convict
ed of larceny. Mr.. Chase submits a letter
written by Judge T. F. Miller the trial
judge. under date of May A. 1890, of which
the following is an extract:
The facts in the case as I escertained
them. were as follows: Chase was in
shoemaker shop where some difficulty took
place between gentleman and the shoe
maker about pair of shoes upon which
the latter had bestowed some labor. Chase
interfered in behalf of the shoemaker and
took the shoes from the customer and
gave them to the shoemaker. Out OF this
the two cases against him grew. J did not
think at the time, nor do now. tina. any
larceny whatever had been committed, as
there was an utter absence OF felonous in
tent. He was guilty OF simple assault, II
any, and nothing more"
Ballot BOX Stumng.
In reply to the allegation that ballot
boxes were stuffed, Messrs Chase and
Jones say:
1.-THE charge that we stuffed the ballot
boxes and doctored the returns is too pre-
posterous to defend. The only attempts
that were made to stuff the ballot boxes
were in the Third and Seventeenth dis
tricts, and the affidavits of Mr. j. w. Pat
terson, one Of the judges appointed IL the
Seventeenth district, and Dorsey, III the
Third, have so stated. The only occasion
that Mr.. Chase had to go in the Eighth
district was when he was sent for by the
three judges in the Eighth district, Keith
Sutherland, Paris Lyvers, and George W.
Smith who could not proceed with the vot-
ing on account of the Reyburn and Lee
mob who had taken possession of the |
booth. The only pefson with whom Mr.. |
Chase talked was Police Officer Gibson. |
who was requested to ask those who had |
no right in the booth to vacate. The bal |
loting was not allowed to be proceeded |
with.
THE officer refusing to interfere, Mr.. |
Chase Immediately reported the circum-
stances to Judge Cotton, who directed him |
to call upon Major Sylvester and request
him to send an officer to the place of vot-
ing, 1875 Eleventh Street northwest which
was done. This is all the connection Mr..
Chase had with the Eighth district 1t |
was not necessary to give ballots to the
judges, because the voting for Messrs.
Chase and Jones was three to Lees one.
Lees own church members voted against
him.
In conclusion, we beg to say that out
if twenty-five districts and twenty five
,oting precincts with seventy-fve judges,
only one Judge George w. Ball. OF the
Thirteenth district, alleged by Saunders
o have sworn to Irregularities, made an
affidavit to irregularities, which he now
'epudiates.'
A copy of Balls second affidavit Is in
.luded in the answer. and is as follows:
Personally appeared George w. Ball,
Who, being duly sworn according to law,
leposes and says that he was hungry and
George W. Lee and DR.. Reyburn came to
lin and gave him money and took advan-
age of his starving condition. I made
statements March IL, 1900, which were
false, and without hesitation
md in justice to myself and the men VINO
we're honestly elected delegates to the con-
and Jones-declare that
what / said was false. have never had
my talk with Mr.. Chase. except to ask
lin for my money as Judge of election.
GEORGE W. BALL.
Witness:
"E. B. WELBURN.
Subscribed and sworn TO before ME this
It'll day of June, 1900.
"tSeal.)
EMANUEL NJ. HEWLETT,