Richmond planet., 1900-05-12

Jackson Ward. the BLACK Belt" Of
On May srd, John Mitchell, Jr., He'd
notices for the following candi dates,
/, who had been nominated May 2ad, at
st. Lukes' Hall. Board OF Aldermen
John Mitchell, Jr., B p. Vandervsll.
Common Council: j. J. Garter, morton
Deans,i Joseph Randolph Porter, ID:
Il. Jonathan, W. 8 Selden; Justtees OF
the Peace, James T. White, Charles T..
J.. Primus, II. O. Hunter.
The next morning it was ascersain-
ed that Royal Racks (colored) had
, brought, at the instigation OF some
one . list Of bogus names and that MT.
Walter Christian, Olerk OF the host-
i ings Court had received them.
rHz BOGUS KAmEs.
iJames Y, Smith whose name was He'd
ia unknown and il was evident tEst
this was done to cause James i. smith
TO lose votes. The witnesses names
were equally as fctieieus. William
b. Smith cannot read or write and IL
was therefore essential thai his intend
ed candidacy should be witnessed De-
fore aIustiee OF the Peace. =.
Despite all this his name Was hlse
and forw arded to the Electoral Board
John G. Smith had filed no such no.
ftice.
q, z. Porter, whose name was hled
does not live in jackson Ward. The
only name at all similar 10 that OF 4.
Giles Porter and he does nos live IN
jackson W ard and is therefore disqusl-
flied as q candidate. dis name was
A. HAYES. the well-known liveryman
and funeral director has net fled any
such notice and the witnesses Nd. b.
Sumsl and Waller Mason are tieticious.
His name was sent Is the Electoral
Board as q candidate for the Board OF
Aldermen.
oTKEa FoRc sR,Es.
Henry Moore, whose name wasEled
as not q candidate for the Board or AL
Ndermeu and the witnesses nanec as
John Peterson and John Anderson are
as invisible g ghost. His name WAS
forwarded to go on the baHot.
John Mitchell, who is named as 8
candidate fer the Board Of Aldermen
eanpot be found, neither cac the wit
ness John Cooper ald William Blount.
They apparently have no earthly exls"
tence. This name was put on the tick
ct to confuse the voters and to cause
lOH6 Vi NObOo W OOnh EA-sOhOAAt ~~NS
name was forw warded for insertion upon
the official ballot.
The names fled for the Common
Council wereIss follows: BerJ. Jackson
He did not file has name aud NOBODY
seems to know anything about Arch
er Frazier and Robert Bell, the alleged
l witnesses. Bernard Brown did not file
his name and the alleged witnesses M.
B. Samall and Iverson Rex are tieti-
cious. r. II. Glover did not file his
name, and the witnesses, john Will
son and Henry Bell are fistieiouG
Thomas Smith did not file his name
ard the witnesses T. r. Mosby and
William Carterer are ficticious.
NO AUTHORITY TO FILE THEM.
z. J. Crane did not file his name and
no one knows anything about the al
&legsd Witnesses ]. Brown and Walter
Maker.
#6H. e. Johnson was evidently named
with the idea of causing loss Of votes
Ito H. F. Jonathan. The witnesses
Wilson Brown and Arthur Harris have
mot been able to tell as to the where
ebouts of such . person whose exis-
tence is not ct this time known on this
part Of the earth.
II B, Adams, named as Justice Of the
eeaee fled no such notice. In the
aee OF ell this forgery and trickery
the names were sent to tie Electoral
Board and that body indicated that it
you'd have the names printed on the
ffaeisl ballot.
In the meantime Editor Mitchell
oti tisd Nj. Christian he would sub