The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06


gshal1s remainaas now laid of, named and
fixed by law provided that herea fter no.
add tionaIK districts shall be made con-
{ tanning less than sixty square miles. In
each district there shall beS5elected not
more than three Justices ofsthe peace,
: oneHconstable and one overseer Of the
ponr.
This report differs from the majority
Z report in the Sc respects: It aholishes,
& ~ The attorney. for the Common
wealth.
Z. u The county treasurer. with a pro-
vision that in counties Of more than
: thirty thousand Inhabitants the office OF
treasurer may be created by law.
& (S) It makes the commissioners of the
revenue iappointive.
t 90 It provides for not less than three
( nor more than five supervisors. to be elect-
ed by thesvoters of The county a tElarge.
e ta) 1t enlarges the area of any new
maglsterial district that may be created
from thirty to sixty square miles.
Respectfully submitted.
EUGENE WRITER'S. S
GEORGE P. TARRY.
q Both reports were ordered to lie on the
s table until called up for further conSidera-
5 ton.
TREAT-GREGORY CASE.
Z Mr.. Harrison gave notice that all who
desired to speak on the Treat-GreSory
contest should do SO with the understand
ing under the ruling of the President that
Mr. Turnbull, of Brunswick, would close
the debate in behalf of the minority re-
port.
Mr., Pollard opened the debate in sup
port Of his report. that neither Treat nor
Gregory were entitled to n seat, as they
hot h no mn
and consequently neither one was elected.
He said the minority report claimed that
Gregory was elected by a majority OF one
vote; the ma nrity report claimed ma
DIRTY of one vote for Treat while he had
taken to himself wings and scared alott
ahcyc the region of dirty politics. ana
when he cama down he landed on the
fence of absolute neutrality. He saw on
one side Of the fence Democratic brethren
headed by the. reverend delegate from
l'2ncaster Or. Dunaway) herding with
the Republicans and gazing longlnsly
over to the Democratic group cn.the other
side. led By tho reverend del@pat c from
Winchester CIr Harrison>. Mr.. Pollard
said he made this exclamation Of his nGsi-
ton nr'.eniy- to a question tr1rl Mr.. Car
ter Friday as to how In had got on the
fence.
AlI WITT GREGORY.
Mr.. Pollard stat-, that all his feelings.
SO far as persona: preference was con-
cerned, were for Judge Gregory, who
was his Instructor III the law. ard with
whom he was intimately connected by
ties of professional and social growth.
He paid a very eloquent tribute to the
highS'character OF Judge Gregory as a
Christian citizen and an eminent jrrist.
Mr.. Pollard then took up the testimony
I Of the sixty-five negro witnesses and ar
Gued that it was a fair presumption that
they intended to vote for Treat. since
Judge GREGORY was running on a plat
form that rleart their own disfranchse-
!Eent. He read a long time from the
affidavits of these negroes to show That
they knew Judge Gregory was running
on q, platform that took away their votes
and their school privileges.
Mr.. Pollard said that standing alone
he should attach very little Importance
to the aflidavits Of the colored voters.
but there were SO many corroborative
. circumstances he was compelled to give
it attention. especially in the absence or
the affidavit of the judge of elections at
Beulahvilla Precinct.
NOT NATURAL.
He claimed that it was not natural to
expect negroes to vote for Judge Gregory
when it meant in their opinion. it was
the last vote they would ever be allowed
to cast. The influence Of the church over
Negro voters had been greatly magnifietf
in this discussion, and an examination OF
the evidence showed that & great many
of the voters did not belong to the col
oretl deacon's church.
AR. OFlaherty: "Will you explain to me
why the judge of election should prop
erly mark that portion CT a ballot which
elected a negro to office in opposition to
a white man. and improperlyr mark that
portion of the ballot where, two white
men were in oppostion?'
Mr.. Pollard: THAT is something I can
not EXPLAIN
Mr.. O,Flaherty: Cant you explain it
10y admitting that the judge of election
never did such 4 thing. but that the BAL
lots were wrongly marked by the voters
themseves?n
Mr.. Pollard: THE ballots must speak
for themselves"
AN INCONSISTENCY.
The inconsist ency of throwing out one
precinct for fraud and retaining another
under the same suspicious circumstances
was next presented.
The speaker then entered into legal
discussion, and showed how, by technical
construction of the law, Mr.. Treat was
denied the benefit of doubtful Points, and
said that if he did not follow the law in
its letter and spirit he would be free to
vote ,.or Judge Gregory, for the law made
it impossible to throw out Cold Harbor
unless notice I'd been given of that pur-
pose He referred to Reeds trouble about
the mule colt as preventing him from
going on the stand. and said he and the
county judge were very intimate:
WARM COLLOQUY.
There was warm coloquy between
Mr. Pollard and Captain Wise as to the
weight which should be gwen to the .tes-
timony of certain witnesses, in which the
old war horse replied to Mr.. Pollard with
much vigor.
Then ensued brief running debate. in
dulged in by NIessrs. Pollard, Barbour
! Turnbuil and others.
! Mr. Pollard then proceeded with his
| llle oldest and Best.