The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-27

ElQl | VOTED
ELECTION OFFICERS
! continued from First Page.l


ton. Yelsh spoke abb for the re-
port submitted by Capt. Hall. IS modtded
by himself Mr.. Welsh ana hts colleagues
/ and Capt. Hall argued for his report as 4
4 whole, directing his remarks sespecaliaiills
to section s. relating to Super1nEteI.'uetles
Pulle- II 8 said Mr. ullerSa rs super1n7 8
Etrndent had helped frame The pta ~ an NJ
must have known i hat tit forbade an #url-s
sFcrn man, and one directly III teHesseus
in the result, to serve as q 2. y
any precinct in the cit Dr:s Cd = w soli
il1tcrript ed to say that o1len supei
zent,S had done exactly as ME.%%fuiler DID,
+ cant. Hall replied thai their precincts
were not under investigation, ana ne con-
tended that Mr. tPulier,a conduct vas
s..the subject of great censure, = " Mich was
the language OF his report. MI t1ushes
spoke at some length in favor Of the, ma ma
iority report Mr.. Taylor spoke for the
modified 1nincrity report, as did also Mr.
Wv lar tom Mr.. Duke advocated the the
Same paper. 80 -.
The question REQUIRED first on the adop-#
ton OF the modified minority report SSH
ed by Messrs Taylor, Welsh, CIV s Hal
ton and Saunders. ~,
m nor signed by himself and the m1nor.ty
report was rejected by the following vote ts,
Ayes Messrs. Phillips, Duke, Ia gan,
e.. Ky. Harton, Taylor, " alden, w t eist''
WoodWard-9. 1,.,,.s
Noes-Messrs. Batkins. Winston e ss,
ton, Bahen, Mcscoe, Barsam 81.
F;rock enbrougi., Burgess. Butter, D. DISNEY
Tiolrnoyl Folkes, Haake,, w. d. .Ii artoI'
Hnehes. Ieanan, Wood, Carringtocn'
$3.50 go REPORT ADOPTED.
The majority report was then auop p..',
after being so amended as to more .co con
T!etelys vindicate Chairman Dohcrty.
Captain Hall and others mace - : tbs 4,,s
sneeches, commencing the course OF til9
chairman.
15,rhe report adopted was as follows:
After3 a most car eful and searching III
|yestigation Of the APPARENT errors ~ VIZ
count Of the vote at the second preclnct
of Monroe Ward by the election. oulcsls
| OF that precinct in the recent prlnidiy'
YOUR special committee, appointed E1or
l#the purpose, bess leave to report as
follows: ssa5, -.
/. That. there is no evidence whatever
| that any fraud was committed WITHIN
| this precinct, or that the ballots }'!et ,
! ta1npered with in any manner after thsir
delivery by the election officers Of this
precinct to the chairman of the CITY
| Comittee; and the chairman Of the City
| Committee Mr.. James B. Doherty,a ana
the officers of the primary at the second
precinct Of Monroe Ward. as wen as
Sdessrs. Marx Gunst, Ordway Fuller q ana no
j ohm "A Cullen, should be exonorated
from all charge of suspicion Of fraud or
wrong doing.
q we find that Mr.. James 3. Doherty.
| chairman Of the City Democratic Com
mittee, carefully guarded the ballots
while in his possession. and that we take
pleasure in testifying to his strict atten-
| ton to all the duties OF his position, and
| .frr,-1 tf,Sf
| and that no blame can be attached to
! him in any way.
s. That the errors in the count by the
election officers were due to poor light
and to the method Of counting employed
| by the election officers, no check BENG
! Kept on the correctness of the count.
(. We have examined and had experts
| examine most carefully the ballots cast
! in the Second Monroe, and we affirm be-
yond question Of q doubt that the bal
! lots counted by the City Committee We're
proper official ballots.
| s. rhatswhile the superintendent Of the
| ward, Mr.. Ordway Fuller, made an effort
to secure witnesses of the count at the
/ second precinct, there was, in fact, only
| one witness present duriG the entire
! count.
G.: That wh1o the superintendent of
| the ward had authority TO supply in
1 person or Ey appointment the place OF
| any Que OIL lllc <tlSCllOl OblSGlo ~ llo Oc-
| came incapacitated by sickness to per-
1 form his duties. yet the person so sub
1 stituted should have first, been sworn as
/ an election officer.
The evidence shows that one Of the
| Judges became too sick to. proceed with
the count, and that Mr.. Fuller first took
! his place himself for a short time. and
/ then requested, Mr.. Marx Gunst to act
/ for few minutes, until the Judge had
sufficiently recovered Ito resume work,
/ but that neither Mr.. Fuller nor Mr.
1 Gunst were sworn. This was a piece OF
indiscret;on on the part of Mr.. Fuller,
! and the same may apply to the election
! officers at that precinct.
!. Your special committee would suggest
that the duties of ward superintendent
/ in the conduct OF primaries be Specified
in the rifles or bylaws Of the commit
1 tee with greater particularity than they
now are, and that in future the primary
5plar II OXIDE for the method of counting
] che ballots SO as check the correct
ness Of the count
Respectfully submitted.
W.D. HARTON.
i C. r. HUGHES,
II. L.. WATSON,
L. C. HAAKE,
S. BROCKENBROUGH,
JOHN r. LEANLAN,
CHARLES " cARRINGTON,