The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-18
Serious Complications Hay'
Arisen in the Committee.
MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT
hlonroe. Ward Delegation Don't Like
Action in Referring Contest to the
Executive committee-MaY Be
. Big wrangle-sentiment
Seems to be Favora-
bic to Smith.

There are many interesting develop
ments in connection with the great nght
for City Sergeant which culmlnateo ~
.he reawarding by the committee yes.er-
dav morning Of the certificate OF no,'lila-
,,on to Sergeant James G. snnith ps =
majority of twenty-eight over MS oppo-. p,-.
,,ert, Mr. H Claiborne Epps. x.,,,,,
one Il the fact that Air. Epps mas ,uils ,1,l
determined to continue his conles.' l. ci.ne.
before the committee. or IN tne ..ut1s GU. 20
and the determination or the l..... ~
through, IFS. executive body. 70 lnVeslisale
1ba g1arinr discrepancies in the vote OF
g,t.e second precinct of Marshall Waro,
and still another. the friction !hat iaS
,,.;s.n IN the committee over the order
ing of the investigation.
MANY FEATURES.
All of these promise to be i-raught WIZ WIZ
Interesting features. and Will pc earnestly r4'=H
watched by the voters
H.. friends in the office OF Mr.. l.. O. Wen
denbure. his leading attorney, last night.
Il was announced by Mr.. Wendenburs
Thai they were preparing for contest
but he preferred not to discuss the oeuaiis o.
which were not yet fully made out. ne
eaiu he had not considered. as YET, tne
matter Of where the fight would be mace
whether before the committee or IN the
courts but said he was sure the iat.er
.lad jurisdiction. should he finally prefer
To take his client into that arena - mere
are two reasons why we may get INTO
tfe courts" said the lawyer, one is lhat
i1e primary was legalized, and the other
IS the existence of a contract bet"eeii
,,,,- client and Mr.. Smith and the Demo-
.s,ats OF Richmond =
A DIFFERENT VIEW
ss spcrs OF the City Committee, now
Ger. take a different view of the case. Sc;
aud claim that they are the sole and fnai
tarl,iters. The discrepancies in Second
Mnnroe have not been satisfactorily eN-
nlainea by any one. The popular view
of the case, however, is that the errors
were made as the result of a lack OF iiIe
and proper lights in the precinct Mr.
Ipps and his friends are disposed 10
claim that the count was all right When
tho ballots left the hands of the cleo
,ion officers, and it is believed that their.
fight will be 10 show that they were tam
licl.ed with in the interim between eiec-
ton night ana the time of the recount.
a'he seals, however, on the trunk and
The ballot boxes were carefully examined
and found to be unbroken by Messrs..
smith and Epps and their counsel When
the recount was commenced
ARE SITTING STILL.
Mr.. Smith and his attorneys are not
moving in the matter as yet, as they nave
received no notice of what line Mr.. EppS
proposes to proceed upon. but they aTe
apparently confident of the result IN any
event and do not concede that they nave
ANYTHING to fear in any arena where
there may be q further trial OF the con-
test.
The City Committee, yesterday morning,
after the recount was completed. ordered
the Executive Committee, of which Cap
tain Cunningham Hall is chairman, to
make a thorough Investigations of the man
,,er in which the errors at Second Mar
shall occurred and report back to the full
committee. Captain Hall would have
called meeting last night. but there are
.liree vacancies on the executive body.
which he desires filled before proceeding.
WHERE THEY EXIST.
A member is to be named for Lee Ward
recently created, one for Clay Ward to
succeed Mr.. NJ. J.. himbroush, resigned.
and one for Jefferson TO succeed MI W.
r.. Cayedo. resigned.
Chairman Dollerty will probably fill
these vacancies today. and then Chair
man Hall will issue his call. But mean
while another complication has arisen,
which may result in a5reversal of the ac-
ton OF the committee in leaving The mai
Ter to the executive body for settlement
The Monroe Ward members claim that
The matter relating to their ward should
have heen leftst them to investigate and
report They also claim that the action
was taken in their absence and with only
fourteen out OF thirty-tiye members pres
eilt.
AS a result of their dissatisfaction a
formal special delivery request signed by
five members. which is the constitutional
number, was sent to Chairman Doherty
last night asking. that he convene the
1ull committee at Murphy's at O'clock
Tonight TO reconsider the matter and TO
take il, up in the full committee instead
Of by the executive body. ,
MORE COMPLICATIONS.
g So 1t begins to look as If these additional
Developments might render the situation
all :'thcs more complicated, and every
move will be watched with consuming
interest. From what could lie gathered
III political circles last night. the de.
termination Of Mr.. Epps to continue his
fight Notwithstanding the finding of tn
committee, after a careful recount OF al
The ballots cast. is not meeting With pop
ular favor. and tho prevailing serltimen
seemed to be that Mr.. Smith had sbce1
fairly chosen and should be allowed :
hold the certificate of election.
FAVOR MR.. SMITH
Moreover. the concensns of opinion was
along the line that wherever the cast
might be taken, tho chances Were largely
in fasor OF Mr.. Smith being finally TIT
nominees Few. if indeed. any. could 2.
found to cThticsse the committee and
I ! ,nost of tho talk heard Was in praise o
their untiring efforts to afford TO all tht
candidates and The party q free and TAI,
election.
Some further Interesting development'
nfc expected to-day. and II looks as i
tters will be very many OF them,
oirlslElAL "
Following Is the official vote for Gil,
ss sergeant in the Democratic primary q,
AuriI 10 1902. 'as determined by the City
0anocratic Connait tcc.g afters = carefu