The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-16
OF HER DISCREPANCIES
WORK FOR TIE coMMITTEE

The / ask an onerous One and Far
From Complete Yet-c considerable
Number OF, Defective coun-
Gil Ballots Thrown Out.
Details of the
Recount.
The recount Of The vote Tor City Ser
200 nj as far as completed up to 5 clock
this morning leaves Mr.. James c. smlth
in the lead by some fifteen votes.
The COMMITTEES by a careful recanT5ass
OF the vote at Second Marshall found tnat5
there had been an error made there
which being corrected would reverse the
81 majority of Smith and give Epps 49,
after deducting the gain made by s1nitn
IN one of the Jackson Ward precincts.
Rut inst before O'Clock the sensa-
ftonaI discovery was made that there had
been an error made in Second Monroe.
which. when corrected. would mean gain
of IS for smith. putting him some fifteen
IN the lead.
The recount will hardly be completed
before noon. Mr.. Epps is confident and
Mr.. Smith hopeful. The recount is in
creasing the majority of Mr.. Cloves over
Mr.. Camp for the Council in Monroe
Ward.
PICK OUT WITNESSES.
Before the meeting was called to order
the friends of Mcssrs. Smith and Epps
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held SEPARATE conferences with their
friends in adjoining comnlittec-ronms to
make out their respective lists of wit
nesses 70 the court. In Mr. Smiths room
we're his counsel. Messrs. Meredith and
Nelson, while Messrs. II. NJ. Smith and
Wendenburg conferred with their client.
Mr Epps: The two candidates moved. .
about a5' outside. shak-
s.iif;s wing hands with their friends.
Chairman Dohtlty called the meeting
tosorder at $50 o'clock. and nineteen mem
bers answered to their names.
Mr.. Brockenbrougil offered a resolution
providing that beginning with Marshall
Ward the committee should go through
with the entire matter of recounting. sal:-
ing up the City Serseantry, Board of AL
derman and Councilmen at one time. This
WAS adopted and every one knew an all
night job had been mapped out.
On motion of Mr.. Saunders. amended
by MIR Duke. it was determined that no
one but members OF the committee be al
lowed to put their llandssupon the ball
lots, and that the usual oath of Office
be administered to the committeeman
Mr.. Folkes, a notary public, swore all
the members. save Chairman Doherty. WHO
vas out for a moment. Upon his re-
turn the oath was administered TO him
by Mr.. John B. Welsh, of Marshall Ward.
The chairman and secretary were en-
cused from counting and We're given the
task Of supervising the entire business.
sUBCoNTN1lTTEEs AT WORK.
The following subcommittee assign
lnents will be made by the Chair for the
work of recount:ng:
Room No. J. Marshall Ward. Messrs
Darlington. TAYLOR and Mitchell: Room
No: . jefferson Ward. Messrs Folkes.
Dance and Hughes: Room Nc. 5. Jackson
Ward, Messrs. Phillips, Butler and Brock
erbrough: Room No. 4. Madison Ward.
Mcssfs. West. Mescoe and Watson. Room
No. 5. Monroe Ward. Messrs. Peston. G..
w. IIarton and Floulnns
This left Clay and Lee Wards for the
last.
Messrs. Epps and Smith and their coun-
EEL were then brought. into The room.
and in the presence of the committee
examined the seal on the trunk. contain-
ing the ballots and found it in good con-
ditien. 1t was unlocked by Chairman
Doherts with much ceremony. and the
boxes containing the ballots showed that
their seals. too. were 1,,rbroken.
The following list OF witnesses was an
nounced: For Mr.. Smith. Messrs. G. l.
Feticolas. G. +. Franklin. 2. /. y. Baker.
G. II. Ratcliff, W. A. creckmur, Charles
Wilkinson, Y. ]. Griffin. q. j. Walton,
John Blake. ard J !. ylor.
For Mr. Esps. Messrs. NJ. Angle,
Thomas Boudar. T. h. A. Burke, III. NJ
Airport, Thomas ANliittet. Henry Boudar
Henry Lee Valentine. Albert Anti honS
George Cease and Charles LaareIasas
1t was decided that in Monroe and LIES
Wards, where candidates for ftle Board
of Aldermen had mo 4opposl ticn.s the vote
for this Office should not be counted.
# ON motion of Mr. Saunders. the ser:
Eeant-at-ar1ns was Instructed to arrange
NTH Murphy s Hotel for supper for the
committee and representa- atsvcs of the press
I AT II O'Clock
TILE DOORS RsWEREsLocIstiD
The utmost caution prevailed sin the en-
tire proceeding, and the big. iron doors
xn the top floor of the Capitol were 8kepi
licked and guarded. /. and even to-day