The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
Mr., BRhUER'S
BREEZY MEETING
Continued From First Page.)

money on the eve OF tho election then he
has made himself Liable to criminal
procedure and has made himself ineil-
gible 1t is charge more !ncrimlnat-.
Ing, more serious, he declared, than my
thing In the evidence against Mr.. BTauer.
lhe rap.rs.
The demonstration from the Brauer ele-
ment in tho crowd, which was in the
majority, was something Tremendous
when these words were uttered by the
little giant from Halifax" The Che~T5
were loud and long and considerable e&-
element prevailed for awhile. The pa eis
were not read, but Mr.. Sands, as stated,
waved them in his hand under tho nose
Of man who was creating good deal
OF Todd capital. Meanwhile he declared
that there were other sim lar atndaV'te
where this one came from and they
would be produced II necessary. lie
refused to give the name OF the man who
signed the affidavit but he allowed the
papers TO be copied. One OF them was
a letter from Mr.. Todd, addressed to the
man In question:.
Dear SRA short time ago You bor-
rowed from me one dollar and half
which you said you would return in a
few days. You Lave evidently forgotten
this and dislike to call your attention
10 II, Out you "oulu CctiACi IL law ~
giving it your: early attention.
yours truly
"w. j. TODD"
This letter was dated on September
9th and was received on September 18th.
Then followed n statement from the
person in question:; sworn to before 4
notary of Richmond. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
Tho true facts are that Walter J.
Todd employed me to work for him and
use my influence to secure votes for him
at the primary election held on Septeun-
Der g. 1893, for which services he agreed
to pay me the sum Of five dollars; the
dollar and one-half mentioned in tho
above letter is the amount he paid me In
advance: the remaining amount, three
and one-half. is still due me by W. ],
Todd. ". ]. Todd d d not loan me money
| but actually paid 1t to me for services
| TO be rendered him In said election.
Witness my hand this 18th day Of
| October, 1903
Tn, Me eth
About one hundred persons were gath
| cred around Gitfert's Hail. In Bale >
precinct, when the meeting was calet
to order. The attendance was regarded
as good for TIE rather thin!y settled Sec
! ton in wh CHI 1t was held,
| First among the speakers was Mr..
Sands. who. though interrupted frequent
| ~, managed to make q fifteen-m II Jto
| speech, at the end of which he precipi.
tated the incident referred to above.
He referred to the alleged statement OF
Mr.. Todd that he (Sands) had RoateG lie
State COMMITTEES with wl.sKey. 10 this
| statement he said he had intended ia
| pay no attention, but Mr.. Todd had made
no movement toward correcting II. lie
| ~ hat
consequence there, and that not a mem.
Der Of the state Committee took a dcla6,
For the next hour Senator Ealksdale
kept thinks flying before him. II first
words caught the crowd and through mis-
| entire speech he was given flattering
attention and good deal NJ applause
The Brauer crowd literally yelled sell
hoarse as he proceeded. He discu sec
the situation along the Inc he proceeded
the evening before, and added number
OF new things He again flayed the Gown
ty Committee, and declared that 1t wa.
furnishing aid and comfort TO tho lie
publican party; that II was part san IL
It's action; that II was II creature tryrl
to indicate to Its creator; that In defying
the State Committee II had paced sell
outside tho pale Of the party; that 1t had
Itself violated the Rarksdale law when
after II had decided that Brauer wa:
guilty. II failed to call Il new prinia y
and instead gave the certificate to II
own candidate, Walter ], Todd,
To this latter gentleman, and 10 Mr.
Hechler as we'll. he also paid his respec: o
Mr.. Barksdale appealed to tne vote t,
stand By the party. He ridlculed the pvl
dence upon which the County Committc
found Brauer guilty. and upon wh:l
some Of the State Committee found mn
guiltless. The State Committee had neyc