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concerned. It has steadily robbed him of

4 IL mas Oeeu charged In the daily pa
pers here that the Negroes were so cor
rurt and SO addicted to selling their
votes that it was absolutely necessary
that they be excluded from all the rights
and privileges at the ballot box in order
that the white folks might have pure
elections.
We believed and knew that this was
the politicians expedient to ride into
power.
The intention was to premise something
which was out of the realm of possibil-
ity, for when it comes to stealing, cheat
ing. or any other kind of devilment, the
white men, or at least some of them are
experts; while the unprincipled Negroes
are but clumsy pupils.
Well, the unconstitutional "Constitu-
tiopal' Convention DISTINGUISHED the
colored citizen and it was proclaimed
that the era of good feeling had arrived
and that honest elections were here to
stay. This sounded all right in the
newspapers and ON the hustings, and
would have been most interesting ap-
pendix TO the Bible. but the knowing
ones shook their heads. The millennium
had not come, Christ had not appeared
aud neither had the ward-heelers and
ballot-box manipulators, who had been
robbing the Negroes left the earth.
The exposure has come, the secret is
out. Men, who had been stealing and
robbing, while being careful to have
their faces on straight" disagreed.
quarrelled and actually fought until
they wanted to "cut each others
threats" or were willing to pay some
one else for doingit. They were deter
mined TO "get even" and grand jury
was summoned, having in its member
ship three colored men and then the |
"fun commenced"
1t makes rich reading for the news
papers ant both sides are now shown to
be 'tarred with the same stick" The
''mask of hypocrisy" is thrown aside
and both are now accused by the grand
jury with having resorted to unlawful
methods.
The following is the result of TIE
Grand Jury's findings;
Estate Senator Julian Bryant, candi-
date for Common yea this Attorney.
William II. Brauer, Treasurer of |
Henrico county-two indictments.
Walter j. Todd, successful candidate
for Treasurer-two indictments.
Charles w. Childrey, Commissioner
of the Revenue for the Upper District !
~
Merchants Cold Storage Co., of Rich ,
mond.
Walter E. Brauer, q son of the
Urea surer.
Pat McDonough. q saloon-keeper, of
Richmond
William p. Terry. saloon keeper, of
Henrico couhty.
IN two brief supplementary reports
the Grand Jury brought additional !
charges. One alleges a violation of the 1
law by Todd, within the city limits; I
this paper will be turned over TO the city |
authorities. The other charges Childrey |
with tampering with one of the wit !
nesses, who appeared before the Grand
Jury"
This means that all of the parties
named will be put TO the expense of de.
Tending themselves. aud that a verdict
will finally be rendered generating
them and showing that the Grand Jury
and all of the with Uses have misrepre-
scented and slandered some of the purest !,
and best men in the county If Grand
Jury has no better sense than to charge
that it is possible for white men TO
violate the Barksdale Pure Election !
Law, then surely petit jury will come I,
forward and proclaim a fact that should
be known Of all men outside of the
grand old county of Henrico.
1t may as well be understood that
most of these persons are indicted upon
the charge of having used money in
elections, while Mr.. BRYAN is charged
with having declined to furnish an
itemized list of his election expenses.
This is rich reading for the colored
brother and dissipates at one stroke all
of the charges which have been alleged
against him.
We are informed that in local option
districts in this state, the hotels sell
liquor through the colored porter. He
presumably does this without the
knowledge or consent" of the proprie-
tor, who however pays all the whiskey
bills for supplies or what is better known
as ''wet goods" furnished the aforesaid
porter and we incidentally remark that
this same proprietor collects all of tie
money paid over to the coiored porter
When the grand jury indicts for the I'M
lawful sale of liquor. it is the colored
porter against whom tits found and it
is the same individual, who takes the
Jail punishment.
! Some such arrangement, it seems,
will yet have to be made in Henrico
county, if another grand jury is found
that will probe into facts and bring in
indictments in accordance with the evil
dence placed before them. This is the