The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-30
NORFOLK,
PRIMARY
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The subcommittee Again Take
5# UP the Investigation Before
a Crowded Room.
Mr.. GILLIAN SITS ALONE.
The Matter & to be Again Post.
poncd After Two Days Until
Latter Part Of February.
Mr.. GILLIAN SITS ALONE.
tsnoc,o, y ,rha Times. Disna tcb

Especial to The Tines.D ispatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 29.-Judge Asa
Watkins and Hon. Robert Gillian. two
Of the members OF the subcommittee OF
the Democratic state Central Committee,
arrived hero this morning TO resume the
Investigation Of the frauds In the prl-
mary election OF October Hon. Lloyd
r. Smith, the third member. was not
present. @
The room in the Atlantic Hotel used
for tho hcnring was as crowded as It
has been heretofore with Interested spec
tntors, who heard With Increasing anlnzo.
gmcnt the tcstlmonyof men who were
accented as voters, and who on oath
declare that their votes are not regis
tered as they were cast In the primary
election. *
The time the voters appeared at the
polls is asked OF nearly all OF the wit
8nesscs for the purpose Of establishing
the fact that tho tally sheets. as brought
Into court, do not show the order IN
which tho witnesses voted, but snow
on the contrary that tho tally sheets
must have been revised and rewritten,
90 that they show the names Of the Wit
fnesses In an order differing from that
4 III which they voted. 35
1NTELLlG ENT$ WITNESSES
There was an Intelligent class Of Wit
sncsses on the stand this morning, and
the cross-questioning Of the contestees
was not So effective in exhibiting the
lack Of Information Of the details OF the
election as 1t has been heretofore. mat
line Of cross questioning seems 70 BIO in-s
tended for n two purposes namely, to
occupy time, and to show that the Wit
nesses, who were accepted as voters
whose votes could be changed to suit
the exiecncles OF the i. good government
faction, are not5Ecrcdible as witnesses
under oath. They were good enough for
good government voters, but they ar =,
not credible as witnesses. 4.
5 on. feature which was prominent y
thu testimony this morning vas the
number of witnesses who voted the Re-i
publican ticket. after having voted IN
the Democratic primary
ono witness said that at IL o'clock on
election day it was generally under-
stood that tho votes were not recordeo
honestly, and that the election was un,
fair, and that his vote ana that o.
ey erybody else in the, First Ward was
not recorded correctly, nnd, the =
he voted for Hughes ptd Spann, He pup.
licans, in the general election. s
a cLoUD3O THEM,
,Tho tenorsof the tes timony IS the same
from ali witnesses and there seems TO
Do no limit to the number OF witnesses
who testify that their votes have peen
Improperly recorded. \, =. Y,
II. H. jacques. Of the Fourth Ward ~ r
was the star witness this morning. re
testified that he was the eighth voter
~ the polls and voted for the candl-
dates 81 the Trehy faction, On the tally
sheets he is the hist voter and down 1or
the candidates of the good government yer 4, y
faction, IN -, =, !, :, -, -, -. !
testified that they were the first TO vote s,1,
IN the primary in the Fourth Wara. = NC
nar,os 81. these two witnesses appear as
1ha first two voters on the tally sheets
but but the sheets contain only thirty five
names. Mr.. Jacaues's name, which, ac-
cording to his testimony, ought 70 ap-
near on these lists as the eighth voter'
is missing