The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-16
FL|MSY ATTACKS
SAY TIE BOARD.
/ MeSsrs. Ebel. Cohen and.
Hancock Make Vig-
0rous Reply.
NAMED MEN THEY
BELIEVED HONEST
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Electoral Board Addresses Paper
to Judge Witt and Secures His
Permission to Have It
Notwithstanding
ii Capitol Square n. ..
Tonight.

9 Afterte days Of silence the Electoral
Board has replied to charges of Mr.. Will
liam l.. Royal.
On receipt yesterday Of q telegram
from Judge witt, the public was IN,
formed that Mr. ,vm. L. Royals as
sertions and rcasscrtions have been with
out foundation.
Under the ban OF this statement Mr..
Royal was not content to rest, for ne
has answered the Electoral Boards cx-
planation, and eassertcd his complaints
65Iro-niEbt at the mass -meeting In the
Capito Square at $3.50 o'clock there VIII
be .-something doing" for Mr.. Royal mas
declared that he will so to the bottom
OF the election frauds and will spare no
body }.l (
Names, dates and places will be made
as an open book to those who attend.
II will be the whole SHOW SAD Gsllrr,. MT.
( Royal, on yesterday. We asked no
other speaker. because ! nave pisttltey p'ltty -
say. and L. want chance TO say T..
There viii be a stand at the same place
that tho last one was built, and that IS
Eths extent Of arranEernents.s IN
4 sG..Any8 of my friends who care 70 come
and sit on the platform are welcome 70
do so, hut shall invite no one,
Will Go to the Bottom.
."l,rose who come TO hear what 1 have
To say will hear the truth. for ! SHAH go
- INA bottom OF thc4ieltction frauds, ana
II will spare no one. az ! ,
Al a meeting OF the Electoral Board
held last Monday night Mt the house ol
4 Mr. Samuel Cohen. on Grace street IN ne g
.5 ma Il or OF the criticism OF the board was was
+ discussed and a statement IN rough WIS -
prepared as n reply to the ! ltlt nis
pa pcr was later drafted SasT antIadurees's El 2 .
To- Judge s. b. IN 1T, OF the q MUSINGS ms :
Court. and WAS for Whroed 70 70 '''ln ~, - -
..Simrod Hail. In Bath county, "nere "t'esit
~ ssi,,drc q spcnding his vacation.
reni,est accompanied the communi-
itca tion tha { the Board would be permitte'd
s5533.t furnish a copy TO the press OF Rlcn-
''Y,si Yesterday the following telegram was was
4 ~ ~ A1llboro, Va. Sept. 18th.
+. G. Ebel. Ninth Street Richmond
You m have my permission Q ! TO 4,T,4I1 publish n
letter t;; !, = ~
Mr F,bel whercupon furnished the press
n COPY OF the Electoral Boards state
ment as appended
TO the Honorable s. .. Nnt, 1uuee ,,. =.
W the Hastings Court OF lne w W y -
& Richmond:
Thn undersigned members OF the Eiec-
+oral Board OF this city. having recently
heen severely, but unjustly criticised IN
the public press for their Official con.
duct feel 1t to be their duty 70 call
Your honor's attention to said critlclsitis
and their privilege TO submit the the lto'i-' loi--'
X lowing:
y. member OF this board sought appoint,
Inent on IT, The duties are onerous II
,ot ycxatIous the compensation trivial.
we accepted the Office each OF US, as
matter OF public duty. and have en-
deavored to discharge the obligations
conscicntlously and impnrtnlly. We have
known or feared no candidate Whatever,
IN our appointments; our effort has been
~ oct The best men, and inan instance,
have we been actuated by any Interior
y or6 irnpure8 motive, In the matter OF 8hll-
z in1,f he appointments OF judges and clerks
~ election. we have had u great deal
OF trouble the positions are undesir-i
able, We regret TO say that we Hnu
FEW men with sufficient patriotism 70 ac-
cent these offices from sense OF duty
= There is no attraction In either the duty
or the compensation, 1t is strictly a
m ca where the office seeks the man and
moi the man the; office. There are one
hundred and nftcen judges and clerks
of election in the city, From June. 4.si.
TO August 1905, there were torty resig-
nations ana four removals out or the
precinct by said officials. No sooner
would we get all of the Offices filled than.
IN would come batch Of designations.
,rime and again has this happened, me-
cessItating meeting after meeting 10 MI
tha vacancies. We have used our per-
sonnl influence to induce GOOD citizens
TO accept the Offices and have lrequent-
ly begged and demonstrated with them
not to resign, usually without avail
No citizen has had any undue or I'M
proper influence in the selection OF these
Judges and clerks, 1t Is charged against
+ us as a great derelction, that Mr.. e, w.
Saunders, member Of the City Commits
tee, recommended nine appointces, This
Is true, hut the appointments We're not.
made upon his sole recommendation MI,
Saunders has been In the City Commit
tee for great many years and IS prob
ably better acquainted IN the West End
Of the city, where these appointments
were made than any manin that Sec.
ton. He has heen repeatedly elected by
tho people to the City Committee and
Is Yice-chalrman of the same, and su-
perintendent of Clay Ward, We have
made twentyrthree appointments upon
The Recommendation Of Mr. James NJ, El-
lett, chairman Of the Republican,. City
Committed. and we have seen no reason
Ito overlook the recommendations of Mr.,
Saunders, yice-chairman OF the Demo-
cratic Committee especially when they
have been otherwise we'll supported.
Saunders's Appointees,
Th following We're recommended by Mr..
Saunders. r. Howie q. Il. Trench,
a. w Garter, TT. Carter, ia ckson Use.
w. Crump Tucker, John II, Guy, "a r.,
r., w. Percyal and James Nj Hayes, Jr.