The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-28
THIRD monroe
ROTTEN 10 CORE
ittImpresscd the jury that there must
something wrong" 5.s.5
Believe IT Was Wrong.
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There may be no new primary. Most
likely the matter will stand as It's. but
there is no question that the pc ople at
large are of opinion that there was
wrong doing. and that very POSSIBLY had
Sths6 investigation been carried bfCo,:l
Tho Third Monroe, there might have been
startling Developments /.
Members Of the grand jury and others
arc making II wide distinction between
stae Indictment of Mr., Alfred b. VIII
iianls and others against whom true bills
were returned. M III S,s 53t5aB
,Nfr. Williams was not indicted by the
Sra;d jury half SO much as by hlmsalf,"
said zone who knows, In discussing the
matter last night. .FIe also gave the In
4 formation. which led UP to the !ndict-
mcrt Of Messrs Manning and Goldstein,
&bu, hesexpressed a willingness to go to
;ail before he would reveal their names
until heS conferred with them B In order
TO get their permission
y It's known that the grand jlir..: gave
Mr.. Williams time to confer wi.h Mr..
Manning. and that he only told names
after the others involved in the tran5ac-
ton had consented. ~
Why Twas Stopped. I'll
Il The investigation was full and thor
ough In the view of the grand jury. The
members take the ground that had they
gone further and even discovered wrong
4 doing elsewhere. the time had elapsed in
which contests could be regularly made.
and the results as announced would
4 necessarily have stood.
gf IT lis believed that few 1,if any Of the
candidates had any part in undertaking
ftogmanipulates the returns. a tsuccessfuli
candidate said last night that his skirts
were clear, and that II anything wrong
had been done, lie thought II initiated
against hin,Erather than in his favor He
had but slim confidence In the methods
of&the primary MS q general proposition M
still he was not In n position to assall
any particular5precinct.
e One thing which the grand Jury en-
nhasiZcd In It's report Is the Importance
of the City Committee taking more in-i
terest Ii, the personnel Of election officers,
Tho members think that ! ne3comn1lttee
will Earnestly look after this matter
moro general by desirable class Of judges
and clerks can DO secured. 81
Are All High Men.
They mako no remote reference to the
electoral board in this connection, hut
they are of opinion that, considering the
difflculties the hoard has In securing high
officials, the commit tee might do better
In some Instances. The members of tho
electoral board arc all men oftprominence
and enjoy tho confidence Of the grand
Jurors, as well as the public The board
Is composed Of Messrs. T., G, Ebel, W.T.,
Hancock and Samuel Cohen, They are
cognizant OF tho difficulties and respon-
sibililes Of their positions, and do not
b hesitate3to shy how hard It has been to
GET good men to serve as election officers
There is talk of designations from the
board, but they may not develop There
will be meeting this morning, when
the members will talk over the sitpatlon,
hut there is no reason Tor believing that
any of them have made UP their minds
to retire.
The people Of Richmond meanwhile are
earnestly discussing tho results Of the
investigation, and the feeling seems gem
eral that there should be q further In
yestigation which would embrace every
precinct There isf.a strong demand for.
another grand jury and q full and COM
splete inqulry, a