The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-09
SAYS SAUNDERS
NAMED N|NE0F
PRIMARY RY,JUDG.E.!SI|...
This one Of the Striking
Features OF Royal Re, all
Petition.
ASKS DISMISSAL OF
ELECTORAL BOARD
Failure Of the Body to Appoint 4
Better Men When Urged t. W
Severely Criticised.
C0NFERENC CE AT JAIL.
IN INTEREST /. : ! OF SMITH $ Y !! / ! 1
Charge That Election Officers
Met There to Block Out Vot-sa;8s sa;8s
ers-syrcle's5 Activity and nd. WA
and the Payment s3fE
of II Poll y, III
Taxes. 3s3.2
Failure Of the Body to Appoint int \
Better Men When Urged t. s
Severely Criticised. ,lSB
.CONFEREN.C c e AT JAIL
IN INTEREST or SMITH


The petition Of Mr. william Z. Royal,
asking for new city primary "a on he
grounds that the late one cas- tainted Il
with fraud Is In the hands Of Mr.. Duke,Ss
secretary OF the City Democratic COM
mittee "a 81 slf s4#;
I'll Mr. Royal brought it last night in per- I
son to Murphy's Hotel, where the COM 4
5mittee met, but arrived Just after its 1
adjournment. a 81 5s
The paper Is not Of the sensatlo nal }na--843
Eture that the public may have ticipated.
and In substance tt has been already
printed by The 'rmcs-D Dispatch in conneG-s
5tlon with the recent grand jury investi-s
cation. Accompanying the peti Ion Es are
"a large number Of affldavits SUSTAINING 4
( the allegations set out by NJ Roya
The most interesting features OF tllag
petition are the naming of Mr.. ClydeE1V
Saunders as the boss y and the 5s hte-
nlent that he had nine elect lon officers Z
appointed; the demand that the Electoral
Board be asked to resign, and the alle-$&
cation that two OF " Its mem bers aretuseaf
to remove election Ulcers after proof Of
their unfltness had been made kno oWnss
and tho story Of a wcll-lad plot by sy1dlA
ar. employs ofaJ.3C G. Smith, tos scnlt,lro twa
precincts Of the city. Tho method by
which Culbertson name was placed upon
|$<ths otIng tla .hoX3S 3 "a Y ter was
made oS IS f,lll g IN
terest, while 91rHe's activity In pay ings
poll taxes Is pointed out Eempha sis.E
The paper which, Is Of fs.consderabaB!
length,Els printed below SSysS
Attracts Much Attention.
G When, last night. mr. Royal entered
Nurphy's Hotel he wns the subject Of 1
considerable attentionl Nearly every
member of the City Democratic Com
nllttee was Eul,on the sidewalk outside the
hotel and there was a general rush to-
the windows to observe the petitioner
53s Mr. II Duke went forward and shook
hands with Mr. Royal. who broke the
seals OF "a large envelope and handed
him the petition, with Its accompaniment
fof affidnvts. m Il Il 44iS
Every movement Of the two gentlemen
was wal tched with the closest interest by
the emembors tof tho committee onsHthe3
sidewalk, who crowded around Mr.. Duke
on his return. DIR. Charles ". Darlington
urged that&a meeting be called at once +
to consider the petition, but he was In,
tho minority. s5 Il 5$s IL i3 s55
Chairman Doherty ordered Secretary
Duke to hold the petition until the next
meeting, which will be held on October
9th, The members OF the committee then
went their different ways.
Text of the Petition. sS
Appended Is the petttIon:g 33 4 it44Es
To the City Democratic Committee: & # s$
AS a'cItlzen OF Richmond and n Demo-
cratic voter thereof move the Commit
toe to set aside the results OF the prl- "
mary election held In Richmond OH Juno
20, 1906 ana to direct a new primary
election upon the grounds that said cleo
tlon was so tainted with fraud through
out that the result OF the same Is left
In doubt. T. also move the committee
Sto$petition the judge Of the Hastings !
Court to remove from Office the present
electoral board and TO appoint a new 4
electoral board. who will under no clr-G
$cumstances appoint election officers Ike
jackson Wise, j. NV. Peraival. J.bIl.
Beverldge and Potter Krug. ask that
the Comuittee he summoned to consider
this application at the earliest possi-
BILE date,
IT Is " 4 matter OF common knowledge n
that the grand jury reported at the i
Hastings Court at Its July term that
in said election many ballots We re stolen y
from Claiborne Epps and IT. ". McCaW.a
candidates for the Office Of city SER
gennt and given to j., G. Smith, candt- s
date for the same office, ut the thlrN "A
preck,ct OF Monroe Ward and that the 4
second Precinct OF Lee Ward, and that
many ballots We're stolen IN said electlon
from other candidates for Office or 70
mOnWGnlth HnttDrNeSla{u ul'u ShNNi's ~ NNNNNtEfk
tree Folkes candidate for same otlice,s s
Did Not Go Far Enough.
Tho grand jury did not prosecute its8s
investigations In regard to the other
preclncts far enough TO determine Whetli--
er there was or was not sufficient frald v
at the other precincts to affect the re-
suits of the election, so that those ro-
suits are left In doubt rs to The other Slf
precincts But all or most of the evil
dence submitted to you herewith y wfs
submitted to the grand Jury, and when v
that evidence Is fairly and partially con'
81 dered, 1t is plain that the whole elee'8
tIon Is so covered over with suspicion
and dIstrust that no one can feel any
assurance that the result OF the election
has been asoertalned
K 1t is not therefore question of wbetheri
sufficient fraud was shown at 'fhira
Monroe Ward aud Second Lee Ward to-
change the result, hut the true question
Is this, does not the evidence show suGhI 81
n condition of things as 10 destroy al
confidence In the result and make ans
other election necessary In order hat We
may know With certainty what is the will
of the people? sS MY.
In getting together the evidence that
I present to you have been AZ Great X
disadvantage, The ridiculous and absurd
regulations legaeics OF medieval bur,
barism, that prevent the eeopls from