The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-29
Comnonwealth's Attorney and
Judge Acting in Perfect
Concert.
BOTH EARNESTLY .aI,4 n
DESIRE INVESTIGATION
Neither Will Stand for Wrong
Doing SO Long AS They Hold
Office at the Hands Of 4l555
the People New
Electionis
Asked.

Yesterday was strenuous day In the 4
politics Of Richmond. a ji1 s s
Il Judge S. q. Witt, Of the HustIngs Court,
recalled the grand Jury, which has lust \
completed It's Investigation Of the alleged &
irregularities In the recent primary, and \
Will direct them In a special charge on Z
i Monday to 90 over the entire #sltuation,a Ii
II they 5sha Il find Il necessary, In order TO 4
uphold the purity OF the ballot.
I'll Mr.. w. Mac Jones, a scandf date for the Il
House Of Delegates In the recent Demos A
cratic primary, last night submitted Q 4
sforma ! letter to tho City Democratic
Committee, asking that body to order a Z
new primary, on the ground that, In View
OF the grand Jury's findings at Third 4
Monroe Precinct, there ml9 9ht have been 4
wrongdoing at other voting places IN the
city 3 31sf#
This request Of MIR. Jones was tabled to y
await the action OF the grand Jury 5ssG
There was another striking feature LII h;
the elect Ion matter last light 3' his was
the offer Of 500 reward for one u <.%
iCuIberson, the fugitive election clerk IN \
the Third M onroe Precinct, m de BY Mr.. u
William "A. I. M ann an d packed by several. I.
other prom nent citizens l.si
Hon. Samuel 3, Witt, of the 3 Hustings
Court In whom tile people Of r Richlnond
have the cRbroadest measure of conf fldence,!.
showed the stun OF which he IS made
yes terCay when eho recalled tho mem- D
bers Of the recent grand Jury who made
inquiries into the alleged primary elec ton
Sirregularit les, witt the view OF having 4
them review the conditions at all the Y
precincts Of the city. &, Il "A 8f .83l. III
The announcement made by Judge witt
caused no great surprise, but It. created
widespread comment all 4 of which was Z
favorable to rIis Honor. ls43 ;f
There was no formal order by the \
court, but tho sergeant was directed to {
summon tho recent grand Jurors to ap-5.
pear at II o'clock on Monday to take &
up tho further investigation, and It Is ;
anticipated that they will then be given /
sweeping charge as to their duties.
The action of! the judge was tho result !.
OF a conference held between himself
and Commemorative Attorney p. G.
Richardson at tho formers homo on
Thursday night. when the entire sttua-
( ton was carefully gone over.
y Both OF these officers. as we'll as I'll he Z
grand jury. hayS been most dligcnt in 4
probing into the election situation, and
Judge witt and Mr.. Richardson after
talking over the matter, decided that they
would not permit tho people to entertain
any suspicious us to the conduct OF
local primaries II they could prevent It.
Accordingly the judge came to his Office
early yesterday morning. and gave orders
that there should he another investigar
tion. 35s55a ~ j84&
.'Iow do you feel to-tlay2n asked a
Times Dispatch reporter OF His Honor as !,
he was leaving the City Hall for lunch.
IT feel" ho replied. like a school boy.
who had gone to tho blackboard to work
a sum, and had gotten 1t nll wrong. ana
who rubbed 1t out and started 1t all
over again. - ~ s3 S4sl58 B
y The judge did not mean by this that 4
y the grand jury had failed In any OF their
duties. On the other hand no commended
the members for their. work. but infor-
nation which had como to him In tho
meantime Impelled hin, to recall them ard
have them make n further investiga tton.
Won't Stand for It.
"I win never permit my people to rest
under such suspicion this public talk
about probable fraud casts upon them,
and shall do my whole duty In having i
these rumors slfted to the bottom.
Thus spoke Judge Witt In discussing Z
the matter with atreporter OF the Times
dispatch. and his whole manner was that
OF man who meant every word he was
saying, 5s II,
over across tho hall Judge Richardson
was hard at work copying the names
of the voters in First Jefferson and &
Second Leo. and In the afternoon deputy
sergeants were given instruction to sum
mon them all to appear before the grand
Jury at II O'Clock Monday.
If anything develops to cruate sus-
plcion as to other precincts, the entire
matter will be gone into, and all the yot- ii
ers In all the precincts Will be asked to
tell for whom they voted. While the mat
ter will be considered deliberately no
time will be lost In the summoning or
examination OF witnesses, and IT Is safe
to say that the jury will 20 able TO
make a final report by the end OF next
week.
All Are Willing.
One of the salient features Of the whole
matter Ia that tho rank and fle OF the IN
voters. without regard TO their CHOICE of
candidates, as we'll as successful ana de- |
foated asprauts, are apparently Joining
IN the public clamor for taking the ~ Sgg
on" Richmond Democrats are essenttally KS
fair among themselves. and hundreds OF
them were saying yesterday that they
desired the fullest Investigation, whoever
1t might hurt or help. s
There are prospects or new primary II;
n any further wrongdong shall be dis
covered aud 1t Is rot believed that eysa