Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
MEETING OF CITY DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE.
Votes In Tuesdays Election Canvassed
General and Personal
Matters.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. August "a, 1905.
The democratic city committee held a
meeting last evening in the Hotel Fleisch-
| mann and Investigated charges preferred
by Mr.. A. d. Brockett concerning the con-
duct Of the voting at the polls in the sec
ond ward during the state primary Tues
day. The inquiry brought out the fact
| that irregularities had occurred, but
| ignorance Of the rules fixed for governing
| the primary was pleaded in extenuation.
| After the matter had been discussed at
| length it was decided to accept the re-
| turns from the second ward. In addition
| to Chairman Charles Bendheim, there
were present Messrs George L. Simpson.
| o. F. Carter. E. F. Thompson and George
E. Price, members of the committee; Mr..
| Brockett Mr.. John W. May, who repre-
| scented Capt, Willard at the second ward
| polls, and Mr.. Robert l.. Jones.
| The committee canvassed and approved
| the votes of the first, third and fourth
| wards, and then Chairman Bendheim
| asked Mr.. Brocket to state the grounds
| for his protest. Mr.. Brockett announced
| that he had received evidence to show
| that, contrary to the law, tickets at the
| second ward polls had been passed out to
| certain people and distributed to others
| In the vicinity of the voting place. He
said that such ballots had been cast after
for the voters. He called attention to the
| specific rule providing against the distri-
button Of tickets from the polls to voters
| excepting directly for their own personal
and unassisted use. AS to the count In
| the second ward, Mr.. Brockett said he
! had nothing to offer against 1T. MI Price,
| who is one Of the members of the COM
| mittee from the second ward, and who
| was a Judge of election at the polls In
| question, stated that he had given out
| two tickets to one man for the alleged
use of other persons said to be in the
neighborhood of the voting place, and
| that he had issued another ticket to
! man who had failed to cast his ballot.
| MIR. Price declared that in the incidents
mentioned he had no intention either of
| partisanship or Of violating the law,
! which, he said, he was not acquainted
| with on that point. Chairman Bendheim
! stated that, upon being informed early In
| the day that judges of election in the
| second ward were allowing persons to
| have more than one ticket, he had gone
| to the polls and had clearly stated the
| regulations prohibiting such practice. MI
| Simpson moved that the committee refuse
| to accept the returns of the second ward
| on the ground that Irregularities had
| been shown to have occurred there, but
| the motion was not seconded. The chair
| man announced his willingness to throw
| out the returns from the second ward II
| evidence was produced to snow that IT.
| Irregularities had been practiced in the In
| terest of craftsmanship, but he said 1t ap-
| peared that this was not the case In the
| opinion of Mr.. Simpson the judges of the
| second ward should be furnished lesson
| by throwing out the returns which they
| had made in the face of admitted viola
| lions of the rules. AT that point MI
| Brockett suggested that the chairman or
| the committee issue a statement setting
| forth that the complaint had been sus-
| tanned and that his omission OF suf1c1ent
| instruction to the judges had given occa-
| sion for the trouble. But Mr.. Simpson was
| positively opposed to having the chair
| man placed in such an embarrassing po-
sition, and upon his motion the returns OF
| the ward in question were canVassed and
| accepted.
Retention of Office Desired.
| committee of Alexandria citizens, ap-
| pointed by Mayor Paff to appear before
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes
| to protest against the removal Of the inter
| nal revenue office from this city, left here
| this morning on the 10 o'clock electric train
| for Washington to make presentations in
| the matter before Commissioner Yerkes.
| The committee consisted of the following.
| most of whom were present: Messrs. HUI
| bert Snowden, ]. 7. Sweeney, Charles K.
Hoofr, Julian T Burke. John w May. c. B.
| Marshall c. Jones RiXey, w. A. Smoot, w.
| F. Lambert, Charles King, John M. John
| son. T. c. Smith, Samuel H. Lunt, r. s.
| Leadbeater and Gardner l.. BoOthe. In a
| response to communications of citizens on
the subject Mr.. l.. P. Summers, the collect
| or of internal revenue, recently made
statement which was interpreted as mean
| ing that he was In favor OF having the OF
| flee remain in this city.
| Call for Afro-American Convention
| A call for general Christian conference
of Afro-American ministers of the United
| States and Canada has been issued by Rev.
| Robert B. Robinson of this city, member
| of the Virginia conference of the c. M. E.
| Church He proposes an undenominational
| he
| neWed interest in saving souls,' to meet
| in Washington, January 26. 1906. He asks
| that the white clergymen of the country
! give the movement their moral support
and calls upon the Afro-American news
| papers to send representatives to the meet
| ing.
General and Personal.
| Edward Ramsey, whose death occurred
in a. hospital at Pottsville. Pa, Tuesday,
| was q son Of Mr.. Joseph Ramsey of this
| city and was well known among the young
| people of Alexandria. His death resulted
from injuries received in a fall from a troll
| ley car Monday night. 1t is stated that he
| had given up his seat on the car to an
| other passenger and taken a position on
| the running board, from which place he
| was thrown by a sudden lurching Of the
car. The young man formerly lived here
| and was popular with large circle OF &C
Quaintances.
| The remains of Mr.. George Davis, whose
| death occurred yesterday at his home. near
| this city, in Fairfax county, were forward
ed this morning to his former home in
| Woodbridge, Prince William county, for in
| terment
Rev. C. E. Woodson and family Of Nor
| folk. who have been visiting relatives in
| this city, have gone to spend the remainder
| of the summer at Monterey, Pa.
| The Alexandria base ball team will meet
| the St Aloysius team of the Capital City
| League of Washington on the old fair
| grounds this afternoon at O'Clock.