The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08

JUU6E NANW L[AU0
WILLARD FOR GOVERNOR D.
Continued from FIRST Poge.)
Of the returns, ana he suggested that the
work be left to n Subcommittee 70
tnbulnte and report, and Oh motion OF
Colonel Gaines, or Fnhduicr, tho iucns
Of tho cinlr were carried into erect.
Mr.. ltllyson begun with the cities. anu
Alexandria was tho first to 90 opened,
and others followed IN alphabetical ORDER.
The chair appointed OF, the committee 70
tabulate tho returns. Messrs Rlcs naru
Gillian, Petersburg; THOMAS y, Wlll l,l,
MccklenblirE and Thomas II. Lion, l,r ,ni'
William, and they retired 70 an au ;Jt,ns
ing room, and went to work on lne e't.s.
while Mr. 11llyson proceedcu 10 Gpt' 4b,v
call the counties, Announcing WV s 'I'
were II, duo form. i.
Jvhon Norfo1k county was rchclled V
wns passed BY for the time OH motion
of Colonel 6. 1Tcrton Day Of Isle OF WEN CIV,
on n cco,lnt Of Il contest eXlstlhs oVer,,. Wy
returns from there. Tho chair, OK uia ~. ~.
that tho returns from Prince George my
come In addressed to him pcrsonn, ~. Wy
ho3had opened them. On mo,loh OF Go'o''e'
Gn,nes. they were received.
rho returns from sinyth county were
signed by tho chairman. but not by ~, NV
secretary they were received. : le
stafford returns. bike those OF Prince
4 George were addressed pcrsonnlv 70 .he
chairman, They were opened py WI.
Ellyson but no contest appearing, 1heY
were regularly received. There was some
little rregulnrity about the signing OF
the returns from Westmoreland, Dlit tl'eS
were received.
Mr.. I5llyson stated that he had rot
been able to get the returns from Alex
nndria county, though he had nndc re-
heated efforts He announced that a..
the returns other than these were IN, ana
had been announced
AS to Assessments.
The chairman said he was unable to
make any dcfnitc statement ms to the
4 assessments mndc upon the candidates III
the recent primary. as the accounts had
only come in with the returns JUST
opened. Hc said there would be n sum 70
be returned to each of the candidates
and he asked leave to appoint commit
| tee to audit the accounts, so, mat the
], money could be returned. Such motion
! wns made and carried. WSG 38is A5g
The chair stated that there were np-
pcnls from Norfolk county. two from AM
| hcrst as to the committee. and one from
Petersburg relating to the city commits
! tee there. The Petersburg matter came
| up first. and Hon. Charles Trotter Las
| sitter said he represented the contcstees.
| Mr.. Z. y. Butler one Of tho contestants,
| was on hand toNre7rescnt himself.
Mr.. Ellyson read statement from the
! three contestants, alleging the use Of past
(, ers placed over the regular printed tickets.
| vs. n NJ 81 Tho NJ signed
/. William Pitcher, J. II. Plummer and p.
! D. Butler. EAts>N $50 i&
Mr. Butler who now took the floor was
| the only one OF 9the gentlemen defeated.
! Mr.. Butler said he and his colleagues had
4 complied. and only their names had APP
/ pearcd upon tho ticket. He said about
,11:3O on the day Of election pastors APP
pearcd at the3pols with other names
! thereon, and 5werc placed over their
names. 'slS.
HeTjsaid there .,wcre about eighty-flve
| Of these pastersrused, and that the tick
4 .ets were not scrn tched. He declared that
1 tho name Of the present chairman was on
| these pastors, and 'thut this gentleman
| said to hnaatt3 a'. NJ. he had no Idea he
| was being riln.aa taE3
Mr.. I4assiter replied, and said the con-
| test was not before the committee prop
crly. as his people had now for the first
| time had notice of what the other side
would undertake to prove
Was a Legal Question.
| n He went into argument, however. and
said tho question. was purely o legal one.
! He commended that to use printed names
! could be construed as written names.
| and that tickets had been scra tched and
other names inserted. There had been
enough ballots scratched to defeat Mr..
Butler md to rc-elect Mr.. George Mason.
| Printed slips may have been used, but
the speaker commended that there was a
/ difference between the rules governing
i the election Of committeeman and those
2. governing the nomination Of party can
4 dlda ties. Mr.. Lassiter quoted law to
4 show that pnster could be properly used
instead of scratching, and said 1t clearly
i applied to the election Of city commit
tcenen.
4 Mr.. Butler spoke briefly in reply. and
said he was willing to submit the case
to the Judgment Of the committed
& A dispute arose as to whether there
was q quorum at certain meeting Of
the committee. and Mr.. Mason and Mr..
I Butler had n good deal OF cross firing.
The appeal was dismissed on motion
of Mr.. l. =. Whitehead, and he moved
q that the senatorial contest from the
Ninteenth District, con1rosed Of tho coun-
Ties Of Amherst and Nelson, DO taken up
4 This was carried and the time was
limited to twenty minutes side,
The Fight Begins.
Senator w r. Barksdale counsel fol
, Hon. Bland Masse the contestant took
:, tho floor and spoke for his client. 4
, He. wont over the grounds of tho con-
test the first being that there was M
election at Furnace Precinct.
FTc declared the fight was not between
strobe and MassIe but between STROBE
and Campbell When M, Strobe opposed
Judge Campbell for the Constitutions
Convention he said the former received
t two votes there; that Or, Scott got two
: votes at Furnace when he and Judge
8 Campbell ran for the House, and HI
believed MI strobe would have gottor
those two votes had an election bco
& held,
. Mr.. Barksdale took Up Monroe preclnc
and declared that the poll tax list hl
: been so mutilated as to be OF little us'
He said the secrecy OF the ballot had bee
destroyed, and that men whose name
tE5tl on list above