The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17

man rc,ort. no member Of that board i y
snecinlly mentioned, although tho poaTa
as n whole Is dealt with In no tiinld man,
.,,cr. The evidence presented to the CRANE
9iury dtd mot attack any one individual.
and therefore no ono Of the members OF
tho Electoral Board Is singled QUIZ.
Would 1njure Judge Witt.
When! the four rough drafts Of the nl-
norlty report were presented to the mem :
bers Of tn eerand Jury a discussion took
place as to the outcome Of adopting cer-S
tain portions OF the paper One Juror, N
ulvlna HIS re icons for his objection, stated
that In his opinion, If the report were
adopted Il would greatly nlure Judge
witt. Mr.. Baughman, IN reply, said that
ne was there to do his sworn duty, and
that he Intended to report the Information
that came to$s his knowIedoe no matte Az
whom, that Information Injured or helped
All Has Been Told.
III speaking OF the suppressed minority
rcport.a member Of tho grand Jury stated
on Yesterday that he wished the report
couldsbe made public without further de-
clay because, he said. when the paper was
made public every one would be dlsnp-
pointed at It's lack OF sensational state
| mcnts. Nh 4.
az aIilthat all the papers have published
! regarding the Baughm an report were put
| together the whole report would be there,
! except the n amcs, said lie.
The public therefore. Is inffposscsion
OF tho information contained 8 In the
I'Bnughman- report for the names OF those
whom. the report dcnounccs IRE as we'll
known as are the naamesttof the Eiectornl
| Board.
Mr.. Royals Letter.
Thc8lettcr8 Of Mr.. Royal. to which ref
! ercnce is madr above ls5jhn interesting
paper. 1t follows: 573
! 10 the Citizens OF Richmond:
/ Tho Electoral Board appoints nil the
| officers who hold our elections They
\ can remove any Of them 4, when t they
1 plea sc, with or without cause, and ap-
! point others that suit Them Tho Elec-
/ toral Boart, consists OF three members.
i who can be removed by the Judge OF
i tho Hastings Court. but by him alone.
1T Is plain. therefore, that our elections
/ are absolutely In tho hands Of the three
1 members OF the Electoral Board. That
i body can make them honest II they
! wish, or dishonest II they prefer dis
honesty "a u
1 The News-Leader Of AUGUST 18th In
i slant undertook to state the contents OF
tic suppressed report Of the three grand
I. Jurors. Messrs. Baughman, Clarke and
A, Lathrop. It Is said that report stated
that a local politician, whom the report
named. was referred 10 In 1t as a boss
and that this boss dictated to the
Electoral Board the appointment OF those
whom It made officers OF election. i
then said the report roasted the
e methods employed In tho late primary
especially in the appointment OF eiectlor
officers" and that 1t recommended ina
the Judge of the Hastings Court SHOULD
+ remoyct.the entire Electoral Board nnt
nppolnt q new one. giving the reaSon'
why8th should be done. u
II this was in effect the substance, o
the suppressed report. then It means Y
charge. In effect. that there Is a partner
ship bet Ween the present Electoral BoarI
and the boss whom the report named
by which the board allows the boss t
IL appoint the officers OF election. I'M
& statement OF the subs lance of the sup
. pressed report has been before the publ
. over since August 18th, and. althous
. there are perhaps as many MS doze
. persons who know what the contents
:, that report nre. not one has mace an
!. denial that It is n correct statement
d It's contents. 5} x
a "a nll fairness ana reason the pcopl
1 nre therefore,, warranted IN 5bellevlh
: that tho News Leader has seen the SUI
v pressed report, and that It has given
G correct statement Of Its contents. nnt
9 If this bc so, let us contemplnt to Tor
moment what it means. II the Electors
f board is really In partnership With [
o local 4.boss," and is really going TO y
9 Him appoint for all the ballot boxes q
y flcers like those who held the recent PR
mary at Third Monroe and Second Le'
J. then that "boss" will In a short tim
~ control through stuffed ballot POKE
= every election that we have ana Wne
=. he does this the treasury Of the CITY an
~ every dollars worth OF each citizen
-. nronerty VIII be at his disposal, ~
90 Whoeyerlooks over the list OF electlc
W officers as It new stands VIII see nv
y. tets as piebald as Falstaffs army
he Mouldy, Shadow, Wart Feeble ana Nv
to calf, lie will sec that the boss WIS wv
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