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

tested against ali three Of these officers
sret,nlnltig officers, and then guve MN
the names fflvo reputable business men
who had agreed to serve as election DILL OIL
GERS lit THIS precinct, but the board az "
lowed them to remain ana the po 9.xS w" w
accordingly stuffed. &. n !. {, * il &
Poll Taxes Paid. u
sThnglawR forbltls candidates for toi y &C
70 paypoll taxes n order n,, 70 ~ uan ai
was the last N dry poll ftaxes could &c
paid III order to qualify voters for the
primary election. Nearly 700 pol! taxes ,ts
we're paid 81, May 9Th and 9Th, Az
Robert Lee syfcic was very Industrious
on these two days In paying poil th Mes
The records Of tho trcnsiiicr's office snow s,'
the poll taxes paid and tho oiiiaers ~.
nov,nr taxes 1ror the purpose OF re-
reivint, these poll taxes, the wards ,lII \.
stond Of Being entered by their names tliles
ara ,otcd as 1, o, s., 4, S, 9, Number ot7
q IL Jerferson Ward. The day begins .s
~ Nav 9th With twenty names as p stn..
II wnrd No. 2 coi,scrutiV ely ol.u 'aii y
&the other 1t Is possible that tweh ~, 't -.
zens Of Jefferson Ward VEN W. W fier
gather on May 9Th and pf ll elie ,. n,,
~ ,,,,or. "a ,hc exclusion Of citlzers
t.o,, NnllSof the other wards, ,pul !. 20
,.a,.,.' ,t,nrobnb Die that such "a AthlhH l'"p-
wei ~ llhPt il5.g
pg T',a is ono OF such vital impott,
nrr 4 q our city that CANNOT loao ,,,,,,it.
nuke a few suggestions 10 ~, ~ ,nn,n of
~ W. 1rectortl Board combining 70 exclu 1ha
~ Third from any part IN nslfnlns ny
.in, Ia, Iorficers ana these two theh III
tering into an nrrnngeme WI. -, :. - ,,n,
m boss III the city, WHEREBY ny WE t,,,,t III
1nitted to name them az, % ~ ~ nod
ny HIST rs nc IltllIGSe
~, .E ~ 6hvlo,,sly, under this nrrarl emeht,
tho hoss could in n short $lihle' 1t ~ g, :.
.,r,on.s n wedding out the honest oll'ccls
ma substituting dishonest ones ~. "a
trol Of every ballot box IN ths cl ~, ,r,,1
then he could proceed to MAKE w l. :, 'ba.
1Ic co,ild make tho judges the So'nI''p y,
,veolth's attorney, the city sergcanil ~. s
ton,a - IJc could appoint the Council a my
hoard Of Aldermen, and thcrenl ~. 49, ~
citys treasury would be vt ms ,l.,e' ~ !,
ana taxes could be imposed upon t,.e
property OF the cltl2ehs " " /" r, nv $500 IN
nlensed to dictate ~,
let me quote to YOU mn eStract lIul.l
/, reccnt Philadelphia paper, giving sol,le
n,count of what a boss control OF me
election machine did III that city: ~
"sworn evidence IN poss'e,sss.o.' -, =, enn,
committee or seventy aa.'n,,sa,,d horus
lint no less than sixty-tire Thousand po f' 70
hnliots we're cast at the municipal cree
tionS held in February last. and tnere -
evidence in the possession OF Llslrict ~ y.
torney Bell, proving that dead men ~
fants, girls. boys, dogs, cats anu pe''''"''
were voted and counted.
1NIcr, are now in jail who permitted
ballots to be deposited in the boxes IN
bundles 1t was proved before M Ma ~
German that In one division al Oh tlic
ballots were in the boxes before noon
on election day, and that all voters WHO VIZ.
49, a WA. n
the day were tricked into CASING shllipic
ballots, which, Of course, were hot cou AZ.
Cd The plan scope and daring OF the
fraud startled even the hardened leaders
of the Republican organization, who no"
frankly admit that they had no cohcep-l
ton OF the aggregate fraud. ~,
IT seems to me it Is the duty OF th ne
committee to set4its face against the
possibility Of such a state OF AFFAIRS
The Affidavits.
The affidavits accompanying 4Af.
Royalls petition are numerous ana Dear
out the statement made by him Indeed
nearly every statement, OF alleged 1acts
is an epitomc of what the affidavit pear
Ing upon that particular matter says.
,or instance, DIR. Darlington tells IN some
detal why ne opposed the reappointment
of Mr. Bevcrldge; NE. Norvell states
that Culbertson told him that syrcle h llati
| eivcn him s. with which to pay his poll
tax and that. Syrcle asked for lie re-
CENTS 40 that he might show them 10
r O. smith;l8Mr W. A. Kleresahl J. anu
| IT r. Lawson state thatsJ. r.. Syrcle gave
Them orders for campaign advertisement
ror which ]. G. Smith paid; ana w, l..
Royall, Fl. Bayllss Epps and "a. Z. l1pps
mako statements regarding conversations
| haa with ]. Nv. Carmody, OF NO. 2lo Eas'
pro,d street. about Jackson Wise rent
| mo a room last April and asked that CYL
| bertson be olowcd to stop Win nm.
These are probably the four most m
teresting statements sworn 10:
/ william l.. Royal. ESQ:
Dear Sir;--Soon after s. Coheh was ~
| pointed to the Electoral bo'ru NJ. -. :,
+. D. Burton and myself, went 70 MN 1 a.,
io,d rim that the voters at Second IRE
/ ain,t "a NJ Lee Ward were not SATISFIED
N have J. II. Beveridge, Peter krhg am
i w rcrcival officers OF election there
o,d ,,a asked him to have them renoVeu
Wa submitted to him the following hume my
~ ronutable citizens who had agreed !
sarvc MS election officers there; II,
Gins r.. C. Carr, L. Dalton, a. .nci@l'oi"e'
md ,,homas Brannon, all well KNOWN pu'
5,,as. men. The men complained OF WeI
80. - romoyed, but remained in office. ~
1 carr being appointed clerk. ,,
Cattli w. a. MANN.
septcmbcr G. 1905.
+ was one Of the of the regular " mo n,~
Judges at the Third Precinct OF Nv. mo' mi
4 Ward, and acted as ,uas thn eoIh q
mary election held on y t"' III 2-
June, 1905. ,,oo oarlv i
went to the polling place .s cary Z, ,
mo morning, and as | got there ! re- ho
Jackson Wise approaching with aho.h h,
man whom afterwards. learned co. 20 :
! L. II. Culbertson, 1913 ana tw
} they held the election nooks I rna ~ ~