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

rrnna ,irv stcnogrnphcnlly, imposes poses
8 ,,ro, n,en A most adttfcult TASK, q
Many wttnesscs who know y, - -
fncta arc tihfrlendly TO what = an I,ai,,
led In. i have no power, 70 co'.nt nynn
~ make statements and callnol t ,,,at
5{ - ~, .i.,,, swertl to the statelnent tii ~.
81 ! !,,ane ,,i.o mo, but III have cnreinlS m
! \ aass avery statement that p Is
=, S,.n,, and | feel perfectly Conn., .,
Il N sa,ts ,hht every ono OF them them - -
III - The Electoral Board, !,
4 no motion contcmpatcs lh G 5re.''e ssi.
~ Tic Electoral Board 1, as Me,, n nrn,,er
~ q, asdr Tie elections ~ seems pnop a.,
ting as sha IL submit here u preliminary. n
ny. Il, wo upon the ELECTORAL q Il
w thcS evidence, as 1T develops, WI
/ a,niy itself In many instances - ~
board. St . A, ia. ,pnointed by
Iiiti,drn of the Hastings Court hl' = !.
NY ,a,,=f Constitution was adopted,
IL. nt,,,otntcd 1t consisted OF u WY, Az
innvis +. G. Ebcl and Samuel I ,t,I, VA ~
IA vis attended one meeting OF NY :, 10
vas made president % a,,t three i quarters
s !, : i,nu, he resigned from, the oo,i M,
~ to his statement to me- IN,
inatre then appointed Mr.. W. ia,Iue
ia bis place. and the board mas I,.anns
T,or, 5ti,nt time 10 this, Ncssrs' iial'Guon
lii, olil . IVA tSnhen, III spite Of Mr.. Han
& irnsi,.s generous effort TO assume si,"ie
Y 80 Ira Responsibility the public mnu y, - !,
81 ~ ,,,ralv satisfied that he IS III no WY
,.nsnnnsible for the nets OF tie JILL JILL
that nre going 70 be eom ~ ,ns'dc u think
,,s,, nothing in saying that Messrs. l. PEI
,nd Cohen will appear to be alohe ~
q sponsibe Iii those acts
M, Saunders's Influence.
rhere 10 n gentleman In this city whose
IA connection with our elections ~ IS 5 IN
= ,ortant 10 state. He is Clyde w, Satln-
,lers Whether his influence upo. ~. ~, :.
q o,nctjons IS for good or for bad, certainly
u his can be said that very few, If any,
,,,tizens come In contact with them az SO
q ;aany noints An act Of the Legislat ule
was passed in March. 1901 That provi ,s'
FOR the appointment OF three conliilissio.'
ers bS the Hastings Sourt 70 49, le", ~ 4, .
x and revise the registration BOOKS oi = ~ ~.
citv. 80 as to place each registered Votei'
~ tbn 3nroDcr precinct and ward,.repre-
sentatvcs' book, and Mr., Saunders WIZ
appointed one OF those commissioning! Us
II OF the officers Of eieeti9h on ou,,e 10 10
n. Mr Ehcls statement, upon the recon- !.
EEL ,,,rrdntion or Mr.. Saunders. Now ms IS
Il pretty fair share to be credited 70 olie
" citizen And among those appointed upon
N mr. Saunders,s recon- mendatioil' aeloiu,
fnfinr 10 Mr. Ebe are Mcssrs jackson
/. Wise and j. w Pcrclval. | have seen a
statement in Mr. Ebers Handwriting that
( Percival was appointed upon MS recon-.
mcndation. Percival isa foreman or
Mr.. Saunderss printing estapllsh n, ~ {
Mr. Saunders runs Il printing establish,
meut, He is believed to be so potential
in our elections that, as 1 am informed
= every candidate in the primary on June
10th felt compelled to have his cards, etc,
y printed by Mr. Saunders. They did not
&. do this because they preferred him TO
Z nrip orr because
q thought it wise that he should not be
- antagonistic TO them. This statement mas
been made to me by three OF the candi-
dates
For Smith and Folkes.
j. c. Smith, a candidate for city SER
Eeant III the primary Of June 2oth, had
relations With the officers of elections
which were improper and to bc censured.
There were four meetings just before the
primary, held In his interest, that were
ATTENDED by several election officers. One
w was held at the city JAIL and three of
" tho judges of election, who we're also
registrars attended It, AT this meeting
Il the voters were called off into gangs OF
ten. and a captain for each ten was
fe named. Instructions were given that the
voters were to be urged 10 vote for Smith
& for sergeant and Folkos Tor Common
wealths attorney.
There was a book which figured /,
this meeting that had al, the appearance
5.,oi registration book that. had bee
furnished by Clyde w. Saunders. All til
persons nnmcd in Lucass paper cal
prove these statements, but purtlcularl
James NJ. N. Allen.
@6 tits worth inquring whether this meet
II ins at the Jail was altogether for tn
E& purpose of dividing the voters into gang
Of ten Was 1t not also to ascertain
who had not Paid poll taxes?
Activity OF Syrcle.
1t becomes important now to say some
thing OF a gentleman named Robert lie
syrcc or ]. r. Syrclc, as he goes b.
~ both names.
Syrclc has been here for long time Il
intimate association with j. c. Smith Tn
statement of Claiborne Epps, shows tina
he was very active for Smith before tn
primary election, and that he rode abou
with him from place TO place in hi
buggy. a short time prior to the pr
n mary, he rented from C. Donati, spac
at baseball grounds for a sgn-b board wit
Vote for ]. c. Smith for City Sergean
Subject to .the Democratic Primary,
printed on il,
Smith paid Donati So for the rent; an
he paid II. p. Lamson Sl2 for painting II
sign.
syrcle contracted with W. S, Burton
Co.. to print and post q number Of posta
advertising Smith as candidate fc
city sergeant in the primary, and Il
same was paid for by J. G. Smith.
Syrcle left Richmond soon after II
primary, and was gone until the latt
II part of August. J, G. Smith has tv
trotting horses that have been trottil
during August on the New England CT
cult they were at Reidville, near Bosto
Mass, in the latter part of August Ca
tain Alex Tomllnson found them the
at that time and he found Robert l.
E;yrcle there also.
Syrcle was very busy paying dcllnaue
poll taxes in the interest of some one
the early days Of aIay. a more detail
account of this will be given later on.
part of what Is next 10 be stated {
ponds for proof upon the testimony
]. W. Carmody. But this individual
lnlmcal to the enterprise ! am ensaf
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