The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-17

was said about probable court procee ed.
lngs one way or another last night.
Large Attendance. e
Chairman Doherty called to order at
$40 u'clock, and thltty-one Of the thirty
i've members answered to their names.
Mr.. sclph, when called upon, laid thirty
three affidavits before the committee,
from as many voters In First Jefferson
him for councilman In the recent prl-
mary. The contestant said he cared
nothing personally about going to the
Council, bit that his people had urged
him to make the fight. He believed he
vas oil the right limo and was sure he
had secured more votes than were cred
5lted to him.
tie referred confidently to his afildavits
and thought they were material evidence &c
Mr.. Selph also presented twenty aillda-
Wits for Mr.. Noble and twenty five Tor
Mr.. Phillips. The form OF affidavit Jay u use
follows:
r, w, D. Gay, q notary public for
the city OF Richmond, the State OF K
Virginia. do certify that on this day
personally appeared before me, III my
city aforesaid, and being by me duly
sworn, each afIinnt made oath Ihat
he Is a legal voter in the First Pre-
rjnct Of Jcffrson Ward. in the city
RI OF Richmo,lu, Va; that each afi'ant
made oath that lie voted in said pre-
fdnct IN the primary election held In
the city gof Richmond Va. on the
18th day Of April. 1906; and that each
afI1ant made oath that he voted for---,
who was candidate for 1870 Tor
jefferson Ward, in the said precinct
In the said primary election.
Given under my hand this sth day
Of Nav. 1905. w. y. GAY,
- 6 Notary Public.
The Affidavits.
2 Here are The names of the atlantis who
swore they voted for the respective con-
testants:
For John A. selph-R. 3. Goodman, J.
III. Greanor, Jr.. j (. II. Woodward, L. y.
Miller J. v. Haake. Philip Trama. a.
5Donati. j. l.. Ebenhack, II. G. Eben-
hack, w A. Coleman, 3 Schumacher
J. IS. Parsley, j. Il. Thomas. w. j. Creigh-
ton, Peter Moroni. = !. A. Carter. w. y.
Gates. A L. Lord, b.. F. BEDFORD, Au-
gust Brontz II. +. Donati. William NJ.
Turpin, s. T. 1.e C1er. II. T. Adams,
L. Fl. Cooke, D. OSulllvan, Bernard -.
Smith. Adam schraudt, Edward Cowar-
din, Michael II. Sullivan, Thomas u !.
Saunders. August Brider. ~ =. Bur
roughs-33.
For j. Q. Phillips-J. Y. Haake, j.. II.
Greanor. ~ II. Woodward, L. r. Miller,
Philip Trama, A. Donati, j.. l.. Ebenhack,
H, G. Ebenhack, G. c. Unger, =. HALL
nan, Joseph Hutzler, Peter Maroni,
George C. Shaw. w a. Gates. John l..
Lively. B. L.. BEDFORD, W Pendleton
S. r.. lie Cler. E. r. Hord, Granville
Hord, Bernard l.. Smith, S. 9. Poll.
August Brider. ]. H. Mettert ~ y.
BURROUGHS. @
4 4 l1,'H r. j (yraQnNr.
Jr.. j. v. IIaake, j. Fl. Woodward. w. A..
Coleman, j. l.. Thomas. Peter Maroni.
j. A. Garter, George C.. Shaw, A. L. Lord.
John d. Live, B.. r. BEDFORD, R. w. Jen-
ninxs, v. Pendleton, S. r. LIE Cler, 8. {.
poll Mchal II. Sullivan. Thomas II.
Saunders, August Brider. T.. G. Haake,
]. Fl. Mcttert-D.
Wouldn't Strike Out.
Nj. Tyler wished to know II all the
affiants could read and write. to which
Mr.. Selph replied he was not certain
about all.
Mr.. Montague moved to open the trunk
containing the ballots. which had been
under special guard at Murphy's since
early in the afternoon. Mr.. Phillips moved
TO strike out Mr.. Noble from the contest,
as he had said he authorized no one to
sign his name to the letter skiing for, d
recount 5SsS ~
Mr.. Thomson thought the whole mat
ter should be gone into. so the motion
was not put. Mr.. Thomson wished to
know II any ono wished to be heard
against the aCidavits and Mr. Manning
replied that some OF the af1idavants were
very good men. while others were not
so good He knew OF one who had been
convicted in the Police Court OF stealing.
Mr.. Thon,ason said he thought the
contestants had made out a prima facie
case, after the number OF votes returned
for them had been read. along with the
aftldavits they had secured.
How They Stood
Here is the comparisons: Noble, twenty
affldavlts, thirteen votes returned; Phil
lips. twenty-five afiidavts, twenty-three
votes: Selph, thIrty-three affidavits, egh-
teen votes.
Mr.. Thomas for the reason given above
and because he did not think the COM
mlttce could afford to rest under any sus-
picion, renewed the motion made earlier
by Mr.. Montague to open the trunk. The
chair, on motion OF Mr.. Phillips, named
two committees, one to count the ballots
and the other to compare the affidavlts
with the poll book, to discover If all the
offlants voted. The contestants were al
lowed to witness the count.
The former committee was Messrs
Thomason, Phillips, Darlington. Monta
que, Duke and Shea: the latter. N1essrs
w a. Evans, Welsh and Bowman.
Mr.. Duke moved to waive the provis-
ion OF the plan requiring notice to con-
testees and this was adopted.
But Slight Changes.
The seals on the trunk were examined
by Messrs. Duke, Boykln, layler and
Phillips, and they were found to be in
tact. The trunk was then opened.
Mr.. Thomson broke the seal on the
ballot box at $40 o'clock and the ballots
we're counted. The return showed that
on, hundred and nine votes had been cast
and one hundred and ten ballots were