The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-19

SSn T,,,cn,bers RESPONDED To their names.
eecretnry Duke stated that he hnd notl-
fed all the candidates and election OIL.
Gers iii First Jefferson OF tho objects ma
II finn of the meeting, ntid requested their
& presence.
M Mr.. selph was called upon for any
Y Abatement he desired 10 make He sniu
/. dc wished to offer testimony as TO the
n drAwnG 81 the extra ballot from the box.
! Before this was gone into. Nlr. selph
was questioned by members Of the COM on,
f1ltttce as to various matters. He salu
iii ~ those whose names were on the
VI affidayits could not read and write. Nlr.
q. schumacher. he declared, was one OF
them s
&Dr. Darlington said n reliable gentle,
man, whose name he could not use, tolu
4 him he had voted for Mr.. Selph Ut flrS1
Jefferson. ~
M Evans, Mr., sclph said he was relying
sirnost wholly on his afridavits. lie SAD
\ a ,tnst twenty-five OF the thirty-three
IL arlants had been sworn to IN ms pres
Ii erce ,. a.. 81,
Notnry W. D. Gay, who took the AM, all
dnyts, made y statement. lie NAG peen
s,,,ron chnd IN Mr. ]. o. Phillips, who
engaged him to do the work Messrs
Il seinh md Phillips went With him. ETC
a Tronounded the oath 10 all the atlantis
4 and asked them the questions as 70
h whether they voted, and whether they
H voted for Mr.. seph. All the aitiants
IN awearing they voted for Sclpll,; and the
othnr contestants for whom affidnrlta
& tworc secured. He said Mr.. Schumacher
had clearly understood his questions. ana
had affirmed that he voted for Selph.
He had subsequently reiterated thls' anu
"a when he called upon nm lschumaNer!,
4 he said Steiner and Cohn had called nnon
H him and asked him to make an arldavt
+ that he did not vote for Selph.
4gH Mr. Selph in answer to q question by
Vi Mr.. Rector said he had understood that
Mr.. C.. Manning, w. II Adams ana
Shapiro. living out OF the First Jefferson,
had voted there
4Ys's M. Manning explained that he had not
lived out Of the precinct long enough to
n get n transfer. So he voted at his OLD
ST precinct, First jefferson, as he had
right to do.
They Could Not Vote.
Mr.. Manning declared that Thomas Ii.
& Eaunders had been convicted OF stenl'ns
brasses and sent to oa, ne' M nn 60 !
had no vote. He said August Porantz
had never gotten all his naturalization
napers and, therefore, was not a cit
81 zen. These are the two aff1davits VINO
swore they voted for Selph ana whose
4 names could not be found on the DOORS
Mr.. Manning produced signed state
3 ments from S. Q. Poll, s. 4. lie Ger,
and w n. Coleman, saying thcy hau
1,ven no aff1davlts, and had authorized
mo one 10 attacti .le'i '' t'i'' - -
Y papers H., ~
Mr.. ". J. Nhitlock witnessed the count
n for j. o. Phillips on election night.
Tie saw the ballot box opened. There
i, we're 100 ballots cast, and 40 IN the Don.
He declared that there was Juggling
Y, with one Of the ballots, when they w we're
i counted, and this made the count tu,n |
4 out right. Hc asked that the couh. pe
! Ia,ad over and this count turned out ~.
5fSr one was drawn out by a blind witness
n 4 yyi4ncss said no thought Mr. Henry
Yfyni,n. superintendent OF Street Cleaning
4 ,uyas making some suggest Ions, put ne
Il could hardly tell one Of the 1sraeil'c
u family from another they are al so
much alike.
lust AS He Expected.
I Mr., Manning asked II witness saw
ANYTHING In the precinct to indicate
u S;..No more than would expect to see
< n any crowd Of politicians" was the
quick reply. Il would not trust any q
n them
witness If he saw him in the voting
3 bgoth.
u brother,'
\ Witness insisted that E,other ballot was
taken out during the count, and he
reiterated that Mr.. Phillips's name was |
Ia on it. He said one ballot was thrown out |
and one drawn by blind-fold witness. |
''Did you vote for Phillips:" asked MIR.
Saunders
1t&"I did not
,,.'Did you vote?"
Il did not voted for Jim Smith and
N George Wise, and 1t cost me n lot of
trouble and I did not vote this time"
Sa5i@ Mr.. A. Rubensten was the blind folded |
fnyltness who drew the faulty ballot. He
q said when 1t was found there was one
over he was bllnd-folded and drew out
one ballot which turned out to be defec-
tive
Mr.. Gay thought there was some reflec-
i ton here on him, and he asked Mr.. Man.
ming If he would go with him tomorrow
and ask these men who had sent no
statements repudiating their aflidavlts
5 II they would swear'to these counter
statements Mr., Manning said he would
cheerfully go.
s.lFS Mr.. Evans wished to throw out all the
q sevdence designed to break down the affl-
= dayits, and he and Mr.. Saunders en-
Il Il gagged in brief coloquy with reference
4. thereto.
S8 Messrs Selph and Manning had quite
IN running debate over the lattcr's right
"a TO vote In First Precinct, Jefferson Ward
@ ! hut neither seemed to show any consider
A hable amount of feeling,
Mr.. Archie steiner. registrar. In reply
Y ITO question, said there were three of the
Steiner brothers, and that 1t was not
Y The who went to Schumacher and asked
him to give a statement, saying he had
given an affidavit. He had heard Mr..
a Schumacher say, however. that he gave
3f4 no affidavit He had no interest in any
mans candidacy. He marked the tickets
and thought he had marked majority
,<ot them
"No Place for Decent Man"
He was tired OF the work OF election
officer He would not serve again for
$1,000, as he did not think II was any
place for decent man.
Mr.. Steiner went over the whole days