The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-05

~ there had been any rnquest Tor ar.
Il gunent the case would certainly hnve
been nrgued.'
iils Are yo,, d member OF tho Knights o,
y 1,ythias?''
Mo. eir.r
WAS Jordan7"
u don't know. never know Jor-
dan until the casa cat1lc on" f.
aHAve you searched the tiles OF the
n Bristol Courier for your opinion In that
4 cAse?''
''Yes. sir, and have been unable to
I md IT,.
s. Judge Rhen, you said the Scott
county ballot did you more harm than
10 did good?"
Il said that i, did ms more harm than
Il II did my opponents" u,
81 understand you to say you did
nee typewritten paper with eandl-
dates for President. Vice President and
Il electors and Congressman upon 1t
II said saw q typewriter paper
(; suposed to contain the names OF these
q candidates. but did not make care
I ful. examination to see whether all the
names were on II or not"
Witness was handed a printed bal
lot and asked II this was not the
little slip OF paper" he had seen In
his Headquarters Bristol, and II u
4 was not to all intcnts and purposes
The Scott county ballot.
Suggestion Denied.
In analyzing the ballot. Judge sRhea
declared that he did not think this
was d copy of whe. he had seen. but
that In any event 1t was easy OF
demonstration that such ballot was
plainly not In his interest, and that
wherever 1t had been used it had hurt
him.
witness declared that however the
{ used, he had nothing to do with It. and
that he certainly did not profit by It.
81 Judge, you knew of the unofficial
vote OF Scott county on the night of
the election. and that 1t showed ma
aority for Slenlp2" asked Captain Bull
lit.
II did" was the reply.
.'You heard later that the canvassing
board had returned majority for
your
eyes, sir"
..You knew that there had been
Srauds?',
\ ut was SO claimed by Republicans"
Wasn't It reported in Bristol on
November eth what the trouble was
An Russell?"
.7lo. sir. I do not know this, and the
only thing l know to this day is that
At was reported that some OF the boxes
were not properly sealed. +
knew nothing OF the alleged frauds
in Scott or Russell, and knew noth-
ing about alleged frauds In Buchanan
county until saw statement on the
subject in Richmond papers"
Issued Statement.
..when learned that MENDOZA. In
Washington. and Patterson. in Wythe,
had been thrown out on mere tech
nicalities. issued a statement de-
claring that I would not accept the
certificate OF election. even If 1t were
rendered me. did not want It II I'll
was to be given me on mere techni-
scalities."
You say you sent these friends of
yours out from Bristol. fearing thatl
Republicans would use corruption
funds to debauch Democratic judges
and clerks?'
IT did not say that sent them out.
There was q conference Of my friends.
and men were sent out to look after
the interests of the Democratic party
Now the poll-books were in the
hands Of the Democrats all over the
district were they not?"
81 suppose So"
81. Knew Nothing of 1t.
stNow how do you account for it that
] IN Scott. Russell, Washington and
buchanan counties, where your friends
went. that frauds were committed
against the Republicans and in the In
sterests OF the Democrnts?"
TT is not true except as to probably
Russell and Scott and if anything
wrong, was done there knew abso-
lutely nothing of 1t, and would have
severely condemned 1t If I had known
IT."
AT this point Judge Rhea was ex-
cused. and Secretary Eggleston and
Mr.. Thompson of the Western Union.
testified as has been indicated above.
II Captain Joslin and Captain Gent
get here to- morrow the final meeting
OF the committee will be held then.
4 though there is no certainty as to when
the end of the inquiry will come. as
the prosecution contends that their
absent witnesses are material. and the
committee is showing every disposition
to get them here.
Tho argument will likely consume
at least two hours to the side, as
8 counsel for both the prosecution and
the defense haVh Undated their pur-
nose to speak.
Letter of Mr.. Stunrt.
The letter of Hon. Henry {. Stuart
read on Monday night and described
at length yesterday is in full as fol-
lows
ELK Garden Va. Nov. Q. 1902.
s.sIr B. T. Wilson, Chairman, or NJ Z
Clark. or B. J. Wysor Lebanon. Va
.'Dear sir.---It has just come 10 my knowl-f
Il edge that there is movement on foot. or
al least proposed. to throw out the returns
I from certain Republican precincts upon
technical grounds in order that The Demo-
v cratic majority In the county .inny appear
larger. have heard that there Is similar
4 ,ncverncnt on foot In other counties. ihe ulti-
mate object being to show \ majority for
Judge Rhea on the face OF the returns, or
u st least TO give grounds for a contest II
rec sssary. ! wish to preface what ] shall
cav With distinct disapowal OF any inteu-
q lion OF passing judgment on ..e inttn-
No or motives OF tho parties having the
satove- mentioned movement on foot but I
81 fee that 1t Is due to the Democratic party
1 OF this district and the leaders OF 1t
Z wherever situated. and, above all. 10 myself.
( tlat should express my views With regard
ITO this matter.
1. Ell wish FIRST, to call 10 your mind the
2 3xact that the recent Constitutional! Conyen-
Il Iior was called for the purpose OF creating
conditions In Virginia under which there
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