The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-30

of said censns. Tho snid census was
gfrandulently taken and resulted In the
report that there were more than 5000
singsah,tArtsf tn Bristol. and a corpora
Il ton court was established for Bristol.
and w, IT. Elien was elected Judge
thereof
3s'f charge that there were not more
than e.a4 ID lnhals itants. as was show,
by the United States census OF 1870.
End that Judge Rhea we'll knew MT
( that time that when the census first
above referred TO was taken that there
wcrc not anything like as many as
5000 Inhabitants in Bristol and was 9
party tn the fraudulent taking thereof.
been taken frnudulently, but he. never
thefcss. accepted the benefit thereof.
and accepted the JuhEeship Of the said
court. which was established pursuant
1 to shid fraudulent census.
Hints at Hribcry.
"s. I charge that on the trial OF the
9cpse of i,.e Commonwealth vs.. Jordan.
Judge RhGa delivered q very remark
Sahle decision. which resulted In setting
said Jordan free. That the said deci-
sion created storm of Indignation
and criticism. and many people at the
time believed and charged that said
] do not pretend 20 know, and ! do not
contend That these charges were justi-
fable. but insist that Judge about
whom such charges have been made is
unit for q position on the State Cor
porhtion Commission.
-. charge that in the races for
Congress between Judge Rhen and
General James a. Walker In 1898 and
i1an0 tho Democrat party IN the Ninth
District Of Virginia was guilty Of nun.
erous election frauds VIII CHI increased
the vote of Judge Rliea and decreased
the vote OF General Walker. That
Judge Rhea aided. abetted and encour.
aged some nf these frauds and knew Of
benefit of said frauds and accepted his
seat In Congress in both the said cleo.
lions, we'll knowing that General
Walker had been really elected: and
! further charge that the frauds re-
ferred to We're Ct such nature to show
that any o1le who participated In them
or knowingly accepted the benefits
thereof. Ia unfit for the hlah position
20 which Judge Rhea aspires;. and ]
further charge that whether. this be
lief OF numerous persons throushont
the Ninth District that the matters
above referred to do render him unfit
for said position. ana THIS alone should
be sufficient to proven, his coniirma
ton.
Effort 10 Change Vote.
"a. ! charge further tina, III the race
for Congress between Judge RlIea and
Colonel G. Slemp in l9u: the unofficial;
'ttports. Which oil the nisat OF the elscsi
5ttGn apd tire duy after the election
were received at the headquarters Of
3totn political parties, showed that,
Colonel Siemp Lad bean elected BY a
email majority, to-wit-about 400; that
athereupun Connected movement was
Ii:laugu1aied By Judge Rhea and some
Ct his followers to change ms result;
That in Scott county the certificates 81
fihe Judges of election were mutilated
End forged so as to change the vote
by ls6 votes; that in Buchanan county
9ihe certificates of the elect on board
was mutlated and Changed before 1t
tie state, so as to make a difference
CT 100 votes in Judge Rhea's favor:
stha, In Washington. Russell and SmytM
counties tn- election commissioners.
chen they came 10 count the VOTE.
were induced to leave out and refuse
to count without any justtiiable cause
whatever divers precincts which had
given maioritles for slemp, SO that the
vote MS certified by them charged the
vault IN ns COUNT q = us Votes R e RUS
sell county. ITO votes, and in Wythr
county lag votes, ara that the aggree
rate result Of said several frauds was
such as to give Judge Rhea on TIE
face of the returns some 200 Or 3vt
majority.
.Ithcn Party 10 Frnud.r
~ further charge that Judge Rhe,
was n party. or at least knew of al
! or some of the said frauds, but never
.h.less he aid not repadiate the same
or any thereof, for some days there
S after: that the said frauds raised
storm OF indignant protest on the pal.
3 OF both Democrats and Repub1 can
throughout the district, and Colon,.
Slerp instituted mandamus proceed.
;nEs III the Supreme Court of Appeals
Of Virginia. and 1t was foregon'
conclusion that the said court woul'
This was done and not until JudE,
Rhea saw the handwriting on the wal
z did he ever raise his voice to repudi
Hte the said friends or any of them
And l further charge that a man VIII
would so act is unfit for q high judi
cial position.
IS. further charge that the gen
ere,l reputation of Jrk.;a Rhea through
out the Ninth District is that he is a
nnscrupulous politician and Is there
fore unfit for judicial office.
..Resrectfully submitted
u. C. NOEL"
objected to Specifications.
Mr. Irvine. of counsel for Juds
Rhea, asked recess to confer wit
at 11:2Iihu and his associates returned
AIR. Irvipe spoke briefly for Judg
Rhea, urging objection to some OF tn
specifications and waving 1t as I
Others. He declared that the clectio
matter referred 10 was purely polit
cal in its nature. Judge Rhea, he Dc
clared, was not lodging anything |
either election case, but that the,
contests had been ,hreshed out and DE-
termined.
These charges" he said, ARE again.
the canvassing boards In the countie
referred TO and not against Judg
Rhea, and we emphatIcally deny ths
he knew anything concerning what
alleged to have taken place"
MT. Irvine characterized the specif