The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-29
INVESTIGATION IN
SECOND DISTRICT
Action Of Investigating Commit.
tee win Be Largely Determined
by Charges to Be Brought by
Maynard-Young Insists
Case Will Fall Through.

NORFOLK, VA. - Special-
Immediately upon converting the
special committee OF the State
Democratic Committee, which
was called TO investigate the
charges OF fraud In the recent
congressional primary I'm the Sec
ond District OF Virginia adjourn
ca shortly after 4 o'clock until
S;SO o'clock Monday afternoon. The
absence OF Attorney N. II. Green,
SounSei Tor w. A. Young, who
mas been certified as nominee by
the District Committee, was the
cause OF the Adjournment.
me scope OF the inquiry Is still
problematical. depending, Il Is gem
orally understood, upon the develop
ments resulting from the charges OF
Irregularities and fraud made by Mr.
Maynard, who has called in question
specially the returns from the Second
Precinct OF the Second Ward OF Nor
iolk, the Seventh Ward of Norfolk
and at Halls Corner. in Norfolk coun-
~ Upon the development as to
tnese specific charges made by Mr..
Maynard in his brief. upon any fur
ther developments resulting from
other specific allegations he may
make after the committee has given
his counsel access to the poll book,
Il would seem to depend what Mr..
Young may ask in the way of an in
Vestigation of the vote in Portsmouth
ana other parts OF the district where
nr. Maynard showed much strength
1t Is believed that Mr.. Young will in
sist upon sitting OF the vote in the
whole district should his nomination
be 1eopardized by the investigation of
Mr.. Maynard's charges. The friends
OF Mr.. Young insist that the MAYNARD
charges are going to fall fiat so far as
changing the result of the award of
me certifcate to Mr.. Young by the
District Committee is concerned. but
the Maynard people are equally GER
tain. they say, that the inquiry will
show that the present CONGRESSMAN
(Mr. Maynard) was fairly renomi-
mated by the Democrats of the Second
District.
Citizens Represented.
The presence at the inquiry Of coun-
sci for the citizens of Norfolk is one
of Its most interesting phases for the
reason that out of this phase of il
may come grand jury investigation.
1t being directly apparent that the
people who were at the now famous
Academy of Music meeting in Norfolk
last week, and who are represented
by the three we'll known lawyers. are
determined to not only prob the pri-
mary, but IL is altogether likely that
they Will make the best possible use
OF any fraud that may be shown to
have been committed in the primary
In endeaVoring to discount the present
political powers that be" in Norfolk,
and that grand jury investigation of
the primary may be held.
only iNur members of the Sec
ond District Democratic congressional
primary investigating committee were
in the city at &c o'clock this morning.
the hour appointed for the beginning
OF the inquiry. These were Major r.
"A. Mcintyre, OF Warrenton, chairman
OF the committee; Edward Echols. of
StaunJon; +. Adams, of Lynchburg.
and w. L. Carson. of Riverton. At
ter consultation Of these members
OF the committee il was decided to
hold the investigation i'm the parlor
OF the Monticello Hotel and the SER
wants of the house were set to work
arranging the parlor for the inquiry.
all the usual furniture being removed.
as quroum was not present The
beginning If the inquiry could not
take place at the appointed hour, and
1t was deferred till the arrival of the
late morning train on which other
members of the committee were eN-
pected. There is no member OF the
committee from this (the Second)
dtstrict for the obvious reason that
the investigation as to alleged irregu-
larities and frauds is in this district
Money Is Ready.
One of the first Norfolk men To
arrive at the hotel in connection with
the inquiry was w. II. Venable, chair