The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-27
COMMITTEE WON 7
EXACT ACCOUNTS
Of CONTESTANTS
Investigators Agree That They
Have No Authority to En-
force Election Law
Mr.. YOUNG REPLIES
TO MAYNARD'S CHARGES
Denies All Charges of Fraud and
Makes Score or More Serious
Alegations--Testim Be
gins Wednesday.
By JOHN T.. MADISON,
stan CORRESPONDENTS.

Stan Correspondent.
NORFOLK. VA. Sept. 2I.--'Re-
solved. That Ii Is the sense of the
committee that they have no authors
~ to demand the expense Jccount Of
the contestant and contestee"
This was the resolution adopted
Tuesday by the Democratic state CEN
trail subcommittee investigating the
Norfolk congressional primary cleo
ton and in which the committee chm
mated an injection of the BarksdaIe
election law into the probing.
The committee held that with no
provision In the BarksdaIe Law itself
under which statements can be re-
quired Of candidates when they pre-
fer a fine TO the production of such
statements, this committee is without
authority to demand a production of
the statements OF either Mir. Maynard
or MIR. Young.
The taking OF the testimony will be-
gin "Wednesday morning.
supplemental Charges.
Supplementary charges by Mr. May
nard, who Will also haye until Thurs
day to tiie more charges. are to the
effect that 5o5 people who did not
pay their poll taxes voted in Norfolk
and 500 persons who did not appear
In the directors OF 1919 are recorded
as voting In Norfolk.
Mr.. Ioung to-day not only entered
a general aenial OF the charges Of
fraud in precincts where his ma
jorities were large with declaration
that he stood ready TO counterfeit these
by testimony but brought counter
charges az fraud in Portsmouth and
the counties OF NansemOnd Isle Of
Wight and Southampton. where Mr..
Maynards ma3orities we're received.
lie charge dthat in Mr.. Maynard's
T. .sk.
were voted who were dead. these
being NJ. /. nodson, II. s. Dew. /. Y,
Shea and G. Il. FrIedlsn, In this
ward he declared 43 persons had been
permitted tn vote who did not have a
right to vote at allshralu
right to vote and that eighteen per
sons were recorded AS having voted
who did not vote at all. In the Third
ward vi Portsmouth
Additional particulars specifying
fraud alleged 10 have been committee
In the recent Second district congress
slonai primary. In which W. a. Young
--+as awarded the certificate on face Of
returns. were set forth by counsel for
the citizens committee In a paper
fled before the subcommittee OF .ae
State central committee when the pro-
bars reAssembled with seven Of the
nine members present.
Allegations Made.
In substance the paper sets forth
In part the following allegations;
Twelve persons voted Illegally at the
courthouse precinct, Second Norfolk,
additional persons who voted for May
Hard In this precinct discovered; me-
thod OF conducting the primary in
Norfolk was such as to render II void.
vote returned being wholly untrust-
worthy: copies of registration books
In Portsmouth not used in accord
ance with essential requirements, nu-
merous persons voted Illegally in
Portsmouth, as well as in Norfolk.
Sweeping charges alleging fraud in
Maynard precincts in Portsmouth and
other sections Of district were made
by counsel for Young. who at the
same time made a general denial Of
charges BY other side.
The charges were read by Attorney
Nat Green and occasioned laughter
at times as ludicrous features OF the
alleged fraudulent practices We're told.
When the reading was completed. AT
torney Hicks. of counsel for Young.
protested against the peoples counsel
filing additional particulars He was
oserruled. however. by Chairman Nc
lntyre.
Counsel for Maynard then an
nounced that they would file supple
mental charges The charges We're
not read. Chairman Mcintyre then
stated that no more affirmative
charges would be received after the
morning session. He brought forth !
laughter when he said that enough |
were already In hand
City Circuit Judge McLemore ruled |
to-day that he had no authority to |
require Clerk Trehy TO Issue a sub |
poena for voters to testify before COM
mittee- However he urged all loyal |
citizens to do so.
After making a sweeping denial OF |
Maynard's charges Young's counsel <
charged fraud in Portsmouth wards I
as follows: First ward IL Illegal vot-
ers. Second ward. 4s voted not quail
fed. and rs counted as voting VINO
did not vote; Third ward. IL not
qualified, counted as voting who I
didn't vote. one dead voter: Fifth |
ward. A. voters not qualified. Is count /
ed who didn't vote, 4 dead voters.
The dead alleged to have voted are
i. Gallumbeck. X. s. Dew. Nj. l. Dod-
son. / v. Shea. G. f. Friedlin. All
these persons. II is charged, voted for
Maynard in the primary.
In Nansemond county remarkable
state of affairs prevailed in Cypress
precinct, according to the charges In
this precinct It is alleged 81 voters
cast ballot in alpha betical order
At Paufs Branch precinct, same
county II IL alleged the poll books re-
corded surnames OF voters but no
Christian names of initials. Only eight
votes were cast and went for May
uard.
In Southampton.
At Franklin precinct. SOUTHAMPTON
county. Young's counsel charged that
neither copies OF registration books
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