The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-05


OF party fights In tho district 70
years to overthrow their decision a
the polls.
his was. however, of no avail Th
state Committee evidently determine,
that Its Investigating committee ha,
4 made a careful and impartial cxamina
iion, and that II had acted for the goot
OF the party In making its report multi
Tying the results of the August pri
mary
The committee was late in gathering
and It was Q o'clock before Chairman
Ellyson called II to order In the hal
were number of prominent virginif
democrats, drawn to the meeting BY
the Importance of the matter tndc1
discussion. These included: Semitic
j ID. Elan, OF Brunswick Colo.e
George Wayne Anderson, of Richmond
Assistant Acknowledgement w. Il
Bibh. of Louisa; james r. Jordan, OF
Isle of Wight: Senator George b. Kee.
ycll, of Rockingham; State Fish Com
missioner w Mcdonald Lee. of Ian
caster; S. III. Love, of Lunenburg
Senator Il. II. Holland, Of Suffolk
Senators T.. c. Fokes and y. c. Har-
man, of Richmond and S. d. Barham
Jr.. OF Surry.
Called for Report.
twenty five members answered to
their names when the roll was called.
and three others came In later. Chair.
man Ellyson at once called for the
rcpor, of the Investigating committee,
which was read by Chairman H.. a.
Mclntrc, and which is printed else
where
Close attention was paid throughout
10 the reading of the report. Espsut..
~, ha on hen Major NC
Intyre stated that 'unwarranted, ms
understandings by some supdlllgetl5
and representative persons had hlisa
the press and the public mind VIII
the registration books of Norfolk city
as unfair as it is false and when
ne said that there was nothing I'M
proper regarding them. :.
The climax cant, unexpectedly, as II
was rather abrupt. on the announce
meflt that the committee recommended
that the primary be declared null ana
void. there was heart" applause. MI
and Mr.. Maynard drew down the cor
ners OF his mouth in manner which
betokened his satisfaction.
w NJ McAllister. of Bath. moved
for argument. General w. w Sale
protested az this, saying that ne
thought the contestant and contestee
should have reasonable time.
Gave Each Slue I'm bouE'
Chairman Ellyson suggested one
hour TO side, whereupon General
Sale put this in the form of mo-
ton Mr.. McAllister, still desiring to
avoid long talking, was VIKING TO
agree to half an hour. but the com
mittee agreed % the Sale motion 10y
vote Of twenty-two, to -four.
r. j. Wool opened the debate for MI
Maynard. He testified to the faithfui
work of the investigating committee.
He had seen as the inquiry progressed.
he said. that 1t would be Impossible TO
agree that any certain number OF votes
were cast tor Mr., Young and certain
number of Mr.. Maynard. Mr. Wool de-
clared that he had never attempted TO
prevent any one from testifying, that
he WINS anxious to 80 al f 1,
and let the chips fall where they
might Even had the. committee re.
the certificate, the latter would not
have accepted it because it would have
been tainted with fraud. lie was will
ing to accept the report OF the COM
mittee
different IL Port.-,"rtb.
For Mr.. Young, N. T. Green went Into
the evidence OF the investigation IN
detail He said but four precincts
Precinct OF the Second Ward OF Nor
folk eleven men who Were recorded
as voting testified that they did nor
vote, and eight men said eight others
were Out OF Ine CITY dI tlt tint
Twenty-six swore they had voted ror
Maynard while only nineteen votes
We're returned for him on the recount
or the ballots twenty-nine Maynard
votes We're discovered.
Norfolk, he argued, was Il cosmo-
politan place. and the Second was It's
most cosmopolitan ward He was
grathed to find that only nineteen
He did not think the judges could be
tanned with fraud because of nineteen
votes of SIS He inquired If it were
reasonable to think that judges who
intended fraud would leave twenty-nlne
votes in the box and certify to only
nineteen.
aIr Green was willing to throw out
Halls Corner Precinct, in Norfolk
county, where Irregularities had been
shown, Here anety-three votes We're
returned for Young. and eighteen for
Maynsrd, Let her 60" he said
DiHeretn In Portsmouth.
In Portsmouth, he commended, cOrdi-
tons Were different Here tho fraud
was actual and palpable. There was
10 other explanation,
OF the 3.S52 votes cast in Norfolk,
twerty-t%o votes, or thirty-two votes
at most, had been successfully assaiied-
He called this pretty clean bill OF
health, If all four precincts, affected
majority e5e IN the district si He s Spoke
OF wrong impressions which had gone /
out from published reports Alleged I
dead men haH been.produced and APP
Feared, but tire public still believed |
that they had been returned as voting |
Common justice, he argued in conclu-
sion In case where one man had q
certificate and another man wanted 1t, |
should say in this case that it should |
Say where 1t was.
The citizens committee here asked |
for and got thirty minutes. Thel
speakers went into the discussion |
without mincing words and with an
abandon which bespoke their earnest
ness. E A. Bilisoly charged that
Young's counsel had thrown every OBJ
stacle in the way OF the investigation. |
MMaS CIRApD $500