The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-28
GIVEN MS BALLOT
BY BOSS pRl

Continued from FIRST H944
claring that the names 81 eisi0
put on were NOT Included inS Ut
nished them by citixens' counsel
The latter explained that Sos
the witnesses had turned up 1
yesterday afternoon. Several witnG
testified as'to persons in distant Ut1
who We're voted in Norfolk.
Ruled by the Ring.
That the most ryrannicaI ay1t411
ring politisc that ever existed an X
ginia lnfests the Second district M
the declaration day Of T.. IA. Bilf3
ly, OF counsel for the citizens cotxx1
tee. in his opening statement ba1t
the subcommittee OF the DemCcEm@
State central COMMITTEES when 3N@
hearing of evidence was begun In nN<
neetion with the probe into the N9
cent congressional primary a5
I'm recent years" declared thu 61
torney. mo election has been heio IL
the second district in which repNA<
ers have not been used and the 6x1I
fixed beforehand. If anarchy de1
not exist in this district then I11|
very much mistaken. A man
would rob another by ballot w0M1
shoot him down. Both these c4Sl4
dates must go down and out ana =
propose to prove Ii.
Mr.. Bilisolly called attention to x
fact that many witnesses had refM&&&
to- come forward, declaring that tlHfX
business would be ruined il they E43
tilted. He predicted that many n14
who failed to testify after being ssi11S
moned would be branded In the co1Jj
munity. At the conclusion Ut h}<
gDGaHh- fna taking of Syvx/E
begun. 5sH
They Did Not Vote.
The following persons, credtf1Ms
with voting at courthouse precinct M
the Second ward of Norfolk, tests
fed that they did not vote there n
P. Fowden X. S. Terry. w. G. Pow&Ix
II. b. WALL j. E. Barry. y. G
Hitch. sSS
Chairman Mcintyre immediakef25
after the committee gpt down kt*
business at 1910 A. NJ, asked IN
any one had summoned Rev. DR.. SSj
Il. Garrett. pastor or the First HA1
tist church. Portsmouth. to app@A
before the committee. When f0t1
that DR.. Garrett had not been auN4&
moned Chairman Mcintyre stated kn&&|
the committee would take 1t up0x
itself to summon the minister. T645
subpoena was forthwith issued. Il Nm
lens lts Purpose. Essz A4
DIR. Garrett was among those 8645
sent from Portsmouth ON pfin1G11
day. r.. w. Shultice, OF counsel foX
Maynard, then led or with Statem60&
setting forth briefly the purpOsS 0x
investigation as he viewed III He dSs
ctared that the eligibility OF tha tS0l
candidates in the primary was not k11l3S
question but the question was to d1%|
termine which candidate had beSf
legally nominated. Incidentally WEsS
Shultice referred to the efforts on tiySS
part of the citizens committee ts|
make the eligibility Of the Candidates
an issue in the investigation.
r. Randolph Hicks, OF counsel for
Young. next spoke. He predicted thak5
the result of the probe would show
practically no fraud of any conAeSS
quence. He said 1t was with grGax9
reluctance that his side had been
forced to file counter CHARGES HXS
stated. however. that charges fale{ hd1
Young would be proved slif1icfenxiy ~
give him the nomination MI. Hfr
referred TO the part the Second w1Ilfl
of Norfolk had PLAYED Iii sendix &
Maynard to congress In previous yeaiSs
1t was only when Young. who ID w
resident of that ward. entered fh03
race that II went back on Maynard
and gave Young majority. *
Voted Here; In China.
The investigation by the citixens
committee OF charges filed by Mny~s
nard's counsel yesterday to the exx9
feet that more than 600 person
whose poll taxes were net paid A1l1s
whose names did not appear In tI1&5
city directory participated In the n&fS
mary in Norfolk city wards have cUi
WINGED citizens that there WAS praEs Il
ticaliy nothing wrong except tn fK3
First and Second wards, al afrAxf Y
brought out. Attorney T. ~. EaAn u
who served as primary Judge Hi f1fi&
Seventh ward. declared to-day. sfS&2f
consulting with numerous pexn0 Il
included in the list. that his ward y $
free from faint. despite MaynaY6sz
charges. One voted. who had re =
paid his poll tax. turned out to ~ n
Confederate veteran. Another. n
in the city directory. is a near nefai y
Dor or Hank. One of the witn4r
summoned by the citizens' comnfff
to appear before the investigatnrN2
Jack Jordon. OF Portsmouth. Wit
brother. Faison Jordon, was voted
Portsmouth ward. though Iii SIN
bal. China at the time. WORKING 4
the American Tobacco Comps
Jordon's father received letter fkS
him yesterday dated August 23, M q
happens to be the date on which y y
primary was held. S33s3Sz