The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-10-13
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NOktUfsk. 49, - :. /. ..,s,..i.---Tht sub
committee from the Democratic state
Central Committee. which investigated
the recent Second District Democrats
congressional primary. ape1t Monday
behind closed doors in going over the
records and Weighing the statute au-
thorities which had been submitted by
both Maynard and Young, as well as
by citizens counsel, IN substantiation
OF the contentious OF various sides.
The committee has also received q
brief from citizens counsel, asking
for a report recommending that Ahe
primary be thrown out absolutely, and
that a new primary be ordered, and
that both Maynard and Young be
eliminated from this because OF al
legged contempt before the committee.
by failure to produce a statement OF
their primary expenses
Counsel for Young submitted in re-
ply that all legal authority for bids
the throwing out of any election I'M
| less ii becomes impossible to do other
wise, the law contemplating that all
possible means to establish who has.
| received a majority of good votes must
be exhausted before the thought Of
| throwing out the whole can be en-
| tertained. 1T was further contended
for Mr.. Young that with the elimina-
! ton of all votes proven to have been
and Halls Corner In Norfolk county
for Young, and in Portsmouth, South
ampton and Isle of Wight for May
nard, there still remains a majority Of
seventy-three votes for Young, who
must be awarded the certificate.
For Maynard 1t was submitted that
according to the best legal authority
the committee must either throw out
the precincts in all places where
fraud has been shown and order q
new primary as to these precincts
alone, or, in the Judgment of the COM
mittee, throw out the whole primary
and order a new election. this new
election to be held down to the two
candidates only-Maynard and Young
who were in the fight in the begin
ming and who put up their money
for the conduct OF the last primary.
Citizens Fighs It.
Citizens counsel fought this prop
osition hard in their brief, declaring
that the idea of a new election only
in those precincts in which fraud had
been established would not do, be-
cause with so much fraud shown as
had been shown in other places. the
good people of Princess Anne" and
other places not attacked are not at
all sure that the conduct of the cleo
| ton with them was fair or that their
real sentiments have been properly
| registered by the returns of the last
primary
Citizens counsel say that much
more fraud could have been shown
| had there been time TO collect evil
dence ana mad the candidates them
| selves been willing to tell all they
knew about everything. Citizens
counsel gave a last hard rap to the
| judges of election in the exposed pre-
cinCts who stood by. heard all the
bad things that were said, and were
yet declined to come upon the stand
and make personal denial. The brief,
pointing to evidence at the Court
house Precinct OF Norfolk city. said
! il was evident from the poll books
that they were fixed up afterwards,
and that II they were correct one
person had to be voted every thirty
| three seconds during the last IO7
minutes the polls were open and one
each nine seconds during the last sew
enteen minutes they were open.