The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

All of which more fully'appears from
a copy Of the proceedings Of this com
nittee on said sOth day of September.
1912. which is hereto attached and
made a part Of this petition.
Your petitioner, as we'll as the cleo
tors OF said district qaulifled to vote
at said primary, by reason OF tho &C
ton Of your committee and Of the
chairman thereof, instructing the
county and city chairmen not to cause.
require or permit the poll books afore-
said to be opened and the result OF
said election to be assersained accord
ing to law. or. indeed. 'ascertained At
all. by q canvass Of the apparent re-
turns as shown by said poll books.
have been greatly preJudiced and az
erieved. inasmuch as your petitioner
and the said electors are thereby de-
prived Of the means of ascrtainsng
what results are actually shown by said
poll books or OF ascertaining who. in
fact, is shown by said. poll books to
have received the majority OF votes cast
at said primary election.
Further AggYieveA.
That your petitioner Is further pre-
JUDGED and aggrieved by the action Of
your committee aforesaid, inasmuch as
he has been thereby deprived Of the
means Of ascertaining to what extent
and in what manner. II does aDpesr
from said poll books that the said
election was not conducted according
to law and TO what extent the appar-
ent result thereof was affected BY the
apparent admission u persons 20 vote
in said primary wh1 were not qualified
according to law to vote therein. o.
by the exclusion OF persons qualified
H. IA {Dh - Srnf
in said election, or In any other mat
ter Or fact pertaining to his legal
rights as a candidate for nomination
q, said primary election. and that the
action AID conduct aforesaid Of your
committee was tansamount 20 a denial
20 your petitioner Of the means OF
ascertaining facts disclosed by the
poll books. which under the Law are
public records, TO enable him to assert
and maintain his rights by contest
or otherwise. as he might be advised.
which RICH: is not only guaranteed TO
your petitioner by the laws OF the
State OF Virginia but also BY the feG-
uiat:ons and preceicnts Of the Demo
cratic party OF said State
Your petitioner. upon knowsedse
and Information, the details OF which
are hereinafter more fully set forth.
hereby alleges and charges that the
said election was an undue election.
and tina. the geturps thereof, IL TIE
documents called 'srertihcatesr al
legged 10 have been made BY the sew
eraI judges % election conducfins
said primary In said Fourth congrcs-
sioraI District. and acted upon 6y
ycar committee. a. the sole and con-
elusive evidence Of the result OF SAP
election. are entitled to he called re-
turns in contemplation OF Law (wh!cn
your petitioner here denics,. are false
returns. and your petitioner hereby
contests the SAID election snd tn"
right o: this committee to award the
said certiacat. Of election to the said
Walter A. Watson. upon the fosiowsng
grounds:
Grss,as - CS0essG
J. The Instructions isev0d ~ you
corsrn.tte. 60 the various 3uaeeo OF
election for IN. conduct, % the sssA
urinary election. IN said DISTRICT ana
above referred 90 and Fed herewssh'
are e-rorecus fn The following psS.
ticyIars. which errors caJsed the 0os4
judges 90 election 20 deny the right
90 vote IN sass primary 60 soeh
nrrser % persoas who were - Soes
qualified to vote, snd VINO es00eo -
vote for your Oefist00ef. - ~0U10