The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-23


70 demand fhe same,
Yours truly,
F. /. la RUE.
He was Imposed Ipen.
Froru Prince George county came
the following
prince George c, II,
May 81, 1914.
F.Ater az Richmond virsinisn:
near ST. II have read very much IN
7.o.f paper In regard - the ac'l"h
~ chief CLERK Hayes "a the Office
~ sefro+ar, Of ths Cemmonw esith,
rs2stive of hjs using The name 81 sec
~nta4, NJ IN. Cnfnu7cuW ea}th 10 obtain
f,ay,, are various registrars ef the state
~ 1-.a-s.sa4A = LIS. ~ the XnteEs- 80 Tar
+ have seen nothing iu regard to some
an4 us{np the name Of v. o James
s.rratars ~ the CommonW ealth, IN Oh
tafnfng "A list a. The qualified voters
fro4b clerks ~ the courts. sometime
u, *na month 81 April 7 received let
ter signed BY r. James, secretary
~ tbe Cennouw eaIth. requesting me
20 forward - him copy Of the list
Of qualified voters fled IN clerks ONCE
Of rrfnes George county. va l. hot
sagpeetiug the same 10 ee q forgery
as n was In an official envelope, US
SALLY used i'm the secretary S Office ana
written en paper az the same klnd,
sent she HIST promptly see no"
that as imposed upon. by someone
d. not know who it was THIS seems
ia RE to te A greater ONCE than the
one against the registrars. as the party
secured the lisf from me, without any
rn@tp 10 him Tie did not even propose
10 nav for the work, which Was worth
FIVE dollars II Mr., Hayes Ia the man
who is aoius such underhanded work
SIS this and Colonel r O. James con-
dones the Office. the people VIII see mat
he does not have the opportunity 20
do 70 for another term. do not
know how many OF the clerks in the
state were imposed upon In this way.
bus have been Informed that the
clerk Of Sussex county received
letter Of the same gurport, about the
same time / did
Yours truly.
W. n TEMPLE.
CLERK Of the Circuit Court Of Prince
George County. Va.
Has onc~ At sea.
The results Of the bogus letters TO
registrars VIII be more far reaching
than In generally appreciated, There
seems TO have been a mixing OF state
and private" business in the letters
sent out to the clerks. which Colonel
James declares were not authorized
One OF the clerks from whom the
virxinian heard Yesterday enclosed a
blank which had been sent TO him for
furnishing corrected lists OF the mem
ners Of the electoral board. Whether
this was sent in with the letter asking
IN. poll tax list Was not stated aa----r
The secretary @0f the electoral hoard,
in one OF the counties, sends The Viz
gilman two letters received by him
from the once OF secretary OF the
commonwealth one Gated April f7th,
requests corrections in the list Of cleo
taral board members and the regis
trars and the other. dated May 18th,
urges prompt compliance with the
former request. The gentleman TO
whom these letters were sent writes
The Virginian
II wonder II this is Mr. Jameg
work or Mr.. Hayes preparing 10 get
a list OF voters In my county. This
ia the FIRST time have ever had such
a request
The Nirgiuian cannot AT this writing,
answer the question raised by this
electoral board secretary, Circum-
stances would indicate that the names
were being secured for Mr. Akers, as
Mr.. Hayes. in statement printed to-
day. says that the secretary Of the
Commonwealth Office has not gotten
the list of registrars corrected for TWO
years. and that the list used to send
out the Akers letters WAS Mr.. Akers'
property.
Says both should Resign.
The Virwinian IN IN receipt Of the
following letter;
Chase City, Va, May 81, 1914
Editor The Nirgtnian;
Eir.-~I have read with great deal
of interest. your exposure of the gross
misuse OF the office OF secretary 70
the Comm onwesith Of this great State
Of ours and feel That every true citi-
zen should appreciate to the fullest
the work done by your vaiua BILE paper
In bringing this shameful matter u
the attention Of The people. From
the letters OF Secretary James and
hiE chief clerk. Mr.. Hayes. printed
n your issue Of even date there ID but
one course open for both of the gen
tlemen. and that is resign Office i'm
mAdiately.
Mr. James In his letter of expana-
ton. says in my opinion Mr.. Hayes
conduct in the matter does not call
for his removal from office" Perhaps
so, az he was only carrying out the
Instructions from his chief in render
ing to Messrs. Taylor and Akers fsup-
posedlv representatives Of the whiskey
interests) amy service that he could,
bat this fragrant misuse If the peo-
pies office for such purposes certainly
demands the removal from office Of
the guilty party. and the public awaits
the resignation of Secretary g. o,
James
Very respectfully,
G. T. GEOGHESAN
am enclosing sworn statements
from the two last registrars of this
own for use as you may desire.
These affidavits follow:
This is TO certify that ! have been
registrar of Chase city Magisterial
District OF Mecklenburg county. Nir-
ginta. since 1909. and that I now have
In my Office the first request for a
tiat of the registered voters OF this
precinct, the me being signed 'B O,
James and was pos'marked Rich
mend. Va, May 10, 90 p. NJ fat4-
have not as yet complied with this
request. nor have / received any In
structions not to do SO
Given under my hand this the
2tst day Of May, 1914.
J. II. L. MYERS.
Registrar.