The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-11
COURTS DECISION
|NCHEATW0OD CASE
BINDS COMMITTEE
If Find Madison Ward Candi.
date Has Right to Vote Must
Put Name on Ticket.

The fight being made by Leonard J.
Cheatwood, 4 candidate for the COM
mon council from Madison ward, to
have his name placed on the ballot as
a candidate will not be settled by the
city Democratic committee, but by
Judge Richardson in the Hastings
court This was determined last night
ut meeting Of The committee held in
the parlor Of Murphy's hotel annex.
MIR, Cheatwood' case. which has
been laid by his attorney. David Meade
White. before Judge Richardson will
ne decided next Tuesday it was stated
at last nights committee meeting. The
result of tho case viii be known by
members of the committee before its
next meeting. next Friday night and
If the court has decided that Mr..
Cheatwood has the right to have his
name placed on the certified list of
voters qualified 10 vote in the city cleo
ton Of June 9th, the committee Will
place his name on the ballot to be
Used in the primary on April 2Sth.
/ The fight Of Mr. Cheatwood for place
on the ballot is based upon a receipt
showing that his taxes were paid to
Deputy city Treasurer Isaac Held,
who died recently. The receipt is
dated with a stamp, NO. 20, 1913
Mr. Cheatwood claims he paid his tax
1 III AAit WY AIEdSIi II ciLlAt VIZ tlltfA
/ day.
+ His name did not appear however.
on the certified list of legal voters,
when It went TO the printer. The city
committee holds, because of this, that
Mr.. ChcatWood js not Il legal voter and
not being a J legal voter, that he cannot
he II candidate under the Byrd law
governing primaries, or the Consttu-
/ ton of the state.
/ Section 38 of the constitution,
quoted at last nights meeting oe the
city committee, provides that the
voter. who holds tax receipt. whose
name is left off the certified list, must
petition the court within thirty days
after the appearance of the list. to
have hts name placed thereon. The
committee ConstrHes this to mean that
! the voter who fails 10 make his ap
peal TO the court within thirty days
! has no redress whatever.
/ Some Of the committeeman last
night showed they understand that
should a person appear at the polls
to vote, and possess tax receipt
showing his taxes had been paid six
months or more before the election,
the election Judge shall allow him to
cast his ballet.
Chairman James II. Price of the city
| COMMITTEES, called the meeting to or
| der shortly after o'clock Though
| II had been reported yesterday af-
| ternoon that Mr.. Cheatwood might APP
| pear before the committee, he was
not present Clyde Saunders, OF the
! Tommittee, answered a number of
/ Questions directed at him by DR. Car
/ ringtou. r. W. Ragland and others.
setting forth the committees position
/ as being such that 1t must await the
decision Of the court. Chairman Price
supported this view.
t Following the Gheatwood case dis
eussion, the committee decided that
meeting should be held every Friday
night until the primary. and the dates
! for the administrative board primary
| aud the closing Of the lists were
fixed
| The primary to nominate candidates
for the administrative board viii be
held July II th and the candidates list
will be closed May 16th,
The probability that Senator Louis
Q. WcndenburE will enter the race
against Congressman Montague for
the congressional nomination was dis
eussed. Whether or not a congress
sional primary will be necessary will
/ be known before the next meeting of
the city committee as the decision of
| Mr., Wcndenburg to enter the race
must be made before that time. Should
he decline to be candidate against
+ t.
pear no other aspirant for congress
sional honors now lurking In dark
ness no district primary will be held.
| the district committee declaring Mr..
Montague the candidate.
should the entrance of Mr.. Wen
denburg or some dark horse make q
congressional primary necessary, the
administrative board primary Will be
second primary and provision viii
have 10 be made by the finance com
mittee of the city committee for it's
expense.
The meeting ended after Messrs-
| Purcell, Taylor, Ferrandini and Jen
nlngs were named committee 10 Sc
! cure 81 hall where returns will be
( received.