Candidates | Wards | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
Hay | 117 | 70 | 87 | 87 | 361 |
O'Flaherty | 7 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 44 |
Hay's majority 317
The article also reviews Albemarle County's election results. According to the article, Hay carries a majority of 871 votes.
Monday, August 13, 1900
WILL IT WORK?
When the white Republicans determined to organize a
McKinley-Roosevelt
club in Charlottesville, we had considerable doubt whether, even with the
acquisition of General Rosser, they would have sufficient material to
fill the offices. The club was to be eminently respectable. The
negroes were given notice that they were neither expected nor desired,
and a Republican club in the South which ignores the colored brother can
not hope to be any great shakes numerically. Of course, the organizers
of the Lily White McKinley-Roosevelt club expected to make large
sacrifices in behalf of eminent respectability and were willing to have
a very small flock, provided they were of the proper shade of color.
But they should have limited the number of offices, rather than have
placed themselves in the position of being compelled to elect a Democrat
as one of the vice-presidents.
It is probable that the old-time colored Republicans who have been
voting the Republican ticket all their political lives would feel that
it was bad enough to ignore them for recent Republican converts, without
selecting men who have never cast anything but Democratic votes and who
announce their unwillingness to affiliate with the very excellent
gentlemen who are seeking to elevate the Republican party in this city.
We do not wish to be considered as disapproving the attempt to secure
white Republican clubs in the South. It is perfectly wise and proper
from the white Republicans standpoint. But it is tough on the negro,
who bears the brunt of the campaign without sharing in the emoluments of
the victory, and we doubt whether the scheme will prove a profitable one.
Monday, August 20, 1900
VOTE OF NEGROES
W.G. Singleton, a well-known colored politician, has received a notice
from A.W. Harris of Charlottesville, notifying him of the plans for the
transportation of delegates to the conference which the colored people
purposed to hold at Charlottesville, on August 22nd, to devise plans to
protest against their disfranchisement in this State. {Harris was
actually from Petersburg. This is an error made by the reporter}
Gregory Hayes, a professor at the Virginia Seminary, of Lynchburg,
will be made chairman, and Robert Cox, also of that city, will be made
Secretary.
One of the other objects of the conference is to get up a permanent
organization, to work in behalf of the colored race in this state.
Wednesday, August 22, 1900
MEETING OF COLORED MEN
The Object is to Petition Against the "Proposed Disfranchisemnt of the
Negro Race." The Convention.
Today at 12 o'clock A.W. Harris of Dinwiddie county, Va., called the
Virginia Conference of Colored Men to order in the Odd Fellows' hall over
Mabry's furniture shop on Vinegar Hill. After sstating that the object
of the meeting was to petition against the proposed disfranchisement of
the colored men to the State, he requested all newspaper reporters and
persons present who were not accredited members of the conference to
retire, as the meeting would be held behind closed doors for the
present. At the conclusion of his remarks, T. C. Walker of Gloncester
was chosen temporary chairman, Tober t Cox of Lynchburg secretary, and
Dandridge ?Epps of Rockbridge serfeant at arms.
Among the delegates are Lawyers A.W. Harris of Petersburg and T.C.
Walker of Gloncester, Gregory W. Hayes, President of Virginia Seminary,
Lynchburg, Lawyer A.J. Oliver, Roanoke; J.J. Brooks, Stanton; Lawyer R.P.
Armistead, Lynchburg; Rev. R.D. Venture and Prof. J.H. Duckwilder, Salem;
Prof. W.T.S. Jackson, Washington; Editor C.C. Stewart, Bristol; Lawyer
J.L. Parker, Pocahontas; H.B. Fields, Culpeper; Lawyer F.D. Lee,
Gloncester; Robt. Cox, Lynchburg; and many others we are unable to
mention now.
The article then lists the committees established (Credentials,
Permanent Organization, Resolution and Address) and the men appointed to
each committee.
After which the conference took recess until 2:30 o'clock at which
session the bulk of business was transacted.
About one hundred delegates are present. The colored people of
Charlottesville seem to be taking little interest in the matter.
Thursday, August 23, 1900
THE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
As stated in yesterday's Progress, the Virginia Conference of
Colored Men met in the Odd Fellow's Hall on Vinegr Hill at 12 o'clock.
After a temporary organization had been effected it adjourned for dinner
at 1:30. The afternoon session, which begun at 2:30, and the night
session ?was devoted to addresses, the appointment of various committees,
and the preparation of an appeal to the white men of Virginia, which
embodied the true object of the gathering.
The sum and substance of this address was simply a petition that the
colored race should not be disfranchised, or if an act of
disfranchisement were passed, that it should apply equally to the white
and colored races. The paper further begged that the white men of the
State would aid the colored people along all lines of true development,
especially from educational and moral standpoints. In a word the paper
simply pleaded for "justice" to the negro race. It was dispassionate in
tone, and couched throughout in the form of a teption rather than a
"demand." Politics, it was declared, had nothing whatever to do with the
gathering, and the appeal was made to "the intelligent white men of
Virginia," entirely regardless of party.
Although the Conference seemed to attract very little attention here
in Charlottesville, its members from other portions of the State seemed
fairly representative. We suppose about one hundred delegates were present.
Reporters were denied admittance to the various sessions of the
conference, and it was impossible to get the prepared "address." The
plan seemed to be to have it "revised" and "corrected" and then publish
it in pamphlet form for distribution throughout the State.
The Conference developed nothing dramatic. As far as we have been
able to gather no incendiary speeches were made, and no dangerous moves
of actions were contemplated. Although nothing of importance was done by
the Conference, we consider it somewhat significant. There seemed to be
an evident realization of the fact that the white man rules Virginia and
that he would do so from henceforth.
Further, that the colored race was gradually giving up any hope of
political power or patronage, and that in the future, it would have to
rely solely on the justice and intelligence of the whte race regardless
of party, to secure a peaceful and progressive existence. Henceforth, we
gather, the wishes of the race will find expression in "petitions" and
not "demands."
From these standpoints we think the Conference significant.
It adjourned last night at 12 o'clock.
Saturday, August 16, 1902
COLORED MAN'S FIGHT
600 DELEGATES EXPECTED
Educational and Industrial Association Will Meet Here Monday.
WHITE COUNSEL WILL NOT BE PRESENT
Judge Lewis, John S. Wise, and Senator Thurston Have Written Letters,
Which Will Be Read--Sessions Will Be Secret and Last Three
Days--Hospitality of Jackson Ward Overtaxed.
Delegates will arrive to-day and tomorrow to attend the third annual
convention of the Virginia Educational and Industrial Association, which
will convene in this city at the Third Methodist church (colored) next
Monday morning.
Six hundred or more delgates will come from every section of the State
for the purpose of considering how funds may be raised, and what plan
shall be pursued, to test the legality of the new Constitution framed by
the Virginia convention, and, if possible, to overthrow it.
This convention will, a well-known colored man said yesterday,
represent, in a very eminent degree, the genius of the colored race in
Virginia. The most prominent men form every section will attend the
meeting, and the discussions promise to be interesting.
John S. Wise, of New York; Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, and Judge
L.L. Lewis, of this city, have written letters which will be read to the
convention. These attorneys will not be present at the meeting, as
matters have not reached the state where they could be of exact service.
The three gentleman, with four colored lawyers, will represent the
colored men in the fight that is to be made.
Already the sum of $3,000 is in hand, and it is the object of this
meeting to devise means for the raising of a much larger sum to defray
the expenses of the contest.
The Third Anniversary
The Virginia Educational and Industrial Association was formed in the
year 1900. The first convention was held in Charlottesville, Va., and
the avowed object of the organization was to promote agricultural affairs
in all parts of the State for the benefit of the colored population. The
new Constitution was then in the air, and the colored men, who scented
the abridgement of the electorate, began to turn their organization to
meet the supposed calamity.
At the convention held in Staunton a year ago, the whole energy of the
association was bent in this direction. A plan was adopted for
raising the fund, and the three distinguished lawyers mentioned above
were among those retained to represent the colored men of the State.
Hayes, a well-known colored lawyer of the city, was appointed as a
soldier and charged with the duty of traversing every district in the
State in the interest of the object in view, and for the purpose of
raising funds for the cause.
Organizations were brought into existence in every section through his
efforts, and the leading colored men were at once identified with the
movement.
Delegates are to be taken care of by the colored people of this city,
and the capacity of the colored boarding and private houses has been
taxed to the limit.
It is expected that the convention will be is [sic] session for three
days. There have been no side trips planned, for the whole spirit of the
meeting is earnest in the extreme.
More Money is Needed
More money is needed, and the chief object of the convention will be
to devise some plan by which it may be raised.
Besides the messages from the lawyers named, similar letters have been
received from many sources, and the convention will enter upon its work
with great enthusiasm, it is expected, in view of these offers of
material aid and moral support.
Jackson Ward will keep open house during the sessions, and in local
colored circles the greatest confidence is placed in this organization,
and whatever it may order in the way of assessment will be cheerfully
complied with.
Two sessions will be held by the convention each day. Committees on
Credentials and on Plan will be most prominent, but much of the time will
be taken up with forcible presentations of the views of leaders who come
here from every quarter.
The sessions will be absolutely executive, and admission to the church
where the meetings are to be held will be by card only.
Saturday, August 23, 1902
The Society Met.
The Negro Industrial and Agricultural Society has been in session
during the week at the Third St. A.M.E. Church. There was a large
attendence of delegates. An effort is being made to raise ($50,000)
fifty thousand dollars to test the constitutionality of the new Virginia
Constitution before the United States Supreme Court.
Over three thousand dollars have been collected from the people for
this purpose. Mr. Jordan Thompson was elected president and Mr. James H.
Hayes, secretary.
October 4, 1902
The Recent Voter Registration Drive
In the first ward, 224 whites and 8 colored voters were registered. Of
the latter, one, a graduate of Hampton Institute, came in under the
understanding clause; one came in under the property owning clause of
the new instrument, and one as the son of a Confederate soldier.
One of the eight colored men registered in this ward, J.T.S. Taylor,
represented Albemarle and Charlottesville in the Underwood Convention.
He is a very worthy and prosperous citizen.
In the second ward, 130 whites were registered and 26 colored, 18 of the
latter being admitted on the property clause.
In the third ward, 155 were registered, 138 being white and 17 colored.
Of the latter, 14 qualified under the property clause. One white man
and 27 colored were rejected on the understanding clause. The former
registration books showed, after a thorough purging, a voting strength
of 120 whites and 20 colored. A house-to-house canvass was made in this
ward.
In the fourth ward, 246 voters were registered, 33 being colored, and
nearly all of these getting votes on the property clause. . . .
List of first ward black voters in the article: John H. Baker,
J.R. Cox,
John L. Edmonds, James A. Farrar, Noah Jackson, Troy Kenney, Jas. F.
Sammons and J.T.S. Taylor.
Lists of voters in 2nd, 3rd and 4th wards follow in other articles in
October, 1902:
2nd Ward, colored (article, 10/16/02): James H. Brown, J.A.
Brown, E.F.
Bolling, Ben Chapman, Wesley Commodore, J.H. Dickenson, Adam Ellis, E.W.
Fleming, George Flannagan, J.P. Fleming, Thos. Garland, J.L. Hayes, G.P.
Inge, W. Irving, Wm. Kenedy, George
Lewis, B.W. Newton, J.L. Sellers, Wm. Scott, Andrew Sellers, Edward
Smith, Schuyler Saunders, John West, H.M. West, Fred Winston.
3rd Ward, colored: A.F. Angel, Jackson Bryant, C.E. Coles,
Phillip
Daniel, Phillip Edwards, J.H. Ferguson, R.B. Hardy, Coleman Hirskell,
Geo. W. Kenny, Robert Kelly, T.L. Mickins, Ned Mickins, G.S. Meadows,
William Shepheard, J.H. Woods, Josh West and Richard Wood.
4th Ward, colored (article 10/29/02): J. Allen, Robt. Bullock,
A.T.
Buckner, G.W. Brown, Henry Blue, J.W.Burns, Charles Burley, R.T. Brown,
J.L. Coles, Wm. E. Catlett, Wm. Dickerson, Robert Flood, Charles Fuller,
C.D. Goodloe, Charles Goodloe, P.S. Hooker, Elder Harris, Albert Hooker,
Hudson Jenkins, Robert Kelser, G.W. Lawson, W.O. Lewis, J.E. Moon, J.P.
Michie, Thos. Preston, R.C. Quarles, Warner Rives, Albert Southall, B.E.
Tonsler, Lee Watson, Allen Watson and P.Y. Wyatt.
May 22, 1907
"SWELLED CITY'S VOTING LISTS. 268 Registrations Since November.
Colored Vote More Than Doubled in Past Year."
New Voters added, by ward:
New totals for 1907, by ward:
Total: 659 white, 135 colored.
Presidential Election
1908
Register If You Want to Vote.-
Who Can Register
The following persons are entitled to apply for Registration:
All sane male persons, 21 years of age, and not otherwise
disqualified,
who have paid all State poll taxes, assessed or assessable against them
for the years 1905, 1906 and 1907, before May 3d. 1908, and who have
been a resident of this state 2 years.
If you have been in the State, or been 21 years of age two years
only,
If you have been in the State, or been 21 years of age two years
only,
you would have the poll tax to pay for two yers only, etc., or if you
have been 21 years old one year only, you will have only one year's poll
tax to pay, as there could be no tax assessed or assessable against you
before you become a citizen of the State or of taxable age.
The Attorney General of Virginia has given it as his opinion that
young
men reaching the age of 21 years after February 1st, and before November
3d, 1908, can register and vote without paying any tax, as no tax was
assessable against them.
HOW TO REGISTER
If you have paid your poll taxes as above stated, or will become 21
years old after February 1 and before November 3, 1908, you will be
required to make your application to register in your own hand writing
without aid, suggestion or memorandum, in the presence of the registrar
and in this application, you must state your name, age, date and place
of birth, residence and occupation at the time and for the two years
next preceding, and whether you have previously voted, and if so, the
state, county and precinct in which you last voted.
Do not let this provision scare you, below is a sample which you can
follow in making your application for registration:
I, John Doe, hereby make application for registration as a voter in
Bethel precinct, Washington county, Virginia. My name is John Doe and I
am 24 years of age. I was born in Washington county, Virginia, on the
17th of May, 1880, I now live in Washington county, Virginia, my
occupation is farming. I have lived in Washington county for two years
next preceding this date, and my occupation has been farming. I have
not heretofore voted in any election in this county or state.
JOHN DOE
Of course you can change this form to suit the facts in your case.
In the next place you must answer on oath any and all questions that
the registrar may ask you in regard to your right to register, and the
registrar is required to reduce to writing every question asked you and
your answer to such questions.
The law above does not apply to voters heretofore registered
under the
new constitution.
The law provides for one registrar for each precinct in your county,
and this registrar is required to register you at any time you may apply
between May 3d and October 3, 1908, but no one can register after
October 3, 1908, nor can you obtain or register a transfer after that time.
NAMES OF PERSONS REGISTERING UNDER THIS LAW TO BE POSTED
The law requires the registrar within five days after October 3,
1908,
to post the names of the persons registered at three or more public
places in his district.
HOW TO GET A TRANSFER
If you have moved your place of residence from one voting
precinct to
another, you may apply in person or in writing to the registrar of your
former voting place at any time on or before October 3, 1908, for a
transfer, which transfer shall be furnished you and you may register
this transfer at any time on or before October 3, 1908, and at no other time.
If you are transferred from one county to another you must secure the
certificate of the treasurer of the county from which you are
transferred that you paid your poll tax for 1907, before May 3, 1908,
and present the same to the judges of election before you can vote. Do
not neglect this.
P.S. If, when you read these laws, you get mad, remember that the
Democratic party made them to beat you, and make up your mind to qualify
yourself to vote against such a party.
November 1, 1921
Published Letter Protesting African-American Electoral Judges
Appointed
Letter dated October 30, 1921: To Rice Burnley, head of the
Democratic Electoral Board,
from M.L. Price, Secretary of the Republican Committee: Dear
Sir: It
has been brought to the attention of the Republican Committee that those
named Republican judges of election in the different precincts or wards
of the
City of Charlottesville are not white Republicans. In fact, we do not
know whether the judges of election here alluded to will vote the
Democratic or Republican ticket. Neither do we understand why you
should have appointed colored men as judges purporting to be
Republicans, especially as this was done by you without authorization
from the Republican Committee. If you consulted anyone except the
Committee, of which I am Secretary, you acted on your own authority in
the matter and not representative of the sentiment of the Republican
party, and you and your associates alone are responsible for the
appointment of these men. The Republican Committee is not responsible,
as there are other men that it desired to have appointed as judges. Is
it fair to put those who vote the Republican ticket in this absolutely
false
light?
November 5, 1921
BOARD ANSWERS
The following is the answer of the Electoral-Board of this City to
the Petition of R.N. Flannagan in regard to colored judges of Election.
To the Honorable A. D. Dabney, Judge of the Court aforesaid:
In response to Mr. R.N. Flannagan's petition and the allegations
contained therein, the Electorial Board of said City denies not having
performed its duties faithfully and legally.
Sec. 87 of the Virginia Election Laws provides that-"The Electorial
Board of each City and County shall convene in regular session, at such
time in the month of March of each year as the Board may prescribe, and
at any other time, upon the call of any
member of the Board, and at any special meeting the Board shall have the
same powers as at a regular meeting."
The Board deemed it unnecessary to convene in March, as the
appointments of election officials-that is, judges, clerks and
commissioners-could be made later, when the Board convened to prepare
ballots, etc., thereby saving the City the cost of the extra meeting in
March, and the further reason that some of those officials frequently
change their places of abode, from one ward to another, which would
necessitate other appointments, and no possible injustice could be done
to any individual or party by re ason of such delay.
The Board, believing that there are more colored Republicans in the
City of Charlottesville than white Republicans, especially in the
second and third wards, appointed two colored Republican judges of
election for those two wards, believing that it was not only legal, but
also morally right, especially as those judges so selected were members
of the Republican party which cast the next highest number of votes at
the last preceding election. This Board denies that the party of which
Joseph L. Crupper is Chairman and Henry W. Anderson is the nominee for
Governor cast the next highest number of votes in the last preceding
general election, and calls for a strict proof thereof.
At the request of certain white Republicans, the Board appointed one
white Republican judge of election for the first ward and one for the
fourth ward.
The Board, without being requested to do so, appointed one white
Republican clerk for each of the four wards, when not legally required
to do so.
The Board has tried to perform its duties faithfully, honestly,
legally and morally, and it feels confident that your Honor will so decide.
The Board denies the allegation that it has been derelict in its
duties, and also denies the further allegation that "denial to the
Republican Party of a judge in ward two and ward three is a mere
subterfuge, adopted for the purpose of depriving said p
arty of the representation to which it is entitled in the conduct of the
election to be held on November 8, 1921." Said allegation is incorrect
and untrue.
The Board feels that it has dealt with the Republican Party not only
fairly, justly and legally, but liberally, as it was the desire of the
Electoral Board to satisfy that portion of the Republicans which was
white so far as we could consistently do so under our oaths.
Electoral Board
November 1921? "A CHEAP POLITICAL TRICK.
REPUBLICANS ASK FOR FAIR PLAY"
Few Ward Politicians Would Stoop to Such Tricks as These
To the Voters of Charlottesville:
At the 11th hour we have discovered that when you go to the polls
tomorrow, you will probably find a negro as one of the judges in your
precinct. These men are not connected with the Albemarle County Republican
Organization, and through political trickery have been made election judges
against our wishes and over our strenuous protests and remonstrances.
We have been conducting a clean, straightforward campaign and have
endeavored to lay the issues of the day before the voters by advertising
and speakers, so that your vote would be cast on the merits of the
questions. We regret that an effort should be
made to get your vote on a fake race issue, and not on the momentous
political issues that are now to be decided.
Democratic speakers throughout the country have also endeavored to make
the voters believe that the Republicans have nominated a negro for the
U.S. Senate. The facts are that J.R. Pollard, a negro lawyer, who is
not now and never has been a member of the Republican organization,
filed a petition as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate. We
have every reason for believing that his candidacy was instigated and
financed by Democratic politicians for the purpose of raising a race
issue and thereby preventing you from voting as you believe regarding
the League of Nations and the great economic questions of the day.
We believe that the voters of Charlottesville and Albemarle County are
too intelligent, fairminded and honest to be misled by such cheap
political tricks.
ALBEMARLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
Vote According to Your Convictions--Rebuke Trickery
May 16, 1922
REPUBLICANS MEET TO ELECT OFFICERS
At a call meeting of the "Henry Anderson Independent Club," held
at the
Colonial Hotel last evening, the following officers and committees were
elected as a Republican City Committee: Chairman, Sol Kline;
vice-chairman, Claude R. Yardley; secretary, R. E. Van Lear.
Working Committee-First Ward, C.W. Hulfish and R.N. Flannagan. Second
Ward, R.E. Van Lear and C. R. Yardley. Third Ward, J.A. Croissant and
J.E. Sandridge. Fourth Ward, M.L. Price and R.J. Borden. With a
sub-committee of eight ladies to be appointed by the chairman.
The following delegates with alternates were elected to represent the
city at the Republican District Congressional Convention of the Seventh
District to be held at Luray, in July.
Delegates-Messrs. Sol Kline, C.R. Yardley, R.N. Flannagan, F.E.
Merrifield, R.E. Van Lear, Walter Ellington and C.W. Hulfish.
Alternates-Mrs. W.T. Martin, Mrs. R.N. Flannagan, M.L. Price, Guy Via,
_____ Rubin, B. Sternberger and W. ______nson.
July 23, 1922
NEGROES AGAIN BARRED FROM G.O.P. CONVENTION
Seventh District Ruled Against Black Delegates From Charlottesville.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch]
WINCHESTER, VA., July 23.-The "brother in black" again has been given to
understand that he no longer is wanted at conventions of the Republican
party in Virginia, in spite of his longing to be at home with the G.O.P.
fold. When the Seventh Congressional
District convention met last Thursday at Luray and nominated State
Senator John Paul of Harrisonburg to oppose Representative Thomas W.
Harrison, Democrat, Winchester, in the November election, a large part
of the convention's time was taken up in waiting for a report from the
committee on credentials before which two
contests were argued. Convention leaders merely made a perfunctory
announcement to the effect that the Kline delegation from
Charlottesville had been seated, and that a contest from Warren
County had been withdrawn in the interests of harmony.
It has since become known that the credentials committee had to deal
with the negro question again. In fact, it required more time to settle
the Charlottesville contest than it did to get through with all other
convention work.
There were two full and complete delegations from Charlottesville, each
claiming to be entitled to the seven votes allotted to that city. One
of these delegations, headed by a man named Cox, had two faithful and
loyal negro Republicans in their number.
The convention was informed by the committee that it was the sense of
the committee that the convention naming the negroes was irregular and a
"rump" affair. The result was the seating of the "lily white"
delegation. While it required a lot of time to
reach this conclusion, it was said the members of the convention were by
no means surprised at the committee's report.
The negro was told at the State convention in Norfolk, a year or more
ago, that the party was done with him, and it is said Seventh District
leaders were a bit surprised to see several black men at Luray from
Charlottesville.
The Daily Progress
The Daily Progress
The Meeting to be Held in This City This Week.
The Daily Progress
THE VIRGINIA CONFERENCE MEETS HERE AT 12PM
The Daily Progress
Its Proceedings Embodied in an Address to the White People of
Virginia, Asking for Help and "Justice."
The Richmond Dispatch
NEGROES COMING TO RICHMOND TO DEVISE PLAN TO OVERTHROW
CONSTITUTION
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