The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-21
CITY, CONSERVATIVE / lill y TICKET. &
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THE NOMINEEs OF THE PRIMARY
ELECTION.
JUDGES CERTIFICATES OF THE
fjE soa RESULT. laal.t9l

The officers appointed to conduct the
Conservative primary election concluded
their arduous duties yesterday afternoon.
The. number of votes cast was very large
(about four-ffths Of the registered white
vote besides large colored vote), and all
Thursday night and half Of yesterday was
spent in the work Of asserting, counting,
anu recording the baifOtS. r-l I 90 Il.
HtH iRIcHMoND, May Doth, 1870 !,
We, the undersigned, appointed BY the
Conservative voters of Marshall, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, and Clay Wards, as
judges of the primary election held on the
10Th instant, hereby certify that we have
been duly sworn, and that In the discharge
of the duties entrusted to us we have acted
in strict conformity with the plan. unani-
mously adopted by the Committee of Con-
ference for conducting said election !; and
we further certify that, after having care!
of the vote in each ward, we find that the
following gentlemen have received the
highest number Of votes cast for EACH office,
and accordingly, exercising the p0werNested
In us by article ten of the aforesaid plan,
we declare them to be the regular nominees
of the Conservative party to be voted for ut
the municipal election to be held in the
city of Richmond on Thursday next, the
26th of May.
p. G. Coghlan, Judge Marshall Ward.
Alfred Moses, Judge Jefferson Ward.
James 4. Fisher, Judge Monroe Ward.
p. f. Gibbs, Judge Clay Ward. @'
Yesterday afternoon the judges met at
the rooms of the Chamber Of Commerce,
and after careful examination of the votes
Of the different wards, issued the following
certificate, showing the result: 80
81 NOMINEES ,p.
For Mayor.-Henry X. Ellyson.
Serqeant.-Thomas u. Dudley.
Att0rney.- D. Wise. 9t'i!
Treasurer.-R. B. Munford.
Commissioner Of Reuenue.-Dr. Theo.
Boldeman. -"
CLERK Of oAancery Court Benjamin H.
clerk Of Hastings art.-Andrew jim
kins.
Clerk of Circuit Court Alfred Shield.
Auditor.-E. B. Bentley. -.
Collector.-C Charles NJ. Peasants.
Engineer. Charles II. Dimmoek.
Sherit.-John w. Wright.
High Constdble.-A. w. Rosene. :. 4.
Marshall Ward.-Joseph j. English,
Thomas Faherty, James E. Riddick, Henry
| Bodeker, George S. Prince. s4I
Jefferson <Ward.-{Count not. yet com
Madison, ,Ward.-Albert IOrdWay, John
Fl. Montague, John A. Sloan, Lewis Wag-
ner, Thomas 81. Wynne.
Monroe Ward.-WiIIiam E. Tanner, F.
T. Glasgow, William English, L. c. Epps,
M. L.. Strauss. 3. .-:..t.-!. s.-lsI an.
Clay Ward.-W. H. Scott, William Jen.
kins, f. P. Brannan, e. j. Euker, Charles
l.. Todd. Il 5!.E3. a....as
| JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
| Marshall Wdrd.-Henry A. Atkinson,
| William Hall Crew, James B. ROyster. =,
Jefferson Ward.-(Count not yet com.
Monroe Wara-C.. c, Tinsley, William
III. Kelly, ROYAL Todd. .,.t. ), cor; ...,.--
Madison II ard-Nfaywclt r. Clarke,
George X. Crutchteld, William X. Watts
Cldy 1Fard.-IIumphrey Calder twC
others not reported). ~;
A large crowd gathered at the office Of
this paper last evening TO receive the an.
nouncement of the result. The reading OF
the certificate was greeted with great ap.
plause, and loud calls were made for candi'
dates who were present. In response re:
marks were made by Mayor Ellyson, and
Messrs. Robert Howard, b. Fl. Berry, and
John W. Wright. The defeated bowed
! gracefully to the decision OF the primary
| election and promised to work for the more
| fortunate while the successful assured the
people of olIr .riumph in the final contest
and pledged themselves to work with vii
| for that result. q.
The impression prevails that o strong
ticket has been nominated, and the short
campaign before us will be equally sharp
and decisive. ..s ..-it