Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-06-02

turned in to beat John M. Carroll by
trading votes to save Ker, but it wouldn' Il
work; the party that had roped him into
it's tolls would not let him go, when to let
him would have been beneficial to him, and
so he sank with Bickle, Risk and Reed.
Ker's friends fought for him to the last,
and he fought for himself desperately. MI.
Patterson was the only independent saved
from the wreck and the old gentleman was
saved by tears. Had he been twenty
years younger he would have been defeat
ed by larger majority than even Bickle
was. He will roost lower hereafter On the
Independent fence. Mr.. Runnels, the
Conservative candidate for City Sergeant,
walked over Brother Risk SO easy that
there was no fun in it, and after the storm
Brother Reed was found drowned in the
poop of the Radical ship.
CLOSING UP.
Towards shutdown the excitement of the
thing was pretty well over. 1t was known
that every Radical On the opposition tick
ct had been disastrously defeated and all
the Independents except MI. Patterson land
that the Conservatives had carried their
whole Primary tick for Councilmen in the
LIST ward and one Primary nominee for
Councilmen, Mr.. Fultz, had been elected
or both tickets in the I'd Ward, thus giving
the Conservatives majority in the Coun-
Gil Mr. Patterson's election was not GER
| tain until late at night.
THE REJOICING
of the Conservatives was great. The VIM
DICTATOR counting room was crowded till
after l O'Clock in the morning by a hilari-
Gus crowd jubilant over the victory, and
the next morning before 8 O'Clock there was
a crowd around the Office enjoying the vic
tory. The boys were anxious to have jul
bilee Friday night last, but, as the Stone
! wall Band had been very kind in furnishing
their fine music at our rally the night be-
fore the election, and were to give con-
cert that night, it was determined to fore
go it.
INCIDENTS.
The most noticeable thing during Thurs
day was the altered demeanor of the
| blacks. The whites were in no temper to
| be trlfed with and the blacks saw it-as
quickly and as plainly as anybody. The old
game of showing through illegal voters, it
was seen early would not be allowed and
was not persisted in after few failures.
The maps at each ward of the lines of
the corporation were tower Of strength.
In counting the tickets at night the
Commissioners in the LIST Ward found one
where the voter had determined not to be
''dictated to- by either side and had writ
ten out his whole ticket He voted for
nine Councilmen and sic Magistrates. So
the intelligent voter lost the most of his
vote.
One vote cast was for J. T. Parent for
City Sergeant.
There were two tickets run in opposition
to the Conservative ticket. One contained
the names of all the old city government
except for Mayor, Constable and Sergeant
end into these were inserted in writing
the Radical names, and another was a
square out ticket headed by Bickle for
for Mayor with the old Councilmen sc.
The worst case of deception about the
coIored vote going for The Conservatives
was Oh the Mayor elect himself. In the
absence of his family, a man servant had
been waiting on Capt. Balthis and prepar-
ing his breakfast. The servant had been
very earnest in proffering his vote for the
Captain. On election morning the Cap
tain lay in bed some time waiting for his
arrival, and a summons to get up, which
never came. The faithful and honest freed
man didn't come to time, so the Mayor elect
not only lost vote but his breakfast too.
The enthusiasm in the county for the
Staunton Conservatives was not confined
to the men. Friday message was received
at this Office from a lovely woman in the
county to the effect that if there was to be
a Conservative jubilee that night put her
down for a two gallon freezer of ice cream.
You see all a womans ideas Of jubilees are
connected with fairs, and she thought ice
cream was the thing for a political festi-
val.
THE OFFICIAL RETURNS.
The following are the official returns: