The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-25
had Features OF the Primary plan.

~ ,,,..f., y,s;.5 RICHMOND, June 49, 1875
Editors Dispatch; The plan adopted by
The City COMMITTEES will not work Well: !; il
Ea plurality Of votes Shall entitle a Candidate
to all tie delegates 'of a ward, why should
potia q plurality In the whole city entitle Q
candidate to all the delegates of?the city
Take the vote cast for S. G. Greenhow In
last, primary election, 6,206, as follows !:
Clay Ward,o 994; Marshall, s31; jackson,
$3.50; Madison, 4; 7;145; Monroe, 1885; JET
fersonJ1 ,3u. oa@ "h' DasT! :sgi:t il'tf1!is !
,qo Nows suppose the same number OF votes
(6,206) be cast at this primary election, and
five candidates for Governor arc voted for ?
>, Clay Ward.-77A gets 800. votes, B $50,
C $50, D 100, and E 194-total, 994. ./
Marshall Wavd.-A gets $50, 3 220, C
Jackson n-Wurd.-A gets SO, B 225, C $50,
Madison Ward.-A gets. so, B 325, @
$50, D 165, and 275-total, 1,145. -,
% Monroe Wurd.-A gets 1I0, 3 375, C. 115,
D 800, and E 2T5-totai, 1895. ,,@tT'f, ~
< !; Jefferson iWdrd.-A gets 150, B $40, G
IT'S, D 200, and 418-total, 1911.
A has q plurality In Clay and Marshall
wards, and gets q delegates.
G has q plurality in Jackson and Madison
wards, and gets 90 delegates. ..,.,..,-
: b has q plurality in Monroe ward, and
gets Is delegates. ....,,,,.-
E has a plurality in Jefferson ward, und
gets II delegates. : ~. .,.
= B has plurality in no ward, and gets no
delegate. ,..,., ~, ...-,.. .yr.
But look at the vote B gets in the whole
city: i-4' - >'. ''.. -.
A gets in the whole city 920 votes.
3 gets in the whole l755 votes votes.
O gets In the whole city votes.
gets In the whole IU60 Yotes'
L gets In the whole city 1928 votes
a, who gets 920 votes in the whole city,
which is the lowest number received by any
candidate, gets the largest number Of dele
gates t21I, while 3. who gets 1865 votes in
the whole city, being the largest number OF
votes cast for any candidate, gets no dele
gate. So much for plurality in wards. 81
do not think that candidate receiving
even majority OF all the votes cast in a
ward should have all the delegates OF the
ward, because you will see from the follow
ing figures that candidate receiving a ma
iority of all the votes cast in two wards gets
more delegates than q candidate who, re-
ceives majority OF all the votes cast in one
ward only, although the latter may receive
many more votes In the whole city than the
former. Now take maiorities In wards:
Clay Ward.-A gets 49S votes, B 202, G
100, D 100, and Z 04-total, 934.
Marshall Ward.-A gets 416, B 200, c 80,
D 70, and E 65-total, 831. ..s
jackson: Wdrd.-A gets 60, B 331, G G5,
Is. and Z 129-totai, $50. ...,. ,5.,..
Madison Ward.-A gets 81, 3 400, G 5I3,
D 102, and 115-total, Las.
Monroe Ward-A gets 125, B $40, c 110,
D G33. and f S7-total, 1855. ....
Jefferson Ward.-A gets 155, d $40, coo,
D 20, and L G5G-total, 1871. -,
A gets In whole 800.
Is gets In whole city,. !6S3.
getsin whole 1,oiS
ID gels in whole city,. liuoU.
gets In whole city............. .l.146
A having majority Of all the votes cast
in Clay and Marshall wards gets q dele
gates. .....
B, majority in Jackson ward, gets Z
delegates. . .', ,.-...-... -..... 80
G, majority in Madison ward, gets 13
delegates.
D, majority in Monroe ward, gets Is
delegates.
E, a majority in Jefferson ward, gets IA
delegates. .r.....-.. ..-..
Now B gets 1900 votes in the whole city,
being 374 more votes than A receives, yet A
gets 81 delegates and i gets Z; while c,
who gets the lowest number Of votes, gets
6 more delegates than 3, who receives the
highest number OF votes cast in the CITY,,
The only fair plan is to distribute the &c
delegates which the city is entitled to have in
the Convention among the several candidates
voted for, in proportion to the number o!
votes received by each in the whole city
Provided, however, that il any one candi
date shall receive a majority OF all the votes
cast in the whole city he shall be entitled te
all the delegates. j. Is. y.