The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-25
LOCAL MATTERS.



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State Board of CaDvasserS.
SEVERAL INTERESTING CASES DECIDED-THE
PORTSMOUTH TIE-A LoTTERY-wHo GOT
THE CERTIFICATES, AND HOW THE MEMBERs
STAND ON TIE DEBT QUESTION.
A meeting Of the State Board Of Canvass
ers was held yesterday ut the Governors Oh
fec. Capitol building. Present-Attorney-
General James G. Field. Treasurer r. III. Il.
Hunter, Auditor William +. Taylor, and
Secretary.oi-tbe Commonwealth James Me-
Donald. The Governor was absent at the
| bedside OF his mother, who is critically III.
The frs! case about which there was any
doubt was the senatorship for the Thirty
third tPortsmouth) district. There votes
were cast for Jonathan L. Boush, Jonathan
| BouSh, Johnathan Bou,h, Johnathan b.
| Boush, and John r. Boush, and for John T.
Griffin and G. A. Martin. The question
| was whether all the aforesaid Boush votes
should be given the candidate Jonathan +.
Bousb. The Board, following the prece-
dent in the BraXton case afterwards con-
tirmed by Congress), decided that they
should be. That gave the certificate to Mr..
| Borsh, who is pronounced Republican
Debt-Payer; otherwise il would have gone
to Mr. Griffin, Conservative Debt-Payer.
[Mr. Griffin some time ago rublished-a card
saying that if the seat should be awarded TO
him he would not take it,.
| THE JONES LEWIS CASE.
The next case about which there was
doubt was for member OF the House from
Chesterfield, Manchester, and Powhatan,
where n. Lewis received 302 votes and Ne
verson Lewis 995, and Mr.. Jones 1,O32.
MIR. B. II. Nash was representing Mr..
Jones and eloquently claiming that the
votes cast for n. Lewis could not be given
Neverson Lewis, when AttoIney-General
Field quietly called bis attention to the fact
that in one county Mr.. Jones had been voted
for as r. L. Jones and in the other as Rich
ard L.; whereupon Mr. Nash gave up the
case. Lewis (Republcan Rcadjuster) was
entitled to the return either way.
In Cumberland and Buckingham votes
were cast fer Shed Dungee, Shed Dungxy,
and Shed Dungey. The Board counted them
all for Dungee.
| THE TIE.
In the Portsmouth case the returns stood !:
For J. H. H. Porter, 276; Griffin +. Ed
wards, PIG; T. j. Kirk patrick, 275; for
others, 8. Mr.. John S. Wise. counsel for
Edwards, desired to offer an affidavit that 4
yste cast fer Lee Edwards was intended for
Griffin F. Edwards; but as the Board in
the Boush case had decided to stick to the
returns, the vote claimed was not allowed.
There being tie between Messrs. Ed
wards and Porter. the law said that
it should be decided by the Board by
lot, after giving due notice to the
candidates to be present il they
wished. Mr.. Wise, attorney for Edwards,
and Mr.. Royal, attorney for Porter, wrote
out and signed 4 waiver Of notice, so that
the Board could proceed without delay.
This having been done to the satisfaction OF
/ the Board, the names OF Mr.. Edwards and
Mr.. Porter were written upon separate
slips or paper. These slips were rolled into
balls and placed in silk hat. 1t was agreed
that the hat should be handed Mr.. Taylor,
and that lie should draw out one OF the
balls, or slips, and that to the name thereon
the certificate should be awarded. Auditor
Taylor made the drawing. Mr.. Edwards,
the Readiuster, was the lucky man.
THE CERTIFICATES.
1 There were nc other cases OF interest.
All the returns having been canvassed,
the certificates were awarded TO the parties
named below.
Secretary Mcdonald sent most OF the GER
titcates to the members by mail last night.
In few instances he did not know the post
offices OF the members. Those certificates
5 lie will post as soon as he has the necessary
| information.
4 Conservative Debt. Payers - Atkinson
Daniel, Finney, Henry, Hurt, Koiner, Low
ell, Mathews, hurry, G. 7. Smith, F. l.
Smith, Jr., Slrother, Thurman, Wing6eld-
Ia.
Republican Debt Payers-Boush, Early
Pickett, j. B. Stoyall-4.
! Pronounced Republicans, elected as suc'
aoithout regurd 10 the debt QueStion-Davi
Il (coloredD. Wllliams-2.
ri RedNusters proper Cannon, Elliott, Esk
!, ridge, French, Fulkerson, Hale. James
Leece, Macon, Mayo, Paul, Rawles, RID
d dleberger, Sberrard, John Il. Stovall, VIII
I.coX, Wood-17.
Republican RedGusterS rS-Bliss, Nortoi
(cvlored), Walkers.
| Reorganization of Senate:
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( Republican Debt Payere ......'...'....-'.
! Pronounced Republicans. os....-.........'.......,
| Readtustcrs proper. ....-....'...'''''1
Republican Resdjusters--........ .'''.''.'''' o,