Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-11
Local
THE ELECTION.


VOTING IN STAUNTON-GETTING THE
COUNTY VOTE IN-THE INDICATOR
EXPRESS, &C.
1t was frequently remarked during the
day Tuesday that the workers of both par
ties had never worked harder and that
both sides never seemed more in earnest.
All the hacks and wagons that could be
had at the livery stables were in active
use and no sooner was a party of voters or
an infirm or sick man landed at the polls
and his ballot deposited than the workers
were off again for fresh load and not a
few being unable to walk from the street
to the ballot box, handed their ballots to
one of the Judges at the door Of the vehi-
Gle and from a sick bed as it were asserted
their rights as free enfranchised citizens
of Virginia.
VOTING.
The vote was polled rapidly and before
midday two-thlrds of the vote had come
in. and though there were many challeng-
es, many sharp passages OF words and some
rough jokes, and spirited retorts, the police
repora that not blow passed in the city
during the day Our citizens work and
quarrel and vote with the best of them but
there is but little bad blood between them.
When the sun went down there lacked
Just seven votes of seven hundred in the
ballot boxes and there came lull while
the officers of election inside of their lock-
ed doors and fastened windows summed
up the result and the contending parties,
res. ed and waited. guessed and bet.
PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE NEWS.
The people were not long in finding out
that the VINDICATOR express riders were
on the road again and soon after dark the
crowd began to assemble at the VINDICA-
TOR office. Through the courtesy of Mr..
Ed. T. Smith, Division Superintendent on
the G. & 0. railway, and Mr.. H. E. Sum-
merson, Agent, a large engine head light
had been secured and from its position in
the window of Mrs. Brandeburg's build
ing opposite, a light bright as day was
thrown upon.Jhe bulletin board in front
of the office where the returns we're posted
as soon as they had been read in the office
and to the crowd on the street without.
THE ROUTES.
The routes had been undertaken by the
we'll known liverymen, S. T. Thornburg,
Edward Burke aud George Platt, and
were arranged as follows: Mr.. Thornburg
had charge of 1st route, Peaco's Mill, Mid
1otor III p hv
40 miles; I'd, Hebron Church and Buffalo
Gap, 20 miles, Arthur Rohr; Sd, Spring
Hill, Parnassus, Mt. Scion and Sangers-
vile, 46 miles. rider, Brown Mayo. colored;
Mr.. Platt had charge of the 4th route, Mt.
Meridian. New Hope and Red Mills, A
miles, rider, VIM. Ham; 9Th, Verona. Mt.
Sidney and Centrevile % miles, N. L.
Wehn, rider; 9th, Barterbrook and She
rando, "a miles, VIM. McDannald. rider.
Mr.. Burke had the 7th route, Churchville.
Lebanon Springs and Deerfeld, so miles,
Sam Green, colored rider; and the 9Th,
Folly Mills, Greenville and Midway, So
miles, was ridden by Arthur Woodhouse.
THE RETURNS COMING IN.
The judges Of election were prompt and
obliging in furnishing the courriers with
the results as soon as the vote was coun-
ted, and it could not have been more than
an hour and half after sunset before they
were all on their way to Staunton, gather
ing up their returns as they passed the
several voting precincts. The man from
Buffalo Gap was the first In, reaching here
about o'clock by which time the street
for half the length of the square was crow
ded and the Office damned with anxious
men. The news brought was loudly cheer
ed and the crowd increased and held their
ground until midnight when the last man
came in from Deerfeld. when they began
slowly to disperse, though it was two
O'Clock before the last squad left.
THE NEWS
meanwhile, as brought over the wires, was
varying and often conflicting as will be
seen by the reports published, and when
good, was received with loud cheering,
while the bad land there was not little
of that character) was heard in silence or
with groans. No message was greeted
with louder or logger shout than that
which announced that Lady and Frazier
were defeated in Rock bridge and none re-
ceiyed with less favor than the vote from
Red Mills. The figures of the result in
the county and Stanton, as seen in ano-
other column, will vary but little if any
frem the official count.
Daniels majority over Cameron 1920,
Barbour's majority over Lewis 1,O25, Nc
Kinney's majority over Blair 1,Ol9, Koi-
ner's majority oyer Turk LIB, Hangers
majority over Harnesberger SS9, hangers
majority over McCutchen 9s2, Skinner g
majority over Harnesberger 9l7, SINNERS
majority over McCutchen 1856. Maj. koi-
ner led his ticket and MIR. Harnesberger
his.