The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-18

lcert'ncate OF nnal result OF the election for
Governor. House OF Delegates, and City
Conservative Committee to the City Com
mttee. The result OF the election shall be
ANNOUNCED by the chairman Of this commit
tee.
CANDIDATES VOTED FOR.
Each candidate who has been voted for
for Governor at said primary election shall
be authorized to appoint as many delegates
to said Convention as he may be entitled to
have from the number OF votes so cast for
him In said city-that Is TO say, the number
OF delegates TO which the city Is entitled to
10 the Convention shall be divided among
the several candidates so voted for In pro.
portion to the number Of votes received by
each candidate. After such distribution or
disposition OF delegates the remaining dele
gates not so disposed OF shall be given TO
the candidate having the fraction OF votes
approximating nearest TO the number Of
votes sufficient to secure delegate.
The four persons receiving the highest
number OF votes each cast In the city for
the candidates for House OF Delegates shall
be declared to be the nominees of the Con.
seryatiye Democratic party. In cases OF
tie the City Conservative Committee shall
decide the same by lot.
The five persons in each ward receiving
the highest number OF votes each cast for
members Of the City Committee shall be de.
clared members OF said committee. In cases
OF Tie the City Committee shall decide the
same by lot.
The term OF the present City Conservative
Committee is declared to expire with the
organization Of the new committee to be
selected by this plan.
The plan for primary election to govern
In the case OF the nomination OF two candi-
dates for the Senate shall be as agreed uDon
by the Conservative committees OF this city
and county respectively, and which Is as
follows:
Plan agreed Upon by the Conservative
Committees Of Richmond City and Hen
rico for Primary Election for Candidates
for State Senate.
ReSOlred, That a primary election shall
be held IN the city Of Richmond and county
Of Henrico on the Both day Of June, 1881,
10 ascertain the choice Of the Conservative
voters for two candidates for the Senate to
represent said city and county conformity.
! Polls shall be opened at sunrise and closed
at sunset OF the said day.
All duly registered white Conservative
voters who have paid their capitation-tax
for 1880 and who supported Hancock and
English on either ticket, OF which facts the
Judges OF the primary election must be
satisfied, are invitedsto participate in this
| primary election.
In cases where persons have removed
from one voting precinct or ward to an
other since the last registration, they (if
otherwise qualified according to this plan)
shall be allowed to vote in the precinct or
ward where their names are registered, and
the Judges shall in such cases make a note
on the pOll.bOok OF the circumstances oppo.
site where said voters name is recorded.
Each committee shall have printed a sui-
ficient number OF tickets, containing the
names OF the candidates in alphabetical Or
der who shall have announced themselves
or been announced by their written autho-
rity to each OF the chairmen Of the city and
county committees on or before the 9th day
OF June, 1881, and shall have paid on or be-
fore said day TO the person authorized to
receive the same for each committee the
amount that may be assessed against each OF
them. No other ticket except the one
printed by order OF the two chairmen OF
these committees respectively shall be used
in this primary election, and such tickets
shall not be distributed for use TO the indi.
yidua voters until the morning OF the pri-
mary election.
HOW TO VOTE.
The judges OF election shall receive from
each voter one OF the said tickets with his
name written on the back OF 1t containing
the name or names OF the candidate or can
didates not exceeding two for whom he
may wish TO vote. The Judge shall read
aloud the name OF the person offering TO
vote, then ascertain if he Is qualified voter
i ocpOrHinu n fhis plap aud thn, lhall fif hn
person is found so quaified) proclaim the
name or names Of the candidate or candi.
dates voted for. II there are more names
OF candidates on the ticket which the per-
son is Offering to vote than two the voter
will be privileged 10 correct bis ticket to
| the number OF not less than one nor more
| than two, as he may choose to vote for
The name OF no person shall be placed
upon the tickets printed by order OF the
two chairmen respectively as hereinbef0re
provided who is not at the time a qualified
voter according 10 this plan, OF which fact
each OF the chairmen must be satisfied.
The chairmen OF both the City and
County Committees shall be constituted
a Board of Election Commissioners. The
votes cast in the city and county re-
spectively shall be counted and certified
In such manner as the Conservative
Committee of the city and county each
may prescribe. The Board shall meet
at the rooms OF the City Committee on the
day following the primary election at II
O'Clock, or within two days thereafter, to
canvass the returns, hear protests and APP
reals Qf any there be). aud make certif-
Gates of final result. The result shall be
publicly nnnOunced by both chairmen.
The two candidates having the highest
number OF votes each in the aggre-
gated votes Of city and county shall be
declared the nominees. In cases Of tie
this Board shall decide the same by lot.
The two committees OF city and county
separately are authorized to make such de-
tails concerning this primary election as to
each OF them may seem iudicious and not in
conflict with the foregoing provisions, and
may assess each candidate for the nomina-
tion for Senate by primary election with an
amount not exceeding $40 for the purposes
OF assisting in paying the expenses Of this
primary election. Such assessments may be
made by each committee respectively, and
the funds derived thereirom shall belong to
the treasury OF each committee separately.
ASSAULTED WITH AN IRON BAR.--Yester-
day morning Peter O'Brien was arrested by
Officer Fox, charged with assaulting and
striking John Walsh with an iron bar. 1t
seems that Walsh and O'Brien were at
work underpinning the walls of the public |
warehouse, when piece OF granite rolled |