The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-11-30
The Result in the State.

We had expected to have been able to give
o Jour readers, in this issue, he official vote OF
the State by counties. Up to YESTERDAY, how
ever, the State Board had not completed its
canvass of the vote for Congressman-at-la large
nor has there been any publication ofthe
result in each county.
The vote by districts was as follows:
First District Mayo, l0,505; Garrison, 10,
5O4; Wolff, 1853. -
Second District-Libbey, 1926; Marshall,
1899; Dezendorf, a,114.
Third District-Smith, 5000; Wise, 1916
Fourth District-Hooper, 14,764; Reese.
1859.
Fifth District-Sims, II ,4S9: Cabell, 10 ,948.
Sixth District Rives, 10,362; Tucker, 49,
1856; Woodfin. 1902.
Seventh District-Paul, 12 JAG; O'Ferrall,
II ,941.
Eighth District, Farr, 9,o34; Barbour, IA
1856; Syphax ,227.
Ninth District-Bowen, 1903; Fulkerson,
1903; Newberry, 1,467; Dotson, 1928.
The Constitutional Amendments were adopt
ed by majority of nearly $4,000.
The Board decided to award certificates to
the following:
First District Robert NJ. Mayo, Readjust-
er.
Second District-H. T. Libbey, Readjuster
Third District-George D. Wise, Funder,
Fourth District--B S Hooper, Readjuster
Fifth Dstrict-George G. Cabell, Funder.
Sixth District-John Randolph Tucker,
Funder
Seventh District-Jobn Paul, Readjuster
Eighth Distrct-John S. Barbour, Funder
Ninth District-Harry Bowen, Readjuster.
In consequence of informalities, the entire
vote of Gloucester county was thrown out, on
account of the returns being sealed with the
Circuit instead of the County Court seal. But
for this Garrison would have received a ma
jority of fitty-odd votes, Governor Cameron
voted against throwing out Gloucester, but
the remaining members of the Board insisted
on not receiving it, Garrison will contest
In the 9TH District, Paul's majority was &C
tually 306, instead of 2O5, as officially announ-
ced Porter's precinct, in Albemarle, which
gave Paul a majority of 101, was thrown out
because the poll book came in unsealed.
The protest of w. E. Craig, chairman
against the counting Of Augusta vote. III con-
sequence of illegal registration, was rejected
by the Board, and the vote Of the county
counted as cast Gov Cameron. Auditor
Allen, and Secretary Elan voted against the
protest, and Attorney General Blair and
Treasurer Revey for it. The ground of the
Boards action in this matter is explained by
the following editorial IN the Wing, doubtless
written by Secretary Elan who is the editor
ofthat paper. The Wing says;
No member of the Board of State Canvass
ers 1--WE beleve) had a doubt of the gross ille-
gality of the registration in Augusta county ;
but the majority of the Board believed that
this was matter of which they were not the
proper judges in any sense whatever Mr.
Edgar Allan well argued that if the registration
of Augusta county was legal, then the regis.
tration OF the rest of the State was Illegal; and
that if the registration elsewhere las legal,
then that of Augusta was illegal; Vt, with a
full perception of the force of this View, the
Board properly declined to throw out augusta
county, on the one hand, or the whole of the
rest of the State, on the other-concluding that
it was subject beyond the Boards jurisdic-
ton ,-although matter quite proper for the
House of Representatives lin the present easel
to consider. Certainly every object designed
to be secured by registration is defeated by the
Augusta SYSTEM while everything registration
is designed to guard against is promoted by
that system. 1t is evidently, too, no: only
against the design and spirit of the policy of
registration, but against the PLAIN letter and
intent of the statutes In any contest at Wash
ington the county must be Mroaon out.