Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01
OEE1CIAI VOT6 OF TIL DFN HTCI'
O'Ferrall. Paul.

stanton 6y0 4lS
1871 12.146
II 94l
Majority for Paul. POS
There being but little difference between
the official vote and that given by the Vim
DICTATOR several weeks ago, which will be
recollected was 1913 majority for Paul, but
a very considerable falling off from the
figures made and commended for by the
Coalition papers in the district ever since
the election. All the districts except the
First, Second and Fifth were passed upon
Monday, the consideration of those be-
ing deferred until Tuesday.
On Tuesday tho Second and Fifth we're
soon disposed of and at 1.30 O'Clock the
First was taken up. Here Garrison 3 cleo
ton turned upon tho reception of the re-
turns from Gloucester county. hog Island
q precinct in Northampton which had
given Garrison IA votes and Mayo none.
had been previously thrown out on ac-
count of some informally and now if
Gloucester, which gave Garrison 81 ma
jority. should not be counted, Mayo would
have one majority. The question as to
Gloucester county was a mere technical
one.
The objection made to the returns by Mr..
Edgar Allan, counse! for Mayo, was that
the seal used was not the County Conrt's
seal, but the ''seal of the Circuit Court, -
with the word County substituted for
Circuit; then reading "seal Of the County
Court" Mr.. Stubs, friend Of Mr.. Gar
,rison, returned from Gloucester Court
house Tuesday morning, after riding near
ly all night; and brought with him the
clerk of the court, Mr.. Cook, who said to
persons who cOnversed with him that the
seal Of the County Court had some years
ago been broken. SO that suffic lent lever
age pressure could not be easily obtained
to make un impression, and that since
that time the Circuit Court seal was used
by the County Court, the word Circuit be-
ing always written oyer with the word
County" In other words, that the seal
used by him on these returns is his Official
seal. He brought the old county seal with
him.
Mr.. Allan moved that the Gloucester re.
turns be rejected, not being, in his opln.
ion, in conformity with law 80 far as the
seal is concerned. The case was elabor-
at.ly argued by Mr.. Allan for Mayo and
Gen. Hunton as counsel for Judge Gar.
rison. The suggestion that the returns
be sent back to the county for amendment
rs to seal. or that the county clerk. then
outside waiting the command Of the
Board. be called and permitted to set the
old county seal on the returns, were all
rejected.
The re- urns were then thrown out.
Governor Cameron was the only mem
Der Of the Board VINO voted to accept the
returns from Gloucester. Messrs. Blair.
Elan, Brown Allen and Beverly, held that
the Gloucester seal was fatally defective.
and that it was not in the power Of the
Board to do anything but pass upon the
very paper before them.
Governor Cameron declined to sign the
certificate awarded Mayo.
Judge Garrison will of course contest.
Mayo goes to the House with q majority
Of one. Had Hog Island not been throw q
out by the commissioners Of Northampton
county, Garrison would have had a ma
jority Of 10 without Gloucester. Mayo
gets his certificate by the throwing out Of
Hog Island, which gave Garrison ii votes
and Mayo none. and by the throwing out
Of Gloucester county, which gave Garri-
son . majority Of 81. Thus he was de-
prived of II votes.
OFFICIAL VOTE BY DISTRICTS.
The vote by districts was ascertained rs
follows:
First District-Nayo, 1O,5O5; Garrison
1O,504; WOltz, 1853.
Second District-Libbey, Is. 226; Mar
shall, 1O.282; Dezendorf, STA.
Third District-Smith $3.50; Wise, TO-.
1856.
Fourth Dstrict-Hooper, 147e4; Reese,
1862
Fifth District Sims. IL ,4s9; Cabell, 49,
94s.
Sixth Dlstrict-Rives, 10. 1862; Tucker,
1906; Woodfn, 1902.
Seventh District-Paul, 1915; O'Fer-
rail-, il .941.
Eieth District-Farr. 1904; Barbour,
A. 56; Syphax. 227.
Ninth District-Bowen, 10 1913; Fulker
son. 5,6Os; Newberry, 1,467; Dotson. 1923.
CERTIFICATES AWARDED.
The Board decided to award certificates
to the following:
First Dlstrict-Robert M. Mayo, Coali.
ZIONIST
Second District-H. T. Libbey, Coali.
ZIONIST.
Third District-George u. Wise, Demo.
crat.
Fourth District-B. S. Hooper, Coali.
Zionist.
Fifth District George e. Cabell. Dem
ocrat.
Sixth District-John Randolph Tucker,
Democrat.
seventh District-John Paul-Coalition.
list.
Eighth District-John s. Barbour, Dem
ocrat.
Ninth District-Harry Bowen, Coali-
ZIONIST.
The vote for amendments was los, 819:
against, ISL. Majority for, Al ,O6s. The
amendments to take effect after the PROF.
lamation by the Governor, extinguishing
the poll tax as a prerequisite on voting.
CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.
The Board concluded their work We'd
nssday, at falf-past IL o'clock and award
ed the cer' ifleate for congressman at large
to John 8. Wise, tCoalitionist). The TO-
tai vote of TIE State for congressman at
large was Wise. 1892; Massey, Demo
craft, s4,1S4; Dawson, (colored Republic
canl. 4.342. Wiseb majority over Mas
sey, sos; plurality over Massey and Dsw
son, ,46o
A friend to the rich I'd poor. A mol