The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-09
PRIMARY ELECTION.
TIE EPLAN ADOPTED LAST NIGHT.
Every Man TO be Required to be REGISTERED
In the Precinct Where He Has Acquired
Residence Before He Can Vote,

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Every Man TO be Required TO be Registers
In the Precinct Where He Has Acquires
Residence Before He Can Vote.
A meeting Of the City Democratic Com
mittee was held last night, Superintcn
oent George III. Polndexter In the chair
and present the following other members
hessrs. Whitehead, ONeill, Catlptt, White
Crump, Gibson, Wood, Burch, Figg. Cary
| Cutchins, Guy, Smith, McCarty. w. j
Epps, W. II. Epps, Derbyshire, Hankins
and Archer.
The Primary Election plan was discussed
and adopted. The main sections are q
follows:
Resolved by the City Democratic Commit
tee, That primary election shall be hell
on Thursday, May I, 1884, TO elect dele
gates 10 the State Democratic Convention
which Is TO assemble in this city May IA
1884, and to nominate candidates for cit!
offices, councilmen, and justices OF th'
peace, TO be voted for at the municipa
election to be held on the fourth THURSDAY
in May, 1884.
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
There shall be elected the following dele
gates Marshall Ward. 4; Jefferson Ward
B.; Madison Ward. 8; Monroe Ward, 6
| Clay Ward. 8; Jackson Ward, 2-total, 81
The number OF persons, corresponding
TO the number OF delegates the ward Is en-
| titled TO, receiving the highest number o.
votes, shall be the delegates from sucl
| ward IN the Convention. Each delegate SC
elected shall appoint his own alternate.
NOMINATIONS.
There shall be nominated by the Dem
ocratic voters OF this city candidates fol
the following offices: Mayor, Attorney ior
the Commonwealth, Auditor, Collector,
Commissioner OF the Revenue, City Ser.
geant, High Constable, Sheriff. and Clerk
OF the Hastings Court and the persons
receiving the highest number OF votes ior
said offices, in the aggregate vote of the
city, shall be the candidates Of the party.
There shall also be nominated in each
ward Of the city candidates for the Com
mon Council and Justices OF the peace,
and the following number OF candidates
for aldermen Marshall Ward, [; JefTer.
son Ward. 1 Madison Ward, 2; Monroe
Ward, .; Clay Ward, 1 {; Jackson Ward, 2
The number OF persons correGponding tC
the number OF such positions to be filled
receiving the highest number OF votes in
each ward, rs aforesaid, shall be the nomi'
nees OF the party.
WHO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE.
None but white Democrats shall vote
and no man shall be entitled to vote except
in the precinct where he lives and unless
his name appears on the registration.
books: provided, that any one who has
moved from one ward to another and has
not acquired residence in his new ward
mot having lived there thirty davs) may
vote in his old precinct and ward.
unasmuch az every man can (undel
Judge AtkIns's decision last fal) qualify
(register) to vote before the primary (May
1st), he must do it or else lose his vote al
the primary. Hence this change.]
CONTESTS.
In case OF dissatisfaction with either the
face Of the returns or the original count OF
the ballots the party so dissatisfied shall be
required on or before noon OF the 9TH day
OF May, 1874, to leave with the city super
intendent (or with his assistant in case he
cannot be found), and tcith the contestee, s
written demand for a recanvass Of the re.
turns or recount OF the ballots Tor for both
il he so deslre,) Of any or all the precincts
in the city, specifying therein such pre-
cinct or precincts and the Irregularities OF
frauds alleged; otherwise there shall be nc
recanyass OF returns or recount OF ballots,
and no recount OF ballots then unless the
committee after deliberation shall consider
the demand based on good cause and grant
the same. When the superintendent OF
assistant superintendent is so notified he
shall at once call the committee together FOL
the consideration Of the same, specifying
in the call the object of the meeting. II
no such notices shall have been given as
above provided, and within the time above
mentioned, there shall be no disturbance oi
the result as ut first announced.
BALLOTS. &C.
In other sections il is provided that the
voting shall be by secret ballot; that the
tickets shall be distributed the day before
the primary; that the delegates tickets
shall be printed on red paper, and that they
be filed, and the other tickets be put in
regular ballot-boXes. Candidates for Office
as usual pay assessments to meet all the eX'
penses. Those who run for delegates pay
81 each. Polls will be open in every pre-
cinct from sunrise to sunset; two judges
and one clerk at each, and to be paid $3.50
each.
OTHER BUSINESS.
b. Rand Welliord, Esq, having moved
from Monroe Ward and notified the COM
mittee. Mr.. f. G. Leigh, Jr., was elected
TO fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Catlett called up from the table his
resignation as ward superintendent and ~
a member OF the committee. The resigna-
tiOp woa accented after remarks from
Colonel Cary complimentary to Mr. Cat
letts faithful service.
Messrs. Cutchins. Hankins, and Smith,
and the chairman (Mr. Poindexter), were
appointed a committee to meet the District
Committee to-day at II O'Clock at the Com
mercial Club, TO provide accommodations,
&C., for the State Convention May 18th.
Adjourned to meet on the 25th.
Manchester Matters.