Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-27
SUSSEX THROWN OUT
THE RETURNS NOT m ACCORDANCE
WITH LAW.
Tho Governor, However, Votes "No"-
Special Messenger Sent to Scott
County for It's Returns.

JudgeL. D. Yarrell has been given the cor
tificate ns The member OF the State Senate
from Dinwiddic, Greenesville, and Sussex.
This makes that body stand Gncluding
the hold-overs) 81 Democrats and Repub-
leans
Mr.. James Hartley Democrat has been
declared elected to the House from
Greenesyille aud Sussex. That body viii
be divided rs follows: Democrats, s.. Re-
publcans, lj.
TIE sUssrX CASE.
Whom the State Board of CanvasSers
met yesterday morning the returns nOm
Sussex county We're first considered.
judge Yarrel was present with his coun-
col, Hon. waller L. staples. Mr.. .. {.
Duane, the Republican candidate. was on
band and was represented by Mr. j. SAM
uel Parrish.
A brief i'm behalf Of Mr. Duane was filed
with the Board by Edgar Allan, Esq.
THE 0EoUsrD or CONTEST.
Tho ground upon which Judge YarreD
asked t1lt the vote of Sussex be not count
ed was that the p0ll-boOks were not sealed
wheL received bv the comfy commission
crs This was directly contrary 70 law.
In their returns 90 the State Canvassing
Board the county commissioners noted the
fact tint the poll-books were not sealed
when received bv them. They made their
b returns - the State Board after this man
ncl: From the msrn'ei polls received bv
us 10 0pDo1rs that Che votes OF this county
were cast o. follows" Here giving the
number Of votes Cor each cGndldate)
srssTx VOTE THROWN oUr
/ Tho caeo was argued mt length 10y Judge
a o.
ciaed that 1.-THE certificate of the Board
rf Commissioners of Sussex I'M respect to
the election TOT senator from the twenty
seventh district was not o return OF the
vote OF SUSSEX auG that they declined TO
estimate tho Same in the returns OF the
election
The certificate was then given To- Judge
? Yarrell. he having received POS majority
with tho vote of Sussex thrown out.
Greenesullc gave him 100 and DnwiddielJ
majority.
THE G0vT ENCR DlsSrSTS.
/ Governor Lee disseuted from the other
members of the board i'm the Sussex case.
Hc thought That lnasmuch as tine county
comm asionors had sent the returns of
what cp0tqrfd to be the vote Of Sussex
they Should be- received by the Slate
Board. aud then the Senate could decide
"a 10 which of tine claimants Is entitled 20
tho seat.
Acknowledgement Ayers was not present.
Mcssrs. FlOuruov, AlarTc. and Harman
voted 20 throw ont the returns from Sus-
sex.
/ ANOTHER DEMOCRAT FOR THE HousE.
| Throwing ont tho vote of Sussex elected
/ Mr.. James Hartley Democrat to the House
| from Grecnc5vilic and Suss =, ho having
! raccyeta majority of the votes cast IN the
former county.
There were 40 irregularities in the re-
turns from any county except sussex The
returns for members of the House were all
canvassed. Certificates We're gwen 10 80
Democrats and - Republicans.
ATr0ENTY-GESERsL's yoTE.
The returns for Acknowledgement were
also cauyaserl with the exception Of Scott
county. which had not reported. Ine
work could not be completed. and the
board liiourued 70 meet again az soon a.
tine missing county sends IN its returns
Mr. ). 4. Smythe has been sent rs "a Sp'-
cial messenger % Scott 20 bring the re-
turns.
SENATOR VARRFLI.
}udge Yanell does MT appear 10 be thirty
two wears Old, but that l. his age. lie has
served six years as countvJudge ~ Grceno--
Vile. two wears Of which was Tor AN uneN-
pI-l term. lie viii be the first Demo-
cr.,il senator from his district since the
war. lle was the oulF representative on
f5e Democratic ticket who received ma
1p-ity of the votes in Dinwid de. Tho
J1. .lec also ran far ahead OF has ticket IN
Su..rx and Grccne-ville Yesterday he sent
hi- resignation as county judge 10 GOV
,rnor Lee. r. was accented. end judge
piras. of Prince George was designated to
( Lola courtiu Greenc-yilleuntiltheyacancy
( can be filled.
DELEGATE HArTLfY.
Nr. James Haeticy. the now delegate
from Sussex and Grceresvllle, resid no the
former county. IT, Is prominent mer-
chant and % leading layman iu tho Aletho-
dist Church. He was 4 delegate 20 the lato
Conference in this city.
understood that NIes.r7. Duane and
riott tn, Ecuullicau candidates. Will
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