The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-04


Good Mon and True
The result of to-day's primary cleo
ton will practically settle the question
IS to who will be the next city treasurer
and who will fill the vacancies in the
City Council caused by the expiration
of the terms Of office of two councilmen
in each ward, except the Third, for q
the Democratic wards OF Roanoke a
Democratic nomina ton Is equivalent to
election. Triumphant Demccracy ia
bound to win in four of the wards and
the great struggle for the offices Is
to-day rather than at the general cleo.
ton on the fourth Thursday in NAV.
For the past four weeks the municipal
political situation has been as thor.
oughly discussed as ever before in the
eleven years that the Magic City has
existed.
There will be large vote cast IL the
weather Is clear. The political cauldron
has been heated up to boiling mass of
agitation and all the voters who can
get there will be NJ the polls. A TIMES
reporter yesterday talked with different
members Of the Democratic executive
committee Of the city and found it to
be the unanimous opinion Of these
gentlemen that large vote would be
polled. The members of the committee
think that IL to-day is fair the vote will
be considerably larger than at the pri.
mary one year ago and will reach at
least 1900.
The total vote cast in the last Demo
cratic primary. May IL, 1892. was 2,42o,
distributed in the various wards as fol.
lows: First ward, 6s'; Second ward,
4i9; Third ward, 454; Fourth ward, 42s;
Fifth ward, 408.
1t will be rememb ered that on that
day the rain poured all day and tho day
very much resembled yesterday. The
weather was against the large vote, but
then as now, the warmth and closeness
of the contest brought out large mum.
Der.
At the Presidential election last No.
vember the vote in Roanoke for Cleye-
land and Stevenson was 1894; in wards
as follows: First ward, 1853; Second
ward, AT; Third ward, 53e; Fourth
ward, 4S4; Fifth ward. COS.
The total vote cast last November in
the Presidential contest for all parties
and candidates was 5,O16, giving a
Democratic majority over the entire
field of s32 votes.
Candidates will be selected TO. for
city treasurer and two Councilman from
each ward, except the Third, where the
heavy Republican majority makes 1t
impossible to elect any Democrat in
that ward. However, it is only just to
say that the Third ward will, no doubt,
be we'll represented, as several gentle
men OF wisdom and experience are
spoken OF as candidates at the general
election.
The candidates from whom the Demo.
cratic nominees will be selected TODAY
are:
For treasurer:
CHARLES LYLE,
&. G. PAYNE,
GEORGE l.. STEVENS,
CHAs. w. THOMAS.
FOR CITY COUNCIL.
First ward
WALLER P. HUFF.
j. S. GROVES.
H. e. JONES.
CHAs. 1. LUNsFoRp.
@. B. MooMAw.
Second ward
HERBERT j. BROWNE.
S. HAMILTON GRAVES.
A. j. LOUGHERY.
JAMES R. TERRY.
Third ward-No candidates.
Fourth ward
JOHN E. HoUGH.
j. j. KELLEY.
b. o. MAYS.
WILLIAM B. STEVENSON.
Fifth ward
r. Il. BOSWELL.
S. M. BROPHY.
o. Il. CLINGENPEEI..
ii. q. DAVIES.
DAVID DAVIS.
THE CANDIDATES.
The TIMES gives below brief sketches
OF the candidates to be voted for to-day:
CHARLES LYLE
comes of an old Virginia family. He
was born in Montgomery county, Va.
near the White Sulphur Springs, in
1862, and at the age of ten years his
family moved to Blacksburg. Mr.. LYLE
entered the Virginia Agricultural and
Mechanical College as cadet and was
graduated with honors and engaged in
the drug business at that town. He
then came to Roanoke and remained
year, after which he returned to college
and took course in pharmacy. He
went to Lynchburg and remained until
1887, when he returned to this CITY and
purchased from w. E. Andrews the
drug business he now controls. Mr..
Lyle has for the past six years been
member of the Virginia militia and was
charter member of the Roanoke Light
Infantry. He is competent druggist,
a, successful business man and a GOOD
citizen. Mr.. Lyle is unmarried.
GIDEON G. PAYNE
was born in Stokes county,, North
Carolina, in 1861, but at an early
age his father removed to his
old home in Floyd county. Yirninia