Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-08
TENTH DISTRICT.
Harry Tucker Re Elected by About 1000
Over lost.

Stanton: Complete returns have been
received here from ten out Of the twelve
counties in the Tenth District, and par
tial returns from Nelson and Amherst.
Tucker carries the following counties by
the pluralities named: Fluvanna. 1S5; Au-
gusta and stanton. Az; Highland. -:
Bath, a.: Rockbridge. l02; Appomattox,
81; BotetOuTt. 30
Yost carries Cumberland by As; Allie
ghany. 30; and buckingham. 200.
Nelson and Amherst Will give Tucker
200 plurality.
To rccapituate: Tucker carries the dis
trict by l,072. Yost claims that he lost
so votes IN Augusta which were in
tended for him. and says 1.-THE fraudulent
walton act" cost him hundreds Of votes
throughout the district.
AMHERST.
Amherst: Fifteen precincts give Tucker
ass plurality. There Is one to hear from.
which Will not materially change the
result.
Hot Springs: Tucker carries Bath by 43
majority. This is n Democratic loss Of
l2l as compared with the vote OF 1892.
rs compared with the vote CT ISIS, when
Yost ran against Tucker, 1t shows
Democratic loss Of %.
Eighty-nine votes were rejected, being
defective.
There is a heavy majority for the con-
sttutiOnal amendment.
CUMBERLAND.
Cumberland: The result of the election
in this county, with all precincts heard
from. gives Yost a majority of 80. This
result is owing to the fact Of the negroes
not understanding the working of the
kT.lf In -
way.
BUCKINGHAM.
Scottsvillc County: Damron's Precinct.
buckingham county, gives Tucker 81;
Yost, 1G; Illegal ballots, 80.
fuckers majority IL; Democratic ma
jorty last fall, 10.
ROCKBRIDGE.
Lexington: With all the precincts heard
from except one, which will give Yost
small majority, Yost carries the county
by 81, a Republican loss OF II over lSsS.
With Buena Vista included with the
county Tucker gets a majority of 81,
IA Democratic gain Of 1876 over 1883.
The Republicans are very outspoken,
and say that If Tucker carries the dis
trict. and the next House Is Republican.
Yost will contest on account OF alleged
fraud caused by the throwing out Of
votes under the Walton law.
The Walton election law has met with
the approval of many of the prominent
politicians In the county, while complaints
of ii are numcrOus-mOstly from the Re-
publicans, who think they lost many ne
gro votes, as the negroes were instructed
beforehand not to 90 to the cOnstableS
for instruction. but TO take the advice
given by lecturers near the polls before
voting.
APPOMATTOX.
Pamplin City: Returns are not yet COM
plete from the county. but IL is probable
that Tucker has a small majority.
II Is generally conceded that the cleo
ton under the Walton law was the
fairest we have had for years
Only four votes were thrown out ut thlS
precinct on account Of informallties.
FLUVANNA.
Fork Union: on a calculation made on
the basis of the returns just received
from six OF the ten precincts in this coun-
~. Tucker has carried the county by only
l3 majority over YOst This shows
Democratic loss Of go on the vote of 1892.
The apathy Of the whites was unpre-
cedented. and the Walton law Is con-
demned by both parties. At the six pre-
cincts whose majorities are In hand.
about one hundred ballots were thrown
aside on account of Illegal erasures. The
negroes were actually better drilled in
the erasing feature than were the whites,
who were enormously supposed to know
all about IL.