The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-20
THE BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.
Democratic Primaries Will be
Held in Roanoke Tonight.
1he Extends OF the Candidates 0Iainainx
Victory for Their side-Berkeley Men
Asaert That Hicks Will Not Hsve q
Solid City observation-disclosures faotion
in sho County.

The battle of the ballots will be
toughs to night, and ere the rising of
to-morrow's sun the question as 10 who
shall secure the Roanoke delegates to
the Salem convention. will have been
settled. lot of hsrd work has been
done by che friends of the several can
didates during the past 4s hours, aud
all claim thas they are we'll satisfied
with the outlook. The Berkeley men
last night were claiming that they
would carry the First, Second and one
other ward.
The results OF the primaries In the
county yesterday show that both Berke.
ley and Watts are strong there.
stoarnes, for the senate. has the six
delegates from the Salem district and
Watts the five delegates from the rest
OF the county, Watts making no effort
to secure the Salem dietrics delegates,
as both Pugh and Stearnes we're run
ming from Salem. For the house of
delegates convention Logan has ak and
one half delegates and Berkeley four
and one half.
Inc polls will open Tonight at
O'Clock and remain open ur til IL o'clock.
Every Democrat in the city 10 expected
to be present and vote for his choice.
The voting places are as follows: First
ward, Hastings Courtroom; Second ward.
circuit courtroom; Third ward, Friend
snip engine house; Fourth ward, Junior
engine house; Fitsh ward, Tinsley q
Riley's store on Salem avenue.
1t Is current gossip in the county that
condition exists In political affairs
which may become disturbing element
in the coming campaign. A very
respectable number OF farmers have
declared their intention Of boiling tho
Democratic ticket unless a farmer ia
nominated to represent the county in
the next Legislators. They say their
claims have. for many years, been
ignored, and that they will now insist
upon being recognized.
The question has been asked by them:
what does lawyer know abb repre-
senting an agricultural community?
They would, at least once, like to have
o man who knows the season for plant
ing oats. This question OF their nom
representation has been quietly but
persistently sgltated for the past few
weeks out in the county. I,is reported
that farmer named Hannah, living in
Hollins neigh borhood, will be- run as an
independent candidate, as representa-
tive OF the farming element, should n
lawyer receive the nomination at the
convention. Political affairs are being
discussed earnestly, and IL Ia possible
that an unexpected element will be
thrust into the campaign later on.
MORRISON FOR PRESIDENT.
a Tennessee Editor says Such Talk ia ONLY
Tentative.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August lo.-Hon. 70.
w. Carmack, editor OF the Commercial
Appeal, one Of the delegates from Tom
nessee to the recent Democratic silver
conference ut Washington, has returned,
In an interview to-day he said: The
talk OF Hon. VIM. r. Morrison for the
Presidential nomination by certain
Jealous silver men must be taken as
tentative.
colonel Morrison has record Of un-
broken loyalty to the cause OF silver re-.
monetization, but so have 3 number OF
other statesmen. You can't depend on
records as you once could, and no more
can you pin your faith to mems Loyalty
to party platforms.
Colonel Morrison can get she votes of
free silver Democrats only on the con-
dition that he climbs up on house tops
and makes q few unequivocal and we'll
understood remarks to the Au erican
people. The country's faith in human
nature has had some severe shocks of
late and the people will not 20 In Blind
folded to the next campaign, but will
keep both ears and both eyes wide
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