The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-21
Watts, 10.
Berkeley, 9.
Hicks, 9.

The Democratic primaries held last
night to select delegates to the Salem
convention excited greas deal of in
tersst throughout the city, and the
polling places in the several wards
were crowded from the time the polls
opened at o'clock until 10 o'clock,
the hour for closing. The friends of
both candidates had been active dur
ing the day, and az night set in the
Berkeley supporters were feeling more
confident than at any stage of the
proceedings The Hicks men were
slso full of fight, and seemed con-
hdent that their candidate would se-
cure majority of the delegates
IL ralned at intervals throughout the
evening and this kept n great many
away. Carriages were pressed into SER
vice and number OF voters secured
ride gratis. AS soon as the polls closed
the work OF counting the tickets began
and by l o'clock the result. of the vos-
Ing was known. Briefly stated, Hon. j.
Alien Watts secured solid CITY dele.
CATION; w. w. Berkeley carried the
First and Second wards and Mr.. r. Ran
dolph Hicks the Third, Fourth and
Fifth. This gives Mr.. Berkeley and
Mr. Hicks nine delegates each. The
closent vote WAS in the Fifth ward
where the Hicks delegates secured q
majority OF two. An opposition ticket
to Mr.. Watts was also voted in this
ward. It was really the Hicks, house Of
delegate ticket, but as there was moth
Ing on Is to denote whether it was for
the house or senate 1t was used for both
purposes. The Watts ticket came out
ahead by one vote. Following .is-.thc
vote. by wards.
First Ward.
The vote in this ward resulted as fol.
lows: Berkeley, lis, Hicks, SO; Watts,
40. There were 46 tickets thrown out
on account of Irregularities. The
names OF the successful delegates are:
House-W. p. Dupuy, @ L. Stewart,
Oscar Derr, A. j. Brand, Chas. Fox.
Senate-Thos. w. Miller, w. X.
Andrews, h. 8. Trout, @. 81. Xix, D.
Saylor Good.
Second Ward
In the Second ward Berkeley received
1873 votes; Hicks, 6s; Watts, l65. Ten
ballots were thrown out as irregular.
The House delegates elected are: ].
r. Bryan, j. R. Terry. W. o. Hardaway.
w. A. Noble.
Senate-Roy B. Smith, S. Hamilton
Graves, r. A. Buckner and W. II. Trent.
Third Ward.
The vote in this ward resulted in
Hicks securing s5s votes. Berkeley 239
and Watts $40. The house delegates
elected are: E. j. Greedy, W. E. Thomas
and j. G. Graves. Senate delegates, e.
q. WEIGH, A. Sauter and e. @. Mont.
gomery.
In the Fourth ward Hicks received 70
votes, Berkeley 60 and Watts GO. The
successful house delegates are: ]. ].
Casey, A. w. Lescure and Jas. McFall.
Senate. P. E. Hickey. S. K. Bitterman
and A. L. Calvert.
Fifth Ward.
The fight in this ward was the closest
OF any in the city. As stated above an
opposition ticket to Mr.. Watts was
voted upon snd was only defeated by
one vote. In fact one candidate on the
Watts ticket, namely Geo. P. Carr, re.
ceived but IA votes, the same number
as the opposition occurred. There were
&c ballots cast for the house of delegates
candidates and 29 for the senatorial
candidates. Two OF the Hicks men re
ceived 81 votes each and one secured 80
votes. The three Berkeley candidates
polled 80 votes apiece. The delegates
elected in this ward are as follows
House-Jos. G. Clark, s. B. Pace, j.
W. Neal.