The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-01
THE BERKELEY DELEGATES WIN.
The Third Ward Contest De.
cided Last Night.
Important Meeting of the City Executive
oommistse-What the Two Factions
ciaim-rhe hiohs Mon WIFI Garry the
Contest to tho Convention In Salem.

The city Democratic executive com.
mittee held an adjourned meeting last
night in the Office of Scott & Staples.
1t was shortly after O'Clock when Act
Ing Chairman Payne raped for order,
and q. 11:35 he declared the meeting
adjourned Shortly before adjourping
cide6 70 Issue certifica' es to the Berke-
ley delegates in the Third ward The
results viii be that two sets of delegates
from tn, Third ward will go to Salem
next tuesday. Those faycrinp Mr..
Hicks have the certificates OF the Judges
certifying thas they received the high
est number of votes. The question as
to which set of delegates will be seated
will be settled by the committee on
credentials of the convention. II
when Mr.. Payne called the meeting
70 order, the following members were
present In person or by proxy: Messrs.
W.P Dupuy, L. w. Terrell, Chas I.
Stewart, r. e. Scott, R. R. Hicks (proxy
held by Mr.. Lyle. j. P. Thompson, p.
ID. Greedy, S. P Seifert, John Doarn.
berger (proxy held by Mr. Greely), Ed.
MCCARTHY, A. Payne, B. o. MAYS
proxy held by Mr.. Dupuy), and A. J.
Davis.
Mr.. Payne submitted the following
report from the subcommittee ap-
pointed at the last meeting of the
executive committee:
10 the Democratic Executive Commit
tee of the City OF Roanoke,
GENTLEMEN. We, the SURGEON mittee an.
pointed at the meeting OF your commit
Tee, held Thursday. August 80, for the
purpose OF ascertainIng from the best
source possible the result of the recent
Democratic primary in the Third and
Fifth wards, we beg leave to submit the
following:
From information which we are salts.
ned Is absolutely correct. we report as
follows: In the Third ward there were
two boxes provided for the reception of
the ballots. One for the reception of
ballots for delegates to the convention
for the nomination for candidates for
the house of delegates of Virginia, aud
one for the nomination of candidates for
the senate OF Virginia, In the box de-
signated for the reception of ballots for
delegates and alternates to the senator
ial convention, were found the following
ballots respectively:
Delegates. j. Montgomery, LOG; q.
Z, Welch, 1oe; a Sauter, 106. Alter
nates-Thomas O'Conner, LOG; A, r.
Malone, LOG; Z ]. Rowan, zoe.
There were in the same box also the
following ballots: Delegases-W. e,
Thomas, P. j. Greeley, j. c. Graves, Is
each; alternates--A l.. Seifert, J. A.
Doarnberger, w L Craig, Is each. Also
Delegetes-Wm Quinn, e. J. Rowan,
G. e. Teller, each; altern tes-J. d.
Carr, j. j. Sheehan, w. FL. Peters,
4 each.
At the close of the vote in the box for
delegates for the house convention were
found the following ballots: Delegates-
w. 7 n
Graves, II each: alternates-A. L.
Seifert u, j. A. Doarnberger, VIM. T..
Craig, II each. Also
Delegates-Wm. Quinn, E J. Rowan,
76 each, G E Zsier, rs; alternates-J.
D. Carr, j. j. Sneehan, 70 each, w. II.
Peters, rs.
Also one ballot marked as follows:
Delegate-E. G. WEIGH; alternate-A.
f Malone, the names OF j. +. Mont
gomery and A. Sauter and their alter
mates being scratched the ballot was
counted for e O. WEIGH and his alter.
nate.
Upon canyaseing these votes the 1O6
votes found In the senatorial box for j.
e. Montgomery, %. O. WEIGH and A.
Sauter and sheir alternstes, together
with the scratched vote for e G WEIGH
and his alternate found in tho house
box, were counted for these persons as
delegates and alterpates so the sena-
torial convention.
The seventy four votes cast for w. e.
Thomas and his alternate, tho seventy
one cast for p. j Greeley and j. @.
Graves and their alternatea, found in
the house box, together with fourteen
OF the fifteen votes found in the sens-
CONTINUED on 4TH PAGE.
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