Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-06
WILL THEY CONTEST?
TALK OF REPUBLICANS TRYING TO
HAVE LAMB UNsEATED.
MAJORITY OYER FOUR THOUSAND.
Yet the Opposition Think an Anti
Democratic House Might BE In
Partially Cnnyassed.
Partially Canvassed.

There has been q good deal OF talk
ABOUT the election OF Captain John Lamb
TO Congress from this district being con-
tested. but it IS not yet known whether
such thing will be attempted. 1t may
be II Republican votes are needed In the
House. There have been several confer
ences touching the matter. but so far as
could be learned last right no definite
decision has been reached. 1t probably
will not be until the canvass Of the re-
turns has been completed and reports
have been received from party workers
al all of the precincts.
The unofficial returns give Captain
Lamb about 400 majority. and the official
figures Will not materially alter this.
The canvass Of the returns was not COM
pleted yesterday I'm any of the counties
or cities i'm the district. but will be during
the week. The chief ground on which II
is claimed that a contest might be made
is that a large number of negroes had not
been able to vote when the polls closed.
This number can hardly have reached
400, even If Congress should hold that
such after-sundown votes must be count
ed as having been lawfully cast.
CANvAssING THE RETURNS.
The Board Of Canvassers Of the city
met in the Office Of the Judge Of the Hust-
ings Court yesterday to go over
the election returns Of Richmond. The
body canvassed the returns very care
fully. going through the six wards.
owing to a few irregularities. which do
not involve as many as twenty-five votes,
the figures could not be made up
yesterday. The board will meet again
to-day. and viii have several of the
judges before it to explain certain things.
The figures will be substantially as they
were published in the Dispatch on We'd
nesday morning
The Hanover canvass was not COM
pleted, because Of slight irregularities in
the poll-books Of Higginson's and Halls
Shop precincts. The judges and clerks
were summoned for Saturday. Nothing
was heard from Goochland, King VIII
liam. and New Kent, hut their aggregate
pluralities for Lewis are about zoo
CANVASSING HENRICO'S VOTE.
The Henrico Election Commissioners
Messrs. NJ. Y. Sheppard, G.. w. Pettis
and w. T. Holdsworth. met yesterday at
last Tuesday.
out OF the sixteen precincts In the coun-
ty. the returns from only seven We're
found to have been correct in every de-
tail though the irregularities are purely
clerical and Will not cause any precinct
to be thrown out with the possible ex-
ception of Jones's, where IL Is claimed
that the judges were not sworn according
TO law.
The precincts i'm which the books have
not been made out exactly in the proper
form are: Smither's, Seven Pines. Town
Hall, Four-Mile Creek, Hungary, Barton
Heights, Westhampton, Ridge Church.
JOness, and Bruin. one Of the judges OF
election from each Of these precincts will
be summoned to appear before the com
missioners Saturday morning at II
o'clock. when corrections in the certih-
Gates will be made.
Mr.. Carter Scott was present at the
canvass yesterday, representing the Dem
ocrats. and Mr. Barton II. Wise, the
opposition. Mr. Wise had no claim Of ir-
regularities. other than those admitted
to make against any of the precincts
Mr.. Scott left before the work of the
commissioners was completed but left
a paper. Directing to the returns from
Jones's Precinct. on the ground that the
Judges Of election there had not been
properly sworn.
CHESTERFIELD'S FULL FIGURES.
The following is the official vote oil
Chesterfield:
For President-Bryan, LIZ; Mckinley
1.273: Palmer. p; lowering, Ii; Matchett
/. Bryans plurality, 454
For Congress-Lamb, 1919; l.. J.. Lewis
1.2S; z. D. Lewis. 10; w. II. Lewis. p
Mitchell 6; Atwood, 6. Lambs plurality
-ol.