Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-25

~, delegates for ElIyson.. -
\, of d,i.gntes for Tyior.... ~
tsoo ! TAYLOR Enyson carried twenty
,,. out. Of the twenty-five piee'"0''
,ss city in the primary held here yes
.sov FOR tho election OF Hichinohu
..,.enty-eight delegates 10 the hoahoAe
..,,o,tton. with a majority of 1,u~S over
Major J. Hoge Tyler.
q,fs gives Mr.. Ellyson forty-eisht dele
aud Major Tyler thirty. Major
psrer =. Lee received only twenty-siN
,o,es and. therefore. IS not entitled 10
ans. delegates. The whole number oil
,o,ss cast in the city was 4542' ten oi
,.hi,h had 10 be thrown out because OF
Irregularities.
THE result OF the primary shows That
che departure Of the City Committee
s-on the usual custom in adopting the
minority representation plan for elect
enc delegates. which aroused so much
oroosition. worked great injustice to Mr..
r.uyson. Had the majority plan. which
has long prevailed throughout the state
end was used here both in the Buford-
OFerran primary four years ago
,,s in the Lamb-Enett congressional
q urinary Of last year. been followed Mr.
I,llyson would have gotten seventy-two
o,f of the seventy-oight delegates, as
the four precincts carried by Major Tyler
are only entitled to six delegates.
THE VOTE NOT LARGE.
The primary contained a number Of
surprises. the principal one being the
small vote polle1 The election was a
siaeularly quiet e and the voting was
very slow. except in the early morning
and late in the evening.
During the business hours Of the day
there was almost a dearth about the
uolling-places. and il looked as if there
was general apathy in the contest. Clay
Ward seemed TO be more thoroughly
aroused than either of the other wards,
and there a fairly good-szed vote was
cast.
The contest was characterized by good
feeling about the polls, and quiet, con-
servatlve work among the friends Of the
respective candidates.
The weather was hot and sultry, and
the most of the time Of the judges and
clerks was consumed in futile efforts to
keep cool Both sides claim losses by
the fact that so many people stayed
away from the polls. Most of the voting
was dore early In the morning and
late I'm the evening. When the polls
closed. at o'clock IT was drizz,ing rain,
aud there was not as much activity as
might have been expected under the
circumstance
RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
The City Committee convened in Sanger
Hall at o'clock 10 receive the returns.
and they came I'm promptly Chairman
Marion Dawson presided. and Secretary
Jefferson Wallace read 10 a large crowd
OF interested spectators. as well as 10
most Of the members OF the committee,
who occupied seats upon the stage. the
results from each precinct. The Ellyson
people cheered as precinct after precinct
Indicated majority for him.
chairman Dawson called the body TO
order and the work Of reading the re-
turns was gone into at once. Jackson
Word was called first, and the Third
Precinct was first handed in. 1t gave
,fafor Tyler a small majority. which
caused some applause from the Majors
friends Then the precincts were rapid
.v called. and the result OF thA election
'n each announced. Rounds or cheers
g-lsoted the reading Of the result In Clay
(,Lr5 where Mr. EllysOn more than
doubled the vote Of Major Tyler and
Judge Lee put together. The Richmond
candidate. as already stated, carried all
m- precincts in the city save four
three Of these were in Jackson and one
lr Jefferson Ward. These four precincts.
under the customary plan Of each pre-
..rt olecting its own delegates by ma
lcfiy vote Major Tyler would have re-
.e.vod but six delegates.
VOTE BY PRECINCTS.
The vote by precincts was as follows:
Total