The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-16
RECOUNT or VOTE
BY CITY committee

II eheSsl
/ ,wi,.. esses and The representatives Of the
two morning papers.
c,1ief interest in the early part OF the
nlgnl 4centered around the count soll MAJ az
5 shaa,s Ward. in Room No. ], Whlclltis MI
Doherts,s ONCE 1t was here the candl-=
dates and their counsel fingered. anu
manifested the deepest Interest. Nlessrs.
Csrrinston. Taylor and Mitchell were the
counters here. and Messrs. Griffin and
Franklin witnessed tor MIR. Smith ana
Messrs. Nhittet and Laurens for Mr..
Pms. Everybody expected developments
An connection with this ward, Tor 1t VIII
NJ recalled that Its second precinct al
forded the ground for Mr.. LIPS request
Tor a recount an apparent errorSol ABOUT
one hundred votes having been detecteo.
During much of the time the recount was
( IN progress, Chairman Doherty sa Y on the
trunk counting the remaining ballots ana
quietly smoked - cigar,
FIRST BLOOD FOR SMITH.
First j Jackson was the nrst precinct
completed and IL tailed up all right
Second Jackson was next, and here Mr..
smith made a gain cf four votes. The
face of the returns gave Epps 20. smith
AZ. The committee count was Smith. 10;
4 1Inns. is. This was a small matter; but
! ft was first blood for the Smith people.
I; and the news spread rapidly from one
i committee room to another, and was JOY
fully received by the Smith followers.
\ lhesei two precincts showed no material
change in the vote for Council, and 1t
y tailed practically with the first count.
In Fifth Monroe some voter who evi-
& IDENTIFY was no friend of either of the
; candidates for the sergeancy. struck
i both their names from the ticket, and
inserted that of Tom Jones" who is not
Z known to the local politicians. and whose
= candidacy had not been announced by
the sounding of 1rumpets or. the booming
5 of cannOn.
e At 10 o'clock Chairman Dolerty named
an additional committee and put them to
work on Lee Marc. 1tFlwaS composed of.
! Mcssrs.s Hall, Disney and Batk1ns, and
Was assigned quarters IN Room & y o. .
& With tho Monroe Ward committee. Thus
counted at one time, only Clay being left
untouched up TO this tine
First Jefferson was completed shortly
0fter 20 o'clock. and tailed to the dot
with the original count. The Third jack
4 son tailed up all right for Sergeant. and
WIS Practically all right for Council.
theras being a discrepancy OF two or three
Notes only.
First Madison was completed at IL
o'clock. and was found to be all right
s for Sergeant, but all the candidates fsll
& short i've votes as compared with the
original count. This, however. Gid not in
any way alteg the relative standing OF
tate candid dates "A
al long contropersy arose over two
y ballots in Second Jefferson. Including
these for Mi Smith The tally Of the COM
Snittee agreed with that OF the election
cheers. III one case both names of the
: DerseancS cand idates We're erased. and
y that OF ( Smith written in pencil. IN
y ahes other case. tho name of MIR. Smith
Al ~
chairman Doherty ruled that it was the
& clear intention OF both voters to vote for
i Mr. Smith. and Nj. Epps's representatives.
I noted exceptio ns.
The Council vote here showed no vari-
4 alton worthy of notice First Monroe
/: paired to supper before taking up the
I Second Monroe -
SECOND saLARsHALI.
Tho Second Marshall where the al
Z leged error occurred. proved a.. slayer,
There were over 500 votes cast here and
! It - o'clock the committee had only
q half completed its task Nearly all the
: pleted ono precinct and taken up an
Esnr1h Jackson was completed at l2:as
& and &c came our all right This rounded
& In The ward The . Council vote was
practically unchanged. and Mr. Smith had
Y elined foursy0tes In the ward all ofsthem
K haslnG been In Che Second Prectnet &.
First Lee was compl about i o'clock,
s anl 1t tailed TO the scratch on all the Of
6 1kcss in controsersy. s;
WAS SLOW WORE.
So Nine out Of. lsie tAent y-six precincts had
& nov been counted. and 1t looked as ifsIhs
ccssnt ~ Ire aaaecaSen 01lcerssWou1d sbeSsr,-
4 - 0ifas III. Hons. Meanwhile the
ixpunt ynsEenesd llaxshAll rs slowly. and