The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04

= interest In tho ,varius contests and tn
multiplicity OF candidates III tho fell
n inpclcd them to turn out and vote. y
z Barton Heights, { the heaviest portion o
4 the vote was polled before midday, nn.t
The snnie was true OF other precincts nd
jacert TO the city,
AT Shu,nakar's, which IL Just on TIN
western extremity Of the city. Tie bnt
a tic ragged with great spirit all day long
N and there was never n time when there
were not MS many ns fifty voters workers
md candidates around the precinct. IT i
here that the old soldier vote is pollcd, ant
the old grav-clad veterans hobbled over
I'm large numbers 10 deposit their baliots
z for their respective favortes. ireh1
crowds were also OIL h ., az ishhe. - ,;
"A Hardit's shop, Towards Grove ana
other nearby precincts, while III those re-,
mote from the city, the farmers anu
truckers voted quietly and for the most
mart ret,irned promptly to their homes.
n There we're admirable police regulations
nj all5the precincts, and all persons, save
81 those In the act of voting, were kep ~, y.
a distance CT forty feet from the po''l"s
ri places BY means Of ropes.
4 M Tho candidates were all very HctHe
+hrourho,t Tic day. They we're prohibited
under the Isarksdale bill from doing more
+han sweating their friends and workers
about the polls, but they did TINS IN
4 most gracious manner. and were llttlnB
Z II n h,,rrles from precinct to PRECINCT from
early morn till dewy>evc
Mann Sill Issue.
1-he Mann liquor bill was apparently
s 40 nnlv princple involved IN the can
,,a.e md This reached only to tho fight
tor I'M House OF Delegates All the
county Offices We're contested, but 1t was
merely a uuestionfof personal choice DO.
tween tho gentlemen who asplred 70 M II
them. 's. NJ.
,ssue was clear cut on the Mann bill and
Mr.. Rosenegk stood MS the champion OF
4he onposltion to the measure Mr.. Gard
mar Judge Wickham and Captain Blnlord
favored the bill, but they and MI felix
Ar. Jones divided the Mann bill vote and
4 made the way TO victory easy Tor Mr.
\ Rosenegk. Mr.. Gardner practically gave
up tho fight In conversation with close
friends, though he kept up the battle
4 as we'll as his spirits until the end, and
was as bright and CHEEKY in defeat as
The early returns indicated that Mr..
\ Rosenegk was probably an easy winner,
and his friends were enthusiastic from
! the start. He defeated Mr. Gardner bS
two votes in the latter's home precinct.
Chestnut Hill. but the vote there OF
.hleSSrS.4 g." lCkItLIIl i'uiloiu ".'''AN'
gone to Gardner had the latter gentle
mon been ont Of the race, and would have
given the popular young representative
a handsome lead. Still the result would
have been unchanged, as Mr.. Rosenegk
ran we'll almost everywhere
Shumaker's Precinct.
Wagons, carriages and every concciv-
able conveyance was rendezvoused ut
shumaker's Precinct,4in Tuckahoe, about
O'Clock. The scenes In and around the
forty-yard line were those Of the days
when politics in the Old Dominion were
the most animated Congregated IN the
crowds were almost every candidate, from
the most remunerattve officer to the over
seer Of the poor Nothing to disturb the
tranquility Of the day TRANSFERRED. while
the special officers of the law were kept
busy keeping the workers outside the
fol- ty-foot line. #
The scene between tho hours of 5 and
q o'clock at Shumaker's reminded the
Oldest citizens Of the county Of days Of
tho ante-belum. Fully 400 men were cons
gregated In and around tho ropes. Many
citizens Of Richmond were on the scene
OF battle and worked hard for their re-
spective favorltcs. f5
shumaker's generally polls the largest
vote In the county and eager listeners
waited on tho ,tslde of tho precint to
+ hear the result, and as each faNorlte was
announced cheer after cheer rent tho air.
While the chowd showed much enthusi-
assn. not a single breach of the peace
resulted from it, The fight was between
Rosenegk and Gardner for tho House:
Ford and Eubanls for constable, and
Wendenburg and Bryant for Common
4 wealth's Attorney and the enthusiasm
shown did not In the least impair the
friendly feeling existing.
Short Pump First.
The first precinct to report was Short
Pump, In Tuckahoe district. Tho returns
were phoned III before 0 o'clock, and
there was n large crowd at the courthouse
to receive them. The vote was small, only
seventy-eight having been poled. SO the
count was completed with great cXpedl-
ton. This precinct is perhaps the most
remote Of all from the courthouse, but
the returns were accessible early through
the use Of the telephone. Theer was Il
long wait before any other precinct re-
ported. Meanwhile the crowd without
7 gathered In larger proportions and dis
cussed the events Of the day a great
many city. peape, Interested to more
or less extent In one candidate or an.
other, were among those present and
little knots OF men gathered here and
there, putting theft heads close together
in discussing the probable results.
When Short Pump reported the friends
of the candidates who led there were
jubilant, though they could only claim
that this was a straw, Indicating the
course of the wind, which was liable tc
be shifted dozen times before the break
Of day.
Chestnut Fiji was the second precinct
to report. IT came in by phone about o:36
and tho deepest interest was manifested
IN the figures as they were read out. II
was hero that Mr.. w. ], Todd got q
handsome lead over his competitors, and
his friends begun at once to claim that
his chances were very bright. Mr.. Broad,
dus defeated Mr.. Waddill Mt this precinct
by four majority, and Mr., rlller got II
good lead over Sheriff Solomon. The
first two precincts showed Mr.. Bryant
third in tho race for Commemorative
attorney, and Put Mr.. Throckmorton
ahead OF Mr. Wendenburg. Still the lat
ter's friends were undismayed by tho
early returns, and declared that their IA
vorite would pnit'up to the front on the
home stretch
At 1920 o'clock. although but two pre-
csnrts had reported. interest was I'M