The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-31
WHO WILL GET
THE TH|MBLE 2
Primary Did Not Settle May
orally Question.
FRANK STRONACH LEADS
Citizens Organization Has Captured One-Aal
of the Board Of AIdsrmeh---Wilson
City Clerk and Lumsden Tax
Collector.

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(From News and Observer, March 28th.)
WIZ will get the thimble?
That is still the question, for the city
primary yesterday failed to give anv
candidate for mayor a majority of the
delegates to the convention on Monday,
the Goth.
Frank stronach received the largest
vote, oil.
J. Stanne Wynne was next with 48S.
A. NJ. Powell, the present mayor, was
third, receiving 400 votes.
Thomas Badger was voted for by Sc
citizens, Charles E. Johnson by 6, A. A..
Thompson, Jos. L. Pogue and w. =.
Dodd got one vote each.
According to the rules OF the primary,
each candidate for mayor, city clerk or
tax collector may appoint one delegate
for every % votes cast for him, or frac-
ton over II.
The votes cast, as above, give Stronach
% delegates, Wynne q, Powell II and
Badger =. This makes a total of 81 dele
gates. Consequently 80 will be required
to nominate a candidate for mayor.
SO it is anybody's fight. 1t may be one
of the three candidates, or it may be an
outsider. Nobody can tell.
AS to the Board of Aldermen, the Citi-
zens' Organization or 'Reformers," as
they have been called, have elected eight
out of the total of 16.
These are james L. Johnson,
Lynn Wilder, l.. G. Rogers, R. c.. Red
ford, N. M. Rand, w. H. Bland, Fred
Habel and A. B. Andrews. Jr.
Ed. Hugh Lee, candidate for alderman
in the second division of the Second
Ward, gave notice of protest, and Chair
man Russ. of the City Democratic Exc
cutive Committee, stated that the formal
protest would be filed with him this
morning, and the Executive Committee
would consider the matter For this
reason Mr.. Russ did not announce Off
cially the vote for aldermen in that pre-
cinct.
The new Board of Aldermen will be
composed of the following gentlemen,
arranged according to their respective
wards and divisions:
James /. Johnson and VIM. Boylan.
G.. A. Separk and John o. Smith.
Lynn Wilder and Henry T. Hicks.
A. Is. Andrews, Jr., and Fred Habel.
p. B. Griffis and II. H. Croker.
w. NJ. NOVEL; and J. G. Upchurch.
L. G. Rogers and R. C. BEDFORD.
N. NJ. Rand and w. H. Bland.
w. w. Wilson has won out for city
clerk by a vote of S92 to r, T. Gowan's
496.
For tax collector, Charles S. Lumsden
received $50 votes to w. H. Dodd's 557.
Accordingly, for these offices the con-
Ventlon is a mere matter of form.
MI. A. E. Glenn, one of the poll-holders
and a member of the executive commit
tee of the Second Division of the Sec
ond Ward, stated to a News and Observer
reporter last night that the protest in
that precinct came from the fact tina
in voting for aldermen, some voters used
one ballot for the two names, and others
used two ballots, putting one name or
each ballot. This caused the discrepancy
IN the number of voters and the mum.
Der Of ballots.
There are 203 names registered on the
books as having voted, while there were
210 ballots in the box for aldermen. The
returns of the poll-holders, w. H. Hollo-
way, A +. Glenn and r. @. Reid, show
that a. B. Andrews, Jr., received 49,
votes, Fred. HabeI 207, and Ed. Hugh
Lee 202.
At the precinct meeting, which was
presided over by Ed. Chambers Smith, {
good number of the voters of the diyis.
ion were present, and upon motion the
meeting declared Messrs. Andrews ant
Habel the choice of the precinct for al
dermen.
In figuring for delegates, every candi
date was given the benefit of all fcac.
tons. That is why the number of dele.
gates appears larger than the total vot,
yyn11fI to -; Tla
delegates was taken for each precinct ant
then the fractions were added up.
VOTE BY WARDS.
The following is the vote as returned
by the poll-holders Of the several pre-.
cincts:
FIRST WARD, FIRST DIVISION.
For Mayor. S, Wynne, So; A.. NJ
Powell, so; F. Stronach, CO; Badger, II
j. e. Pogue, /.
For Tax Collector-C. f. Lumsden, 172
w. II. Dodd, 81.
For City Clerk-W. w. Wilson, 176
r. T. Gowan, "a.
Aldermen Elected-Jas. I! Johnson, an,
VIM. Boylan.
Executive Committee-W. e. Faison
Robt. Simpson and Geo. f. Gill.
FIRST WARD, SECOND DIVISION.
For Mayor-Wynne, los; Powell, SO
Stronach, 46; Badger, 4.
For City Clerk-Willson, AS; Gowar
So.
Tax Collector-Lumsden, 1876; Dodd. G.
Aldermen-Chas. A, Separk, 118; J. {
Smith, 80; Jas. Saunders, 81; job
Ward, ST..
Executive Committee-J. A. Pope, f.
Moore, L.. s.. Ellison.
SECOND WARD, FIRST DIVISION.
For Mayor-Wynne, 80; Stronach, 81
Powell, %; Badger, 10; Alf. Thomson
For Clerk-Willson, III; Gowan, 81.
For Tax Collector-Lumsden, 1875
Dodd, 50.
h1dorpoo, yy;1aa- 20.