The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
With Five Precincts Missing.
is27 Votes Ahead.
TODD AHEAD FOR
OFFICE OF TREASURER
His Vote So Far 2ae Ballots Greater
than that Of Mr.. Vim. Y. Brauer.
Caskie E. Smith Seems to Be #
Defeated for Commissioner 8
by c.W. Childrer
Other Results.

& At 3 O. clock this morning returns from
s Democratic primary In Hen
rico county for the nomination OF a can-
dldate FOR the House Of Delegates and Y
all the county officers. are too incomplete
for the result to be positively known as 4.
to the offices Of county clerk. treasurer. .s5
attorney and commits -5s
soners Of the revenue and the district H
Offices. VI. 3.8 N
Enough is known, however, to show cons
cluslvely that Sheriff Simon Solomon is 4
renominated by n large majority. over W. 81
W. Tiller for sheriff, and that Mr. A.st
Won N. Rosenegk Is nominated for the 4,
House of Delegates, de fea ting Mr.. Thomas "
w. Gardner, the incum bent. and Judge 81
4. Ashby Wickham, his two mos formld-
able competitors. MIR. Rosenegk will I
have a decisive majority, unless the three
missing precincts, VIII ich are the largest
sin the county shall materially change the 4
result AS matter Of fact, they. are s5ss
expected to considerably increase ratherSS
than diminish Mr.. Rosenegk's plurality
for the House nomlna ton. which IS now
S53,5 and Mr. Solomon's majority for the
5sheriffalty nomination. which Is Snow SO,
without the large precincts. ". Ia 3yii. HI
q commemorative r Attorney Fight. .s5
"A "A M Z: Louis 8. Wendenburg Is Leading Mr.
ockmorton his reaa ta rest ra GO q naT
nati tot n I Or he nttorneysl1ip BY bout -.
ana t ie2 remaining precincts viii certainly
lrtreasas his majority Is confldently on,
claimed byGfis friend IA 81 X u. ...s
&s4l lns race for the Nomination for county
clerk between A1essrs Samuel =. vac
.dIll5and Mrslohn u. l3roaddus 10 SO lose
as to be absolutely unce tain.
makers, Howard $ tiro f1nrelltl =
and two small precincts MISSING 8, w. NJ
r3ropt tld us, is lead Ing by Just q votes.
For trea surer, Mr.. WI. Todd appears
to he a sure winner over Messrs. w. n r ~
Rrauer and Fl. G. Hechler. unless the re-
mainlng precincts shall show a vast diff a.
ference in the relative strength OF the trio Ss
of aspirants. NNlth5the five missing pre-
cincts, Mr.. Todd leads Nj. Nr p fl lle'et2 t' ~ ~
about 24O votes. bJ
Nothine positive can be stated as to the
results in the attorneyship. clerkship ana z
treasurership until the missing precincts
are in. Shumaker's5 one of the missing
ones is expected to poll about 600 votes,
and il is estimated that Howard's $ Grove
t(Smithers, as many still call IT. and liar liar y
din's Shop, the other two missing large
nrecincts. will cast about 500 votes each.
with Seven Pines estimated at 100 and
Westhampton at thirty, there are yet to z
be reported about seventeen hundred and I,
thirty votes. These figures, added 70 \
those already In, Indicate q total vote n Y
the county Of about 3,3O0-flve to eight
hundred moro than were antlclpat TED s
would be cast. sf S95a
Childrsy and Kemp. .3sl
For commissioners OF the revenue the i
returns yet to come may change the re-
suit, but basing the statement on the
returns now in. Mr.. l.. II. Kemp and Mr.
Charles w. Childrey appear to have been
nominated In the two districts.
5Despite the heavy vote polled and the
close contest for several important Of
fees, the primary has been marked BY
unusual quiet and good order Tho delay
in counting the ballots Is largely due to 4
tho number Of candidates on the tickets
supervisors, cthstables, overseers OF the
moor, magistrates and members OF the
County Committee being nominated also
in the various districts. g
It is a noteworthy fact that the con-
test for the nomination for the House OF
Delegates was In primary in Which the
secret ballot was used eyerywhere, In
stead OF the viva voce method, as made
mandatory by the State Democratic Com b
mttee In Its general primary plan.
Whether this Will affect the result re-
mains to be seen, but few think that it
Will, inasmuch as there was such general
participation In the primary. fs
Boiling Campaign
Never before In the history OF Henrtco
county was there such a primary aD
that held on yesterday. and It was tho y
elimination OF perhaps the most spirited
contest for public office ever fought out IN 4
the ranks Of the party there. For as much 4
as six months past the candidates have
been quietly. but persistently at worl.
and for the past four or five weeks tho
political pot has fairly boiled In every
section OF the county, So far as 10 deft-
nltely known, the Barksdale pure eec-
tlons bill was observed. though there has
been some quiet talk OF Its violations Ia
some quarters,
The voting was conducted under the
secret ballot system, which Is parmlss!-
BILE under special act OF the Leglsla-
ture egalzing primary elections for Hen
rico county, thus placing the elections
held yesterday Without the scope OF the
State Committees plan-calllng for the
viva yoce system.
Little Disorder.
So far as could be learned last night.
there was little or no disorder about the
polling places and while there were
crowds OF enthusiastic workers on hand y
all day, they seemed to recognize that the
contest was friendly one. and that
there was no common enemy to battle
against and no reason for the display of I
any bitterness OF feeling. The new regis
tration phenomenal III its proportlonSts n
Aad put fifty or sixty per cent of psv