The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-08

Everywhere in This Broad
Land the Battle Will
be on.
ALL EAGER FOR THE RETURNS
Special Wires Run to Many
Places-Tinc s-Dispatcl1's
Elaborate Display.

Virginia. In common with the other
forty-four States OF the Union. will ,o-
| day vote for presidential electors and
! for the number of members OF the House
! OF Representatives to which each State
Is entitled. It Is conceded universally
that iNrglnla's twelve electoral votes will
I be given to Parker and Davis, and that
| nine II not all ten of the congressman to
4 whcih this State is entitled will be re-
elected. The only doubtful district Is
the Ninth.
In the Third Congressional District
there are four or five nominal candidates
for Congress, but the reelection OF Cap
4 tain John Lamb for his nth successive
term Is not doubted by any one. The
4 Republican opposition is badly divided.
Mr.. Edgar Allan. Jr, recognized by state
! Chairman Agnew, rs the regular cam
i didate. is opposed In his own partS by
Mr.. George a. Hanson. OF the Richmond
bar. who Is supported by many Of the
/ best-known and most influential Repub-s
i licans. Besides these two, there Is q
negro candidate In the field In the person
1 Of j. 3. Johnson. Of Manchester. The
i entire negro vote OF the district Is insig
|nlncant and number OF those regis
tered are supporting Mr.. Hanson and 9th
4 ers supporting Mr. Allan, SO that Johnson
can hope for but a small vote. He was
| a member OF the convention that MONT
i mated Mr. Hanson and was accused by
the other faction OF making a deal with
1 the Hanson forces, which he denied in
a published card announcing that lie
would support Mr. Hanson. a little later
1t was announced that he was on the
j off oil ho1ln f TN ant 4 Par n.
i lican candidate.
Silent Fall Of Ballots.
& Now that tho campaign OF oratory in
which President Roosevelt has been full
A somely lauded by one party and unspar-
|ingly denounced by the other, is ended
| the real battle with the silent falling Of
i ballots will begin. All over, the State at
i hunrse to-day the polls will be opened
/ at every precinct and voting will continue
1 until sunset Then will come the count
of ballots and the hurried figuring up
OF results. In every State OF the Union
i similar scenes will be enacted. Z
i While the vote cast IN this city will be
small compared with that in 1904. be-
i fore the electorate was reduced, 1t will
probably record larger proportion Of
i the registered vote than In 1900. Despite
the small interest In the congressional
Z, fight, there Is great interest In tho
presidential contest, and though the
result is assured, in Virginia. the Repub-
G licans Will try hard to make a re-
q spectacle showing for tho natlonal candi-
dates.
The rush OF persons working in this
city to their homes has begun and hun
drcds have gone to vote to-day. Nearly
all the force in the Auditors office and
1 the State treasurer's office left yester-
4 day for their homes Students at the coll
legcs here who are registered In other
/ States have gone to their hons to vote
i At the Medical Col-ge Of Virginia f 1t
was stated that half a dozen or more had
gone to West Virginia homes to cast their
ballots. their expenses being paid by
A the state Committees of the parties with
which they ere allied. At the University
Il College OF Medicine ton OF twelve have
4 gone home to vote in doubtful States. The
/ exact number of those residing In other
a States, who went home could not be as
certained at ,the colleges yes erday. At
the Richmond College few OF the stu
3 dents are old enough to$Yote, and fewer
E still reside In doubtful States SO far as
I. could be learned, few II any went home
to vote. 4s
Receiving the Returns.
Election returns will be received at
many places might, the most elaborate
4 arrangements TOT receiving ana pIocta!Hi-
I Ing the bulletins being at The Times
Dispatch Office. where n large projec-
toscope will be used to show the figures
on canvas. Moving pictures will be
shown in the intervals and music will
enllven the crowd, Sgnal lights indicnt-
4 ing the trend OF the reports received will
be displayed.
4 AT tho Howitzers' Arnory the battery
will have n smoker tonight, with speech
es ard a jolly good time generally. The
election figures will be received by spc-
cial leased wire and everything will be
1 lively.
AT the Elks' Home. the Commonwealth
i Club, tho y NJ G.. a. and elsewhere
election bulletins will be received and
read. special wire service having been
secured at eacl, point. Altogether. the
people of Richmond will have ample OPP
portunity to ascertain tho result.
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