The Washington herald., 1907-11-06
CARLIN ALL THE WAY
OVerwhelms Republican OPP
pOnent in the Eigth.
MACKEY WINS IN ALEXANDRIA
Thornton Elected to Stnte senate
and Cation Succeeds Himself I'm the
legislature Palmer Is Reelected
Sherif by Narrow Margin-VOting
Proceeds without Incident.

Alexandria, Va, Nov. According to
returns received here tonight. Charles
C Cariin, OF this city. the Democratic
nominee TO succeed the late John f.
RiXey in Congress from the Eighth Vir-
ginia district literally swept his Repub-
lican opponent Ernest L. Howard. of
Fairfax, from the field in the special cleo
tion TO flll the unexpired term. While ex-
act figures are lacking. Mr.. Carlin esti-
mates that his majority will be between
1000 and 5000 This Is said to be the
most signal Democratic victory In this
district In many years
Ia his home city. Mr.. CarIin received a
vote which was not far from unanimous.
Against A ballots cast for Mr.. Howard.
Mr. Carlin rolled up total in the four
wards OF 1062. His vote in Alexandria
County, though ne received good ma
jorities there, was not SO large
r. Ewen Thornton. Of Fairfax. is an
easy winner over the Republican nomi-
nee, J. c. De Purron, also Of Fairfax.
for the State senate. and James r. Cation.
OF this city, Democratic candidate 10 sue
ceed himself In the State legislature. de-
feated Frank Evans, Republican. by big
majortttes in the city and county. These
were general election contests, as were
all the others held to-day, with the ex-
ception of the runaway race for Con-
gress.
Mackey a winner.
local contest Of more than ordinary
importance and interest was that in
Alexandria County, for the Office of Com
monwealths attorney, where Capt. Gran
dal Mackey. who had completed a term
Of four years. in which he ran the or
ganized gambling business out of the
county, defeated his Republican oppo-
Dent. Charles l. Simms by a big vote.
Mr.. Mackey ran as an independent can
didate. placing himself squarely upon his
record. and declaring that the sole issue
was clean county government
Without having exerted himself in his
canvass. Capt Mackey won by a total of
SOC TO "a VIM II. Palmer. the incum-
bent defeated Jacob Birch for sheriff by
scant majority of % Mr. Ball was
elected county treasurer without oppOsi-
ton.
Many of the contests for local county
officers were close. In Jefferson district
+. Duncan. Republican. was elected
member Of the board Of supervisors over
Walter L. Varney and Joseph Walker.
Louis Dalbert Isaac G Burrell. and d.
\. Rust, jr., were elected Justices Of the
peace. The vote in this district was as
follows: Carlin, l21; Howard. %: Thorn
ton. 129; De Putron, 20; Cation, s.: Evans
o. Mackey. 90; Sims 9S; Ball. l62: Pal
mer, &c: Birch. SO; Varney. 80: Duncan,
6l Walker. Al; Dalbert. 81: Burren. 20;
Rust, 63; Travers. 81; Thompson. So; Sup
plee,- -; Rixey, 16 the last seven being
Tor justice Of the peace.
In Washington district, w. y. Febrey
defeated C. w. Donaldson and c. J.
Costellow for the board of supervisors
The vote in this district was as follows:
Carlin. 137: Thornton. 14O; De Putron. 40;
Howard, 46; Cation, l25; Evans. IS; Palmer.
IS; Birch, 137: Mackey, 166: Simms. 30:
Ball. 1873; Donaldson. %; Febrey. 9S: Cos
fellow, 22; Payne. 1873; Evans IS; Grun-
well. l16; Parker 1876; Moody. 80: Howell,
q. Parker, Grunwell. and Moody were
chosen justices of the peace, and Payne
beat Evans for constable
Voting Proceeds Quietly.
The voting in this city was without un-
usual incident, the ballots being counted
within two hours after the polls closed.
but in Alexandria Country II was al
most midnight before the final figures
were ascertained. Considerable difficulty
IN making the count was experienced in
Arlington district, where the tickets had
to be examined again and again before
being sealed up.
In this district Corbett beat HaEan for
the board of supervisors, and Collins de-
feated Veitch for constable. Whitehead,
Amis, and Thompson were the success
ful candidates for justice OF the peace.
The fun vote here was as follows:
Carlin, 33l; Howard, 81; Thornton. 2S3:
De Putron. 55; Cation. 2S2: Evans, SO;
Ball, 4l6; Palmer. 243; Birchs l64; Cor
bett, 2l3; Hagan. lS9; Collins. 27S. Veitch,
Isl; Whitehead. 20: Amis. 1S2; Thompson,
2JO, Birch, 162; the last four being for
justice of the peace.
Totals in the City.
In this city the totals were as follows:
For the House Of Representatves-Car-
lin, 1902; Howard, a. For the State
senate-Thornton. 1853; De PutrOn. S.
For the State egislature-Caton, 9i2;
Evans lS3. The vote by wards was as
follows: First ward-Carln, 259: Howard
Is; Thornton. 24s: De Putron. %: Cation.
2l1; Evans. So; Coleman (colored candi-
date for the legislaturel, .. Second ward
-Carlin, 81; Howard. 6; Cation. 275;
Evans. 45; Thornton, 30i; De Putron. II.
Third ward-Carlin, 25S; Howard Is; Ca
ton. pa; Evans, 81; Coleman, 1; Thorn
ton, 253; De Putron, 10. Fourth ward
Carlin, 22S; Howard. ;; Cation. 1S5; Evans
81; Coleman, !; Thornton, 2lS; De Put
ron. II.
Contests in the County
There were several contests in various
counties OF the district for county offices
and for the legislature. but the returns re-
ceived here tonight from many Of these
are incomplete In Fauquier County the
election Of NJ NJ. Green, Democrat, over
J. j. Kelly. Republican. is indicated by
about 200 majority.
Returns from Stafford County show that
r. c. L. Moncure. Democrat. lost the
county for the legislature by % votes, to
Chesley. Republican. But. as the result
is determined by the joint vote of stat
ford and King George. Mr.. Moncure may
be elected by the later returns. In Prince
William County J. Jenkyn Davies de-
feated a. L. Sinclair for Commonwealth
attorney by a majority OF 100. In Fairfax
Walter T. Oliven. Democrat. was elected
over James Roberts, independent Repub-
lican, by about 800 majority.
Herndon, the home town of Mr.. Howard.
gave him only 10 votes. while So were cast
for Mr.. Carlin.
Tuva.tFs~o,f-,,. St,4o modification.