The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-12
HARTMAN WINNER
OVER A. D. BLAIR
seats in the room during much OF Il
Not Their Fn,ilt.
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Not Their Fault. j
Some of the watchers We're SLOW
in making their appearance. and Mr..
Saunders moved that the committee
proceed with the work OF recountins.
Eve promised these candidates tina
they should have Watchers shouted
Mr.. Montague. Of the committee, and
we should not proceed In their abb
sence."
I'VE promised to allow them to name
watchers" rejoined Mr. Saunders. and
If they do not avail themselves Of that
privilege, it is not our fault"
The motion of Mr.. Saunders was
odopted in a whirl, but before the
work really commenced the vacancies
had been supplied from bystanders.
The committeeman who did the re-
countng--three at each Of the seven.
tables--were all sworn by Mr.. Ordway
Fuller, notary public, and a defeated
candidate for ren0minatlon to the
House at the primary.
Chairman Doherty then had Secre-
tary Duke read the rules governing
tive in his utterances concerning their
enforcement He declared emphati-
cally that without regard to the posi-
ton or standing Of the person, any
one interfering In any way with the
recount or offering the slightest suE
gestion to the counters would be
promptly elected from the room.
| Ordered Supper.
! On motion Of Mr.. Leaman the SER
geant-at-arms was instructed to ar
range with Murphy's Hotel for supper
| to be served when the committeeman
| should feeINdisposed to eat. The slow
| and to!lsome task of recounting start
| cd a few minutes before 8 O'Clock
| and the monotonous voices of the call
ers at the several tables rose above
the din of low conversation carried on
| by those who We're not actually en-
| gagged In the work.
The iirst precincts assigned to the
counters We're from Clay Lee and Her.
! ~ Wards, it having been determin ed
| to begin the work In the West End
and come eastward, winding up with
| Marshall. 1t was evident from the
delay in starting and the tedious work
of counting at the various tables that
| the session would run far into the
morning. and all those Interested set
| tied themselves down for night of 1t,
AS the count progressed Chairman
Doherty and several of the candidates
| walked from table to table and quiet
~ observed what was going on.
The Third Clay was the first pre-
lcinct completed and it tailed out to
the scratch with the original count.
/ ]
short while the counters reported on
Second and Fourth Clay and Second
I Lee.
Steadily Pulling Up.
In these precincts, taken together.
Mr.. Blair lost three votes by defec-
tive ballots, and Mr.. Hartman gained,
4 one. In First Henry each lost vote
Leaving net gain for Senator Har-
man, as far as the recount had pro-
l.Crr. l.,
/ lead over Mr.. Blair to eleven.
Third Henry was next to report, and
A the recount agreed to the letter with
the original return made by the cleo
ton officers.
i Up to this point Folkes had lost
three votes and Minor had gained one
1.-THE original count gave the senatorial
candidates the following respective
vote:
Folkes, 1881; Hartman, 1851 Blair
/ l,S74; Minor, 1890
The changes shown BY the recoun,
for the House candidates up to this
A roint were immaterial and We're given
\ but little attention. J Is significant
J. that in the precints on south Side OF
4 Clay Ward and the north side of Lee
! which is considered Mr.. Saunders's
A stronghold. there We're but slight diff.
! ferences. and in several cases the re.
, count helped Senator Hartman fol
J whom Mr.. Saunders was an earnest
worker.
Too EARLY to Shout.
The -Four h AIonro Il pOr ed nj 80
7. NJ, and Mr.. Blair lost one vote moro
changing the figures to this extent
and putting Senator Harman's lead vi
to an even dozen. This word WaS
quietly passed around, but there was
no sort OF demonstration. ] t was con
sdered too carly to shout, for oil
politicians knew 1t was a "far cry
from Fourth Monroe to Third Mar
shall which WAS scheduled as the las