The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-02
BLAIR NOTIFIES
CITY COMMITTEE
In Formal Letter Requests Re
count Of Senatorial Ballots in
the Recent Primary.
lFoLKEs REPORTS EXPENSES
Canvass Cost Him Only sos.
Committee Called to Meet
Friday Night.
5FoLKEs REPORTS EXPENSES

Mr. A. Beirne Blair, who has re.
quested recount OF the ballots cast
in Fridays primary for State senator's s.
yesterday filed his written notice. Win
Chairman James B. Dohcrty. OF the
City Democratic Committee, ana sent
copies to his three competitors, Messrs'
Hartman, Folkes and Minor. Mr.. DO
herty at once called the committee TO
meet next Friday night to take the
matter up.
Following is a copy Of the letter
ifnt IS 1y ME b With e the ssa others
"RichmOnd, Va, June 70, 1907.
sIIon. A. G. Iinrmnn, tichmond,
.Dear sir,-I beg to respectfully
notify you that nave, III Accord
ancc with the plun of the City
Democratic Committee, requested
of snid committee n recount of the
ballots, etc, of the recent primary.
''iours very truly,
"a BEIRNE BLAIR"
The letters We're dated Saturday, and
were mailed at Scottsville, Va, Mr.
Blair having left the city on q business
trip Immediately after the primary.
lie will return here in q few days
and viii be present at the recount. fof
which the committee will almost cer-
tainly vote, and which will likely not
take place until some time next week
Mr.. Doherty's Views.
Chairman Doherty, whose views diff
Ger from those of the committeeman
quoted yesterday morning, says it Will
be almost impossible to have the pro
posed recount before early next week,
and he believes Tuesday or Wednesday
night will be fixed as the date.
8ft He points out that no one can defi-
nitely known whether or not there
nights meeting, though he believes
the committee VIII vote to grant Mr..
Blair's request. Still, he says, re-
count at that meeting will be imprac-
ticable, for the reason that the trunk
containing the ballots is in vault at
the Office of trust company, and can
: not be removed except between the
hours of 8 A. NJ. and p. NJ. He does
not think 1T advisable to withdraw
the trunk on Friday In anticipation Of
favorable action by the committee With
reference to recount.
The chairman's idea is that the com
mittee at its Friday nights meetins
will vote to recount ana will adjourn
y until the following Friday or Wedncs
day night. when the actual work o.
verifcatiopx will be taken up.
Figuring for Errors.
Candidates and their friends have
the results Friday night, going Owe
tho printed tables and endeaVoring Il
find discrepancies, but none affecting
the fortunes of any aspirant have beef
discovered, so far as Is known.
MI There are some inaccuracies as I,
totals which cannot be reconcled, blu
they do not seem to bear directly upoI
the vote of any particular candidat
for either branch. Hon. Il. c. Foikes
who was one of the candidates name
4 for the Senate, filed his bill of expense
a with the Secretary of the Common
wealth yesterday, in accordance wit
the Barksdale pure elections law. II
is the only candidate who up to thi
time has complied Mr.. Folkes report
that he spent s92. This total Is al
y yided into items, as Follows:
III 'PrlntlnR cards, advertising and cir
culars, sci; entrance fee In city pri
mary, Sbb: rent Of Corcoran Hall 1866
two speakers stands--one in Fulto
and one In Fairmount-which were dec
Total, S92."
The law requires that the defeate
Vas well as the successful candidate
shall 1lle their reports as to eXpense