The Washington herald., 1908-06-10
CARLIN'S MAJORITIES.
CORDoNS MAJORITIES.

Representative Charles c. Carlin. OF
Alexandra, was renomlnated for Con-
gress from the Eighth Congressional dis
trict OF Virginia In the Democratic prim-
airy held yesterday over X. Lindsey Cor
don. jr.. by a majority OF over 2.7Oo
Complete returns at Il o'clock last
night from every county in the district
show that Carlin carried all by large
majorities, with the exception OF Orange
and Louisa. the latter being Gordon's
home county.
The contest was a decidedly one-sided
affair
The unparalleled vote received by Car
lin throughout the district was tribute
to the work OF his strong organization.
The returns were received early. and
al came IN one-sided. From the begin
ming his followers had absolutely no
cause FOR alarm. and a few minutes
after 10 o'clock every county had been
heard from. The large crowd which had
assembled in &r. CarHu's Office to hear
the returns decided that it was time for
a speech.
Thanks His Supporters.
Mr. Carlin stood on chair and praised
his fellow-townsmen for the vote they
had given him. He also paid his respects
TO those he claimed had slandered him
by afidavits and others who had en-
deavored 10 accomplish hts defeat.
No sooner had ne finished his remarks
than a drum corps appeared on the
scene. Some one in the crowd yelled out:
You better save that for the outsider
In a few moments the of1ce was va
Gated. and Representative Carlin intro
duced Mr.. Stringfellow. strong sup
porter Of Mr. Gordon, and made him
make a speech The latter made a brief
address. which was applauded. after
which Mr. Carlin spoke. in which he
again thanked his friends for their gen
erous support. He reiterated his charges
against some OF his opponents. although
he said he had nothing against Mr. Cor
don. The crowd dispersed. and Mr. Car
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The Democratic nomination in this dis
trict Is equivalent to an election.
Gets Big Home Vote.
Representative Carlin's total vote IN Al
exandrla was 1850 while Mr. Gordon re-
ceived only 56 votes, giving Mr. Carlin
majority Of 1924 votes in the city, out
out OF a total OF 1855.
One blank vote was cast In the Third
ward. and four irregular votes were
thrown out IN the Second ward. making
grand total of 1.6H cast. The vote in
the city was quickly counted. and within
throughout the city. The vote by wards
was as follows;
First ward, Carlin. s65 Gordon, 1s. Sec
ond ward. Carlin, 46O; Gordon, IA. Third
ward. Carlin, SSS; Gordon 19. Fourth ward
Carlin, 3s7; Gordon, Il.
Mayor Paff was elected without anv
opposition, as were two members for
council and one alderman from each
ward. The municipal ticket and the Con-
gressional tickets were not voted to-
gether. the Congressional ticket being
voted in places in close proximity 10 the
polls. Little or no attention was paid TO
the municipal ticket. and the vote In
some wards was light.
The city councilmen and aldermen
chosen were: First ward-Alderman, ].
NJ. Hill; councilmen, E S Leadbeater
and NJ L. Risheill Second ward-Alder-
man, w. w. BalIenger; councilmen, How
ard w. Smith and r. D. Brumback.
Third ward-Alderman. ]. r. n. Curtin;
councilmen. J. T. Harrison and S. L.
Monroe. Fourth ward-Alderman, w. II.
Sweeney; councilmen. Q. B. Marshall and
Frank c. Spinks.
Gets Three to One.
In Alexandria County a total OF 424
votes were cast, of which Carliu received
Sl4 and Gordon received 11O. giving Carlin
a majority of 2O4 votes.
The vote by districts was as follows:
Jefferson distrlct-CarlIn. Sc: Gordon, IS.
Arlington district-Carlin 157; Gordon. 50.
Washington district-Carlin, II; Gordon.
80.
Mayor Supplee was reelected mayor of
the town OF Potomac over Henry J. Kre-
mer by vote OF "a 10 II. For town clerk
George W. Zachery defeated J. z.
Marcher by a vote OF q to 9. Treasurer
w. p. Varney was reelected without op-
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