Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
VIRGINIA VOTE LIGHT
Both Candidates Claim Pri-
maries and Result Is Close.
MANN MONEY IN PLENTY
Nottoway Candidate Expects to Win
by at Least IL 900.
POLLING FOR LEGISLATORS
Alexandria Shows Interest in Nomi-
nation, and at Noon Had Re-
corded Big Vote.
MANN MONEY IN PLENTY
POLLING FOR LEGISLATORS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, August >. 1902
Few reports have been received from
the state at large up to noon TO-DAY.
These indicate an apathy that has been
feared for some time.
The voters are not coming out. There
is absolutely no interest at the time that
the reports We're filed.
/ In Charlottesville the voters are pay
ing no attention to the primary. lhere
are no workers at the poles for any can
didate. In the precincts in Albermafie
county, Immediately adjacent to Char-
lottesville, the people are turning out bet
ter than in the city proper.
In this city up to noon the vote has
been heavier than was anticipated Tor
the morning hours Some twenty-five
hundred people had voted at that time.
This is in excess of the vote OF june
when the city primary was held, after
a red-hot campaign.
The total vote for the day then was
sixty-two hundred. The vote TO-DAY IS
expected to reach that figure, though the
impression was that it would not reach
five thousand last night.
Reports have been received from Brls-
toll Danville. Staunton and other smaiier
| places All indicate light vote.
| In Bristol the report is that Mann Is
polling eight to fuckers one.
| In Danyille the vote is said to be Tor
Mann. 1t is expected he will get four OF
the six wards of the city:
/ In Staunton there is little interest. lem
perance people are voting solidly Tor
Mann.
Odds on Mann.
Mann and Tucker advocates are both
still claiming everything. Meager infor-
| nation from, other sections of the state
is of the same tenor both sides claiming
counties and cities.
While this is true, the Mann people are
growing more and more confident every
hour There are some who are onerihs
odds of ; to / that Mann Will get the
nomination.
days at to | on Mann, There is aoun-
dance of cash here at that odds today.
Judge Mann passed through the city
today having spoken last night at
i Hampton He declared that from the
| information he had received he ex-
poets to win the nomination by not less
i than 1900 and thinks it possible his
| ma jority may go to 1b.ooo
| The weather up to noon was partly
4 spell at various times. Indications DIT
i this time are that there will be ram
/ late this afternoon. If there Is ram
| the vote here will be considerably re-
duced from the estimate .
1 Some voters are cutting the entife
4 state ticket and voting only for mem
bers of the legislature, declaring they
do not propose to be bound TO vote lor
4 either gubernatoriai aspirant
Il In the legisla tive fight there are nine
; candidates, and there are States" ga
j lore. It is impossible to say what The
] results will be. In many precincts
there are active Mann advocates VINO
are doing effective work for the Not
1 toway man.
Heavy Voting in Alexandria.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
i ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 5.-With
/ ideal weather conditions prevailing
i large vote is being polled here to-
4 day. Up to noon about 600 votes had
been cast, nearly one-half of the total
vote likely to be polled.
i Practically every carriage in the city is
i being used in transporting the voters TO
and from the polls. There is but little
j excitement and the election is progressing
) orderly.
) At each of the four voting precincts
.heelers' in large numbers are present In
; the interest of the respective candidates.
Few voters are permitted to cast their
ballot before being buttonholed.
The workers started out with the
opening of the polls at sunrise this morn.
ing. They will remain on the job until
, closing at sunset tnlS evening".
!, The carriages pressed into service for
the occasion have been going since the
opening of the polls. Managers for the
respective candidates are exceedingly &C
tive.
The bulk of the remaining vote VIII be
cast between o'clock and sunset.
Il Candidates for the house of delegates
are also active Each candidate has his
supporters at the polls. They are J. Fred
Birrell, member of the city council from
the third ward, and Robinson Moncure, a
Young lawyer. 1t is believed that TINS
contest will be close.
Reports received from Alexandra coun-
ty indicate that fair vote is being polied,
although it is not up to expectations.
i 1t is expected that complete returns VIII
not be heard from the city before $3.50
O'Clock tonight.
Light and Close in Southeast.
i NORFOLK. Va, August 5.-The early
indications were for a light vote In
southeastern Virginia in today's demo-
cratic primary election for the nominal
ton of state officers.
The morning weather was good, but
the vote was unusually iight IN the GU
les and rural districts hereabouts.
The organization" here has out
guide ticket in support of Mann Tor
governor, Cation for lieutenant governor:
Williams for attorney general ana
Brown for commissioner OF agriculture.
as against Tucker, Ellyson, Catiett ana
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