The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-27
NO PRIMARY FOR
SOUTHS|OE WARD.
Washington's Representatives in
City Council Declared Win
ners i'll June Election.
TO RECOUNT VOTES MAY
City Committee Receives Lob
mann's Protest, and Will Ex-
amino Ballots.

Friday night, May 6, was last night
agreed on by tho City Democratic
Committee as the date upon which to
recount tho votes cast In Madison
Ward in last Thursdays election. The
recount is to be had at the request OF
Oscar u. Lohmann. who was defeated
in his race for the City Council by
Barney Bowman by n majority of one
vote.
1t was further decided that IL would
be inexpedcnt to hold primary cleo
ton at this late date in Washington
Ward, and the members of the pres
ent delegation from that ward In the
Board of Aldermen and the City Coun-
Gil were declared to be the Democratic
nominees for the June election.
Mr.. Lohmannn will have to put up 500
for the recount. This amount was
fixed at the suggestion OF City Chair
man Miles NJ. Martin If the result is
in the contestants favor. this amount
will be returned to him. i he loses,
only that portion of the $50 VIII he
returned which Is uneXpended
Frank Ferrandini of Monroe Ward
thought the amount was TOO large.
But he said that Mr.. Loilnlann wonld
put UP whatever the committee de-
cided. within reason. Chairman Mar
tin said tHdL IHs nan itiiI NcAi' itof.u
ia be paid, and that perhaps the
greater part OF a night would be con.
sumed in the work with necessary re-
freshments.
Anti-s supper Motion.
z. w. Evans, of Marshall Ward,
moved that no supper be served on
that occasion. but the chairman prompt
" ruled this motion out of order
In his letter asking for the recount
Mr.. Lohmann said that he and his
friends did not claim there he'd been
any Irregularities But he called at
tention to the possibility of mistake,
and the similarity In sound Of lbs
name and that of his successful OPP
ponent was mentioned to bear out his
contention.
All kinds of discussion cnsued over
the date, motions, amendments and
substitutes being made in great num-
ber Finally May was selected.
Washington Ward was called upon.
TO say what II wanted TO do Ward
Willis c. Pulliam said
that the delegation was divided. TWO
of the committeeman thought there
should be n primary, two that the
present delegation in the city's gov
erning bodies should be declared the
nominees by the City Committee, and
the fifth man perched on the fence,
ready to do what the committee
thought best. Some of the people
thought, he said, that 1t would be
tnadvisable to have another election
within the next few weeks. following
the bitter contest early this month.
Favored Primary.
Captain william NJ Myers. of Lee
Ward, opposed a motion which was
made TO refer the matter to the Com
mittee on Plans He thought it should
be decided at once He thought fur
thermore. the people Of Washington
Ward should be given a chance to vote
on their representation in the Council.
He did not believe 1t right, within
thirty days after annexing body of
citizens, to say for them who should
be their representatives. He moved
that a primary be held in Washing
ton Ward on Thursday. May II.
Mr.. Evans made the motion to de-
clare the present members the nomi-
nees.
The ward delegation had no objec-
ton to make to any of those now
serving. Two of them stated that
they did not believe the people wanted
an election at this time.
After another deluge of motions and
of debate Mr. Evans's motion was put
and carried. with only three or four
noes Chairman Martin declared tho
members to be nominated.