The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-14
PARTY nominees
BEING SUPPORTER
Southside Voters Talked to by
Politicians Who Want Reg
ular Ticket 81
"lNDEPENDENTS" WILL
BE BADLY BEATEN
Such is Prediction Made in tho
Afternoon, Though Mr.. Fer
guson is Polling Flat
tering Vote.

p"iitlSiH-ASs sollS OF WHoIi nave DGNAs
dubbed wire-pullers." lent their as-s
sistance 70 party nominees In the
Tuesday election, and the Indications
are that the nve counciimen and
three aldermen now representing
Washington ware will be returned
with good msjorities. At the nour
Of going 10 press the vote in the four
precincts in South Richmond was
as follows.
First precinct-voting strength,
107; SO voted
Second precinct-Voting strength,
2T7: 100 voted
Third prccinct--yoting strength.
l15: 80 voted
Fourth precinct-yoting strength
$50; 80 voted.
Fighting against great odds, y
Messrs. J. r. Reams, w ID. FerHl1-
son and John S. Wakefield are bend
ing all their energies in an effort 10
get out the entire vote and to stem
ths tide that seems to be sweeping
them down TO defeat. Mr.. Ferguson
and Mr.. Wakefield are candidates for
council and Mr.. Reams for the board Z
Of aldermen.
While it looked In the afternootf
as il the ones already in the councils
would be reelected, the three whose
names are mentioned and who arc
termed independents have not given
mp. and their friends declare the vote
in the late afternoon will assist them
greatly. Mr.. Ferguson has received
"a very flattering vote In the fourth
precinct, In the first prccinct, hOw-
ever. he has gotten but few vote
Mr.. Peams ran well in the first, buk
has received small snppurt In nkhaE
parts of the city. s42s
The committeeman from Hie1
mond, headed by Mr.. Clyde S~alxsS
derss for years one OF the rnos&
tive politicians IN the city. cams 131ss
Washington ward tuesday morst1I
large streaniers giving the names o.
the party nominees. These are
Messrs. D. r. Perdue, r.. l.. Patram u
and John w. Moore. for the board.
and Messrs. L. r. Brown, w W.
Workman, Il. A. Gill. W. r. Brad.s
ley and e. G. Jones. for the coun-
Gil.
Election OfIicers Unhappy.
: It@..Sas an unhappy lot OF election
officers that piled out of bed and
trudged through the rain in time To
report at their various precincts -
4:4s o'clock Tuesday morning.
Like Millions heroes, too, they had
but little TO do In the line of serving
save to stand and wait" At $50
O'Clock reports from the various pre-.
cincts showed that a total of conaid~!
erably less than two hundred voters
had cast ballots. In one precinct sir
votes had been listed. In another only
four. Others ranged anywhere from
nine to fifteen. NJ
AT s o'clock this afternoon. whelA+
the rain had somewhat abated, II wAe
estimated by Chairman Miles MARTINI
OF the Democratic committee. that
about twenty-five per cent. of the tot9l
voting strength would be cast. The
total strength is about 10000. Conn
sequently, according to Mr.. Marttnsas
figures, about 1900 votes Will be Cas-
throughout the city.
This unusually light vote is dHes
partly to the rain, drilling downes
pour. which began long before dag.
break and continued throughout thu
entire morning, and intermittcntt1l
throughout the afternoon. Even had
the day been bright with sunshine
however. 1t is improbable that many
votes would have been cast.
Few 60 to Pclrx.
Richmond voters. almost TO a mnHys
asked themselves the question, "Shnl1
vote" then answered with th9
dubious statement. Il ought to votes
Il Is my duty as a good citizen aax3S
finally settled the question with the
query, nut what's the use?"
Evidently there wasn't much UHNs7
In all except one ward the regular
democratic candidates We're absoiute-s
ly certain NJ victory for the very good
reason that mere were no rivals III
this Il ed.
'rrue republicans and maicontenta!
had the right Ia vote for some one
Else II thes. chose. But to do SO necea~.
STATED writing out the name OF th2e
person on the ticket Such a cour14s
was, on its very face. SO ultra forlorrs|
that the average republican forbUres
II was raining aHya.e~- and his s0t1s
wouldn't do particle or good 0Hs
harm. And So again what was the
use % as5SS.
Speaking from weather stand
point. Richmond was essentially I'M
wettest of wet towns Tuesday. From
a temperance standpoint. howsv1KY3
exactly the contrary was the CO.
Every saloon within the city Itna4t&
closed It's doors at 9 O'clock MOn6134
evening. and kept them eio64
swing open for business until
o'clock Wednesday morning. I'D
1t was a most unhappy dag fr91
the standpoint OF the election ju0T3j
They req ,rted for duty just an gi0o4
gray streaks OF dawn began TO nn1@x
away the blackness. According
the election rules 1t should have MM
sunrise. The sun. however. DeeM
to have a pressing engaEemen&
some other quarter ana hence TN
60 put In appearances. And ~
IL dges stood ga ding out-,on the a.
swept empty streetz their spirtt4
do,1 cheered even by the arrival
a beiated pedestrian who liketXS
not turned out to be some onAa
ing shelter from the storm tnsteG
the hoped for voter. I'm Ne
The punishment duty--pArdo4
the election judges ends ~ the
when the sun. X IL were ON
would set Tuasday evening
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