The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28
ROBERT TURNBULL
|NCREA5 s LEAD |.
His Plurality III Fourth District
Primary Now Stands
at T54.
TWO PRECINCTS MIssIN G
District Committee Will Meet
at Petersburg and Cam
vass Returns.

| or the total vote cast in Tuesdays
primary election in the Fourth Cons
Gressional District 10 choose a. sue
cessor to the late Francis Rives Las
sitter. two precincts are still missing.
These precincts are In Mecklenburg
county, and while the returns from
them will slightly change tho totals
OF each candidate they Will not ina
tertally affect the result.
Additional returns received yester-
| day increased the lead of Robert Turn
bull, of Brunswick county. over his
nearest opponent, Charles L. Lassitcr,
OF Petersburg, and made his election
doubly sure. In the days count Mr..
Lassiter lost slightly, while the vote
OF Judge Asa 3, Watkins. OF Prince
Edward county, and William b. Cooke,
of Sussex county. was increased a
trifle, Judge Watkins raising his total
to 1,622, and Mr.. Cooke boosting his
figures to SGT.
As had been forecasted. tho full re-.
turns from Sottoway county showed
an overwhelming vote for Judge Wat
kins. he receiving 322 to 80 for Mr..
Lassiter Mr.. rurnbull dragged along
with 81, while Mir Cooke got 81.
Cut In Surry County.
Mr.. Lassiter sustained a hard blow
In tho Official count of the vote in
Surry county. In the Clarernont Pre-
cinct 1t was decided BY the board of
elections that Republicans had voted
and the entire precinct was thrown
out. This cut Mr.. Lasslter's vote In that
precinct by 80. Throwing out this
precinct mnAot a Toss of but one vote
to Judge Wilkins. none 10 Mr.. Turn
bull and tw1 10 Mr.. Cooke.
mt -, IL
gave loss of nine votes to Mr.. Las
sitter from the figures previously re-
ported. However, he picked up eleven.
In Nottoway and six in Amelia.
The count. as made by The Times
Dispatch, now shows that Mr.. Turn-
bull received 1,905 votes, Mr.. Lasslter,
1.75l: Judge Watkins, i.622. and Mr..
Cooke. $751; This count is based upon
returns from the entire district. with
the exception OF the two precincts in
Mecklenburg county. The returns ara
official. with the exception Of DIM
widdie Mecklenburg, Prince George
and Sussex counties and tho city Of
Petersburg. The total vote was 6.139,
and Mr. Turnbull's plurality stands
now at 1874.
Mr.. rurnbull placed his plurality at
10. and complete returns may bring
1t up TO that figure
While Mr.. Lasstter does not COM
cede his defeat, he and his friends
admit II on the face of tho returns
However. they declare that an official
count must be made before they VIII
give ur the fight
Figures received at Mr.. Lassiter'a
headquarters in Petersburg vary
slightly from those given above. His
figures snow Mr.. Turnbull, on the
fact Of the returns, to have 8 plurality
Of 1884, Tho total vote. according TO
Mr.. I.assiter's Figures, was s0+o. di-
videt' as follows: Mr.. Turnbulf. 1900:
Mr. Basster l,Tsi: 5udge Watkins,
/, 5S6, and Mr.. Cooke, sl4.
viii Canvass Returns.
meeting of the Democratic Dist
riot Committee, OF which Robert Gill
liam Is tho chairman, will be held In
next week. at which time
the returns will he cf>Ivassed. Until
that time the count will gland as Civ
en-. with Mr.. Turnbnll as We nominee.
Mr.. Lasster is taking the situation
and as good Demo
crat. When seen at his home in Pc.
tersburg by Times-Dispatcll man last
night he declined to make statement
turther than that he and his friends
felt that he had been wronged In
Brunswick county, reports to that eff
feet having reached them
In Brunswick county Mr. Lassiter
received only seventeen votes out Of
an unusually heavy poll. Mr.. ASST
ter's friends allege that he had many
more workers at the polls than the
number of votes returned for him, and
that assurances had been given that
he would receive at least seventy five.
1t Is also claimed that between sixty
and seventy names of young men jus!
coming ofa:votng age were placed on
the qualified list. These young men
had paid, or were to pay. their poll
tax for one ycar-19o9--while they
should have paid for the year 1910
under the requirements of the law, not
heing assessable for 1909. This, II is
alleged. was an error. How many of
these Young men voted. lie any. is not
known but tho matter will probably
be brought 10 the attention of the dis
trict committee when 1t meets. 1t at
the meeting of the committee the cleo
tion Is found to have been fair. Mr..
Lassiter's friends state that there will
be no contest.