The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-09
.RE|GN Of slEMP
GR0W|hG FEEBLE
RESULTS IN HIS HOME COUNTY
OF WISE ARE DIsAPPOIxT-
ING TO HIM.
FLOATERS ELIMINATED
JUDGES WARNING PROVES EFrEC-
TrvE-GOOCHLAND COUNTY
SAVES DAY FOR RUTH
ERFORD.
FLOATERS ELIMINATED

Especial to The Richmond yjrginian. !
NoHTON. VA, Nov. S.---The com
piete returns from yesterdays cleo
ton In Wise county fun count of
which was not completed in some OF
the larger precincts until O'Clock
this morning because f the time re-
CURED in going over the forty-two
names on the ballot changes ma
teriaily the situation as indicated the
hrst returns.
In a total vote OF nearly 1900 In
the county. only one candidate. and
that q Democrat, received more than
500 majority. The vote in the clerk. q
race. now stand sight majority for
Hamilton. Republican. over Mcneil,
Democrat with the ofticlal sounf yet
to come and some irregularities to
be strafghtensd out. In the marking
OF ballots al ono Republican precinct
which may change the result; back to
Mcneil as nice parallel to this the
count shows the election Of the Demo-
crat candidate for sheriff by Z ma
jortty of nine votes. which win be
increased II the vote at the pre-
cinct mentioned above are thrown
out.
Dotson 10 Winner.
Dotson. Democratic candidate for
commandments hSkVHHcys ACCoIoIA8
to the full returns, has won over
Crockett. the Republican nominee, by
10 majt ~ OF 400.
The :. easurer's race IL lost to the
Republicans Wolhford, being elected
by q majority OF sixty votes The
Democrats elected the comm issioner
OF revenue in the eastern district.
while the Republicans won 1t in the
West End.
The board Of supervisors. composed
OF members from each of the four
magisterial districts. stands q tie. the
Democrats elected 2 and the Repub-
licans 2.
In the legislative race. Chalkley,
Democrat, has won by 27s majority
over his Republican opponent. Coliey.
Chalkley also carried Dickinson coun-
ty, the home Of Colley. by small
majority The race for Senate be-
tween Carter. Democrat and catron,
Republican, seems to have resulted In
a small majority for the former in
this county.
slemp Is Hard Hit.
The most significant thing. however,
in the returns is the almost univer-
sal opinion that the strange hold Of
Bascom Slemp on the political affairs
of his home county has been broken
and what 1t foreshadows.
IT Is known that he was deeply con-
cerned about the outcome OF local
Republican candidates in Tuesday s
election and that he exerted every
influence consistent with his position
and station to pull the ticket through
with something Of a respectable show
| ing, that he failed In his hope and
purpose IL painfully evident 1t was
not only a defeat. but measured by
former uaajorities. it was rout.
F1oater Vote Eliminated.
Judge Skeens previously announced
intention OF invoking the law against
J all who engaged In vote buying. had
a tremendous effect In every precinct
of the county. Probably there were
| few violations, and it has been
limited already that the guilty parties
will be dealt with in due time but
/ broadly speaking the floating vote In
Wise county Tuesday was eliminated
! for the first time in possibly thirty
years.
! Party leaders went to ths polls
! without money or whiskey and pro-
ceeded to pound each other In \
straight-out political fight that for real
vigor and earnestness was MS stub
born as hot mountain blood could
make II.