The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-12
.D|ACONT ELECTED
CLERK OF MARKET
Many Names Are Proposed, and
a Number Of Ballots Are
Taken.
DR.. SLOAN WINS POSITION
Becomes Sixth District Physi-
Clan, Succeeding DR.. Edward
Mccarthy.
DR.. SLOAN WINS POSITION

| physician for the sixth district. and
Adam Dacont was elected CLERK o.
! the Second Market at the joint ses
sion OF the Common Council and Board
| OF Aldermen last night, there having
been many nominations and an cX
| tended contest in each case, requiring
many ballots. The joint session lasted
| until so late that no effort was made
| to hold a meeting Of the Board OF AL
| dcrmen. that body adjourning It's
| monthly session to tomorrow night.
| President Robert Whittct presented
| n letter OF resignation from Dr. Ed
ward Mccarthy as district physician
! for the sixth district The position
! pays 5000 per nnnum. the distric. ply
! scians also being furnished with city
! telephones and being allowed to en-
gage in private practice
Many Nominations.
! Dr. Sloan nomina ted by Mr.. Don
| Leavy as tho man now substituting
for the position. Mr.. Pollard nomi-
mated Or. w. r. Robinson. Il mcmb or
Of the state Board OF Medical Exam
! iners. and Endorsed by a letter from
| DR.. Stuart Mcclure. Or. Miller norn!-
mated Dr. J. Fulmer Bright, now act
| ing coroner of IIcnrico county MIR
umlauf offered the name Of Dr.. Fred
| l.. Stecre Mr. Blake nominated Or.
! George \. Arheart
| The nrst roll call resulted: Arheart,
s; Stecrc, IA; Bright, is: Robinson. s;
| Sloan. 1G, as follows:
.Nrhcart- Mcssrs. Moore, Blake, ]. r
! Powers. Sullivan-4.
! Stcere-Messrs. f. l.. Butler. Gunst.
Melton. Mitchell. Patram, perduc,
Brown Burke. Gill, Huber Richard
son. scaton. umlauf, Workman-l4
! Bright-Mcssrs. Adams. Bilcy. c. B..
| Hobson. Kain, Batkins, Boschcn, Cease
ltirschbers. Lynch Miller Powell. Rat
cliffe. Rcnde. Rogers. Sclph, Wonder
! lchr Wiltshire. Pcters-1S
Robinson-Messrs Gilman. Whittet
| w. ID. Butler. Fergusson Pollard-5
| Sloan-Mcssrs. Atkinson, Cowardin,
| Donahoc, Don Icavy. Grimes. Joseph
| Powers, Rennotds Bowman, Bradley
| Fuller, j. A. Hobson Jones. 1umsdcn
| Mills. j. c. Powers. Richards-lG
several Ballots Taken.
| a second ballot gave Arheart =
Stcere. 10: Bright, %; Robinson. o.,
| ana Sloan. 10 leaving Or. Bright still
in the lead in the lower branch, though
| With hui nvc votes in the Board The
the third ballot resulted: stccrc. 10;
| Bright 81 sloan. 90.
The final ballot. the fourth was be-
tween pr. Bright and DR.. sloan. and
resulted III Dr. Sloans favor, 80 to &c
| the vote being:
\
ITobson. Kain. Nielsen, Pa;ram Bat
| kinS, Blake. Boschen. Brown. W. D.
I Butler, Cease. Gill. IIirschberg Huber,
Lynch, Miller Pollard, Powell. Rat
cliffe, Reade Rogers. Sclph. Sullivan.
1 Vonderlchr. Pcters-26.
| Sloan-Nlessrs Atkinson bennett r
J.. Butler CowardIn, Donahoc Don
leavy. Gilman. Grimes. Gunst. Melton,
F. Mitchell. Moore Perduc Joseph r.
| Powers. Rennolds, Whittet. Bowman
Bradley. Burke, FERGUSON, Fuller i.
! A. Hobson. tones. Lumsden. Mills j.
G. Powers. J. T. Powers. Richards.
Richardson, Scaton, Umlauf. wiltshire
| Work MANS
Dr. Sloan was declared TO have a
majority Of the votes cast and to be
| duly elected. Tho point was raised
! that while he was the winner in the
! Board by large majority. he had nor
/ carried The lower branch. hut presi-
dent Whit,ct ruled that 1t only re-
! CURED majority of the votes cast in
| the joint session.
Clerk Johnston Resigns.
The csignaton of Joseph s. John
| ston rs clerk OF the Second Market
| was then accepted Graham Hobson
nominated w f. Carter: Mr.. Wonder
lehr nominated George F. Hulcher Mr.
| Don Leavy nominated Oliver Jones. the
present deputy and acting clerk; Mr.
Pollard nominated r. c. Duke; DR..
Reade nominated Policeman NJ. j.
Diacont; Mr.. Radcliffe nominated for
mer City Sergeant IT. Claiborne Epps
and Mr.. Bennett nominated Rudolph
Miller
The first roll call stood:
Gary-Messrs G.. p. IIobson and
| POWELL
Cartcr--Messrs Atkinson, Donation
Patram, Joseph f. Powers, Bowman.
Burke, Brown. Fuller. Gill, j. A. Hob
son---1o.
/ Hulcher Messrs vonderlehr and
Peters,.
Jones-Alessrs, Bliley, Mitchell, Don
Leavy. Blake, Boschcn. Cease Huber,
! Seaton, Sullvan--9.
/ Dukc-Messrs. Pcrdue, Batkins, Pol
lard, Rjchardson--4
| Dugan--Messrs Nielsen Rennolds.
Lumsfien Miller, Reade. Rogers-G
Diacont--AIessrs. Adams, T. L. But
Ter, Cowardin. Grimes. Melton. Fergus
son. fIirschberg, Lynch. Mills, j. G.
| Powers, Richar.s, Selph. Umlauf ana
Wiltshirc--14
/ E:pps-Messrs. Bennett, Gilman.
Butler. Jones, j. T. Powers, Ratcliffc.
Workman-11.
MilIer-None
Diacont Wins out.
! Mesars Miller. Gary and Hulcher
| were dropped and secand ballot re-
suited: Carter. S: Jones' 8; Duke, 4;
Dugan. .; Diacont. 10; Epps. 10.
Changes before the vote was announc-
ed left the vote: Carter. 0; Jones, 0;
i<aSe. 4; Dugan, Z; Diacont, IL Epps.
-. Messrs. Dugan. Duke and Carter
! were dropped. The third ballot, be
tween Messrs Jones, Diacont and Epps
resulted Tones. 1e: Diacont, %; Epps
is. Mr.. Jones was dropped. Messrs.
I Dugan and Duke were renomina ed
and fourth ballot resulted: Dugan, o;
Duke. .: Diacont. 30; Epps. IA The
Duke forces threw their weight to Dia-
cont at this stage, giving sufficient
votes for an election. and the final
vote was announced: Diacon 80; Epps