The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-01
.ORDWAY FULLER
DEFEATS BLAKE
IN CLAY WAR D
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difference OF 1873 votes between Mr.
! Welsh and the nest lower man on the
ticket, Mr.. Butler and that Mi. Witt
shire was even lower. SO that even
were the precinct thrown out entirely
the result. would not be altered.
Later Mr.. l'ollScs said that some one
he could not r---Smbe, who-had
brought him n ballot. Ho believed that
recall. had been handed TWO by the
judges of another precinct First or
Third Jefferson, ard alter voting had
retained the duplicate as sort of
slate to Indicate fol whom he WAS
working.
Statement by ruikcs.
Mr., Folkes said:
Il tore off all the upper part of the
ballot with the name OF the Mayor
and all that. and marked on the list
the names of those Tor whom l was
working. a young man came along
that knew, and / gave ~ TO him, ask
ing him to vote FOR my men. using it
just like any other state OF printed
card-not to vote, since ] had torn oft
part of it. SO far as ballots being
taken away from the precinct is con
ccrned, 1 would venture to say that
shcre were ii dozen in the committee
room tonight heinz used for pocket
memornndums of the r-turns
Mr.. Folkes said lie would he glad
TO tell of his connection With the eieo-
ton wherever he might be summoned,
and attributed the whole matter TO
the supporters OF other candidates in
Jefferson Ward for whom he had re
fused 10 vote.
Said IHolkcS Made Bct.
1t was stated in the committee room
that during the afternoon Mr. Folkes
had made u bet of $50 with w. p Lea
man that Mr.. Welsh would win, and
Captain Mills expressed the opinion
that there had been Irregularities at
This precinct that should be invcsti-
gated. Registrar Brophy said that he
was done with politics.; that he was
sure the Folkes ballot had not come
from his precinct. and he waited to
see that the unused ballots count d
out correctly. Other election officers
at this precinct. which IS located at
c3o6 East Leigh Street, were J. Y.
Winder and r. c. Dixon.
Complaint was made during the az
t.rnoon that inmates of Lee Camp
Soldiers Home were being given par
t'al ballots. but on inquiry 1t dcvr!-
oped that they were merely being fnr-
nished with "slate" or proposed
ticket printed on n card. such as HAY.
leen in general circulation. The slate
carried Mr.. Blake for tho Board or
Aldermen and Messrs. Jaddon. Huber.
Tet-rs, Powers and SeatOn as Coan
cilmon The men whose names were
mentioned disclaim parcntage If the
slate.
Result by Wards.
In Madison Ward, in which probab:;
tic hottest fight was made, the win
ncrs are Messrs. Fuller Pollock. Jones.
Atkinson and Moore. In TINT ORDER
Ttcsa defeated We're Messrs. Bake
Cease. Hobson. Patram and Read. Ii;
was remarked that Mr.. Moore. a -,s!
dSnt OF South Richmond and Il former
member OF the Manchester City j,oun.
e.. won his Tight in that par. of the
ward north OF the river His col
l league. Mr. Patram, won over him IN
very prcci1ct -on the south side nut
nulled only a small vote away from
home Mr.. IIobson. who ran sixth to
defeat. is the oldest member of the
CITY Council in point OF service hay
ing represented Madison Ward CON.
t!nuously for eighteen years
In Lee Ward the winners stood in
the following order: Ratcliffc. Butler.
Pollard, Powell, Vondcrlchr. MIR Pol
lard is new member OF the Council.
Z being Il brother OF Councilman II. II.
4 Pollard. Jr., who did mot offer for re-
v election, and son OF City Attorney
Pollard.
The other three new men in this
ward. Messrs. Miner Street and Glaze
brook. contested for bottom position.
Batkins's Defeat n Surprise.
The surprise OF the election in Lee
was the defeat Of EIr Batkins, long
n member OF the Council, and chair
man of the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings, who ran twenty-siX votes
behind Mr.. Nonderlehr. Experienced
politicians stated that the eleventh
hour attack on Mr.. ndcrlehr by dis
tribution OF n handful alleging i'm
proper relations with a street car COM
pany had elected him.
Although the meeting. which it was
alleged Mr.. Nonderlehr did not attend
and so broke the quorum, happened
nearly n week ago tho circular was
not sent out until the might before
the primary. giving the candidate no
opportunity for reply. His denial was
prompt, however and was sustained
by signed statement from the at
torney with whom 4; was alleged he
had had correspondence.
Blakc-Pullcr Fight.
In Clay Ward the Blake-Pu!ler fight
overshadowcd others. Mir. Fuller com
planned before tho Clay Ward Activcs
that the Organization" was knitting
him. but II became known last tight
that some of the best known polti-
clans in the ward were his active sup
portcrs. lie led over Mr.. Blake by IL;
votes. Mr.. Blake is now ii member OF
tile Common Council. his term cNpr-
ing August 81. Mr.. FULLER was former
" n member of the city Council ana
once represented the city OF Richmond
he was the law partner OF Attorney