The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-11
GREAT INTEREST
IS MANIFESTED
VOTERS TAKE ADVICE OF COM
mirrEE AND ArPEAn At
POLLS EARLY,
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NO FORECASTS MADE
OLD POLITICIANS SEEMED TO he
UTTERLY AT SEA AND WOULD
PREDICT ONLY THEIR
EAxoRIrEs.
NO FORECASTS MADE

Few il any elections within the his
tory OF Richmond have aroused az
| much interest as yesterdays pri-
mary, and that in the face of the fact
there were no issues at stake except
the personalities Of the sixteen can
| didates in the race. The day was
ideal for an eiection---hot, stuffy and
dusty. but the friends of the candi-
dates. Needless of the humidity. were
at 1t from the moment the polls OPEN
cd until they closed. The scenes
around the polling booths In some
of the outlying precincts reminded
the onlooker of popular show on
the midway OF county fair. In one
OF the Clay ward precincts for in
stance Mt 9 o'clock in the afternoon a
score Of automobiles were lined up on
either side OF the street and possibly
a hundred people, including q num-
her OF the candidates and their work.
ers. With little over a half hour to
closing time the eagle-eyed workers
| were on the alert for late voters.
And this scene OF activity was not
unusual Around all of the twenty
two precincts the activity during the
day vas marked All the candidates
had engaged automobiles and hacks
for the day and many OF them i'm
pressed into service vehicles OF their
friends to carry workers to the polls
and to transport the workers from
one polling place to another. There
was no disorder OF any kind at any
of the precincts, and no evidences
that either money or liquor was used
to influence the vote. The city sa-
looms were tightly closed, the only
thirst emporiums open being the
-, a
thriving business.
Everybody At Sea.
The most astute politician In Rich
mond would not have been So bold
as to hazard even a guess as to the
final outcome even up to the time the
polls closed. There were rumers of
every soE& stating around, telling OF
combinations framed up by voters
against this, that or the other can
didate in an effort to defeat his; nu-
merous poll workers We're sure their
man was winner, and ventured the
belief that perhaps one or two other
candidates they named might come
In also--''as to the fourth or fifth
man believe 1t is bewteen Tom, Dick
and Harry" And SO II went. One
sentiment that was voiced by the out
spoken ones at every polling place
was the resentfui attitude against the
ticket backed by the Citizens assoc
citation. This ticket had quiet work
ers at every precinct who We're say
ing nothing but saving wood, but
the same current OF unrest and dis
trust evidenced during the campaign
through the newspapers and In cat
calls at many OF the public appear
ance of the candidates. found vent in
open-mouthed protest at the polls for
what the mass Of voters looked upon
as impertinent dictation by the bust
ness men, and many Of these dissat-
isfied spirits devoted their time,
thought and attention yesterday to
encompassing the defeat of the FIVE
men the Citizens association en-
dorsed. Nor was this spirit of re-
sentiment confined to the iaboring
classes
The voters did their part toward
carrying out the request of the city
central committee to vote early. AS
an instance of this promptness. In one
precinct in Clay ward. which cast 500
votes. over half that number had been
recorded before Ii o'clock.
Negroes Are shut Out.
As had been agreed upon by the
judges, backed by the opinion OF At
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