The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-11
TEN SMALL PRECINCTS OUT

TEN SMALL PRECINCTS OUT
Doubts Expressed as to Whether
Quorum of Committee Can
Be Mustered.
John Garland Pollard won the DEM
ocratfc nomination for Attorney
erai OF virginia over Judge Samuel w.
w illamS, the incumbent, in the primary
Oh August by plurality OF 1,O74
votes. according to official figures to
DE reported to the State Democratic
committee when that body convenes at
Murphy's Hotel tonight Secretary j.
~ Brenaman, with a corps OF checkers
and two adding machines. completed
the tabulation OF returns by precincts
last night, MIR. Pollards total vote hav-
ing been 32,2Gl. and that OF Judge Will
hams. 31,lSI. The committee will com
plete to-day tho tabulation of RETURNS
In the race for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
merely to have complete record, 1t
having been conceded since the cleo
ton that Lieutenant Governor Ellyson
won over both opponents by a large
majority.
Ten Precincts Missing.
In tho Pollard williams compilation
to be presented to the State Committee
tonight. ten small precincts are miss
Ing. and II may be that in these no cleo
ton was held. The missing precincts
are:
Charles City County-IIarrison and
Chicahominy.
Fauquier-Iiume and Land Mark.
Notwithstanding School House
New Hampden, bethlehem and Stuarts
Mill
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
zewell-Lockhart Chapel
The report to be made to the Stata
Committee will show:
Pollard. Williams.
Nincty-nvc counties
complete ..... o1,lio o2OSn
Five counties In
which precincts are
missing ..... "A LOCO
cities, complete lO.8GS S030
Totals ...... s2.2o1 sl,1s7
Poilnrd's plurality .. 1914
Very Small Prccincts
The ten missing precincts are be-
neved to be very small and probably
dld not cast as many as 100 votes if
any election was held at all. In High
iand county. where four precincts are
missing, the grand total OF the eight
precincts reported was: Pollard, IS:
Williams, 43; showing that practically
no vote was cast. Three precincts I'm
Iazcwell County reported that no cleo
tion was held. and have been checked
on AT Falls Mill precinct In Tazewell
county, although a regular certificate
came properly signed by the judges IT
states that no votes were cast-not
even the judges voting. In ono of the
highland precincts only three vote,
were cast, presumably tho three judges
voting. In Charles City County two
precincts are missing, and ONLY one has
hn nj OF
slightly increase the lead or Mr. Pol
lard If they arrive In time to be in
cluded In the Official totals. One pre-
cinct out OF twenty is missing in
Patrick. and two out Of twenty in Eau
quier. Twenty two precincts reported
from Tazewell. only one being miss
ing.
Checked over Twice
About ten days ago Secretary Brena-
man secured the consent OF all tho
candidates and the authority OF Act
ing Chairman EchoIs to open and tab
ulatc the returns in the presence OF
representatives of the candidates AS
was feared when the envelopes wero
opened and assorted, many precincts
were found to be missing. election Of
hcers having been uncertain apparently
about the proper construction to be
placed on the new primary law. The
returns in hand were tabuIated in the
didates, and gave Mr.. Pollard a plural
ity OF Lie. Tho returns rs tahulatcd
by the committee were: For Lieutcn-
Governor: Ellyson. 1885; Machcn,
1902: Weddcrburn, 1858.
For Attorney General: Pollard, So
o99: Williams. .So,9S3; Cumming. 5.222.
For Commissioner OF Agriculture:
Brown, 26,4ii. Ko!ner, 1896
After Missing Returns.
BrenaIn3n IN rat
returns from the missing precincts and
practically all of any Importance were
secured. To make assurance douDly
sure In the Pollard Williams contest,
which was the only one at all close
the certificates from the beiated pre-
cincta were put in their place ana the
whole thing rechecked with the aid or
adding machines. the precincts in eacn
county being added and compared with
former figures, and then the totals
taken from counties and cities. To-
day Mr.. Brenaman Will add the figures
from belated precincts. secured since
the first tabulation was made to the
totals Of the candidates for Lcuten-
ant-Governor and Commissioner OF Ag-
riculturc. and have all in readiness for
the meeting OF the state committee to-
night. In tho final checking he was
assisted by Davis Bottom, w. A. Cren-
shaw. John y. Minor Arthur NJ. Can
non and others The belatcd precincts,
with the correction OF slight errors.
served to reduce Mr.. Pollard's plural
ity by forty-two votes
Some doubt has been expressed
whether the state committee Will mus
ter 81 quorum tonight. as number
OF members have reported that they
will be una BILE to attend. The time IS
growing short in which to iusue the
certificates OF nomination. in order to
10
didates appear on the ballots in the
November election.
HAD ROW AT FUNERAL
Emuct Knight and Luther Johnson