Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-08-07
Election For Attorney-Gen-
eral is Not Yet
Decided.
POLLARD IS LEADING.
Official Count May be Necessary to
Decide Winner in Tuesdays Pri-
mary Election.
Latest Election Figures.
mary Election.

j. Taylor ElIysOn.. :. ..37,66s
Lewis H. Machen :. l4.6S7
Alexander j. Wedderburn :. 1875
For Attorney General
S. Gordon Cummings 4,32s
John Garland Pollard ....27,5lS
Samuel w. Williams :. :. .26,OS7
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
J. Thompson Brown :. ... .2l.240
George w. Koiner -. .32.S75
Rchmcnd Va, Aug. THE chief
development in the political news is
The ar rrent purpose of Attorney
Geueral Williams to Contest the NOM
ination Of John Garland Pollard IN
The event the latter receives the GER
tiGcaie in the face Of the returns.
Judge Williams hase a telegram from
Lee County which gave Pollard SIT
majority in which he is advised that
the chairman of the county committee.
who was an unsuccessful applicant
for the place of school supcrinfen-
dent before the State Board of Edu-
cation of which Judge Williams is
member, appointed all the elective
officers for Tuesdays election
Richmond, Va, Aug. With i've
Williams counties and one Pollard
county to hear from and with incom-
plctc returns from thirty counties,
most Of which are for Williams, Jno.
Garland Pollard had lead Of less
than 1.5O0 at > o'clock this morning,
and while his nomination, as acclaim
ed by him. is probable, ii is by no
means certain that he will win. It is
not improbable that an official count
will be necessary to settle the contest.
For licutenant-gover and commits
sicner Of agriculture later returns in
crease the. majorities of Ellyson and
Koiner. Practically every county re-
porting last night gave overwhelming
maiorities for Ellyson and the vast
ma iority fell into the koiner column.
Rpdfor'. the home Of j. Thompson
Brown. was carried by him by the OK
cecdingly small majority of one hun
jrod. All along he line kolner made
inroads into the vote of the Bedford
Man and his majority in the State IS
now estimated at fifteen or eighteen
thousand. Mr.. Ellyson is sweeping
everything before him and his ma
iority will approach $4,000 and pos
sblv 90 beyond that mark
One of The Closest.
The contest between Pollard and
Williams is one Of the closest IN re-
cent Virginia political history, equal
me in this respec. that between holn-.
er anl Brown four years ago. Later
returns may increase the present Pol
lard majority, but the propllltiss are
,b,t they will cut it down Bland
Buchanan and Frederick are expected
10 roll up substantial maJorltleS lor
The southwest man, although they
NAV follow the example Of the other
sontbwest counties ard disappoint.
with this obvious tendency N
some sections to hold back returns,
coupled with the fact that some couh-
ties are far from railway lines and
telegraph Offices, there seems 10 De
some probability of repeating the
Rrown-Koiner affair Of four years
aro, when it was a week after the
primary before the result in that con-
test could be stated with certainty.
In MANY counties throughout the
state the Democratic committees met
al the county seats today to receive
tho returns from the precinct ottl-
GERS and certify the result to the State
Democratic Committee. These meet
ings will probably result in some cor
rections Of unofficial figures sent out,
and if promptly reporter will deter
mine the issue v2ry shortly.
Keezell Returns to House.
As a result Of the primary in Har-
risonburg, George B. Keezell has been
nominatd to return to the House of
Delegates after an absence from that
body Of quarter of century, most
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