Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-08-08
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POLLARD's LEAD
With Few Precincts Miss
ing His Majority is
1918.
MAY BE LEssENED.
Williams Headquarters Practically
Acknowledge Defeat by 700 or 800
Votes-Official Count.

Richmond, Aug. S.--Corrected re-
turns from every county and city in
the state, complied today, with but a
few scattered precincts missing, cut
down the plurality of John Garland
Pollard, candidate or Attorney Cen
eral in the Democratic primary of
last Tuesday, over Judge Samuel W..
Williams, to 1908. The few precincts
yet to report are expected to break
about even. Mr.. Pollard'S managers
claimed the election last night by
1,7O0, and while Judge Williams
would make no comment on the re.
turns, it was stated at his headquar-
ters that the final figures would prob
ably show Mr.. Pollard the winner by
about 500. Judge Williams will prob
ably not formally concede defeat un-
til the State Democratic Committee
meets to canvass the returns from
the various counties. No call for this
meeting has yet been issued by Act
ing State Chairman Echols.
In many counties throughout the
State county committees met yester-
day and certified the local returns,
thus giving absolutely accurate fig
pres for all the cities and more than
> three fourthS of the counties.
Precincts ..are missing in fourtoon-
counties, as follows: Albemarle, AL
leghany, Amelia, Augusta, Campbell,
Carroll, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie,
Grayson, Norfolk, Northampton,
Nottoway, Powhatan, and Stafford
Northampton has only sent in one or
two precincts, and is counted as
strong for Pollard Precincts already
in from Carroll indicate Judge Will
liams leading Slightly. 1t was report
ed from Charlottesville that Abe
marle's complete vote was in the
hands of the county chairman, and
would not be opened until Saturday.
Chairman John Gills, of the Camp
bell County Democratic Committee,
has issued call for meeting at
Rustburg today to canvass the vote
of that county. In Amelia County
that it seems to be the purpose there
to withhold all information. Three
precincts are missing in Norfolk
county. Lynchburg reported that it
had "raked the earth in vain" for
complete figures from Campbell
county. From Fredericksburg came
the report that the Stafford county
returns had been sealed up, and that,
after repeated efforts, it had been
found to be impossible to get infor-
nation as to the complete vote in that
county. The committee will meet
tomorrow to certify the Stafford re-
turns.
After careful analysis of the mis-
sin gprecincts on the basis OF the vote
they have cast in previous elections
the Pollard forces asserted that 1T
would be impossible to overcome the
lad already gained.
eff we get one out of six of the
vote yet to be reported" was the
statement of Mr.. Pollard's campaign
manager, "we win. %As matter OF
fact we expect to break more than
even with what is to come. Chester
field is not all and will give us some
support. Northampton will pile up our
majority. We will get something
in Albemarle and in Dinwlddle. Car
roll county will not go much sgalnst
us; Graysv, is almost all in hand, and
in the others there is only missing
small scattering precincts, s,swhere tfle
total vote is small. On the figures we
have complied from reliable sources
we will carry the State by 1,7O0."
Judge Williams expressed great in
terest in the figures from many sec
tions last nigS b9t made no COM
ment. While he dies not concede de-
feat, and in fact does not expect Ito
take any action one way or the other
until the figures are canvassed, il
was practically admitted at his head
quarter sthat from the figures il
hand, he was defeated by from 900 t
quarters that from the figures il