The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-29
A|NSL|E DEFEATS
UMLAUF BY 2,736
Mills Loses Fight for Rc-Elec-
ton to Council in JeHer-
son Ward.
SOME SURPRISES IN RACE
Mayor Carries Every Ward in
Landslidc-Total Vote
Cast 8,l67.
SOME SURPRISES IN RACE


| was nominated In the city primary
| yesterday TO succeed himself in Office,
| by a clear majority cf c.7s6 votes Tho
| Ainslle landslide took tho city COM
pietelg by surprise, the size Of the
| surplus exceeding by at least 1900
votes tho claims made by his campaign
| managers on the evo OF the election.
/ Tho Mayor carried every precinct in
! the city except tho Second and Third
Precincts in Clay Ward. His strength
| In Councilman Umladfs own territory
was the marvel Of election day.
Leo Ward. his hon 9. gave him n ma
jority Of 1.1eS votes, and Jefferson
| Ward. where II was believed Mir. ,Un-
| isuf would show considerable strength,
| added i53 votes to the Ainslic sur
plus Madison Ward gave him n ma
jorty OF 737. and Clay Ward i53.
! Mills Defeated.
| Among the distinct surprises OF the
election was the defeat of Morgan r.
! Mills for reelection TO the Common
Council from jefferson Ward. 1t was
/ recognized from tho beginning of the
| campaign 2hat MIR. Mills had n more
Than ordinarily hard fight on his hands.
| Dut IL was commonly believed that he
! would win out. His election WAS Bit
/ terly fought by faction headed by
James l.. Dickerson, who twice during
i tho campaign just past attacked his
Council record in public.
In the place Of Mr. Mills Jefferson
| Ward elected To the Council Jefferson
| u Powers, former member OF tho
lower branch. Mr.. Mills ran seventh
on the Council ticket, being topped
| by George a. Rowden. who finished in
sixth place. Councilman Lumsden
Rogers. Welsh and Sullivan were re-
elected fr the order named
| Cheatvood Wing over Moore
n
| Prise In the defeat OF Councilman John
| ". Moore. The five seats in the Com
mon Council from Madison Ward were
] sought by Councilmen Moore. Atkinson,
| RULER. Jones and Pollock. the five in
| cumbents. and l.. I. Chcatwood, tho last
named finishing NTH and winning IL
seat Mr. Cheatwoods election lad
oeen freely predicted, but the displac-
| ing or Councilman Moore, who was
looked upon as q sure winner was not
! expected
james T. Disney met defeat as :.
| madison Ward candidate for re-clcc-
\ tlon to the Board of Aldermen Jos
! eph 4. Powers, the only other mem
/ Der or the Board from Madison Ward
/ onerlng Tor reelection. trailed in third
| place as a winner by narrow ma
,orty over Mr.. Disney. who finished
fourth. W. w. Workman. a former
member Of the Common Council. led tho
aldermanic ticket in Madison Ward,
! with l.. T. Christian in second placc.
/ iii the Jefferson Ward contest for
I the hoard OF Aldermen John R. Grimes,
VINO has served at different times for
years In the city Council, went down in
aoteat. Aldermen Melton. Adams and
| Nielsen were reelected in the order
4 In which they are named
The Race In Lee Ward
me aidernianic elimination race in,
\ Lee Ward dropped from the roll OF tho
Nj n mo
/ u. 5ileS. who was beaten for third
position by Barton II. Grundy. Alder
man Gilman headed the ticket, and AL
derrnan Gunst finished second.
IN the Lee Ward race for Common
I council the winning five In tho order
OF their strength were Fred H. Powell.
/ r.dsar H. FERGUSON. w. ID. Butler. Clyda
| II. Ratclife ana Claude L. Batl,jns
bianchard :. Forbes finished in sixth
| placo close behind MIR. Hatkins. ana
! Councilman Nonderlchr finished sev,
enth Mr.. Vonderlehr was regarded as
strong candidate. and his defent oc
casioned considerable surprise.
clay Ward. with only two Aldermen
40 40 fiect' returned Aldermen John ].
Mitchell and Lawrence Paul to seats in
the upper branch. Councilmen Seaton.
fiaddon and Peters led the field Of
candidates for election 10 the Com
mon Council from Clay Ward, and
Edgar B. English and p II. Pitcher
=
respectively.
Largest Majority in Years.
IN me history OF Richmond munich
pa elections the Ainsie landslide +yes-
'eruay VIII go down as the largest
mayoralty majority since the Consti
tutional Convention In 1905 carlto,
Mccarthy defeated Mayor Richard NJ
Taylor for re election by IL majority Of
l3o votes. In 1905 David c. Richard
son lrlumphed over Carlton Mccarthy
,.ryt
was elected In 1912 without oppositiop
ieslsniiG within a few months after
ms election tc become Judge of tho
ttustingS Court. Mayor Ainslie was
elected yesterday to serve the unex-
pired two years of former Mayor Rich
ardsons term
Mayor Ainsiie's Statement.
mayor tNinshe late lii the night Inada
the following statement 10 The Tines
Dispatch:
Il am deeply grateful to the people
ot this city Tor their generous indorse
inent OF my administration I thauIc
every citizen who voted for me, and
hope to merit the good Will OF aH
whc voted for my opponent"
Mr. umIauf's Statement.
councilman Uinlauf, when asked for
u statement. said:
am deeply grateful to the good
people of this city who stood 10y me go
hobly for the nice things said about
me during my campaign. and I wisi,
TO thank them for their votes and the
conhaence expressed In this election
feet that the peoples loss will be my
gam. am thankful, however, for.
.his opportunity 10 have rendered this
service Which, though defeat is yer
q victory. Time will prove thar this
raht was not made IN vain, and I ar,
sure this little service have beer
.1'o 10 render 10 this city in the sight
WtckS strenuous uyI1g ~ /.
us fruits. Asiin thanking the voters
wish to assure them that / will no
ready 10 render service whenever on
portnnity presents itself. I shall stan,
as have alwoys done. on q higi, ,,,.,s,,I
plane. believing that that which ~