The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-13
GRIMES IS NOMINEE
FROM JEFFERSON WARD
City Committee Declares Former
Councilman Entitled To Place On
Ticket At General Election.
DISCREPANCY IN RET
Subcommittee Named To Confer With
Board of Election Commissioners To
Correct Apparent Errors--So
Change In Result.

! The City Democratic Committee last
night declared the candidates at the
recent primary who received the high
est votes. the nominees Of the Demo
cratic party of the city of Richmond.
( In the Jefferson Ward Council
manic contest, the vacancy in the list
of nominees, occasioned by the death
of George II. Lumsden was Hlled by
the nomination Of John X. Grimes,
who was the sixth man in the running
The committee was very much per-
turbed over the discrepancy In the
face OF the returns, for several ce.ndi-
dates, as between the figures given
out by the City Committee the night
OF election. and those Issued by the
election com missioners
While the total vote given out by
the committee differed by but i've
from those handed out by the com
mission, there were several glaring
differences in the returns for in
dividual candidates
Tho City Committee gave Mayor
Ainslle 342 more votes than did the
election commission, Hawkins was
given 40 more, Leckey, 81 more,
Blake was given SO more. Hohson GAG,
and Knowles 237 more.
Votes For Counciimen
In the main the candidates for City
Council tailed The election com
mission gave Grimes % more than did
the committee: the committee gave
Jeter * more than the commission,
Jones was given 279 more by the com
mittee than by the commission. l.add
got -four more votes by the commits
sion: Nunnally was given two more nv
the commission, and Roden received
six more by the commission
None Of these differences would
have changed the result, but. as Chair
man saunders said last night. they
might have Had the change in the
Jones vote have been in the Moore
or Powers case, It would have changed
the result ~
The committee is jealous Of it's
record for accuracy" said Secretary
Duke last night. II counted the re-
turns very carefully. aud verified them
with the figures as read out by Mr..
Saunders. I cannot understand the
cause Of differences of more than two
hundred votes in some Of the counts
There is a mistake somewhere
The entire membership of the COM
mlttee agreed with Mr.. Duke. They
felt that the committees returns
might he looked upon by the general
puhllc as inaccurate.
The Judges of election were fur
nished two blank forms for the re-
turns. one on white payer for the
election commissioners. the other on
yellow paper for the committee. II
may have been that mistakes were
made by the judges in copying tho
returns. Secretary Duke feels con
hdent his figures are correct The
count made by the election commits
sion was by an adding machine
Committee 10 Confer.
In order Ia clarity the atmospheric.
committee OF three was named by
Chairman Saunders. on motion of Mr..
Duke. 10 confer with the commission
crs with The object in view of set
Ting the question. The committee
consists of Messrs Duke, Evans ana
StoCkdcll They viii meet the COM
missioners and both Sides will go over
the field. The commission embraces
Nessrs, Andrew krouse, NJ. a Right
sell e. w Sims Joseph W Hundiey
and Garland Taylor
The Npuvps at NariP1pF were.