Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29
CONVENTION At ROANOKE
TO HAVE 800 DELEGATES
Secretary Brcnaman Completes Al
Iotmcnt Of Representation at
Zig Democratic powwOw.
RICHMOND GETS INCREAS Sc
Is Allowed Six New Delegates to
Take Care OF Voters Brought In
by Annexation Since Presidential
Election of 1913.

Secretary J. y. Brcnaman. of the
state Democratic Committee, Yesterday
! completed the preparation OF the Of
ficial allotment Of delegates to the
ltoanoke convention based on the vote
cast for President Woodrow Wilson in
1918. lay tho counties aud cities of the
State. Under the rule adopted bv the
state Democratic Committee last week.
on" delegate is allow cd for each 100
voters OF fraction of 100 over fifty.
pn this basis tho localities will he
entitled 10 400 delegates. OF which mum
Der G.3 are assigned To the counties
and @"I {" the cities. Compared with
OF 1917 was entitled II SCI delegates
and the Roanoke convention of 1905
10 So7
The DELEGATES will nc selected by the
localities In the manner in which the
local party authorities may direct In
the city OF Richmond they will be
chosen ut next Tuesdays municipal pri-
mary There will he no contest IN any
precinct since only sixty-,wo appllca-
lions have been filed for tho sixty-,wo
places In the Richmond delegation.
RICHMOND - GIVEN
SINTN-TWn DELEGATES
~ the Norfolk convention Richmond
was given only iifty-six delegates Tho
hummer was Increased To SiNty-two by
III" State Democratic Committee 10
take care or the COO voters that were
annexed by the city sine" the prcsi-
dental election Of 1919 To con1nen
safe Tor this incrcas. tho represcnta-
ton from Henrico County was reduced
by four delegates. aud INC rcprc&cnt.
ton from Chesterfield County bv tvo
ne counties and cities VIII he en-
ute" 10 send delegates 20 tho state
democratic Convention at Roanoke on
June ,. according To tho following al.
lotment:
Counties = .\ccon,oc IS; Alhc,narlc
IL; Alexandria. Aucchany. 4.
Amelia. ;; Amhcrs;. s: Anromattox. ::
augusta. lf; Bath. :: Bedford. -.
bland. Eotctouri. .: Rrunswicl,. 6
buchanan. e: buckingham. 6: car,p-
teI', y; Carolina. 6: Carroll. {: Charles
city. !; Charlotte. i: Chesterfield :.
'iarke. 6: Craig. ? culpcpcr. y: Cum
oerinnd' :: Dickinson. .: plnwiddic.
.: Elizabeth city. 2 Essex. 2. Fairfax
To- FauGuicr, -: Floyd. 4; Tiuvanna
Franklin l": Frederick. .: Giles. ::
gloucester. .; GooChland . GravSon
Greene. :. Gre"ucsvillc. :: Halifax.
J." ftanoN"r. Il: H"nrico 6 Henry. ::
tilshihnd /: Isle az Wight :. James
Nv. !; Nlhg George. ,: King and
""Ien. Ming William. : Lancaster.
.; Lee 10: loudoun, u; Louisa &:
i.uncnburT. :: Madison !; Nathcws :.
Meckienburc IL" Middlcscx :: Mont
Som"rN, = Nanscmoud. - Nelson. :.
New Kent. .: Norfolk. II: Eorthamp
ton. .: Northumberland. :: Nottowav.
= Orange. 6: Page. :: Patrick. :. pitt,
SyiNan'a, l6; 'owhatar. :; Prince Ed
""rd' u; frin"c George. ,: Princess
Ann.' I Prince William, $: pn-
laSki. s. Happahannock, g. Rich
mona. :: Roanoke. :: Hockbridre
>; kockin=han. Is; Russell. II: scott.
Is; Shenandoah, ~ Sinyth. 10: south
anrion. =; Spotsylvania. { Stafford 2.
S"rry. i SUSSEX. i; Tuzcwell. 10: War
rem e; Warwich, ! WASHINGTON. il;
York. =.
ies-.\iexandr,a, 10. Bristol. 4
hucna Vista. :; charlottesville. ;:
.,i, foFre' !: banvtllc, IL; Fred
erickshurr. 4 Hampton. 1: Lynchburr
10 newport News, .: Norfolk. 30: Pc
,e'Shurs' II; Portsmouth. -: Radford,
"'chmond' 90 Roanoke. 10. Staun-
Winchester, :