The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-04
Voting LIGHT
IN PRIMARIES
EARLY IN DAY
Only One-sixth of City and
Township Ballots Cast at
Noon-Heavy Balloting Ex-
pected in Late Evening.
THE BOSSERT FIGHT ON

Less than 1000 votes had been cast
in Richmond in the primary election
by noon Tuesday. The vote was ex-
ceedingly light, but officials believed
many workers would vote late in the
afternoon. bringing the total near the
normal vote.
In the Twelfth precinct only votes
had been cast out of 80 at noon, and
the Twenty-ninth had SO out of ap-
rroximately 500 votes, the largest at
that hour in Richmond.
The Twenty-fourth, with 20 out of
about 270 votes cast, was expected to
pile up heavy ballot during the noon
hour and after the factories closed.
One-seventh of the vote OF the Twenty
fifth was in at noon. Three precincts
in West Richmond had polled heavier
votes than in other residence sections
of the city.
Little Interest Is Shown.
Little interest was manifested early
in the day in the election, it seemed.
The customary number of workers
about the polling places We're missing.
The big vote was expected to be cast
between 4 and p. NJ. Estimating the
vote of Richmond for both parties at
about $500, one-sixth the vote was in
at noon.
Considering the interest that had
been aroused by the appearance of the
candidates for the nomination for
president, political leaders felt that
about 10 per cent of the total vote of
the city and county would be cast at
the primary. But at noon they had no
assurance that this would be the
case.
At the general election in 1916. 6.1i2
votes were cast in the precincts of the
city. The primary this year will fall
far short of this number. About 1000
voters were registered in Richmond in
1916.
Democrat Vote Very Light.
A heavy falling off in the Democratic
vote was expected The party had no
presidential contests on the ticket, few
county preferences, and only govern
ors race to give interest to the
ticket. ~'-~
One of the most interesting phases
of the primary was the contest for
precinct committeeman between the
Bossert and antiBossert forces. The
precinct committeeman will select the
county chairman. who in turn will
help elect district chairman. There
are three candidates: Paul Comstock,
w III w OOOWafQ OF JACKSON township,
and Carl Meyer. present secretary of
the committee.
The anti-Bossert forces predicted
early today that they were sure OF
electing the majority of the precinct
committeeman. thus giving them con-
troll of the county committee.
Claim Big Vote
Twenty-four or twenty-five unop-
posed precinct committeeman at the
primary are said to be pledged to
vote for Paul Comstock for county
chairman. The votes of "a precinct
committeeman are necessary to con-
troll the county committee. The anti
Bossert men claim TO have 40 or more
Reports from county precincts in
dictate a light vote. 1t was predicted
that Center township would cast only
about so per cen: of its normal vote.
Harrison Voters Out.
Considerable Interest was manifest
ed in Harrison township. where a vote
thought to be heavier than elsewhere
in the county was being cast at noon.
In Clay township indications were
that two-thirds of the normal vote
would be cast.