Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-08
! edmond VOTE LIGHT;
MONTAGUE EASY WINNER
.nator Swanson Also Rolls
Up Huge Majority
in City.
III 5000 BALLOTS ARE CAST
eoforuto Overwhelmingly Against
Convention for New ConNtitutfon.
Fourth Clay shows, Largest Vote.
Indifference Explained.

mo vote cast In Richmond yester-
y was unusually small Need
IS OF tho opportunities OF Chair
pm OF tho City Central Committee
I'm NJ. Purcell. and other officials
. pit II was tho duty OF every quail
ii citizen TO exercise his right of
frags. n vast mn jority OF thUs. en-
led TO express themselves remain
away from the polls. The total
! to falls below tho 5000 mark.
81 frequent periods during III" day
officials at tn" polls had sufficient
ne to "ngag" In conversation and
bate uppn many leading questions
! the day. from the situation In Zap
tho Turkish atrocities. Smiling
i z"ns dropped into the polls at In
3'1nent int'I"als 10 pass the time
day. 10 fcllcita,e upon the physi-
condition OF Tho officials and in
i"n;hlly TO discuss weather condi-
pms. and then perhaps 10 east their
re. These citizens. commented
airman Purcell. ara tho only ones
iiri"d 10 criticize tho result;
Against New Constitution.
The vote in Richmond for swanson
III Montague pretty nearly turned
i I hry-hfty AFFAIR. The senator
y In Jefferson aud Madison Wards
IL" the Representative. led in Lee
4! clay. The sentiment az the people.
least Tn" small percentage. OF them.
presented by the votes cast. vas
or" h lrrinrly against a conctitu-
NAL Convention. Tn" total for a
31vcntion was 1929. against. 3soS
| Tho vote for tho negro candidate
the S"nat" tptai"d lS7. divided
wards as follows. Clay. al. Lee.
Madison. 50. Jefferson, 40 Tho
n Hest vat" cast IN Clay Ward was
az az the Tenth Precinct, where
total ~ % Was returned. In Lee
wa- IN N" sixth. where ~ votes
4 ire recorded IN Madison IN" small
vo,. was cast In the Fif,h IRE
BIc,. a total OF So bciug cast. aud
r. lowest - Jefferson was ~ the
v.nrh. where a total OF - was
Fourth Ciny HlER-.t Vote.
3The highest votes cast in IN. va
! rst Lee. 2sS. Third Madison. .c2.
fkth jefferson. lS3
! Us" wtidermcrt as 10 what 30 do with
1 b'' LUIS ~ .'4fuils 'Nfl - w Nl't'lF
] tiers. a- is shown in IN. Second
fay rr"cinc'. The total vote report
for candidates for the Senate was
II MY three forty-uin. for swan
IN. one FOR McGavock and three
r Levels, while Montague received
31eiy four and Ward eleven. The
5al ~ THIS precinct on tho question
i Constitutional Convention was
+. 81. against - Thus II can b..
San that there Was some" scratch
r. or something The total for
mater was 80 for Representative.
=, and on question ot convention. 81
In tho second Leo. tho vote cas-,
l. Lewis was Is, while that for
anSon was but two more. Lewis
lcelvcd az votes At Fourth Madison
III 40 votes FOR a Constitutional
Invention. The total vote f"r Ward
wards vas: clay ilc. Lee. ii5.
4idison. 50: jefferson. ll2 For Me
f-vock: Clay. li3 Lee. IS jefferson.
For Lewis clay, 81: Lee. 81
|hdison. 81. jefferson. 30
Voters Show Indifference.
THE distribution Of the vote ON The
Institutional Convention question
as; Clay: for, ~; against. 1894.
5e: for. 372 against. l."i7. Mad
In: for. ?16. against. COZ Jefferson:
II. 900; against s25.
l"ThA Indifference Of many people
ont elections. is dcplorah!c." com
'nt"d Chairman Purcell last night.
tany people qualified 10 vote yes
Fday expressed themselves as being
aware OF tho fact that IL was cleo
1'n day. while others did not know
t. nature or the contest. /, is man
~ mat people who do not trhc
|ough Interest in elections 10 cast
lot lave no right TO criticize the
IT, OF officials who may have been
|oscn without their help"
Efhcrr was no trouble at any OF the
|ec!ncts yesterday. The poll books
re in fine shape. and applicants for
|llp;s experienced little delay. The
.T3is had coached themselves into
icicncy and the result was admir-
|iY satisfactory.