The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-01
LOCAL MATTERS.

HgNR!co. AND THE SENAToRsHIP. a meet
ing Of the subcommittee OF the City Com
mittee iMcssrs. Wood, Dupuy. Epps,
Hooper, Witt, and Richardsop) was held
yesterday evening. and the following report
in relation to the senatorial Nominations
unanimously adopted: EE'
70 the City Central Conservative Commit
tee:
Gentlemen ,-'rhe subcommittee appoint
ed to take into consideration the request OF
the Conservative organization OF Hcnrico
county that the Conservative voters OF said
county may nominate one OF the two sena-
tors to which this senatorial district will be
entitled in the next Legislature have ma-
ture!y considered the subject, and respect
| fully report:
The powers and duties OF the City Cen
| tral Conservative Committee are derived
| Immediately from the Conservative voters
OF the city. and no authority not delegated
to it can be exercised without llsrlrpation
OF those rights which are reserved to the
voters themselves.
As the head OF the Conservative party OF
this city, the Central Committee has au-
lhor;ty to adopt plan for making nomina.
tions, to provide The details OF such plan. and
to furnish the necessary machinery for its
the voter in his choice as between the can
dida,es OF the party, o. to abridge bis right
to vote for Il less number OF persons than
he is entitled to have as bis representatives
! BY the laws Of the Commonwealth.
/ By the ACT OF the General Assembly the
county OF Hcnrico and tue city OF Rich
mond have been united 10 form the -
senatorial district. One constituency, one
community of voters, has thus been Gre
atcd. The citizens Of both city and county
may vote for two senators, and both may
be elected from the county. or both from
the city, or one from each, as the voters
themselves may determine.
To divide the district into co-constituen-
cies, and apportion the representation to
each, 10 restrict the Conservative voters OF
the city OF Richmond TO the nomination OF
only one senator VIXEN they will he entitled
to vote for two at the general election, will,
in the opinion OF your committee, be an
abridgnent OF their rights for which no
iauthoTity can be found.
7 Your committee, therefore, without eX-
lpresslrs any opinion as TO the proprietv and
force Of the request OF the Consel vatiye
party OF Henrico when made to the voters
themselves or to their representatives hav.
ing authority TO act in the premises, respect
fully submit the following:
ReSotUed, That the City Central Commit
ttee has no authority TO grant the request o.
the Conservative organization OF. Henricc
county, and that the resolutions therewitl
submitted he not adopted.
2. That the ucnrico committee bereques'et
to oappoint subcommittee Of one from cacl
district, to meet a subcommittee OF ont
from each ward on the part Of this commit
tee, 10 prepare plan for nominating sena
tors, SAID JOINT committee to submit thpi
plan for ratification by the city and count.
committees.
There were two reports snbmitted-on
BY Mr.. Richardson and one by Mr.. Wood
The former was adopted, with portion o
one Of Mr.. Woods resolutions added TO it
The City Committee will meet to receiv
the report at s. tonight.