Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-19
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY.
4 EEw POLITICAL NOTES.

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prTERsBuRa, September IL. 's3.
The Democratic voters Of this city
held meetings in the several wards last
night and organized campaign clubs.
A fine spirit was everywhere manifest
ed. and the determination shown to go
TO work at once and keep the work up
until the day Of election. A new bx-
ecutivs Conn ittee for the city was
elected. composed in the main OF young
/ and active Democrats. This committee
will meet on Monday next and organ
ize. Delegates to the convention TO
nominate candidates for the lower house
of the Legislature were also elected.
This convention will assemble about
next Tuesday night. The composition
of the convention gives assurance that
two of our best citizens will be nomi-
mated.
Democratic headquarters have been
opened on Sycamore street, and In a
few DAYS a fine banner, bearing large
likeness of General Fitz Lee, will be
thrown to the breeze from the house.
The colored Independent Republicans
are organizing for the campaign, ard II
is understood that their numbers are
increasing. They have central club,
which meets tonight to make arrange
ments for the organization Of a club IN
each ward in the city. This organize
ton will cooperate with the Democrats
on the State ticket, and also on the
legislative ticket, if candidates of their
own are not nominated. There will be
more voting among the colored people
on principle at the coming election than
at any previous time.
News comes from Prince George OF
such vigorous dissatisfaction among the
Republicans that the Democrats have
strong hopes Of carrying the county.
To this end they are thoroughly organ
izing in every neighborhood. Surry-
county Democrats have arranged for
series of mass-meetings to be held at
different points next week, which VIII
be addressed by prominent speakers.
A protracted meeting which was
recently held in Prince George county
has created litigation that the County
Court has had to settle. An enter
prisipg citizen Of the county, knowing
the interest which many people of this
city take in the ordinary "protracted
meeting" and being himself the owner
of several vehicles, established during
the progress Of the meeting a sort of
daily stage line, and as he made his
prices low he had no trouble in securing
the patronage of good many citizens.
The licensed hackmen here looked upon
the Prince Georgian's action as viola
ton of their rights. One Of these hack
men, Marshall Brown, had war
rant sworn out for the arrest of the
enterprisiDg gentleman from the
county, charging him with do
ing business without license.
Then, it is alleged, Marshall
Brown, the hackman, who had first
stirred in the matter, not caring to
prosecute the gentleman, but simply to
prevent him from running the stage
line to the pecuniary damage OF the
licensed hackmen Of the city, in good
faith signifed his Willingness to end the
prosecution there if the defendent
would pay Fifty cents, the cost of the
warrant sworn out by the plaintiff
Brown. To this proposition the de-
PENDANT, it is said, agreed. But when
Brown, through an agent, received the
fifty cents he was at once arrested upon
a warrant charging him with defeating
the ends Of justice by taking money.
The case was tried yesterday in the
County Court, and, after exhaustive
argument, Brown was discharged.
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