Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-11
HENRICO DELEGATES.
THOSE ELECTED TO THE STATE REPUR-
LIcAS CONVENTION.
Not an Altogether Harmonious Meeting
The Election OF q Wise Man Gre
ates Dissension.

otcs Disscboious
A mass-meeting OF the Republican voters
OF Henrico was held at the county court
house yesterday TO elect the ten delegates
and five alternates to which the county Is en-
titled In the State Convention.
AT few minutes before IL. the appointed
hour iOr assembling, there were present near
one hundred negroes aud not more than a
dozen whites among the latter Major X. +.
Walker, B. Taylor McCue (member OF the dis
trict commlttee), Chairman Southwark, and
several others prominent in the party. Ex.
Judge Edmund Waddnl. now member OF
the House fIom the county, arrived later, as
did Mr.. ". J. Smith and several other Rich
mond Republicans.
BY noon there were some 200 or more per-
sons present. and some OF them were In for
lively time, but their hopes were only real
lied i'm a small degree.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Precisely at thirty-iour minutes after II
o'clock Sheriff j. W. Southwark let fall toe
gavel and said:
My Fellow Republicans OF Henrico Coun-
ty,-You have been called Ia mass-meeting
to-day to elect ten delegates and five alter.
mates to the State Republican Convention,
which assemblies In the city OF Petersburg on
the 18th day OF this month.
lie then read the call for the meeting, which,
he said, had been published throughout
the county. Before announcing the tempo
rary chairman Mr. Southwark took occasion
to say that no slate had been made out, as had
been intimated by the Democratic press. In
quite a lengthy speech he announced his In
tCntion TO stand by Malone as long az the
General remains the properly-cOnstltuted
chairman Of the state Committee. He, in a
rather eyasIye manner, advised his friends In
the fight between Wise and Malone
10 stand by the latter. He pitched
into President Cleyellnd's Administration
and INTO the Democratic party IA general.
lie said tins party had no one else but Cleye-
land. who ran into Office four years ago
without record. but who with four years
experience In Office has made a record that
the people will repudiate In November. lie
said Henrco is the banner Republican
county OF the State. aud will be looked upon
as such in the Petersburg Convention. Mr..
Southwark closed HIS tcn-mnutes' speech by
naming Judge Edmund Waddill a. tempo.
rary chairman and EMS Dickinson, Jr,,
(coored) rs temporary secretary.
MADE PERMANENT.
After many flowery oraiOrical efforts pro
and con, a melton made by MIR. Beyeridge
that the temporary organization be made
permanent prevailed.
On motion Of Mr.. SOuthward committee
Of thirteen, three from each district and one
from the county at large, was appointed TO
recommend the names Oi ten persons as dele
gates and i've 0s aternates.
EAsrN SPEAKS.
The committee retired, aud motions re.
spectively for rcceSSes Of fifteen and twenty
hye minutes were voted down. Andrew J.
Eastiu, who Is known in the county as 4" the
tramp negro" was requested to address the
meeting while the committee was out. He
spent most Of his time in eulogizing Malone,
both aS nited States senator and as the Re.
publican leader in the state.
COMMITTEES REPORT.
At quarter to O'Clock Chairman South
ward, for the committee, reported In favor
OF the following delegates: j. w. South
ward, Wililm II. Beyeridge, Lewis Harris,
Joseph Pcarman, IIezekiah Jonathan, VI. W.
Lakewood. Joshua Fry, b. Taylor McCue,
Giles b. Jackson, and Muscoe Vessels.
Aternltes-Edmund WaddiIl, Ennis Dickcr-
sou, Jr., Jacob +. Shaw, John Jones, and
James Il. Russell.
The delegates are equally divided, five
being white aud the same number colored.
Three Of the aitcrnates are white.
Randall Burwel, q colOred member OF the
committee, rose 10 object to the report, and
said that Shaw was chosen as a delegate and
not rs an alternate. lie was ruled out OF
order.
OBJECTS, But IT'S 40 rsE.
Thomal T.. Williams (colored) attacked the
report onihe ground that Mr. Lakewood,
who was F. lmed by the committee a. one Of
the deegit,s, was a Wise and not a Malone
man. IIct@Ould vote for the other persons
recommended provided Lakewood was
stricken OF.
Mr. southwark called for the previous
question.
Albert j. Carter (colored) severely criti-
csed the action OF Mr. Southwark IN calling
for the previous question on the adoption Of
report which a committee Of whicn he was
chairman had made.
A u!ud.UOce vote was taken and the Chair
declared the previous question ordered.
CONFUSION.
A division was called for. Not less than a
dozen persons desired TO speak at once, and
the result vas that for a time utmost cOnfu.
NlbU lfikutNs AittA VI
much time in this manner the crowd was
divided, and at least two thirds went on the
side OF the room designated for those de-
sIrine the previous question. This settled
the matter, and the report of the committee
W.. adopted without amendment.
Ga motion OF Mr. SOulhward the meeting
adjourned.
KICKING.
Those who had fought the report kicked
nobly against adjournment, but ID no use.
Tbey insisted thaf they would hold another
meeting. and IN this they were encouraged
by Mr.. Nick Smith, who was chairman Of
The Wise city convention. Mr.. Smith ap-
peared, however, not 10 be in the house Of
his friends, for Mr. Beverage from the
speakers stand, aud others on the
floor, spoke in denunciat0ry terms OF
Mr.. smith for voting Ia the Demo-
cratic primary and then presiding over
Republican convention. Mr. Smith accepted
the situation cooliy and applied to his oppo-
nents epithets about as disagreeable as they
saw it 10 apply to him. several speeches
were made and the crowd dispersed, with
many dssatisiactionlsts, who declared their
Intention to hold another meeting.