Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-14
THREE DOOMED MEN
PUT UP BY TBE REPUBLICANS IN Ry
PUT DOWN BY rae pgMocRATs
Waddill for Congress, Bethel for the sena,.
and Kaufman for the House Of
Delegates.


Delegates.
The Republican Convention repre.
senting the party in this district met AZ
Henrico courthouse at l o'clock yester-
day.
Mr.. B. Taylor McCue called it TO or
der. Edgar Thompson was appointed
temporary secretary, and the latter read
the list of delegates that had been certi-
fled to the District Committee.
Nominations being in order for tenn
porary chairman, Mr.. Russell, of Hen.
rico, nominated Mr.. Rowland Hill, OF
Richmond.
W. W. Fields (colored) nominated s.
B. Clarkson (colored), but Clarkson de-
chned to have his name voted on for the
position.
II. f. Jonathan (colored), Of Henrico.
was then placed in nomination.
The roll was called, and Mr. Hill re-
ceiyed 333 votes and Jonathan l4I.
AN HONOR.
Mr.. Hill, on taking the chair. said he
considered it AN honor to be called on to
preside over a Republican convention.
Edgar Thompson was then elected
temporary secretary.
sERGEANTs.
a colored delegate moved to appoint
four sergeants-at-a Carried. The
Chair appointed J. l.. Griffin. York Nor
ris, Robert Howard, and Major Bur
we'll
COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Burnley Taylor, OF King William,
offered resolution that the Chair APP
point one member on the Committees
on Credentials and Permanent Organi-
zation from each county and the city of
Manchester, and one from each ward of
Richmond.
A colored man offered an amendment
that the committees consist Of two from
each county.
Major Walker, OF Chesterfield, second
ed the motion, and made n speech in
which he said it was an unfair discrimi-
nation against the counties only TO be
given one member when they had so
many moro delegates than any ward Of
the city of Richmond.
At this point great disorder prevailed,
several delegates trying to speak at once
and paying no attention to the chair
mans loud rspping for order.
A vote was taken and the resolution as
amended was adopted.
A CRY OF UNFAIR.
The Chair proceeded to make out q
list of members to serve upon the com
mittees Two or three white delegates
were standing around him, when the col
ored fellows began to yell that it was an
unfair procedure.
A general rumpus prevailed, and the
four sergeants-at-arms were powerless to
preserve order IN such a mob.
Committeeman.
Chairman Hill, in the midst of the
confusion, read the following names as
members Of the committees:
Permanent Organization Rich
mond-Jelferson Ward, +. p. Murphy !;
Madison Ward, S. b. Clarkson Clay
Ward, p. II. Noble jackson Ward,
Robert W. Langdon Marshall Ward,
]. W. Throckmorton Monroe Ward,
Edward Holmes; Manchester, Captain
Edwards. Chesterfield, Wilson West
and TnomasA A. Heath New Kent, Ry-
land Leasman King William, Burnley
TAYLOR and Beverley Booker ; GOoch-
land, Frank Scott and Isaac Beale Hen
rico. Joseph b. Stewart and b. L. Nc
Cue Hanover, Major Cotes and G. Il.
Woodson.
Credentials: Rich m ond-Jelierson
Ward, r.. W. Carter; Madison Ward,
r. f. Walker; Clay Ward, Jefferson
Powell Jackson Ward, John Mitchell !;
Marshall Ward, j. II. Barrett Monroe
Ward, Younger Loving Manchester,
j. Il. johnson Chesterfield, Major
Joseph Walker and Allen Hill; New
Kent. /. w. Saunders and s. &. Mann +;
King William. W. II. Brown and W. II.
Montague; Goochland, Il. w. Scott and
Captain Winston Henrico, Il. A. Atkin-
son and Joseph G. Claiborne Hanover,
II. f. Robinson and Robert Lightfoot.
New Kent had but three delegates in
the convention and consequently but
one member of the Committee on Per
manent Organization.
THE CHAIRMAN DENOUNCED.
When the chairman announced the
committees Joe Winston (colored), OF
Clay Ward, got the floor and denounced
the whole proceeding as cut and dried.
He insisted that the cOlored delegates
had been slighted, as there was not a
single one of his race from Clay Ward
appointed on n committee.
The Chair refused to recognize WIN
ston. but the latter would not down. In
the midst of the confusion his voice
could be heard appealing to the colored
delegation to stand up for their rights.
Tho Aserpeants-at-arms tried IN vain to
preserye order, but the negroes had their
blood up and were determined to be
heard.
A motion to adjourn to await the re-
ports of the committees was carried,
and at 2 O'Clock the convention took
recess for forty minutes.
At 2:40 o'clock the convention re-
assembled.
NO CONTESTED SEATS.
Ihe OOmUllltee on CiCuch titi0 ~
ported no contests and sixty delegates
present
PERMANENT oFFIcERs.
The Committee on Permanent Organl-
2ation reported the temporary organiza-
tion for permanent ofiicers.s
A great discussion followed upon the
adoption of the report of the Commit
tee on Organization.
Mr.. Russell spoke in favor OF the
adoption of the report.
For some time nearly every delegate
was upon the floor. They mounted the
chairs and benches. and yelled at the top
of their voices. The chairman IN vain
raped for order.
TIIE MACHINE.