Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-22
A PRETTY FIGHT.
THE REPUBLICANS IN AND AROUND
NORFOLK.
The Malone and Wise Fsctions-rwo Sets
OF Delegates from Portsmouth
The Truckers.
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Correspondence Of the Richmond DIspatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, April q, 1888.
To-day at noon the Republican Con-
vention OF this city met at Browns Hall,
on New street. and selected nine dele
gates and FIVE alternates to the State
Convention in Petersburg next month
The Malone men were in the majority
at the ward. meetings last night, and
more than one half OF the convention to-
dav was in that interest, and though the
resistance OF tho Wise men wss stubborn
a full Malone delegation was made up
for Petersburg. The Malone chairmen
appointed for the wards and precincts
OF the county by their peculiar manage
nent OF the meetings make formidable
opposition for the Wise men.
In Portsmouth last night the Wise
men we're two to one at the ward-meet-
ings, but the Mahoneites made q strong
fight in the colored stronghold. Nearly
all the whites are followers OF Wise.
The result is that two sets of delegates
from Portsmouth will demand admission
at Petersburg. the Malone faction
headed by ex- Postmaster A. Ii. Lindsay,
and the Wise wing headed by Judge O..
W. Murdaugh. Out OF one hundred
and thirty voters at the Fourth Ward
meeting only nineteen were for Malone,
and out Of over q hundred at the First
Ward meeting Postmaster Lindsay s
ward) only two voters were for Malone.
At neon to-day the Norfolk county
Republicans held their district meetings
and elected delegates to the convention
TO be held in Portsmouth on Monday to
send delegates to Petersburg. At the
precincts near the cities the people gene
rally were opposed to Mahone's plan OF
party management, but the chairmen
signed only Malone credentials. The
Wise followers in the county claim that
credentials in advance had been issued
to the Malone delegates who have been
picked out by their leaders to attend the
convention. Thirty-thres delegates COM
pose the body, and split and double
representation is predicted If the Wise
men ret show.
The delegates from this city to the
State Democratic Convention are as fol-
lows: A. J. Dalton, II. u. Smith, W. j.
Diggs, /. T.. Stott, r. Il. Pitt, w. T..
White, John Topham, James E.
Heath, Frank Morris, Holt W. Page,
Frank L. Grandy, d. c. Bell, and J. +.
Lavler.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Exchange and Cotton Exchange have
forwarded resolutions to Congress pro-
testing against the division OF this Gus
toms district as an unjust, unjustihable,
and unreasonable discrimination against
this port.
The rains OF this week, though chilly
and disacreeable. have proved just what
the truckers needed. Asparagus is now
coming in freely for shipment.
The quarantine steamer Woodwork is
daily expected here to go on the station
at Cape Charles, which opens May LIST,
in charge of Marine-Surgeon +. NJ.
Urquhart, of this city.
Several of the truckers on the Western
Branch will ship strawberries next week.
A large barn, with considerable corn
and farming implements, belonging to
DR.. William Mullin, near South Mills,
on the Dismal Swamp canal, was de-
stroyed by fire on Thursday night. &.