Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-19

i hhfubLlCAN tON lUN nELD nv
CORDING TO THE NATIONAL PLAN.
Bon. John s. Wise Sent as District Dele
gate 10 the Convention at
Chicago.
Mr. John s. Wise went 10 Petersburg to
I insist that Z" the unit rule " should not be
adopted; that the present party organiza-
/ tiOn ,the onc.man power should not con-
/ tinue, and 10 mal0tan that the plan
/ agreed to by the last National Repub-
/ lcan Convention and promulgated lately
/ by the National Committee required the
district delegates to be elected by dis
1 trlci convention" in the manner IN which
I nominations for Congress are made" Had
| there been smooth sailing ia the state Con-
| VentioD and iu the District Convention, the
! latter BODY might have c0niormed 10 the law
/ of the party by adjoining 10 that suburb oi
Petersburg which is in Chesterfield. one Of
/ The counties oi The Third district, but the
revolt against MaboBe's exclusion Of duly
/ elected delegates prevented this, and hence
/ the District Convention was held here ye.ter-
( day-whcn the WISE men were all IN and
/ the Blalr-Norris men (o0nte,tant) were
all ont.
The convention met at the City Circuit
Court room at . O'Clock.
The counties Of King William, Goochland,
and Hanover and Richmond city were repre-
i scnied. The scaled vote showed that S5S2
/ votes were represented and 1926 absent.
/ Mr.. Wise called the convention 10 order
and Edc1r Allan, Esq, was elected perma-
Rent chairman, and Carter Harrison, EsqY
secretary.
/ Nominations and election Of delegates
/ and aiteruatcs % Chicago being In order, Dir.
/ Il. $. Lyland, Of King William, nominated
/ Mr.. Wise; X. j. Smith, Of Richmond, nom
/ mated Mr. Morgan Treat. OF King William,
! aud they were unanimously elected.
Simuel y. CluksOn. OF Richmond, and
/ Gilbert Boyd, OF Goochland, were elected
alterua'es.
/ Mr.. WISE nominated Edgar Allan, Esq, for
| district clector. He was unanimously chosen,
| after which the convention adjourned sine
/ die.
Whlle several OF the district delegates In
sympathy with the Wise movement held
/ similar c0ny ntions before starting to Pc
T torsoWg. none more exactly complied with
/ the party plan than this Onc and hence II
Wlll afford Mr.. Wise the best possible
opportunity 10 demand admission TO the
/ Chicago Convention II TOW remains 10
/ be seen 10 whom tickets as delegates
win Doe granted whether TO the Ma
/ hone delegate, or 20 the Wise delegates.
( II rests with the National Committee TO say.
! Perhaps both delegations will have seats IN
| the ban with the atcrnates until the cOnven-
/ ton settles TIE controversy; but four years
ago the Malone delegates had seats with the
! other dclegates-a privilege from which the
Wickbam contestants blaine mem were ex-
! GUIDED.
TIE PETERSBURG C0NyENTON.
GLOW many delegates did wise carry
with HIM out Of the Petersburg Conyon-
| ton :" is question that was often asked
yesterday.
A certain answer cannot be given for the
reason that the roll WAS not called in either
body.
Thus the official figures are not at hand,
hut the Wise Convention passed q resolution
requiring their county and city chairmcn %
report the names Of those who were present.
and when that list is completed 30 will afford
the information which seems 10 be 50 much
desired.
The newsDlparmen generally thought
Wise carried or about one hundred and
fifty members out OF say 800 pre-
sent: Ex-Governor Cameron, however, Is
confident that the number was not
less than two hundred, and in tins he only
included those who had been admitted 10
seats. II is well known that many others
equally entitled 10 seats were NOT allowed TO
have tickets 81 admission 10 Mabonc's Con-
venlion. These were on the outside and
when Wise aud his party left Mahone's hail
they iomcd the throng and all together pro- /
ccedcd tO the GravS ArmoTy, where the /
Wise Convention was organized, with Gen !
eral Gr0ner. OF Norfolk, as president
n i>a conceded fact that every possible ci- |
.f..t TO- ftnrnn
sault upon Mahone'3 methods. and had be /
Welded he might have had the almost unds- !
puicd election as delegate 10 Chicago ff0m !
the District Convention. The pcacemaker
was Judge W0ddill, and at one time 10 was
believed that psciricatorv terms had been
agreed upon. But WISE insisted on
making his fght. lie could not be
c0aNed. After it was known that there
would be no compromise the District Con-
ycution didn't seem 10 care what they dld /
to Wise. and they. therefore, proceeded 10 /
admit as delegates all Of the contestants from
Richmond, the understanding being that |
each man the Wise men and the Blair Nor |
ris men ahkc-should have half vote. |
What Mr.. Wise said TO the District COnyen- !
ton when upon returning TO the hail he was |
informed what bad been done will never be |
published for the reason that the language |
''it was quite plain
In party papers Mr.. Wise VIII be arraign- !
ed by the Mahonetes for - b0iting before |
the State Convention had had an opportu' |
nifty 10 say whether It would sustain the ac- |
tion of the District Convention; butthe truth |
i, tnat as plain as day was the hand OF IA !
hone in the District Convention when the |
cnormity of making Mr.. Wise half a dele |
gate was practicod Indeed, it was the talk |
about Malone, headquarters the day before |
that that was the way TO settle the Rich |
mond contest"
10 J., true. WISE might have restrained !
himself a little longer and gotten the sense |
oi thc state Convention on the question, but /
10 is certain that the vote would have sus- !
tanned The District Convention.
Whether the result was attained by fair or |
foul means. the fact Of course is that Malone |
had the mass oi the delegates with him, and /
the galleries were crowded with his sup /
porters.
ItIs an interesting fact for Eichmonders |
TO note that n spite OF what has often been /
sand about ''Mahone flooding Rlchmond /
with money at the elections, Mr.. Wise de- /
clared iu his speech 10 the GrOncr COnyen- /
tiou that in eight years Malone had sent but /
$3.50 10 Richmond 10 aid the party IN carry /
ing elections; but, Mr.. Wise added, Malone /
spent much more than that in the attempt TO |
buy up the Richmond City Republican Con-
VCnliOu.
Two Fights Growing out of the Re-
pnb,ican Conventions.
Our Petersburg correspondent wrote last
night a. follows:
The Fourth Distrlct Republican CouTen-
tl0nmet here this morning and elected senator (
Charles Gee. OF Prince George and J0hn NJ.
Langsion. OF Petersburg, aS delegates TO The
Chicago Convention. Mr.. Gee was elected
by acciamau0u, bat there was determined
opposition ID the convention 10 LsnEston.
This was manifested yesterday afternoon
whCn the District Convention first met, and
this was the reason that the Fourth was the
only distinct that made no report TO the state
Convention last night. The session OF the
convention this mOrning was not harmo-
pious. II Is said that N. y. Lewis, one OF
the colored delegation, charged A. w. llar-