The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-11

THE CITY DEMOCRATIC COMMIT
TEEIN SESSION.


The Precinct system for the Election OF
delegates to the Legislative Convention
Hdoptcd-DetaiIs OF the Plan of.Election
-vorlngmcn's Democratic Club Of
CLAY ward.
The CITY Democratic Committee met
in regular session last night and adopt
ed a plan for the election Of delegates
TO a convention to be held in the city on
October. when four candidates 10 the
House of Delegates. and. in conjunc-
ton with the delegates from lie Diico,
two Senators will be nominated.
There were present Chairman Jack
son Guy. Secretary ID. ;. Gates. and
Messrs. Snellings. Bryant. Farrar. Flour
nov, Loving. Ferriter, Owens, Nalen-
tine, Lamb. Bloomberg. Ryan, Jacob,
Smith. 10th. Wren, DAVIS, Bigger,
Britain. Gibbons.
The minutes of the meeting held on
August 2lst were read and approved.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF PLANS.
The Chair announced that the next
business in order was the report OF
committees. lie thought the first com
mntee to report was that of on plans.
Mr. Lamb, the chairman. read the re-
port Of his committee. detailing the
plan for eectiUg delegates to the Octo-
Der 81 convention at precinct meet
/ ings.
A long aud pleasant interchange of
views took place. lasting an hour or
more. during which the report was
criticised. and the old primary plan
suggested and urged.
Sir. RYAN during the remarks ex
planned how the present meetings
would be better than either the old
ward meetings or the old primary
Mr.. Bloomberg said that the primary
was good at a time. when TO be nom
iuated was considered equivalent 10
an election. The plan proposed viii
give a full representative ticket
The plan was finally read by sections,
and each acted on as read.
The third section required That all
| the persons desiring TO become dele
gates To the convention from their re-
spective precincts should send in 'helr
names to the ward superintendent. II
q sufficient number of names were not
sent in to fill the delegation from any
precinct the ward superintendent, after
proper consideration, was TO add a
sufficient number
The two following sections were sup
Elementary. They required that the
superintendent of eacn ward should
have printed ticke Is bearing all the
names sent in for each precinct and
those added by the superintendent.
From the ticket the voter was to strike
off names sufficient TO bring the mum
Der down to the number of delegates his
precinct was entitled to. No other ticket
could be used. and no person not on The
ticket could be nominated or voted
for. The superintendent was required
TO observe the stIlctesl secrecy as 20 the
names on the ticket at each of the pre-
cincts. and not to distribute the tickets
until half an hour before the meeting
was called to order.
Mr.. Farrar moved. as "A substitute for
the above three sections. that all noml'
nations for delegates to the convention
be made openly at the precinct meet
ing. After discussion this was adopted
Mr.. Bloomberg moved that the ward
superintendonts have printed slips pre-
pared for each precinct printed on them
the numt er of names TO be voted foI
aud each voter write lust SO many
names ON it; also that no other ballot
be allowed to be used.
AdOI ted.
Ga further motion Of several. thi'
matter Of ballots was Incorporated II
the plan.
The Plan.
The following is the plan as adopted
with only four negative votes out Ol
twenty-One.
That convention be held In the city ID
Richmond on Thursday. october 3, lss9. Il
DE called 10 order al II o'clock " for the pur
pose Of nominating the Democratic candi
dates for the House OF Delegates from th'
city Of Richmond.
1naf fhc said convention be composed q
1874 delegates fheing one delegate 10 every
nfiv icmOrrafir votes. of fraction ihereo
over Twenty-Five cast IN the city at the las
pres dcntial clcctiOnJ. 10 bee appoitionc'
among the precincts of the seNerai wards o.