The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-11
CHOICE OF THE LAWYERS
w !, lEAks ENDORSED FOR THE
cHANCELLoRshiP.
nsee,,nx OF the Bsr of Richmond u "''.
strong Candidate. Brought f"r"
g.. ,.agc.h,p Of the Chsncery Court
..n.,t,q speeches Made.

Meeting OF the bsr "'
s,ro,x Candidate. Brought For"@'"
far Judgcship OF the Chancery 'o"'
~,,n.,,,e speeches Made.
SINCE Judge Finhugh died the Chancery
Court iudgeship has been vacant "o'e'
NOR Mckinney. with whom the appointment
:, = snccessor rests, has been waited upon
recently. and the names oil various '"e"-
hers Of The Bar have been urged.
Yesterday eighty-nine lawyers OF the Guy
mo, Of so o'clock In the Circuit court
room. and agreed to recommend .na' 4"''
NJ ! Leake be appointed TO MI the va
cancy. go, , Z,
,.,,,,d no seen AT glance that the Bar was
Ss",iv In earnest about the WORK winch
49, cxnected would he done. Inc absence
~ ali the candidates was noticeaoie, ne
80 tho fact that nearly all mentioned III
'"'nn,oction with the appointment had s'Ioils
indiyidual following, and that canoiuasos
thoneht II best to leave their claims IN o.nSa
hsnds- and had absented themselves irV'"
the friendly contest.
BROKE THE sILENCF.
M Il. Y. Cannon was the man 10 uIS a
,ho silencc. lie called the meeting 10 Viuei
and moved that Mr.W Writ Henry pe eleo,o1
chairman. This was accordingly done, "nu
NJ NJ NJ. Gillian was made secre'al!
H. Henry stated that he would IKE lot
.'a,aa one who was more familiar with me OBJ
Ssc,s 81 the meeting than he was 10 tahe TIC
;aoor and tell why the meeting was heio'
"o''' yxu.r TuE GOVERNOR WANTED.
Mr. ley. Cannon said that he could say
a.. no knew the Governor wanted an eA-
,rossion of opini0n from the members ol ,sio
iar Of the city I'm regard 10 the selecii0h VI
iudre for the Chancery Court, ana lna Si ~
order 10 furnish this the meeting hau Dce"
hold Exactly how 10 obtain TINS express
~ ,,as what he could not say. IL was at
IT,, a most novel condition OF affairs. Such
= ,h;ns, was unheard of before in this STATE.
H. himself had deemed IL inadyisable 10 say
ANYTHING. but in the face oil such q iaIge
.,aiharing of representatives of the bar,
sometbing ought to be done. and he Wouiu
move .hM q committee OF seven DE appoint
cd 10 formulate something IN the shape OIL q
nlan that would compass Inc emu heIu !"
View by the Governor. -. H.
,bonght that il was very competent ior lhe
meeting 10 express an opinion. without nav
~ the aid of n committee. The first thing
No he determined was whether they cOuid
agree upon recommendation or not
MIR. Cannon urged the adoption OF ms
resolution in another speech oil some iength'
but il was lost. ..,.,.
OPPOSED TO RECOMMENDING
Major Nash then offered resolution set
ting forth that as there were number Oi
candidates for the judgeship, ana grea'
number of the members OF the Bar hau siS J.
"a their recommendation 10 the Governor
for anpointment il be the sense OF the
meeting that no man be selected by III as us
choice for the position.
Mr. Dunlop said he had waited on the
Governor. and had been informed by BIN
that he wanted an expression OF opinion
from the Bar on the question, ana that ne
was in favor Of giving the Governor tne
benefit Of the opinion OF the Bar IN order 10
aid him in the selection OF the Desl man Ioi
the place.
DANGEROUS GROUND.
Mr. Y. Cannon said it was dangerous
ground ON which they were treading. lie
Called special attention TO the fact that II
yyould,be a strange thing for the Bar to make
the selection OF Judge. lie favored ballot.
LET each man cast his ballot for his choice
and then send this ballot 10 the Governor.
This would give the Governor some ldea OF
the man the Bar wanted. lie was opposed
10 ANYTHING like "A caucus which would
name the man.
MIR. Robert cttEtf tehtu WI. NohhOh NV
il was pOssible for the entire Bar 10 be
cancus' POSSIBLY" said he, ''your com
mittee might be a caucus, but the meeting
could not be One."
Mr.. Cannon replied that he alluded to the
application of caucus rules TO this govern
ment of the action of the meeting.
GOING FOR THE GOVERNOR.
Mr.. George w. Mayo took the floor, and
in the course Of his remarks said he was
s.opposed TO newspaper nominations"
Mr. Samuel VI. Page replied that he was
NOT an auctiOneer nor pawnbrOker, OUT a
practitioner at the bar in Richmond. lie
had known Phil Mckinney for years; had
been counsel in cases when he was on DOM
sides. prosecutor and defender. II NC
Kinney was deaf and DUMP ne
would have no hesitation IN selecting
a iudpe for him. But ne was not. lie was
an allie LAWYER. and knew as well as any
one what sort OF man was needed for Il
indVe. and he had no right to ask the Bar
IN shoulder "A responsibility that was his.
The constitution gave him the right 10 ap-
noint the Judge, and he ought TO do II.
.sI'U wager my existence old Phli knows
the gang as well as any of you," SAID MI
Page.
THE VOTE.
Major Nash's resolution was lost.
Major Dooley then offered n resolution,
which was adopted, that the meeting pro-
cecil IN nominate without speech-making,
candidates 10 be recommended TO the Gov
er,,or. and that the roll be called. and in
case of failure to nominate, that the lowest
candidate be dropped and another bailot De
taken. IT.
Mr.E.Y. Cannon read paper in which
Judoe Joseph Christian declined TO allow
the Use Of his name as candidate.
Mr.. j. Peasants nominated Mr.. w. d
Ieake: Judge George l.. Christian noml-
mated Mr.. James {. Lamb. Mr.. Frank
Christian named Mr.. +. ii. Mcclure.
The first ballot resulted-Leake. 40;
lamb. %: McGuire, 2O-whole number
votes, -.
Mr.. Munford arose TO point OF order
that MIR. Leake having received majority
of all the votes cast, was nominated. II
appearing not to give satisfaction TO all tt
announce Mr.. Leake nominated. another
vote was taken, with the following result
Jeake, 81; Lamb, %; Mcclure having beer
dropped. On motion of Judge A. Nj. Holla'
day. the chair appointed Messrs. Holiday
. A. Jones and +. Y. Cannon committed
10 notify the Governor OF the recommenda
tion, and the meeting adjourned.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Ieake is one of our best known at
.orneys and skilled in chancery practice
lie is OF the firm Of Leake n Carter, was
Confederate soldier, and while resident o.
Ashland. his business interests are nearly
all in Richmond.
The votes received by Messrs. Mcclure
and Lamb show that each had good follow
ing. Mr.. Lamb received three votes mOI'
than Mr.. Mcclure on the first ballot.