Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-07
DEMOCRATS, ATTEND.
GO TO THE MEETINGS TONIGHT AND
SELECT GOOD DELEGATES.
Chairman Lamb Urges the Voters TO DO
Their Outy-List Of the Voting
Places-The Plan.

The sixty-six delegates TO which Rich
mond - entitled IN the convention 70 be
held nj the Ballard House next Tuesday
week to nominate the Democratic candi-
date for Congress from this district VIII
be elected tonight.
For this purpose the voters will assemble
in mass meetings IN the twenty-iour pre-
cinc,s of the city.
The meetings will bc called 20 order at
80 O'Clock by such persons as shalI nave
been designated by the ward suP"rintend-
ents 20 perform this service. Permanent
organizations will be immediately effected,
and as soon as this is done nominations
Tor delegates will he made and the vote
VIII be cast in the manner provided tor IN
the plan adopted by the City Democratic
Committee several weeks ago and pub
lishcd in full IN the Dispatch.
DUPLICATE TIcKETs.
Under this head the plan provides that
The committee shall cause 10 be printed
blank forms of tickets for each precinct IN
.hc several wards, headed with the mum
Der OF the precinct, and printed hne
showing the number Of delegates TO which
tho urecinct is entitled. and as many
blank lines as there are delegates 10 De
selected. which lines shall be numbered.
And no other ticket shhll pe rcCeNou VI
counted IN any precinct
Acting under Instructions from the Com
miitoe, and m pursuance OF the mandate
of the plan, the Committee on Printing
several davs ago had the necessary num-
bor of blank ballots printed. and AZ Iues-
day nights meeting II was decided, atter
considerable discussion, TO appoint spe-
cial committee % seal the ballots TOR each
precinct IN separate package and 10 give
. ha emngrfnfnnHDntS
handed 10 the persons selected To cail the
meetings 10 order This order 80 far as
feqliur up the packages and delivering
them TO the supcrintendents was con-
r,rncd was executed by Messrs. Brady,
FlourDoy. and Tenser, but IN the secret
session that followed the attention OF the
body was drawn to the fact that the uck-
c.s. the character Of which 1t had been III,
tended should be kept n strict secret. had
been duplicated presumably TO he used by
friends of one Of the candidates.
OTHER BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED.
Some of the duplicate tickets were
shown. and they were perfect reproduc-
tons of the original ones. Members oil
the committee were very indignant that
the organization should have been thus
imposed upon. and II was decided 20 dis
card all of these tickets. and a committee
was appointed 10 prepare new ones.
This committee met yesterday morning,
and one of its members was delegated 10
Get up the new tickets, which VIII be en-
trelv different from the old ones. These
will be printed this morning. handed 10
tho ward superintendents late thus after
noon IN sealed packages. and the seals VIII
not be broken at the different voting.
places until the permanent chGirmen shal
have been chosen.
Only one person knows what the differ.
L l.al hfHnE4
those printed before are. but the assurance
is given that they are very marked. ~
any rate none Of the old blanks can be
used. and such things as ready made
states" Will be decidedly at discount.
CLAY WARD.
In Clay Ward. which by recent ordi;;
nance is cut into FIVE precincts, the old
prpcinct boundaries will be observed and
there will be but four vOting-places.
The meetings tonight will IN all proba-
bihty be very largely attended. They
should be at any rate IN order that the bes'
men may be chosen as delegates.
stirring Address from Chairman James &.
Lamb.
NJ. James G. Lamb. chairman of the
Clty Democratic Committee and as such
the head Of the party organization IN Rich
mond. makes tho following stirring adj
dress 10 the voters, urging them all, and
ceYocially the businessmen, TO attend the
meetings.
RICHMOND. Va, August 7, 1890.
To he Democratic Voters Of Richmond;
I am directed by the City Democratic
Committee 10 call your attention To the
meetings which Will he held III each voting
precinct of tho city tonight, August 7th,
% $50 o'clock. You are aware that the
object Of these meetings Is 10 select dele
. IL. ...tt q. m hll
.ity on August 18th 10 nominate Demo
cratic candidate for Congress from this
congressional district.
1he City Democratic Committee. 10
whom Won have intrusted the aiialrs of the
party. decided upon these precinct meet
iu.s after the most careful consideration.
and hy vote which was practically unani-
NOUS know that we were not all agreed
o. to the wisdom Of this decision at the
time 10 was made. but IL Is our duty as
good citizens and lOyal Democrats (eSpe-
cially IN "a community where these words
are .vuonvmous t,rmsl TO accept II as
fact, g. sink all personal preferences. and
so give 60 the party plan our cheerful and
CORDIAL support.
DEMOCRATS, DO YOUR DUTY.
The party leaders, upon whom YOU have
placed the labor and responsibility of the
coming campaign, have the right to ask
which now contronts us, no Democrat has
the night 20 withhold it.
hut aside from tins | do not hesitate TO
fye YOU my personal assurance that if the
reasons which influenced the committee TO
choose this plan could be laid before each
Oi you all dissatisfaction would be al once
removed
10 is useless % rehearse the objections
commonly urged against precinct-meet-
ings. Ii is sufficient 10 say that the RENE
dy for even the worst Of them lies IN the
hands of those who complain most loudly.
That remedy Ii simply TO GttRd those
nacU9s.
BUsISEss-MEN ATTEND.
II businessmen, who are generally sup
posed 60 have peculiar antipathy to
these meetings. will put themselves 10 the
slight Inconvenience of attending them
they viii find that packing " "comblna-
uons," and states" will by that simple
act bo rendered well-nigh impossible.
II is therefore the whole OF my duty
now. my fellow-Democrats 10 urge you to
attend these meetings IL was never more
important that YOU should do so.
The situation III this distTict--once safely
Democratic by more than two thousand
maiority-is seriOus and demands serious
consideration. In the coming fight We have
a double duty TO perform. We must bring
our district back 10y an old-time majority,
and ~ must resent the damnable OUTRAGE
by which II was stolen from u.s.
MUST HAVE A STRONG MAN.
To do this We need and must have the
strongest man our party can put forward.
Sucn a man can only be selected by dele
gates who have themselves been chosen in
meetings where the Will of the people has
been freely and fully exercised. The duty
l. upon YOU. and yours Will be the praise
or blame for victory or defeat.
Respectfully, JAMEs c. LAMB.
Chairman.
Information for Voters.
The following is list OF the places at
which meetings viii be held. together with
the names Of the persons selected TO call
them 20 order. and thenumbero of delegates