Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-30
THE POLITICAL SWIM
PLAN FOR ELecTlNG DELEGATES TO
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Meeting of the City Republican Conven-
tion Last Night--The Cleve-
land Club.

The committee on plan for primary to
| elect delegates to the State Convention
appointed by the City Democratic Com
mittee, and consisting Of Messrs. Grooms.
| Bowry. and Suea1. with DR.. Wood chair
man e1 otfcio. met at the Democratic head
quarters yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. G. V. Meredith, Colonel John B.
Cary, and Mr. William Ryan appeared be-
fore the committee AZ representatives Of
the Cleveland Club. Mr. q. Roddy Tenser
was the only member of the Anti Cleye-
| land Club in attendance.
Colonel Cary. in defining the position OF
| the Cleveland Club stated that their brst
| choice was Cleveland, but they were Tor
| Cleveland and the field. They were in
| favor of the most available Democrat in
case il was found MI. Cleveland was not
available.
! VOTING STRAIGHT FOR CHICAGO.
Mr.. Meredith favored voting straight at
the primary for delegates to Chicago.
| DIR. Wood said the committee had been
| appointed to draft a plan in the interest Of
| fairness to the Democratic party.
Colonel Cary threw out the suggestion
that it was advisable to postpone the for
nation of the plan so that both clubs
could be heard.
Mr.. Ryan favored ward tickets. Mr..
| Meredith said he also endorsed the ward
ticket plan as opposed TO the precinct
! ticket, which he understood was advo-
| Gated by the Anti-Cleveland Club. Wards,
he said, were the legal division of the city.
and man might be popular in bis pre-
cinct but not represent his ward.
BiR. MEREDIrB's PLAN.
Mr. Meredith submitted the rough draft
Of plan. of which the following are the
salient features: Two judges at each pre-.
cinct to be appointed by the chairman OF
the CITY Committee from names furnished
by the Cleveland and anti Cleveland clubs;
each club TO be responsible for the judges
appointed from its list; the voter 70 vote
any printed ticket he may select. He shall
deliver the ticket to one of the judges,
who shall then and there, in the presence
of the other Judge. read aloud the names
thereon, and shall then deposit said ticket
in a box prepared for the purpose, and at
the close of the polls the tickets shall be
counted.
The candidates receiving the highest
number of votes. according to the number
of delegates to which each ward is enti-
tied, shall DO declared delegates to the con-
yention.
Colonel Cary said he agreed with Mr..
Meredith. He had not been sent to the
meeting of the committee by his club, but
came OF his own volition.
THE PLAN.
The committee then settled down to the
work of drawing up plan.
The plan, as adopted by majority vote
of the commttee-Messrs. Bowry and
GEooms-proylde that the primary shall
be held on the l2th OF May, the polls shall
be kept open from sunrise until sunset,
and the voting shall be rira Uoce.
Under the head of Delegates 70 Be
Elected" it SAYS: There shall be elected
AT said primary ninety eight delegates 10
be apportioned among the several pre-
cincts according TO the basis of representa-
ton, provided, where any precinct shall
not have enough votes TO entitle 1t TO one
delegate. two or more precincts shall be
consolidated"
The number of delegates each pre-.
cinct is entitled TO on the basis OF
the Mckinney vote Is given below,
though change will have to be made IN
CLAW Ward, because 1t had only four
precincts when the Mckinney vote was
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