The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-09

Nelson. Parrish, Pitcher. Priddy, Richard
son. Sanders. Sands, Shelley, Speck.
Stubbs. Tabb. Tredway, Watts. White
Willard Williams. and Withers-5l.
For Lawless: Messrs. Barham. Manly
II Rarnea Thomas II. Barnes. Blnford
Blakemore. Booker Boykin. Buchanan,
Burks. Byrne. Caddall. Cardwell. Cooke,
Graft. Digs. Eanes. Edmondson, Evans,
Fahrney. Fairfax, Fentress, Gibson.
Graves. Harnsberger. harris, X. Harri-
son, Hatcher Hathaway Hay. Herbert.
Hunton. James ;. Jones' heilam, Ken
drick Koiner LeCatO, Leggett. Matthews,
MAYNARD McIlwaine, McRae. r. T. Mil
Ter Morris Mushbach. Men. Newberne.
NicoI. Patteson. Paxton, Perkins, Petty.
Pretlow. RUSSELL. Ryan, Saunders. Segar.
Smith. southall. Spilman, st. Clair. STRAIT
ton. Sumpter. Thomas. Knox Thompson.
S. A. Thompson. Tomney, Utz. Walton.
WASHINGTON Watson, Wells, Wickham,
Wilkinson. Wilson. and Withrow-H.
Mr.. Joseph r. Lawless was declared TO
be the nominee Of the caucus.
copd auditor.
For the office Of Second Auditor. Mr..
James T. Jones. OF King and queen,
nominated the present incumbent, Mr..
Ioeiab Rvland Jr., while Mr.. Camm
patteson OF buckingham, nominated MIR.
Sidney T. Epes. Of Notto"ay.
Senator Lovenstein warmly advocated
the nomination of Mr.. Ryland, who was
more fitted TO nj the position IMAM any
other man. add who was lanllllar win
o,,er, detail Of the office. He read a
e.i.yo,, In favor Of Mr.. Ryland. signed
Nv ,be most influential business men in
"a. aft,, v-bo had been in business rela-
tions with him. ~, Ma.
canator waiter A. Watson. OF Motto
vvav seconded the nomination OF MI
Fnes and stated that he dld not agree
with the gentleman from Bath, VINO
r,ishod IN SOC all the Offices filled with old
Ca,,foderate soldiers The state was
~ the sum of 100000 annually Tor
~ .,,,rort of the old soldiers, and he
tbo,yht that the time would soon come
when new blood would be infused ny
younger generation.
Sanator Wickham. Of Henrico, as a
member Of the recent debt commission
advocated the nomination OF MI ny anu
and stated that If IL had not beeh ior tne
thorough knowledge OF Mr.. Rylahu' the
result Of two years ago would NOT nave
been achieved IL was true the deDt
had been settled, but the ONCE oil Secohu
Auditor could not be hiled by simply an
accountant. il required considerable ex-
perleuCt, anu MI ~
needed for the POSITION
The vote had the following result:
For Mr.. Ryiand-Messrs. Anderson
Arthur. NJ. II. Barnes. Thomas h. Barnes
Bendheim. Binford. Booker, Brugh' Bry-
ant. Caben. Clark. Coleman, Cooke, Graft,
Cr,Imp. Detarnette, Digs. Downing,
Echols. Edmondson. Fairfax, Fentress,
Graves. Harnsberger. r. Harrison. Har-
wood. Hathaway, Hay, Herbert, Hunton,
Hurt Charles p. Jones. James $. Jones,
Jordan. Kellam, Kendrick, Koiner, Lee
cato. Lee. Leggett. Little, Lovenstein.
Mason. Maynard j. 3. Miller, Il. j. Mil
Ter. Morris. Mushbach, Neff. Nelson, New
berne. Nicol Parrish, PretlOw, Richard
son. Russell. Sands, Segar, Sheffey, Smith.
Speck. Spilman. Stratton, Stubs, stump
ter. Tabb. Thomas, 5. A. Thompson, Ctz,
Washington, watts. White, Wickham,
Willard. wilkinson, Wilson, Withers,
and Withrow-7S.
For Mr. Epes-Messrs. Barham, Berry,
Blakemore, Boiling. Boykin, Brooking,
Buchanan, Burks, Byrne Caddall, Card
well. Cox, Eanes. Evans, Flood. Gibson,
Hall, Harris. Thomas w. Harrison.
Hatcher. Irvine, Logan, Massie, Mat
thews, McIlwaine McRae, Moon, Murrell,
Patteson. Paxton. Perkins Petty. Pill
cher. Priddy. Sanders. Saunders, Southall,
St. Clair, Knox, Thompson Tomney,
Tredway. Walton. Watson. Wills. and
Williams-46.
Mr.. Josiah Ryland. Jr.. was therefore
declared to be the nominee Of the caucus.
Tn nd Ofii,e q.
When the nominations for Register OF
the Land Office were reached. Mr.. A. $.
Priddy Of Charlotte county, placed in
nomination Major William r. Gaines, the
present incumbent. who. upon the motion
Of Mr.. Charles L. Nicol, Of Prince VIII
liam. was nominated by reclamation.
Senator George W. Morris. OF Albemarle
county, nominated for the Office OF Super
intendent Of Public instruction. Hon. John
h. Massey, the present incumbent. while
Senator Il. y. Williams. Of Williamsburg.
placed in nomination DR.. Joseph ". South
all, OF Amelia, Mr.. Camm PattesOn, of
buckingham. seconded the nomination OF
DR.. Southall, while S. 4. Coleman, of
Spotsylvania, and Senator Edward Echols,
of Augusta, warmly advocated the in
terests Of Mr.. Massey.
The roll was then called, but before the
vote could be announced, upon motion
OF Senator Hurt. the nomination of Mr.
Massey was made unanimous. Mr.. Mas
sey had received IS and Or. Southall 81
votes.
The Pshi'sntiary.
Mr.. John c. Ryan, Of Loudoun, nominat-
ed Major b. w. Lynn for the office of
Superintendent OF the Penitentiary, brief
ly giving an outline Of the administration
of the institution during the past two
years. Mr.. Lynn's nomination was second
ed by Senator Henry Fairfax, Of Lou
doun. Senator Conway X. Sands nominat-
ed Mr.. j. G. Mitchell. the Democratic
county chairman, and his nomination
was seconded by Mr.. W. J. Binford. Of
Henrico. The roll was called, but after So
votes had been cast. OF which Mr.. Lynn
received -, Mr. Diggs moved. upon the
request OF Senator Sands, that the nomi-
nation Of Major Lynn be made unanimous.
This was agreed to-
Mr. John b. Moore, Of Aibemarie. nomi-
mated for the office OF Railroad Commits
sioner' the present incumbent General
James G. Hill, who. on motion Of Mr..
W. a. Fentress, was nominated by accla-
nation.
Senator Lovenstein nominated for the
office of Public Printer the present in
Mr. j. II. OBannon, who was
nominated by reclamation, upon motion
of Mr.. n. r. Cooke.
Mr.. Charles +. Nelson. Of Winchester
offered resolution providing that the
next meeting Of the caucus be held on
tuesday, December 18th, at p. NJ, 10
transact such business as may be brought
before it.
Senator Stubs offered as an amend
inent that the nominations for judges OF
me Court OF Appeals be considered.
senator Echols. of Augusta. then moved
10 ADJOURN. but the motion was lost