Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-19
THE POLITICAL SITUATIoN.-There


TUE POLITICAL SITUATIoN.-There
;.1ochange in the political situation
= this city since yesterday.
- II the primaries held in the county
..o.tardav the vote cast was as follows ::
: .asrson district, Cation 50 Arlington,
ION 80. Bendheim l Washington,
C',on IS. Thompson 1. Mr.. Bendheim's
i.irois purposeiy RETAINED from taking
, , in the primaries, holding that he
had already received the democratic
D Da for the legislature. Mr..
Tbompson who, as stated yesterday,
has withdrawn from the fight, said
,@s.erjay that if Mr.. Cation received the
nomination he would heartily support
The convention to meet here at noon
.o-morrow will be held at the Opera
iIorse and. it is understood, will be
rlllcd to order by Mr.. Febrey, chair
man of the county committee, chairman
R9rIey, of the city committee. having
declined to take part in the convention
now that Mr.. Bendheim has been rec
0rrizsd as the democratic nominee by
the STATE committee. The convention
will be composed of the ten delegates
from the city whom Mr.. Cation named
after the recent primaries in this city
hni who left the convention on the
i6h when it was declared adjourned
by Mr.. Barley and three delegates from
the county whom Mr.. c. will name this
.yenino The convention will in all
probability unanimously nominate Mr..
Cation and then, as stated yesterday,
there will be two democratic candidates
each claiming to be the regular nomi-
nee
Mr.. Cation said this morning that
in all the propositions he had made for
a compromiSa he had offered to with
draw rom the field but as none of them
had been accepted he would now run,
having for hia backing a majority of 46
democratic votcsin the city and large
majority in the county.
Mr.. Beudheim's friends say yester-
day primaries in the county amounted
TO uo;Iing that Mr.. B. having received
the nomination for the legislature they
declined to take part in the primaries or
to recognize the right to hold them.
They say that Mr.. Bcndheim is the
recognized nominee of the democratic
party and that he is sure TO be elected.
And so the matter stands.
The following is the full text Of the
State committees decision in the
matter.
RICHMOND, Va. October Is, 1898.
TO HE Democratic Committee Of The City Of
4,Jdndrid
Gcntlcmen-In reply to your resolution
requesting the opinion of the State cSecu-
tiye committee rs to the legality of the action
Of the convention held in your city on the
10th day of October for the purpose of nomi-
mating democratic candidate for the House
of Delegates in the city and county of Alex
andra. we beg leave to inform you that your
were presented TO the committee
10y Mr.. Louis c. Barley and s. G. Brent. to
whom was granted the privilege Of making
such additional statements concerning the
matter in controversy rs they might deem
necessary for our information. We have care
fully considered the question submitted to
US and we are of the opinion that the con-
yeution held on the 10th day of October,
1893. was duly organized. and that its pro
cetdings were regular. aud that its nominee,
Mr. Charles Bendheim. should be recognized
Is the nominee of the democratic party of
the county and city Of Alexandria.
J. TAYLOR ELLYSON
G. V. MEREDITH. Committee.
JOSEPH BRYAN,