Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-23
MITCHELL AND THE COMMITTEE.
ne Insisss That Hs and southward Had Az
thority 70 Call the Convention.

thority to Call the Convention.
John Mitchell. OF the southward-M Mitchell
faction of the Republican COMMITTEES Tor
this District. has written letter In an
swer TO the>. manifesto Of the majority
faction reading his eide out OF the COM
mittee. Mitchell says:
THE manifesto issued by three individ-
uals. alleged to constitute the majority
Of the Republican Congressional Commit
tee Of the Third Congressional District.
Il a most remarkable document, and tends
to lead the reader TO believe that all tne
Republlcan,sm in the district has been
centred In these three. who also possess
the extraordinary privilege and facility
OF entering and returning from the Demo.
cratic party at their own sweet VIII ana
pleasure.
There is now no fight between the
two wings OF the Republican Congressional
Committee for this district. but there IL
a disagreement between Messrs Wray
T. Knight. Joseph Walker ana BurnIey
TAYLOR. on the one side. and the Repubi-
can convention which met at Henrico
county courthouse September -, 1884. on
the other.
REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE.
"The one represent themselves, the
other the people. The matter ended with
John w. Southwark and John Mitchell,
Jr., when the people passed upon the
case and nominated the former as the
Republican candidate for Congress from
the Third Congressional District OF VIZ
glnIa. Their right so TO do may be Ques-
toned. but II is no less inherent. IL
seems strange that three men. VINO claim
ed the right to nominate candidate for
waddnl. Jr., for that position. should
question the right OF the Republican
people whose creatures they are TO 90
exactly the same thing"
wADDILL's TACTICS.
Mitchell then proceeds to criticise Mr..
Wray Il. knight for voting In the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial primary. gives MS
version OF the spit In the committee, re-
fers 10 the action Of the majority in
nominating Judge Waddill. and continues:
ut was discovered that ex-Judge Wad-
dill was not favorable to the candidacy
OF Judge Lewis or any other Republican
save upon one condition, that they run
as Independent Republicans. and submit
their claims to no Republican convention.
The purpose was plainly apparent. He
desired to retain the prestige as the last
regular Republican candidate in the ols-
trict. Furthermore. he assures Mr.. SOUTH
ward that II he would run as an lnde-
pendent he would support him. In fact'
would go with him. In company with
General Allan. to the National Repubh-
can Congressional Committee.
RUSSELL FAVORED LEWIS.
"Ex-Postmaster Russell was also In
favor OF Judge Lewis as an Independent
Republican. The bosses sent out circulars
to all the chairnen in the district urging
them not TO notice the call. and a boast
was made that the chairman Of the Re
publican City Central Committee for this
city would not issue a call for the city
convention.
Truly have these three Uhe majority
grown so great in their own estimation
that they believe that they have political
life eternal, can remain in ex-Judge Wad-
dilrs office, "tender nominations upon
silver waiter" pass upon the ReDubii-
canism of every body I'm the district and
read any and everybody out of the party.
Major Walker c med that the Dis
trict Committee had no right to remove
Mr.. knight, and yet has the effrontery
TO attempt to remove the chairman and
secretary OF the committee without giving
them a hearing"