Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-08
BRIGADE MMANDER
No ELECTION hs YET FoR Trux
IMPORTANT POSITION.
The Result of Yesterdays Meeting n
DeHdiock--f al. Nash withdraw tn
Favor OF Coz. Phillips, nnd Us
Friends VIII Vote for No One Else,

The foid officers ~ the First rdraio
of Infantry have met FOR the th.ll time
- elect a brigade commander % succeed
General Charles ) Anderson. ana ,0r ,he
third time a deadlock hos resulted
when the meeting was ordered u wa,
generally uudcrstooi tnas colonel Pole.
of the second Regiment WHO bal h.fher.
% voted for colonel Nash as against
Colonel Naue had decided - cast h'A
vote for colonel NaNe .n order Il, break
the deadlock. This te liL bit sickness
prevented the ATTENDANCE ~ Lieutenant
colonel Granville Gaines, ot the Thfi
Regiment who was one of Co'1nel Naus,
supporters. ana hence on'y six votes foe
Nailc q Dve for N'sh we've case. Seven
votes are recca,ary for an election. an'
Their fore Colonel p0..s change 30 uot
affect the situation.
COLONEL NASH WITHDRAWN.
Eight ballots were taken between 20.
oncls Nalo and Nasb. ari each resulted
I'm the former receiving SIX votes @ fhe
latters five The Nash men then heiia
consultation ara decided to withdraw
their candidate iu favor of Lieut. nauf-
Colonel a. T. Phillips. M fhe First Grei-
ment. Colonel Phillips hal o. tha preyi-
GUS meetings been a warm sur,ortor -
Colonel Nalie ana it was cont lcrf'y h..
iIevcd that tho officers of Dis reeimrny
would support him. and .f NOT. tflt C1i-
onal Pole. Who had laft tho Nl.h forces
i'm order 20 insure an 81 .ction WoliI f1
So II tranepirod. however ihft neither
dH. and the result of this move was %
change the deadlock in ID material pare
ucular.
Major Taylor of the Fourth Uec.mer,.
nominated colonel Philips ana Naior
Watson. of the Second. seconded if.
! Colonel Nash then aroso ana formally
withdrew m favor OF Colonel Phillips
lie spoke In hlgh terms ~ tf1t ger,
tleman. and ycnured ths assertion tet-
he would be satisfactory % aN officers
and enlisted men IN the service.
PHILLIPS. 8. MALE. p
Tho balloung was then renew. a. ana
| over hfty were taken. Each resulted n
| six votes being east for Colonel laINls
anl five for Colonel Nalln.
Al 6 O'Clock. after thlrfy-0yo il'o'7
! had been taken. the Governor was core
munlcated with, AMI he ordered ths ol-
| ncers to proceed \ recess was taken
| FOR supper. and M O'Clock the oaiDfr
reassembleI az the Exchange Hotel.
where the same programme was 'Harn-
uel. At n o'clock It became aT-
parent that neither side woul weaken.
and the Governor being notified over tt'
/ telephone, requested General Anderson.
| who presided over the mtetirs o Ntt
upon him az the Mansion. After a hait
! hours absence General Anderson ro-
| turned. and announced that the Governor
! declined to dissolve the meeting saving
! that he proposed 10 hold tho o'hc"rs h'te
until they did elect. aui a reD'sf
| taken until - O'Clock this morn
| Colonel Gaines H. too sick O. feHl The
| meeilng. according 10 4 telegram from
! his physician. and without him it Is ap-
| parent that an election cannot De- he'll.
! az tho Nalle men VIII positively vote ,or
no one but their candidate. ana. al
| though the Nash men are willing tD make
| any reasonable concession 90 insure ap
! election they viii under uo c'r-um-
! stances support Colonel Nal' Colon
| Pole may finally hc prevailed uiou 20
vote for Colonel Phillip. hlt ihn 4p-
! pears To be exceedingly d'rh' o.
- To THE FUTURE
/ Should thu Governor dis olv. th.q mee'-
! Ins ani call another one after COLON .
| Gaines has recovered the result "A
! ln all probability bc the same 1s hitherto
J colonel Phillips. after having support
] Colonel @snt for 30 i1ng time. lH-
I turally feels argrieted that his ossocia'
should SEQ strongly oppose hun. ari hal
I is lIf'lc probability of hi- ngain ally ~
| himself Wirh the Nals forces 'Hi1nel
! Pole. who has hitherto supported Colonel
/ Nash. viii. Il Is presumed. support colonel
Nalle. and the result rs that Cfl1n..'
| Phillips ani Pole have simply shi.el
| positions.
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! o. have the matter settlei oan way nr
another ~ this meeting. f1r he ftA % "A
| Dispatch man last night that h. GI no'
! know when he would dissolve b. fho
brigadi.r must he elected. th' Governor
has no power 10 appoint C1l4nl Nal'
as the ranking colonel Is in c,mm4ni ot
the brigade