The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-30

certify to the CONVEX ton what dele
gates are entitled to the certificates.
Technically speaking. therefore. the
committee undoubtedly has right, In
his opinion, to inquire whether or not
sne returns are proper or whether there
IL any fraud or mistake in the cleo ton.
Having righs to order the primary
and having to certify to the delegates
elected by the people 1t is the commit.
tees bounden duty to pass upon the re-
| turns from the wards.
AZ to the committee being biased he
did not believe there was. o member Of
1t who would vote against his honest
\ convictions. Mr.. j. Randolph Bryan,
who represented Captain Berkeley
Stated that his client did not want any
| tting except what was right. II the
| qelegates who are said to be Hicks dell
Rgates were elected properly in the
Vfhird ward, seat them. ALI he wanted
was for the committee to see the returns
| and II necessary to examine into the
| iacts and see IL these returns do STAGE
the facts. II they do they have nothir g
more to say. II they do not they want
the facts to appear and they are willing
to let the judges or any one of them say
what the returns are
Alter further sparring between coun.
Sol and several private consultations
which Mr.. Greeley held with different
persons present, Mr., Stewards motion
was carried, but MIR. Greeley still re-
fused to divulge He impressed upon
the committee that If they wanted to
see those returns they could do so at
Salem. More private consultations be-
tween Greeley and the Hicks men, and
then Mr.. Lyle claimed that Mr.. Greeley
did not have the RETURNS from the Third
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certifying to the election of himself and
other delegates on the ticket. This
splitting OF hairs caused several of the
committeeman to smile. The pro-
ceedingy was fast approaching one Of
those amusing climates in some of
Charles Hoyt's farce comedies. Mr..
Greeley kept up his private interviews
ing and Mr.. s. Hamilton Graves, who
had been asked to appear in behalf of
some OF the Third ward delegates, also
made several trips into the hall with
Mr. Lyle and Mr.. Greeley. The la.ter's
action in suppressing the returns did
not meet with the unanimous approval
or the Third ward delegates. One OF
| them, at least, was In favor of having
the returns presented. That was Mr..
w. e. Thomas.
Mr.. Kelly, one OF the judges of this
ward, was called upon after the claim
had been made that Mr.. Greeley did
not have the returns, and the following
examination took place:
BY Mr.. Scott:
Q What became of the result of
the primary?
4. delivered 1t to Mr.. w. e.
Thomas.
By Mr.. Stewart:
Q Who made out the report of the
judges2
A. Mr.. Thomas wrote the report him.
self.
Mr.. Thomas was then called to the
front and examined by Mr.. Scott ss fol-
lows:
q What did you do with the returns?
A. never had the returns, but had
the credentials issued to the delegates
from that ward by the judges of the
election.
Q To whom did you deliver the
papers Mr.. Kelly said he gave to you?
A. delivered them to Mr. Greeley.
Mr.. Scott then offered the following
resolution:
Whereas, The result Of the ward
meetings ordered by this committee to
be he,d on the Goth day OF August, 1895,
have been all returned by the several
judges to the committee and duly acted
i
and Fifth wards, and
Whereas, P. Greeley, a member of
this committee from the Third ward,
states he has paper, signed by the
judges from that ward. which will show
the result from said ward, and has de-
ciined to lay that paper before this
committee for action, therefore
"Resolved, That committee Of three,
OF which tho acting chairman OF this
com mittee shall be chairman, be ap-
pointed, who shall obtain from the
judges appointed to conduct the meet
lngs in said Third and Fifth wards
duplicate of their returns from said
wards, and II said committee shall be
unable to obtain such duplicate from
said judges that they obtain from the
most reliable sources possible the result
OF the meetings in the said wards and
report at meeting of the committee to
be held at 8 o'clock p m. Saturday at
the office of Scott & Staples"
Mr. Lyle moved to strike out the por-
ton of the resolution relating 60 Mr..
Greeley. This motion was defeated, Mr..
Lyle, Mr.. Greeley and his proxies, and
Mr. Terrell voting for it. The
resolution, as offered by Mr.. Scott, was
then adopted, and the meeting ad-
lourned over until Saturday night.
Minister Dun's Mother Dead.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 29.-Mrs
James Dun, mother OF Edwin Dun,
United States minister to Japan, died
during che night near London, Ohio.
Her husband is prosperous farmer,