Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-14
IIIDGE WOODS WINS.
p,uomipst,d for the Roanoke Hastings
Court OYsr Mr.. HafOaway.
.n,us DEFEATS JUDGE NELSON
MN Preside over the Campbell
couuty Tribunai-No opp"s'""" ="
r.a..tt-The Reference OF
election pills.
Election bi''s'

The democratic caucus he'u ias' Us" ",1"'
i"' ordinations for vacant inoge-
l" as fun Of interest and animauoh'
sD'i' .,asnce was large. and the
lhe ,,.ore characterized by w usual
and earncstness.
.,s,,lt Of the nights work was the
4"' .,,,, of Hon. John W. Woods
,.sse OF the Hastings Court ~ ho-
/" ,,er w. O. Hardaway' ESQ.,
SD'" commemorative Attoify OF
iV'''' .,,. the nomination Of Captain
s..s,sn b. Adams for Judge Oh N''i''p-
.'i county. over Judge Frank Nelsoh'
.r,anbenf: and of MIR. }. e. iaoseV
r,nnty Judge Of Grayscn.
r,mpben county judgeshp was
.,o nrst. and Senator Cement pre-
80 the name OF CAPTAIN ADAMS,
80 ,ir. Maupin. of Henrico, nominated
49,. nelson. Each OF these geh~enneh
,+.s4sd mis- friend in earnest ternlS
,f- randolph Harrison, OF LyhenpuIs'
1-,ry seconded the nomination OF Cap
..'o ADAMS, and paid hisn con- ls-.ihen'
- senator Clement.
AZ Uarwood made a ringing speecn III
,'Isr of Judge Nelson, and ehsracter-
,-sf him as man without SPOT o. oielii-
M senator Flood seconded the nomina-
E- - csntain Adams, after VII Oh the
VIZ ..,s taken. Ere II was concluded.
y. me apparent that Captain Adams
.i5 no the choice OF the caucii ana
r,otion of Mr.. Harwood his NJ NINA
,t-r Was made by acclamation.
THE ROANOKE CONTEST.
A.. soon as this was done the lcE.ina-
- NJ The Roanoke judge was gone into.
~ Rerkeley. OF Roanoke. was u e first
=, snsak on this matter. and he laced
d, namination Mr. ". Q. Hardaway
n, ..hmitted a batch of petitions - be-
tsf of Mr.. Hardaway which. ne said.
,,,rs signed by a number of citizen OF
p,onoke. equivalent to the entire Demo-
-rsfic vote Of that city. He then spoke
N N- Hardaway as a man OF unim-
,s,rhable character, learned i'm ts law,
erf whose allegiance to the Den-o~~satc
rsrtv is not excelled by any man
senator Flood as soon as Mr. Berkeley
,,st his seat. placed in nomination Judge
lam w. Woods. who, he said. had made
most excellent Judge and had vfr- the
.sscial ermine with dignity ana win
honor. both TO himself and the S.ate.
NJ Hundley. OF Amelia, seconded the
romination OF Mr.. Hardawav and spoke
ir praise OF that young man. VINO. ne
aid he had seen grow up from boy
h'od 10 mans estate. He spoke OF Mr..
Esrdsway as man well qual'he> 10
An the office 10 which he aspired. Mr..
Hundley grew eloquent as he proceeded.
and dealt several blows at Senator Food
m a courteous way. He read some Of the
rames from the petition endorsing Judge
Woods. among them John Hampton
HoEe and created much amusement at
Mr Hoges expense. alluding 10 him as
meteor which shot from the atlantic
20 the Pacific. Having trail OF dust
behind.
FOR HOME RULE.
when Mr. HundIey concluded Mr.
Hathaway made a strong appeal in behalf
of Judge Woods. He was followed by
Mr Lee. who. In his eloquent manner.
presented Mr.. Hardaway's claims. He
laid down first the principle of home RUE.
and OF it's necessity. and set forth that IT
was incumbent on the members of the
caucus 70 vote in local matters as the
representative from such locality should
request them.
Captain Parks. Of Page. who had not
ben heard on the floor before. was next
recognized. and made a strong and elo-
ouent speech i'm behalf of Judge Woods.
Ha said but little dependence could be
faced in petitions. and illustrated his
statement by saying that he had in his
Office now a paper signed by personal
friends OF his. petitiOning the President
OF the United States to hang him by the
neck until he was dead. He thought Ii
would be unjust 10 Judge Woods. who
had served faithfully to turn him down
and substitute him with a man who had
no judicial experience.
Mr. Berkeley replied to the gentlemen
who had advocated Judge Woods's nomi-
raton. and reiterated what he had -revi-
gusy said in behalf of Mr.. Hardaway.
JUDGE WOODS, THE CHOICE.
As soon as Mr. Berkeley took his seat
the pending question was called for by
Mr Little. and the vote was gone into.
The result was as follows: Woods. %;
Hardaway, 81. Before the vote was an
nounced Mr.. Berkeley asked that Judge
Woods b. given the nomination by accla-
nation. and IL was done.
The GraysOn county judgeship was the
next matter gone into. though IL was
not expected that IL would be taken up.
There had been some opposition TO Mr..
j. G.. Padgett but IL was withdrawn
Yesterday and Mr. Hale placed his name
before the caucus. He was nominated
d accamauon
REFERENCE OF ELECTION BILLS.
The caucus was then about to adjourn,
ana many members had left the hail,
when Mr Hundley offered the following
resolution. which had been drafted by
senator Wickham:
RESOLVED. That all bills and resolu-
IONS affecting the system of voting
should BE- and are hereby referred TO a
special committee, to be composed OF the
Ne emocrdtic members of the Committee
9n PRIVILEGES and Elections Of each house.
Nlf1 special committee shall report TO
luilrt meeting OF this conference"
lhis brought a dozen or more mem
ye's 70 their feet, and Senator Mason
was recognized He moved that the
resolution be tabled but this was voted
l'"n. Mr. Pitcher then protested
against the Introduction OF the resolu-
u'n al this time. and was followed by
Messrs. McIlwaine and Boykin. who en-
-oIsel his sentiments Mr.. Hundley then
NIihlfeW the resolution and the caucus