Richmond planet., 1896-09-26
CITY CONVENTION,
Republican Voters Denied
All Privileges by Re-
publican Man.
ayers.
THE CONVENTION SEP
ARATES INTO TWO
PIECES
The Majority With The
Lamb Followers.

The Republican City Convention was
held in Old City Hall. the Republican
City headquarters Wednesday, sept.
23rd The meeting was called TO order
by General Edgar Allan, City Chair
man. There was plan on loot by the
city chairman to keep the bona fide
Republican voters of the city on the
ou' side and hold private convention
This was however broken up by the
voters who were not disposed to have
such thievish, narrow heartt d practices
perpetrated on them and fiockej into the
hall as they doubtless had right to do.
Mr.. John NJ tchell, Jr., was elected as
temporary chain man and Mr.. b p.
Vandervall vas ell cted temporary
secretary Mr.. Mitchell on taking the
chair made stirring republican speech
exposing the trickery and schemes of
the Allan machinery as practiced in
the several precincts of Jackson Ward
Applause was loud and long. He
exposed the letter sent Chief Howard
Of Police force asking that no one be
allowed to enter the Hall unless they
were provided with tickets. This was
one of Mr.. Allan's schemes which he
had hoped to work but the republicans
held that they had right in the build
ing as it had been rented for the repnb-
lican headquarters of the city of Rich
mond, and was accordingly public
property and not understanding Mr..
Allans claim 10 have purchased it
| he had no in divids-al cOntroll Cap.
tain Angle were called to discriminate
| to who was delegates. He plainly and
frankly state d that he could not tell
who were delegates and would not
attempt to try. The committee en-
permanent organization reported as
follows: Mr.. H.F Jonathan, Chairman,
Mr.. b p Vandervall, Secretary. The
report was received and adopted The
committees on crednetials made the
following report Delegates us follows
| Clay Ward-First: Delegate, Ed
mund Waddill, Jr alternate, r. Fl.
Freeman. Second: Delegates, B. O.
West. Fletcher Johnson, Lewis Lin d.
say alternate, w. G.. Garter. Third
Delegates, James A. Hucless. James
Patterson, James II. Twin e, T. s. Hu-
Langley. Fourth: Delegates, John s.
Bethel, J. H. Powell alternate. Rich
ard Cary. Fifth: Delegate, p II.
Jones; alternate.I r. Bland
Monroe Ward First; Delegates
Robert Jones, George Baker, W. II.
Price alternate s. McGruder. Second
delegates, John Peasants, DIR. w. H.
Taylor; alternate. Alex Jones, Third
delegates, Beverly Turner, @ M Car
ter, Jos. FORESTER; alternate, o. n
PrOwn. Fourth Delegates, +. Thomp.
son, b. B. Arnold alternate. j A. Nc.
Laughlin. Fifth: Delegate. Thomas
II. Hopkins; alternate, William Banks
Madison Ward.-First: Delegates,
William Flegenhimer, Jacob Farrsr
alternate. George Duncan. Second: {:
Delegate, William II. Bannister
alternate, Samuel Brown, Third
Delegates, William Custalo. Dele
gates W. I. Knight alternate, Edward
White, Fourth: Delegates, Edward
Green, Edgar Allen; alternate, Will
liam r. Jackson.
Jefferson Ward.-First: Delegates
T. NJ. Crump, Pleasant Jones; alter
gate. Clarence Smith. Second Del
egates, W. H. Wood. Payne Ransom
= alternate, s. Benedict. Third Dele
gate, Isaiah Pollard ALTERNATE, N. J
Smith. Fourth: Delegate, w. T. Pow
! / ell, alternate, S. w. Sydnor.
3 Marshall Ward First: Delegates
! w. T. Lee, w. II. Alley, o. l. Jordan
alternate, William Robertson. Second
delegate, Junius Crump, alternate. A
lC. Roc oCkeechariie- Third: Delegates
Anderson Evans. 0. NJ. Steward, @. f
Norman, alternates, Johnson Young
Delaware Williams.
Jackson Ward First: Delegates
, William Winston, David Robertson
II. j. Moore Captain Benz. Scott; al
ternates, p. A. Orump, Thaddeus Rob
p, inson. Second Delegates, Charles w
Young, sBeFnard Brown, Robert A
Jackson, James Bahep, Benz Bailey
Moses Perry alternates, George Read
Morton Deane, Reuben Winston. Thir,
9 II. f. Jonathan, John Mitchell, Jr.
Benjamin Jackson, Colin T. Page al
/. terna ates, Anderson Fields. lEdWar.