Richmond planet., 1896-10-03
RICHMOND VIRGINIA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1896

point the delegates regardless of the
three hundred voters present.
Then the row commenced. Editor
Mitchell dared them todo it. He
took or Acres or Merri-
weather to attempt it.
AFTER THE CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
They sneaked from their positions
and the meeting unanimously elected
ii. +. Jonathan as permanent chair
man and George Seay as permanent
secI etary.
The delegates were then elected to
the city convention
Mr.. Allan denied them admission
and issued tickets to Merriweather.
Cook anG Acres crowd, who made out
the list Of del gates across the street
and outside of the hall where the
was called
THE CONDITIONS IN THE FOURTH Pa
cINCr
In the Fourth Precinct, arkson
w ard. John Il Smith announced thai
be would not hold his meeting unnll 8
O'Clock. He held il at S:45, lock ed
the front door, got his crowd i'm The
small room, and such as did secure ad-
mission had TO go down an alley and
enter the back way through hole i'm
the fence. The $50 voters who came
TO elect delegates proceeded SO TO do
They were denied credentials and N.r
Allan issued tickets to the bogus dele
gates returned 10y ~mith
In the Third Precinct, Clay Ward
Charles Johnson called the meeting at
"A - nd 81 A
ly TO his crowd i'm LOving's bar-room.
100 K. Broad street
A CHAIRMAN's ANTICS.
In the Third Precinct. Monroe
Ward. - b larkson called thu meet
ing outside of the precinct at7l n.
3rd street and refused TO sign the cle-
dentials of b f. Turner, who was
elected at the same time as was JOS
sph Forester and Charming Nj Car
ter, whose credentials he did sign.
And this was done because Turner
was opposed 60 him
These frauds determined the com
p exion of the city convention. ar.
Allan issued tickets to such as he de-
sired present and declared the citv
would be held at the Old
ClJy Eall DullulnR
He called upon the police force of
the city TO arrest the colored voters
who had been thus robbed and went to
the headquarters to protest
TIE CHIEF ANr THE ED TOR.
Chief of Police. b F. Howard sent
for Editor Mitchell, and the situation
was explained.
1t was not long before this gentle
man in conjunction with Capt Angle
in Mitchell's version of the
affair. and il was decided that the pt-
lice force could and should be used OF :
Iy TO suppress the disorder, il any
should arise.
The following is a list of delegates
as elected:
Clay V ard-First: Delegate, Ed :
munc Waddill, Jr.; alter nate, II. II
Freeman. Second: Delegates, b c..
West, Fletcher Johnson, Lewis Lind
say alternate, w. q. Carter. Third t:
Delegates, James A. Huclvss. James
James II. Twine, Thomas
s. Hucless; alrernates, Il. ii Ross.
Writ Langley. Fourth: Delegates.
John s. Bethel. j. Il Powell; alter
Il.
p II. Jones alternate, | II Bland.
Monroe Ward-First: Deleqa tes.
Robert Jones, George Baker, W. n.
Price; alternate, S. McGruder sec-
ond: Delegates, John PIE asants, DR..
w. H. Taylor; alternate, Alexander
Jones Third: De egates. BEVERLEY
Turner G. M. Carter, Joseph Forester
o. N. Brown. Fourth bel
egates. E. Thompson, b. b. Arnold
alternate, J A. Mclaughlin. Fifth
Delegates, Thomas II. Hopkins alter
nate, William Ranks.
Madison Ward-First: Delegates.
William Flegenheimer, Jacob Farrar
al ternate, George Duncan. Second :
Delegates, Wray T. Knight; alter
nate, Samuel Brown, Third: Dele
gates. William Custalo, w ". Bannis-
ter alternate, Edward White Fourth
Delegates, Edward Green, Edgar Al
Ian alternate, lillian + Jackson.
Jefferson Ward-First: Delegates
T. M. Crump, Pleasant Jones: aItern-
ate, Clarence Smith. Second: Dele
gates, w II. Wood. Payne Ransom
alternate, s. Benedict. Third: Dele
gate, Isaiah Pollard alternate. n. ]
Smith. Fourth: Delegate, w. T.
Powell alternate. s. w. Sydnor
Marshall Ward-First: Del, gates
w. &. Lee, w. II. Alley. o. l. Jordan
alternate, William Robertson. Second
Delegate, Junius rump. alternate A
@ Ro, keecharlie- Third: Delegates
Anderson Evans. 0. M Steward, @. f
Norman. alternates, Johnson Young
Delaware Williams.
Jackson Ward First: Delegates
William Winston, David Robertson
n j. Moore, Captain Benz. Scott; al
ternates. p. A. Crump, Thaddeus Rob
inson. Second I; Delegates, Charles w
Young, Bernard Brown. Robert A
Jackson, James Bahen, Benz Bailey
Moses Perry alternates, George Read
Morton Deane, Reuben Winston Thir,
II. F. Jonathan, John Mitchell, Jr
Benjamin Jackson, Colin T. Payne al
ternates, Anderson Fields, Edw ar,
Black Fourth: Delegates, William
White, Edward Baker, II, F. Hunte
Benz. p Vanderval, George Mana
kins alternates, Robert Jackson, W
Taylor.
OF this number The Mitchell win
had % out of A, not including Jackso
Ward and ~ out of 65 including Jacl
son Ward.
1t was the Allan plan to admi' jui
enough TO give him majority in OF
der that he might elect the deleg ate
to Hanover @ II He called the eli
convention to order.
HOW THEY GAINED ADMISSION.
The delegates that he had barred OF
forcibly gained admission. SeeiT
that his scheme had failed he calls
upon the police force of Richmond al
hurrying from the chair without e
pertaining even a motion to adiou,
he ingloriously fled to the adjoinil
room where seated on a table he ma
out a bogus list of delegates to Ha
over G. II.
Mr.. ALLAE's TACTICS.
He would not admit any who we
J opposed to him and as a retaliato
: measure, the city convention vi
Squire II. +, Jonathan in the CHI
( succeeded in having the rule We
? both waye and declined to permit a
I OF the Allan crowd to come in To n