Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-19
TIE REPUBLICAN, ROW
The Allan and Lamb Factions StlsSquaO-
bling Over the Craftsmanship.
.,rrrrScs HELD DY both SIDES.
~ NobIe Has Not RcsiGncd-He Pre-
.ided over the First GATHERING Oh
mn. YJcuteunnts Last Night-"A
uend without n Dody."

nr Patrick Henry Clay Noble, Colonel
limbs Republican city chairman VINO
Ia. not resigned, had the pleasure last
,.cbt o. presiding over the first meeting
..tis ueutenants II was session OF
g.. CIV Committee held 10 perfect ar
..neemcnts Tor the city convention. John
,,,.,,leton was secretary, and there was
d. fu1 attendance and much talk.
Inst what relation this committee bears
...... Allan committee. It is difficult TO
satisfactorily explain. According TO the
claim. ~ the Noble-Lamb- Bahen-Mitchell,
80. faction II is the on.y legally-con-
,..,.,.5 committee, and its members are
.t. ..u.. who were In office under Mr..
allan before the Craftsmanship was taken
...rfli hands. This side also contend
r.,, nos. who now constitute the Allan
committee are men Of his own appoint
mont and have been irregularly subsu-
tinted for the old men, who were rightly
s.W in harness.
l, this as Il may. the committee claim
QUO itself 10 be- the "Only" rescinded the
solution adopted some time ago, when
ur Ayan occupied the chair, providing
hat Friday nights Convention be held
Az WHknsons Han. and adopted another
pr,ydur that the delegates assemble
at ola Market Hail.
Tre Allan faction claim that not over
q dozen men were present at the Noble
committee meeting. and that none OF
these were members of the regular
rrec.nct chalrmen appointed by Baheh
and Mitchell when Mr.. Murphy was sup
posed to be in power.
CAN'T FLOCK ALONE.
Mr. Allan. when asked in regard 10
Mobiles meeting said. The city COM
mttce consists Of seventy-eight members
and / have never had q meeting with
than forty present. In person or by
foxy. holding that a majority was heces-
sary 10 constitute a quorum Tor busi-
ness" Birds of feather viii hook To-
ether" he said. but when there is only
lne bird. how can they h0ck?'
al Travellers Han. on Thirty-hrst
street. a big Allan meeting was held last
reht. a brass band being employed to
,nllven the occasion. The meeting was
called to order by the precinct chairman.
O.. L. Norman. who holds his pos ton
under commission from General Ma
hone. j.. IA. Alley, who has recently been
nponted to that place by John Mitchell,
vas present, but took no part in the
meeting Indeed, he even walked up 10
OH. stand and shook hands with Mr..
II,ar Allan. Speeches were made 10y the
It,tr and j. ". Southwark.
cl1red Man named Jonathan, from
Jackson Ward. was present in the Interest
erNllchtil, and was invited to speak, and
st,n nfteen minutes to do so in. During
DIS remarks he was frequently inter
iupted and his time was extended five
minutes I'm order TO give him fair show
Air. Allen himself several times asked
the crowd TO remain quiet, and let nc
speaker proceed.
THE LAMB MEETINGS.
The Lamb-Noble faction held two meet
,ugs last night-one at Odd-Fellows Hall
where the session Of the City COMMITTEES
was also held. and the other at BLOOMING
Lily Hall, on Church Hin. Chairman No
bic. Charles Young, Alexander Gaines
and $. r. Scott spoke at the former, and
Rev Evans Payne. Dr. II. 5. Franklin
councilman Morton Deane. Benjamin
Jackson, John Mitchell, and Jim Bahen
90 the latter. Resolutions were adopted al
both meetings endorsing Lamb, Noble
and MltCnelL IN MS SpcfNh at OiN-E ca
lows Hall Mitchell declared in favor Of @
primary to decide which faction shall bt
recognized by the State Convention.
Mr. Allan last night said that the re-
rort that thirty-one Of the State Commit
tee were supporting him was an error
so far 70 any information Of his own or
This subject was concerned. The state
mcnt grew out of the fact, he said, Of his
assertion that there were thirty-One dele
ettes from this city 10 the State Conven-
for. an Of whom, he believed, were foI
him.
Several Of the postals sent out by DIR
noble 10 members Of his committee, call
ug them TO meet at Odd-FelloWs' Hal
.lI fallen i'm his possession, he said, beinl
brought 10 him by the persons by whom
aDy We're received. and he intended e
garry them TO the State Convention, e
Show that while the so-called new chair
1ar claimed to be the head" Of the or
Eln.zlton. he had no body"
Among those who have gone over 10 The
Allan side are Judge j. Il. Sener. of Fred
iuchsburg. Colonel James ID. Brady, OF
Petersburg. Senator Flanagan, OF Pow
satan. ana ex-Sherlff j. W. Southwark
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