The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-04
Lamb Captured The Organization but
His Men Did Not Stand bq Him. n
THERE WAS A FLIGHT TO COL. ELLETTs
which Causcd Snch Disturbance ttias
tho Convention Adjourned Tus
T"-""y-Fr"nbie Bccnme so Great
that the IInii Had 10 Be Ciearcd-
VIII support an Honest Nominee

~, richmond, Va, Sept. Especially
The Congressional Convention which
tion. iA''' - &
John Lamb had it all his own way
until tonight. He entered the conven.
ton with SC votes to 81 for Elicit. -.
HIS men stood together until the vote
ON tne report of the committee on cre-i
dentials was 10 be made. then three
Lamb -; men from Manchester voted With
.me niIelt people to seat the Elicit dele
gates from King William. q.
Charges of bribery were publicly made
anu so great was the disorder that an
auJournmcnt had 10 be taken until to. !
morrow at II o'clock.
Inc Lamb people will try 10 prove
pripery, ,tn, ~, Several have made affidavit
that they were offered sums ranging
from $50 TO $500 10 vote for Elicit
E%cltemem Is intense The I,amh
ing. ''''' iiieeSe'tf
Richmond Va. Sept. 3.-The Dema.
met here to-day to nominate n csnd,ds sfa
Tor The House of REPRESENTATIVES, ad-s
loutned tonight in the widest confusion
me candidates before the convention
LOT me nomination were Col Tazewell
Ellett. of this city, and Captain John
Lamb, of Henrico county. The district
committee nominated for temnoTarv
chairman. MIR. Ben. p. Owens of Nam.
chester, a Lamb man. The fight began
Just at this point. The Ellett men made.
their friend. MIR. H. NJ. Smith. for tenn
porary presiding officer. 'N,
ne uiStrict committee also made IN
the roll of the convention OF delegates
as shown uupon the face of the returns,
except In King William. In that coun,
ty 1t divided the seven delegates between
Ellett and Lamb. o. all these test
votes 1t was shown that Lamb had 96
votes to Eillett's 81
The next fight was over the control
resulted In favor of the Lamb peopleg
me majority report of that COMMITTEES
submitted tonight, seated all of the
Lamp l. delegates from King William. This
II 1t had been adopted by the convention
would have given Lamb the nomination.
on the first ballot. The Elicit men, re-
cogniz.ng this, made bitter fight to
defeat the majority report.
When the city of Manchester was
reached on The roll the chairman of the
delegation announced the vote ten for
Lamb and three for Elicit. This was b.
change of three votes from all of the
preceding ballots. AT this point, scene
oi wild confusion prevailed. The Lamb
men protested against the sudden change
In the vote of Manchester, and E,lletts
leaders and followers set up great hur-
rah. This tumult became SO great and
continued so long that the chair was
compelled to order the hall to be cleared.
of all persons After this was done nofes
but delegates were TO be admitted Tfliss
plan was attempted, but could not be
carried out. Temporary Chairman Owen
finally found II necessary to declare car
ried a motion to adjourn over until to-,
morrow morning.
A II O'Clock tonight Captain George
d. Wise made a speech tonight at Lamb
headquarters committing himself to the
support of the nominee OF the conventions
If the nomination is fair. The signif-
cancc of his speech is that Capt. Wise
could get the nomination of the gold
men If he would run. s@