The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-23
REPUBLICAN SCRAMBLE
T#0 FACTIONS TRF TO oCCUPY ONE
NAN
And N Genuine Knock-Down and Drag
Out Rcsults-Two Sets of Delegates
to 1T. Louis Chosen.

OF a convention. which had bcch N'i'''
for The purpose Of selecting two dele
gates and altcrnatcs 10 the Natlonai
convention 10 be held at st. LOUIS Inc
Allan.Hyaddm faction, as well as their
opponen,s. VINO follow Colonel Lamb ana
his ucutcnants, Bahen and Mitchell maue
Tho most strenuous efforts TO animate
their rivals. and had II not been TOT solne
of the cooler heads. a riot on larse sVa'e
,vr,,la have hardly been prevented.
,rh. convention was ordered 10 meet
AZ noon. but long before that time large
crowds OF Republicans, most OF thcm
r,sorcd men. cOncregated arouhh the
Canitol Souare and eagerly discussed me
poiitical situation. shorty peioie smV
hour named District Chairman j. W.
Soutbward made his appearance ana 81
once entered the hall, where he eApec'e"
10 call the convention 80 order. Qut0
a number OF the followers OF the banc.'-
Mitchell faction at once rushed up 10
r. door which was guarded by Mr. Il. T..
Garnett who admitted only delegates
who had credentials satisfactory 10 INC
District Committee
POLICEMEN BUSY.
A great lam soon occurred Mt the DOOR
IN which the colored population VIZ
v,ore the Mckinley badges, but thete
Voc also a great number of others with
ont badges. who endeavored 10 gam au-
,,ieeion TO the hall TO look after the IN
toroefs Of Colonel Lambs faction lhey
,rsrc headed by Hezekiah Jonathan the
coiorcd FISH dealer. lie forced his way
a. the door and asked for admittance'
claiming that he had been elected
deleeate 10 the convention by the people'
lie met with a refusal, but re" Hli'r
MES later ne endeavored 10 force hls
way into the room ana passed thc uoVi
lrcener who. however. had hrm hold
80 MIN. In the melee that followed
Policemen Griffin and Sowcll participated
o,d finally succeeded In putting Jonathan
ort az the hail. The admittance oil
delegates was then resumed, but the Jam
continued to grow, until the delesa'es
could no longer pass through the. eAci'eu
crowd ~.
Nr Garne,t. becoming convinced that
II would be impossible TO keep cohtrol
of The door any longer. quickly re,ih-
quished his post and admission poiI's
no longer restricted, the nan was sooh
crowded 70 it's utmost capac'y' 81,
chairman j. w. Southwark did not
ottempt 10 call the convention to ordef,
INT for fully half an hour the two riVai
factions argued the question as 10 winch
side was in the right
( y Scott. a colored layer OF the
Lamb faction, made an attempt 10 hol4
- delegates He said that under the
mics Of the party. wherever ten Repubh-
cans were assembled delegates couid pT
elected lie held the floor Tor several
minutes. when John +. Clark, oil hahoIvi'
desired TO know in what manner .he
convention could proceed RahoolPIl
FtrIfal
recognized delegates could vote on tne
question as to who should represent the
district at ST. Louis
ANOTHER HALL.
Another big row followed, and IN lne
mean time General Allan and Chaiiil l.'.
co,,,bward quickly left the hall. After
;, 80 conference with some friends
General Allan decided TO hold his con-
,-ention elsewhere and secured at once
arotber hail in the same building. As
sooD as This sudden turn in the AFFAIRS
f.,.,,e known the Lamb people attempted
az r,in admission TO this second hali-
41ezekiah Jonathan tried to force ms
way In. but he was prevented from ooils
So bv a policeman General Allah 'ooA
The ground that he had privdtelE hiteu
the new hail. and he asked thaI me ~
io,.ars If Colonel Lamb be not admitted.
III.
police here sent word TO his men 10 ar
,sst any disturbers Of the peace. inns
ended ally further attempt on the par
Of the Bahen-Mitchen people TO enter INC
han. They gathered around the uooIs'
however. and prevented any more ANA"
deleratos from entering Alderman
Mitchell. during a short speech hlaue
Tho assertion that without him no con-
vcntion could be held. e,,
,rb.n another terrible jam followed
and many persons We're seriously cruShe,',
II Looked as If some serious uoupIe Wo"lu
follow but the timely arrival OF Ponce
-, pcdford. A. f. Walton, SoweI'
sweeney. and Foster soon put such fears
~ rest They were reinforced in a fe"
minutes bv Captain Angle, sergeant
Proofs Patrolmen Holdcraft. sale, ana
eight or ten others
,rbe entire trouble was caused by the
action of the District Committee AT ftS
meeting early yesterday morning "hen'
fr naeeinr on the two delegates from
Richmond. 80 declared in favor OF .nc
hUan-Waddm FACTION. As soon as TINS
Iecision became known the Lamb PEG
nile preparcd themselves 10 resent this
decision. The committee did not pass
ON any other contests.
chairman Southwark who had been
moving from room to room In the buila-
ing finally returned to the hall wheFe
n had been proposed TO hold the con-
vention. lie announced that the gather
ing would stand adjourned until next
SATURDAY at noon lie did not think
that there would be any difficulty, ne
said an agreeing upon an elector Tor
the district at stanton
TWO SETS or DELEGATES.
Mr.. Southwark then retired from the
,,oonJ but the Bahen-A Mitchell faction
remained and organized an Indignation
meeting Ben Scott, colored member
Of mis- faction. called the meeting TO
order and Captain u. H. Alley was
elected chairman and b. +. Nanderboid
secretary. II was decided that Chair
man southward had no right TO adjourn
the committee: that he should have LEFT
n 10 this body 10 determine what shouio
be done. a.
The above organization was then MADE
,errnanent. and the election OF delegates
a. the National Convention was next
taken up. John Mitchell. James Bahen
and 7 /. Stratton. of Goochland, were
nlaced i'm nomination, but Alderman
paben withdrew from the convention
ana the other two were UNANIMOUSLY
elected. 49, mac
Subsequently Alderman Bahen was
cbosen elector from this district ana
resolutions endorsing Colonel Lamb were
adopted amid great enthusiasm by those
who claimed to have captured the CON
vcntlOn. 49,
AT the same time the Allan faction
held lis convention in the hall secured
by General Allan for that purpose. Mr.