Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-09-26
DISTRICT MEETS.
SAME OLD TACTICS.
Two Conventions Again
RICHMOND'S DELEGATES NOT AL
LOWED.
What is the Remedy2

The 3rd Congressional District Con-
ventiOn held at Hanover =. Fl Va.
September Path was called
to order at 80 o'clock by District
Chairman J. w. Southwark. All Of
the delegates and alternstes were adj
mitted by roll call, which necessarily
took quite a long time.
J. w. Southwark was made tempo
rary chairman, b. b. Weisiger, of
Manchester was made temporary sec
rotary, J K. Pollard, of Henrico Co
was made assistant secretary.
The committee on credentials was
appointed, which consisted of one
member from each county and the
city OF Manchester. Richmond dele
CATION was omitted as there were con-
testants; one faction being led by Ed
gar Allan, and the other faction by
Editor John Mitchell, Jr., of the Rich
mOnd PLANET. The Allanites had
everything cut and dried and had
doubtless bought up the county dele
gates The regular republican dele
gates, who were really cleo ed, but
had no credentials that were signed by
Lord High Executioner Edgar Allan,
who had. seemly, instructed those
precinct chairmen, who he could use.
not to sign the credentials OF the elect
ed delegates, il they were seemingly
opposed TO him, were of course, as was
expected not given a show at all.
4 causus was held in which only the
friends of Allan figured, and it was
here the work was done The conven-
ton proper was of course a mere farce.
The committee on credentials w re !:
Morgan Treat. of King William; J. b.
Taylor, of New Kent; J. NJ G.. Fitz-
patrick, of hesterfield J. S. Pleas
ants, of Goochland; George Moore. OF
Hanover. The committee retired and
the convention adjourned for one
hour.
The committee sat in one of thu Jury
rooms, and it was there they decided
| to allott Is minutes to each side of the
contesting delegations and that each
side be represented by thee persons.
The committee however did not finish
until O'Clock. and it was then that the
convention rea' sembled.
The delegates were then admitted
| by roll call as above stated with the
exception of the delegates from Rich
mond. Chairman Southwark stood in
/ the Court house door with the list in
his hand and stated that he would not
admit either faction of the Richmond
delegation, but would allow each side
| to be represented by three speakers
Allan. Waddill and Hayes represented
the Allanites, and Editor John Mitch
ell, Jr, Mr.. II. +. Jonathan and Mr.
James Bahen represented the Mitchell
faction.
Morgan Treat, chairman of co unit
tee on credentials made the report,
which favored the seating of thu AL
lanites. The report was of course
adopted and the roll of the Allan dele
gates was called and they filed in.
| The discussion before the conven-
ton and also the committee on Gre
dentials was quite a lengthy one and
every particle of the trickery and
thieving as practiced by Allan's pre-
cinct chairmen was exposed, but OF
course it fell upon deaf ears, as il
could be plainly seen that the COM
mittee had made up their minds be-
fore they were appointed.
The time was virtually thrown away
as the committee had no idea of doing
that which was right unless that
would be in Allan's favor. The con-
vention was strictly Allan's, and God
himself could not have gotten Justice.
James Hayes, while before the con-
vention engaged in TRADE OF abuse
| against James Bahen's ignorance
which of course is about all the poll
| ties he knows as speaker. 1t was
well said that the people of Richmond
did not recognize him although he
stood on the floor of the convention
and pledged the votes of the city To
Judge l. l.. Lewis when he cannot poll
25 votes in his own precinct.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and a committee was
4appointed to select members of the
State Committee While the commit
tee was out Morgan Treat was en-
dorsed as district presidential elector
The committee on State Committee
recommended the following: Edgar
Allan, Morgan Treat and Mr.. w. O.
Singleton. These were elected.
Southwark was elected chairman OF
Congressional committee. Judge L.
l. Lewis was nominated by acclama-
tion, and on being brought in by q
committee appointed for that purpose
was cheered to the echo.
He assembled to the bench and ex-
pressed his appreciation of the action
of the convention and promised Ia
come out victorious in November. The
convention adopted the st. Louis plat
| form.