Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-22

HIS ADHERENTs MEET AND ELECT
DELEGATES TO LYNCHBURG.
The COMBINE ROUNDLY DENOUNCED.
Speeches Made and Resolutions
Adopted Scoring BRADY, WaddiII,
White Half of the Delegation.

Six white men and IA negroes OF ali
complexions and shades, and Of all de-
grees OF responsibility, from the jack
son Ward "cullud gemnan," who leads
Gusky "sasslety," down through the
scale to the frequenter Of the shrine OF
Justice John, assembled last night in
Johnson's Hall, on Foushee street near
Broad, to select delegates 10 the Lynch
burg convention, which Chairman Lamb
has ordered 10 convene on the 9Th Of Oc
tober, and 70 hear and applaud the yitu-
perative utterances of John Mitchell.
They didn't have to select delegates.
This task had been performed by Mitch
ell, and all they had to do was to vote
for the men he named. They didn't have
10 listen TO Mitchell. either. but they
did, and they appauded him. They a'so
listened to Dan Alley, a white Republi-
can, but they didn't applaud him so
loudly.
WHITE ANp BLACK OFFICERS.
The meeting. which lasted about two
hours. was called 10 order by Jefferson
Powell, a white man. and o. NJ. Brown,
negro, was made secretary. Mitchell
and several others were appointed
| committee TO name delegates. and they
| retired leaving the list already prepared
! in the hands of reporters.
While the committee was out Ben Scott
who posed as ergeant-at-arms, called
upon Mr.. Alley for a speech. The latter
was cooked and primed for a talk, ard
| lost no time I'm getting on his feet. He
censured Messrs. Waddill and Allen,
| abused the Democrats, and coming down
| TO the civi-service laws. he took issue
with his party eulogizing Colonel Brady
for his action in turning Democrats out.
and characterizng President Mckinley
as a rascal for his publicly expressed
views concerning civil service. He dis
| claimed any sore-headedness because Of
| his not holding office. He pitched into
| Judge Waddil for not recognizing the
! Lambites I'm the scramble for Office, and
said he was one OF those men who
couldn't see beyond the shadow Of his
own importance. Alley tired out his
hearers, and finally Scott, who had called
on him to speak, requested him to sit
| down.
THE DELEGATES.
The committee sent out to select dele
gates entered the room and reported the
| following names.
| White Delegates-Colonel James Lyons,
Colonel w. f. Wickham. Major II. F.
Walker. Henry Flegenheimer, James
Rahen. DR.. F. II. c. Noble. Jefferson
Powell NJ. NJ. Lipscomb, John Hart
Waverly Yarbrough, Ed Powers. W. 4.
Walker. Dan Alley, james W. Phillips,
NJ. T. Page, James Bahen, Jr., j. w.
Craig. T. p. HaN,o. George w. Dance,
l.. s. Duesberry. John y. Garrett, A. b.
Dodge. w. b. Curtley, George d. Gaines,
Joseph Levy and w. f. Johnson.
CoIored Delegates-Colin T. Payne.
Richard Carter William Custalo. II.
Johnson, William 5. Seiden' Johh
Mitchell. Jr., b. u. Vanderyal Lewis
Lindsay, Ben. Scott, II. S. Waddy, Car
bury Burton, James Patteson. David
| Robinson. Thad. Robinson, Watt Mason,
| John Whenelton. L. H. Briggs, II. j.
! Moore. William II. Storrs. Ben Bailey
| Charles w. Young, David A. Brooks,
Thomas NJ. Crump, o. n. Brown, Ber-
nard Brown, and Ben. Jackson.
ADOPT RANK RESOLUTIONS.
These selections were ratified, and the
| committee was empowered to name the
alternates. The Committee on Resou-
tions submitted a long and scathing
paper, which was adopted. This, too,
! had been prepared In advance. The long
| preamble declares allegiance to the
| party; condemns the State Committee
| for deciding not to have convention,
! thus depriving the '135 900 Mckinley Re
| publican voters of the right to decide
| for themselves; declares that the ''a!-
legged removal" Of Colonel Lamb as
State chairman upon charges preferred
by office holders and the promised ap-
! pontees to office" has tended to disrupt
| the party; denounces the ring for
| usurping the power Of recommending
| candidates for office. which belongs TO
the defeated candidate for Congress
! from this district; declares that "a self
| constituted body of politicians, known
as the Waddill-Brady-Ala com
| bine. has not only set itself up as the
tribunal before whom all applications for
| office must be made, but have aggre-
gated TO themselves the power and eX-
ercised the privilege Of naming persons
| for office in each and every district. re-
| gardless Of the rights of the nominated
| or elected Republican candidate for Con-
| gress"; and scores this combination for
its methods, while the resolutions endorse
the Mckinley Administration, recog-
| nize Judge Lewis as the party leader in
| this district, condemn the action OF the
| State COMMITTEES; approve Colonel
| Lambs course; declare adherence of
| rings and cliques organized Tor selflsh
| purposes, and favor the nomination of
State ticket a change in the plan OF
party organization. and the reelection
| of Colonel Lamb.
| JOHN MITCHELL TALKS.
Before these resolutions were adopted
John Mitchell got up and read vitu-
perative letter from Colonel Lamb, I'm
which he paid his respects TO Waddill,
Allan. Brady etc. and then read Wray
| 4. knights reply thereto, dissecting and
commenting on it as he went along.
Mitchell then assailed everybody whose
| name suggested itself TO him, and
seemed particularly distressed because,
| as he said, the negroes were given no
share in "Hanna's bar'l." He expressed
| the view that a Republican candidate for
J Governor would be slaughtered on the
| Democratic buzz-saw," and the resolu-
| tions being called for he concluded, per-
| mitting them TO be adopted
ENDORSE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.