The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-20

"e.e consldered and voted on seriatim.
Inc action OF the committee was
throughout practically unanimous.
The following resolution offered by w.
M. Flanagan was adopted by an almost
unanimous vote:
RESOLUTION REMOVING LAMB.
"Resolved by the State committee of
the Republican party of Virginia:
That the charges filed against Colonel
William Lamb, chairman of the State
committee aud the executive committee
OF the Republican party of the State of
virginia, duly served upon him and re-
| curing him to show cause this day why
he should not be removed, having been
fully and. carefully heard. are sustained.
Resolved, That said charges having
been sustained and in accordance with
the party plan OF organization adopted at,
Staunton, Va, April 90, 1896, under Ar
ticie l, Section 7, we hereby remove
Colonel William Lamb az chairman of
the State committee and the State .execu-
tive committee of the Republican party
Of the State of Virginia"
The following resolution was offered
by a. w. Harris and adopted:
Resolved, That committee of one
from each Congressional district be ap.
pointed from the membership of this
| committee by its chairman. who, TO-
gether with the State executive commit
tee5 shall be authorized to take into con-
sideration with full power to act the ad-
visibility of uniting in any movement in
| auguiated in this State looking to the
most effective means of -oting the Re-
publican strength in Opposition to the
Democratic party and in favor of candi-
dates and principles unequivocalIy in
favor of honest elections
The following resolution was offered
by General Allen and adopted:
Resolved, by the State committee of
| the Republican party of Virginia, after
| mature deliberati~n, and in view of the
existing election laws of the State and
the manner in which elections are con-
Quoted under that law, That it is inexpe-
dlent to hold convention this year for
the purpose of nominating a State ticket
to tie voted for at the ensuing election.
Resolved, That all local Republican
organizations are urged to take prompt
measr res looking Ito the most effective
means OF securing the election of State
legislature pledged to the passage of an
election law which will secure to every
| voter tho means of exercising the elective
franchise and. the counting of his ballo
| as cast.
Resolved, That committee of one
| member of this committee from each
Congressional district be appointed to
prepare an address, setting forth the rea-
sons actuating this conmittee in it's pro-
ceedngs and action"
| The committee appointed under the
above resolution made the following re-
port, which was adopted:
ADDRESS TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS
"Lynchburg, Va, Aug. IS. 1897.
To the Republican Voters of Virginia:
The State committee of the Republi.
can party of Virginia, at Il meeting he i'd
in the city of Lynchburg, on August 1S,
1877, having by vote of - to - de-
| cided that it is .ineXpedient for the Re
publican party to hold convention for
the nomination of a State ticket, feeling
that the Republican voters should un-
derstand the reasons which prompted the
committee to the conclusion reached,
submit the following reasons for their
| action.
The committee remember with pride
and satisfaction the loyal devotion of the
Republicans all over the State during
the campaign of 1896, which resulted in
triumph OF our principles and the cleo
ton of our national Republican ticket.
Had the ballots actually deposited for
that ticket in Virginia been counted the
victorious column of Republican States
would have found the electoral vote of
our own State side by side with those
who gave an emphatic approval of the
principles of sound money and protection
to American labor. The facts and figures
are in the hands of the committee, dem
onstrating that the ballots fraudulently
destroyed after they had been cast, ex
ceeded by thousands the majority re-
turned for the Dem ocratic electoral
ticket.
"The present election law of the State.
known rs the Parker act, like it's ..prede
cessor, the Walton act, was born in sin,
conceived In iniquity, fostered in fraud,
and Is being made the medium of ed
ucating in ways that are dark thousands
of our citizens who would look with alb
horrence on the same degree of moral OBJ
| liquity applied to their conduct i'm ma
nipulating elections, were they confront.
ed with the proposition 70 descend to
equal depths of iniquity in any other
| transaction of life.
$50 long as the present pretepce of
holding elections under color of law
maintains within our borders, it is worse
than folly to subject the voters of our
party to the necessary loss and expendi.
ture OF time and money essential to the
| conduct OF campaign for State officers
''ln the iudgmento of the committee we
| are confronted at this particular time
with conditions or circumstances which
would inject into the canvass appeals to
passion and prejudice such as has not
charactized any Campaign in our State
for many yeHrs past. 1t seems unwise
and unreasonable to subject any class of
| our voters to course inimical to their
best interests and which would be barren
| OF compensatory esults.
"The campaign Of 1896 was conducted
under more favorable conditions for our
! party than any national campnign il ever