The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-20
COL. Lamb
KICKED OUT.
With Him Goes the Scheme For a
Republican Convention.
THE VOTE REMOVING HIM AS
CHAIRMAN WAS ALMOST UNANI-
MoUs-AN ADDRESS IssUED-To
THE REPUBLICANS OF VIRGINIA.
A CONFIDENTIAL" LETTER
MAKES INTERESTING READING.
WHERE DID THE MONEY CO..
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:15 A.
NJ. THURSDAY.
The Lynchburg News SAYS:

The Lynchburg News says
Tie Republican State committee at
their meeting in the dining room of Ho
tel Carroll Wednesday night removed
Colonel Lamb, of Norfolk, from his place
of chairman of the State and executive
committees of the party in the State
Ali day long the lobby OF the hotel was
crowded with prominent and we'll. known
Republicans, who discussed the matters
to be brought before the committee in all
their bearings. Of course, the principal
subject of conversation was whether or
not convention Should be held and
whether or not Col. Lamb would be de.
posed from his position of chairman of
the State and executive committees. 1t
was generally thought that the commit
tee would decide against convention
and iE favor of the removal of Chairman
Lamb, and in this superstition no one
was disappointed.
The committee was called-to order at
about Y o'clock. Colonel Lamb, who was
stopping at the Arlington, was not pres
ent, and in his absence the meeting was
called to order by the secretary, Asa
Rogers.
Mr.. j. l.. Gleaves, of Wytheville. was
Every member of the committee was
present in person or by proxy except
YardeY II. Brown, of the Eighth district
A large number of interested Republi-
cans from various parts of the State were
present and swelled the attendance to n
hundred or more.
Mr.. James NJ. Mclaughlin was an.
pointed sergeaut-at-arms.
motion that a committee of two he
appointed to notify Colonel Lamb that
the State committee was in session, was,
after some discussion, withdrawn.
A paper signed by four we'll. known Re-
publicans was read by the secretary max
ing numerous charges against Colonel
Lamb.
CHARGES AGAINST LAMB.
The charges brought against Colonel
Lamb are. in brief, ''that experience has
demonstrated your inefficiency to perform
the duties required of you; that you have
been for long time past in utter antag-
onlsm to the State organization, at tempt
ing to create discord; that being Oh the
eve of State campaign. in which it is
all important that there should be no di-
vision in the plans of the Republican or
ganization, and that such harmony we
are satisfied cannot be obtained so long
MS you remain the chairman; that during
the campaign of 1896 you, as the head of
the Republican party of the State, were
largely responsible for the conduct of the
campaign AMI continually placed your.
self in antagonism to the united action of
the campaign committee, appointed by
the national Republican committee; that
since that campaign you have unjustly
assailed Hon. N. B. Scott, who was des-
ignated by the Republican national com
mittee as its representative in the Vir-
GINA campaign by publicly charging him
with mismanagement; that you have
usnrped the powers which belongs to the
committee whose chairman you are. in
that without consulting the committee
you have appointed your own brother as
acting secretary of the State executive
committee; that since .appointing your
brother as acting secretary, certain COM
munications marked confidential, in
which you unjustlv assail the policy of
the Mckinley administration in regard
to the management Of the Republican in
terests in the State, and attempt to in
volve the party in Virginia in "A conflict
with the national administration. and
also seek to incite among the Republicans
OF the State fistrust of the recognized
party organization of which you are q
part; that although it is provided in the
plan of organization that the State com
mittee shall fix the time and place for
all State conve1ticns.' you have an
nounced through the press that you, re-
gardless of the action of the committee at
Lynchburg, would call State convention
to place Republican ticket in the field
Tor the fall elections, thereby placing
yourself in rebellion against the organi-
cation OF which you are part"
General walker offered substitute for
the charges, and proposed that instead of
removing Colonel Lamb at this meeting
to postpone the matter. He spoke forci-
bly, OF the necessity Of holding conven-
ton and of letting that convention decide
whether Colonel Lamb should be de-
posed. He did ot.dspute the right of
the com mittee to do as it thought best
and he would bow to the will of the ma
lOrity. The resolutions offered by General
Walker we've seconded in earnest terms
by Hon. Jake Yost
General Edgar Allan spoke at some
length in support of the charges against
Colonel Lamb. He reviewed in consider
able detail the history of many of the
charges, and grew eloquent in his denun-
citation of the conduct of the chairman of
the State committee. He contended that
the committee had full authority to act
In the removal OF Colonel Lamb. He con
cuded by stating that he would with
draw the paper containing the charges
for the time being, in order that the sub
stitute resolutions might be considered
a viva voce vote was taken on the sub.
stitute aud resulted in its rejection by an
overwhelming majority. One of the res
olutions declared for convention.
The papers containing the charges
against Colonel Lamb were next taken