The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-08

I'M women on the American stage.
connection was simply called 10 select
member of the Legislature. He sigheo the
| call then pending for the mass-fnee',ns
| u,hicb had been issued for September
/ 9th by the Democratic county chairman
| to reorganizc the party.
| ~ this iuncture the chair stated mat
the time allowed the speaker had expired,
| hut IL was extended on motion or Mr.. >.
G Campbell. Of Amherst county, Tor nVe
minutes.
HIS PLATFORM.
con September 9th" continued Mr.. Blu
ford the chairman of the county my
| distinguished competitor refused to call
| the meeting TO order and TO reorganize II.
| II was done. as we believe. for the pur-
| nose of reorganizlng an controlling the
| machinery Of the party by few men.
was nominated by the mass-meeting, and
7 expressed my views approving the plat
| form adopted by that meeting"
The speaker then read that platform
| from a newspaper. II endorsed the plat
| form OF the Roanoke convention recon-
mended rigid economy in the expenditures
| OF the State. etc When he read the pro-
vision dlsapproving the present election
| law and recommending its repeal he was
| greeted with laughter.
rs that Democratic paper you are
| reading FROM" queried Mr.. Thomas b.
| Murphy, OF this city.
eft was the first paper in the State 10
| advocate the nomination Of William Jen-
nings Bryan for President" replied Mr.
| 81 ford.
"What paper Is II and who edits it?"
asked Mr.. J. c. Parker. of Southamp-
| ton.
ct IS the Brunswick Gazette. edited by
nv father" retorted Mr.. Buford.
Were all the gentlemen who nomi-
mated Won Democrats?" asked Mr.. Isaac
| Diggs. of King William.
| II especialIy asked that no one vote Tor
me who did not previously support the
| Democratic candidates, was Mr.. Buford
| reply.
| .Who called that meeting TO order?"
! asked Mr.. Digs
"The chairman. DIR. r. 5. Powell re-
| piled Mr. BufOrd.
The time having again expired IT was
| once more extended for five minutes, on
motion of Mr.. Cooke.
When asked by some member Mr.. Bu-
| ford replied that he did not know whether
| the trouble in his county had ever been
| considered by the Democratic State Com
| mittee.
SENATOR TrRNBUIIiS REPLY.
Senator Turnbull. of Brunswick, who
smoke on the OTHER side of the question,
expressed himself substantially as fol-
| lows:
81 have resided i'm the county all my life,
! out nv political position has always been
different from that of Mr. Buford. The
| latter has no right 70 be here for he OPP
posed the Democratic nominee. CAP
plause) I nave never asked Tor any
| thing and I have always stood by the
| Democratic party. while Mr.. Buford was
the gentleman who presided over the Ma
| hone convention at Petersburg
"The Democratic Executive Committee.
OF whom Mr.. Bufords brother was
| member met, and and attempt was made
| To get M mass-meeting TO bring out
| every Populst i'm the county and bind him
| by the action Of the meeting. l fought
| him on that basis at every mass-meetwg
for five years except one. when | advo-
| Gated Mr.. Ellyson for Governor. The
| chairman of the party was I'm that meet
| ing. who Is the wct-nurse Of Mr.. Ruford.
| The committee called a convention of ten
| delegates from egch precinct. except at
| Lawrenceville. where fifteen were TO be
| selected
| "Mr Buford and his brother were pres
| ent az Lawrencevile. and when the ques-
| ton was raised. how these delegates
| were 10 be elected. no one made a motion.
| Mr. Price. the former Democratic county
| chairman. then put down fifteen names
| and asked that those gentlemen be elect
| ed Mr. Rufords brother objected. but
| the motion was put, and when the d.
! vision was made. il appeared that only
| Mr. Buford. his brother. and another
voted against 1t. After DR.. r. S. Powell
| had been nominated by acclamation.
| made the motion to reorganize the party.
The chairman of the Populst party. who
was present. wanted to know If any one
| outside Of the delegates could be heard
| but he was refused that privilege. and the
same action was taken In regard to Judge
Buford. who desired to speak
THE APPLICATION DECLINED.
! CDR. Powell then withdrew his name
! from the call issued for the mass-meeting.
! and subsequently a circular was dstri-
| buted in the county mainly by Republi-
| cans. which was not signed by anybody.
| and which called for a reorganization OF
| the party. When the day for the mass
meeting came | was at the court house
| where about four or five hundred Demo-
| Gratis were assembled to listen to an adj
dress by judge Mann. Suddenly ] heard
| a voice up i'm tree addressing an out
side crowd. and asking who had invited
| Judge Mann. II was Mr. Buford who
soon afterwards went to a warehouse
with his followers"
Mr.. Buford. in replying to Senator Turn
| bull. said the latter had opened a TRADE
| against him in Boosting Of his Democratic
record. while he went 10 Roanoke to the
| state convention as an alternate. who.
while the speaker was a boy. was chair
man OF the colored Republicans in the
county.
| After some further personal remarks, to
| which the Senator briefly replied. the APP
| plicatlon of Mr.. Buford was declined, on
| motion OF Senator Morris. without a dis
! senting vote
| Senator Barksdale. OF Halifax. then
| asked that the counties in which there
were no contests, be called by the secre-
tsry. 20 make nominations for county
! judges.
/ CRIMINAL EXPENSES
Mr. winborne Of Rockingham then Of.
| fered the following resolution. which was
read after some little discussion:
| styVhepeaa apnRaYa thar fhe criminal