The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-18
HARMONY (7) PREVAILS.
The First Ward Meeting Captured
by the Wira-Pullers.

fifse ward held in che Hastings court
room last night was one of the fiercest
and was characterized by more political
wire pulling than any meeting held in
the city during the late unpleasantness,
and harmony, that elusive something for
which both factions claim to have been
working for but each refusing tc give an
inch to secure it, has at last been accom-.
plished
The meeting last night resulted in a
complete victory for the Terry building
crowd, as they succeeded i'll electing their
entire ticket
The meeting was called to order and
Geo. A. Munroe elected chairman with
George Glass secretary. On a motion the
following resolution was read and unani.
mousiy adopted.
Whereas, Southwest Virginia has never
been honored With the Office of Governor of
State; and,
Whereas, sail section has in the per
son OF her distinguished son, Hon. j. Hoge
Tyler, whose ability and service to the
Democratic party entitle him to the Office
and whose allegiance to the principles of
the national platform of 1896 are unuues-
toned Therefore be it
RESOLVED. That all the Democrats of
the First ward in the city of Roanoke in
mass meeting assembled instruct the can
didates elected to he voted for at the cleo
ton to be held on Saturday, June 0. 1897,
as delegates to the State Democratic con.
vention, to vote for Hon. j. Hoge Tyle~
Tor governor as long as his name is before
the convention"
w. p. Dupuy then arose and stated
that the committee of which he was a
member had had a consultation with the
candidates of the Terry building meeting
and that they agreed TO come into the
mass meeting on equal footing with an e
other candidates that might be nomi-
mated and would submit their claims and
aspirations to the will of the majority of
those present. He concluded by nomi-
mating the ticket that was suggested by
the Terry building meeting.
Il. w. Miller then nominated Jas. A
Fishburne.
At this juncture n motion was made by
Chas. ID. toN that the nominations be
closed, which was promptly seconded
This precipitated lively spat. in which
Machine" Attempting to capture the
meeting',aand several similar and not al.
together inappropriate expressions were
freely used
The motion was lost and II. G. Ander-
son, ). j. Evans, a. j. Evans, as dele
gates and w. j. Turner as alternate were
nominated.
1t was extremely difficult to eep order
and at this juncture printed tickets con-
tanning the names of the Terry building
slate were circulated. This caused some
comment and u little stir, but the kickers
realized that they had been defeated.
Inc vote was then taken and resulted
as follows:
Total number of votes cast 1O6. Fifty
one of the tickets were cast as printed
and fifty six were scratched. The vote
in detail follows:
Delegates 101; Price, 96;
Woolwine 104; Licklider %; HUFF a.; Til
lett, %; anderson, 0; S. j. Evans, 6;
Fishburne 10: a. j. Evans 81.
observation-disclosures, CD; Arnal, 1922;
Hume. 1O3; Brand, 103 Baker, lob;
Moomaw, 1902; Priddy, 81
This settles the matter in the First
ward and the following is the slate of the
Tyler Democrats of the First ward:
Delegates-W. X. Andrews, j.. D..
Price. G. W. G. Woolwine, j. S. Lick.
lider, p. w. HUFF, Il. r. Tillett.
Alternates-W. ]. Turner, Is. i. Arnal,
I. NJ. Hume. "A. j. Brand, w. f. Baker,
G. y. Afoomaw.