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

Judgment Of tho executive committee in
all their past actions.
The committee adjourned at 2:15
Thursday morning
LAMB WILL CALL A CONVENTION
Wednesday night q reporter called OH
Colonel Lamb, the deposed chairman, at
his room at the Arlington. In answer
to question Colonel LBmb sail:
81 consider the action of the State com.
mittee held this evening, illegal. 1t WAS
called ny four members of the executive
committee at an Informal meeting held
il Washington without notifying the
fifth member and chairman, myself,
which is not in accordance with the plan
of organization. After consulting. with
leaders of the Republican party in.the
State will call Il convention, which will
not be later Than the middle of Septem-
Der, regardless of the action of the COM
mittee."
THE "CONFIDENTIAL'' LETTER.
The letter marked "Cnfidentiarr re.
ferred to in the charges against Colonel
Lamb, was as follows:
[Confidential.]
Norfolk, Va, June rs, 1897.
Dear Sir-The necessity OF watching
Virginia interests in the framing of the
new tart IF bill keeps our State chairman
so close in Washington that he has ap-
pointed lie acting secretary to- answer
his correspondence, as far as practicable,
under general or special directions from
him.
The choice of the administration to rec
ognize National Committeeman Bowden,
in preference to a State chairman, who was
the unanimous choice of our last Republi-
can State convention, prevents his render
ing flat assistance which he feels he owes
to every true and tried Republican,
Though the administration apparently
recognizes the national committeeman,
the President yet hesitates to make any
important appointments in the State, and
nothing has been given to Virginia in the
way of appointments outside her border;
for the Republican party of the State has
to bear the burden of the misappropria-
ton of $3.50, 600 sent from the North in
the late campaign, under promises that
it would secure Virginia for Mckinley
as we'll as q majority of Republican Con-
gressnen.
The endorsement CT the "Brady- Bow
den-Waddill" junta by large majority
of the State committee, soon after the
election, seemed to indicate the justice of
this implication. Are you willing that
NC should remain under it?
Mr.. Bowden bolted the nomination Of
DR.. Wise, recognized as the regular Re-
publican candidate for Congress from the
Second district by the national. State and
Congressional committees, and supported
openly, with u small coterie of adherents,
Mr.. Whaley, gold Democrat. In fact,
the nomination of that gentleman was
only made..upon the promise of the sup
port Of Mr.. Bowden and his friends The
Democratic judges returned the vote AS
follows:
Young, (Silver Den.) 1878; Wise.
Is, 800; (McKinley, 13,037); Whaley Gold
Dem.) 1896. OF these the gold Demo
Gratis claimed over 1900 votes; and the
smallest outside estimate gave them over
1000. This shows how small was the
strength of the ''bolting Be wdenites."
Further, in the evidence of the now
pending contest. Mr. Bowden was the
chief witness of Mr.. Young, the Demo
cratic contestee. This is certainly not
the kind of Republican that SHOULD con-
troll our party patronage.
Let individual protests, therefore, be
made to the President. who is anxious
to he rightly informed. until by their
number and responsibility III is fully
satisfied, and let prompt efforts be made
by all who favor "home rule" to have
cur next State convention back up these
Individual Efforts, and call down the
usurping ''junta" that have brought this
reproach upon the Republican party of
the State of Virginia
-. Yours respectfully,
(SigneG) ROBERT w. LAMB,
Acting Secretary.