The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-19
WORK BEGUN ON The BOARDS
No Action Mas lakl On the FameS
Submitted from Richmond.
WARWICK COUNTY CONTEST HEARD.
Dr. Crawford Was Held Up as Machine
uan Who Could Give the Iamlnany
Few Les,ons-1he University AP-
preparation Considered

The Senate and House Committees on
Privileges and Elections met la5t niSh'
n receive recommendations for the cleo
tOral boards
The representatives of a great many or
the cities and counties simply reported
the names of the present members OK the
boards and these were adopted.
The papers signed 10y the members OF
the LEGISLATURE from Richmond by the
Third District Democratic Committee ana
the resolution adopted 10y the city DEM
ocratlc Committee. recommending the ap-
pointment of Messrs Writ =. Taylor Jas.
T. McKonny and Charles J.. Brown TOT
Richmond. were received.
No action was taken as 20 was under
stood that other recommendations would
be made from some other source.
Messrs James r. Lewis. II. G. Boyer
and Ford were recommended for the
board I'm Henrico.
WARWICK CONTEST.
The contest from Warwick county was
heard Messrs. j. III. BonewelL ). ;. Cur
tis and j. H. Clements constitute the
board there at present. Or. j. n. Graf
ford the county chairman. recommended
Ncssrs. Bonewcl and Clements for reap
pointment and in the place ot Mr. Curtis
he substituted the name OF Mr. +. T..
Kirk In opposition 20 this ticket the
-auroe NJ Messrs y w. Ham, S. 5. Cur
It's and III. A. Campbell. were recon-
mended. III appears hat Mr.. Curtis be-
longed once TO the CraffOrd faction but
left it Dr. Cranord and Mr.. Boreweh
were the principal speakers for their side
and Aressrs. 4. G.. Madison and Curtis for
the other faction.
The anti-Craff0rd men charged Dr.
Cranord with being a machine man VINO
could give Dick Croker few point.
They said he ran the parsy 10 suit HIM
self and listened 20 no advice IL was
even suggested that he made up the jury
lists but County Clerk smith indignant
ly denied this.
Dr. Crafford took lt all good naturedly
and claimed that the organization he rep
resented was the only bone hde' aIl-Wooi-
and-a-yard- wide Democratic organization
iu the county.
No action was taken In reference 70
these recommendations.
OTHER CONTESTS.
There will be q contest over the Norfolk
board and probably one over the Ports
mouth board.
Strange 70 say the watermelon fac
ton I'm Washington county has split as
tdf as the r-rftuidi h"dlh ~ ''itN'i iiN''
Judge Rhoa who is said 10 be In SYM
pathy with that faction. is supporting Il
ticket. which Senator Steele IS opposing.
The committee will meet again next
week.
HOT TIMES EXPECTED TO-DAY.
There will hc hot times I'm the Senate
when me appropriation bill comes mp to-
day only members OF the committee
know what this act provides for. and 90
is taken for granted that inasmuch as
the committee We're not willing 90 allow
the measure 90 be printed yesterday,
there are some features as 20 which seri-
Gus objection VIII be made. The State Of
ncials and those interested in the public
institutions are an greatly Interested In
this measure. and when they learned
that the net had been reported ana they
could not ascertain its provisions they
were very much disappointed.