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Watkins as a substitute for the one he
had offered.
Senator Glass made a powerful arsu-
ment in favor of the seating OF Mr.
Stands. He declared that Col Day, the
chairman of the Isle OF Wight mass
meeting, had not one single precedent
for adjourning that gathering. He went
over some of the testimonies and called.
especial attention to the fact that it was
proven before the State Committee. and
not denied. that Col. Boykin received SO
negro and 80 white Republican votes IN
Isle of Wight, leaving him only 429 white
Democratic voters He impressed upon
tho Senators that the same chairman that
adjourned the Isle of Wight meeting
called the Senatorial COMMITTEES to order
at Suffolk and gave the Boykin, or the
contestng delegates, the pr1ma iacte
right to seats in the body and the right
to vote upon their claims to seats IN the
Convention. Mr.. Glass declared that
there had been no precedent established
by the National Democratic Conventions
to justify the action Of Col. Day at SUI
folk. He read the decision of the State
Democratic Committee rendered last fall'
in the Pinkard-Wellford case IN which
it was held that contesting delegates had
no right to vote upon their claims to
seats in the convention. he contended
that there was nothing unreasonable
in Senator Stands refusal to submit his
claim to the State Democratic Committee.
for there was heated campaign
within the party and the tneal-
bers of that body were made of the
same clay as other people and
were easily biased in favor of their re-
spective favorites for United States Sem
ator.
AS a member of the State Committee,
Mr. Glass said he did not feel any affront
because Mr.. Stands did not submit his
case for the judicial decision of the COM
mittee.
Mr. Glass argued that the State Com
rlittee had no right under the plans or
organization to settle the Boyldn-Shands
case when one party TO it refused in
advance to submit to the decision OF the
committee. He admitted that the Stands
letter was injudicious and imprudent,
but it was not q question OF letters, but
of Democracy.
AIR. Glass said it had never been the
practice of the State Committee to arb;-
trarily decide any local contests whenever
one party refused to agree in advance to
abide the decision.
Mr. Glass caused something of sem
sation by proving to the conference from
newspaper files that the plan Of orGaniza-
ton as printed in pamphlet form was
Inaccurate. He read a letter from Chair
man Ellyson sayinr the plan OF organiza,
was Inc same now us sIldt daoptSA
at Lynohburg in 1898. Mr.. Glass then
showed in the plan as printed the
provision that nothing in it should be
construed as taking from the district
committees the right to settle their own
contests.
4ur. Glass spoke for more than an hour,
and ne had the close attention of the
audience He was several times ap-
Senator Lupton offered a resolution to
recommit the reports with instruction to
the committee to confer with the State
Executive Committee and Senator
might settle this question tremendously.
MIR. SANDS, ADDRESS.
Senator Sands. the chairman Of the IN
vestigating committee, SAID Mr. Class
had not dealt fairly with the COMMITTEES
in Withholding from it the Information
that he had presented to the committee:
He thought Senator Glass had reflected
upon the State Committee in asserting
that a garbled statement Of the plan OF
organization had been printed.
Mr. Glass denied that he had dealt un-E
fairly by either the investigating COM
mittee or the State Committee. He did
not know in advance, that the report Of
the committee would be based upon
technicality.
MIR. Sands stated that the copy Of the
plan quoted in the majority report was
secured from the secretary of the State
Democratic Committee.
Mr. Sands appealed to the Senate to
recommit the report.
Mr.. N1unford thought Mr.. Glass had
been unfortunate in his speech with refer
ence to the plan. and Mr.. Glass replied
that he did not intend to reflect upon any
one He thought the error was one made.
in printing. He said he might have more
properly used the word inaccurate" than
2"garbled.'
Mr. Munford urged the caucus TO recon-
nit the reports that ought to be recon-
80, S'~'ss THE VOTE
On Senator Lurton's resolution to
recommit The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Senators Donohoe, Eggleston,
Flood, Cold James. Jefrrtes, Lupton,
Lyle. Mann. Maynard. Morris, Munford,
Sands, Steele, Whitehead and Wick
ham-16.
Noes-senators Barksdale, Blakey,
Bruce. Clayton. Cogbill. Foster. Glass,
Hartley. Keezell, LeCato, Massie. Op!e. q
St. Clair. Tate, Tyler. Walker, Wallace
and SNyatkins-1S.
The Glass resolution, seating Senator
Stands. was adopted by a vote of 10 to
IL. Senator Maynard voting for it In add
ton to those who rejected the Lupton
proposition.
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