Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-09-20
SOME DEMOCRATS MEET.
Sudden Call OF Lancaster Commit
tee Takes Some Queer Action.


tee Takes Some Queer Action.
Below is an account of meeting of ,
faction of the Democratic Count,
Committee of Lancaster on Tuesday
Not until Monday night and Tuesda,
was notice sent to the other members b,
telephone, some of them receiving il too
late to reach the Courthouse I'm tim,
" o'ciock) TO attend. Two of these 90,
there shortly after the hour appointed
and when they found so few committee
men present refused TO go into the meet
ing because they did not consider the
call proper or fair one. Monday was
court day, and there was ample oppor.
tunity to notify the members to NEE,
next day, but so far as known only those
belonging to the Lewis faction were in.
formed at that time of the meeting for
next dav.
There would probably be no objection
to the selection of county chairman and
appointment of precinct committeeman
(bsrring the selection in several in
stances Of republicans and indepen.
dents), but the impromptu meeting
essayed to call for a new election of
delegates to the legislative convention.
an act ofipjustice, and revolutionary in
the extreme. Such a call IS not valid and
the Democrats of the county will pro-
coed to ignore it, beyond doubt.
Following is the report of the secre.
tary Of the meeting:
FULL PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Meeting was called TO order at 3
O'Clock Tuesday by w. A. Saunders.
temporary chairman, who stated the
object ofthe call to be the election of
permanent chairman and further COM
plete the organization by electing pre-
cinct committees.
The following answered to the roll:
Litwalton;-F. w. Lewis and +. G.
Landlord.
Ottoman:-W. A. Saunders.
Courthouse:-W. j. Barker and J. III.
Davenport; 7. j. Downing and w. T.
Marsh by proxies.
wv. Med. Lee, J. B. Cralle, Capt. J.
f. Bellows, Geo. W. Sanders and B. f.
McCarty not represented in person or by
proxy. Only three of the eight precincts
in the county were represented
h. o. Norris, jr., being placed in
nomination by DR.. +. W. Lewis, and
seconded by w. NJ. P;nckard and ]. H.
Davenport, and no other nomin atoms.
was elected by acclImation. The acting
chairman selected w. M. Pinckard and
w. j. Barker to notify Mr.. Norris of his
election, who made a short but good
speech of acceptance and proceeded to
the dispatch of business by electing the
following precinct committeeman:
Litwalton:-John Curlett, chairman:
Chas. Harper, supervisor of registration;
e. A. Landlord, 10. PIERCE, j. p. Saun.
ders, Thos. Cundiff.
Ottomsn,-W. A. Saunders. chairman,
DR.. r. F. Eubank. s. of r; l.. d. Stone
ham, T. 1. Radcliffe. ]. z. Woodbridge,
w. III. Warren.
Courthouse:-Jas. A. Chowning, chair
man; W. M. Pinckard, S. of r; T. A.
Pinckard, Griffin Lewis, w. G. Beane.
ID. ". Cockrell.
Kilmarnock:-W. A. Eubank, chair
man; E. NJ. Chase, s. of r.; w. r.
Chiffon. A. s. Hardy, Tag. Edmonds.
White Stone:-W. b. Sanders, chair
man; ]. A. Mckinney, s. of r.; w. NJ.
Cuudiff, Frank Chase, w. o. Harding,
Z. E. Lawson.
Irvington:-Jo. Hayden, chairman; +.
G. Newbill, S. of r.; Carroll Harding, r.
s. Mitchell, S. p. Simmons, Fred
Wagner.
Weems:-J. o. Cameron, chairman;
w. A. Cameron, S. of r; j. T. Brown,
l.. T. Buck, S. Il. Thomas, Lawson Win
stead.
Little Bay:-J. T. Sullivan, chairman;
j. Carter, s. of X; Monroe Ingram, Geo.
Abrams, Lou Shelton, Ben. Croasdale.
]. II. DAVENPORT, Sec'y.
Chairman Norris has issued call for
precinct election of delegates which he
says he was directed TO do by the few
members present at this meeting. Dele
gates, 1t will be remembered, were
regularly chosen by the meeting which
elected these gentlemen members of the
new committee, and consequently can
not be again elected.
CALL FOR JOINT CONVENTION.
To the Democratic Voters Of Richmond
and Lancaster Counties:
You are hereby notified that pursuant
10 the Democratic plan of organization
we have fixed upon Monday, Sept. 80,
1901, at IL Nj as the time and Downings,
Richmond county, as the place for hold
ing the next regular Democratic con-
vention for the purpose Of nominating a
| candidate for the House of Delegates for
the district composed of said counties, the
representation to said convention to be
one delegate for each and every fifty
(5O) or fraction of twenty-five or over o (
| votes cast for w. A. Jones at the Con-
gressional election of 1900.
lSigned] w. A SAUNDERS.
Acting chairman Lancaster Demo-
cratic Co mmittee.
r. G. WELLFoRD,
Chairman Democratic Committee of