Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-09-13
NORTHUMBERLAND DEMOCRATS
hoid Mass-Meeting and Elect Legis-
latiye Delegates

Hold Mass-Meeting and Elect Legis
lative Delegates.
A small number of Democrats re
sponded to the call of Democrat,
County Chairman, A. S. Rice. O,
Monday last at Heathsville, bu
they ieorganized county committe,
and selected delegates to attend tn
joint convention of Northumberland,
and Westmorelsnd to nominate
candidate to the Legislature for tn
two counties with much dispatch.
The meeting was called to order a
~ p. m. by A. S. Rice, who wa
chosen permanent chairman. r. S
Brent was chosen as secretary, will
representatives of the press as as
sistants.
G. S. Towles made motion tina
each district be entitled to tbei,
prorata number of delegates as pe,
number of votes cast for BRYAN
Motion was carried and the chair.
man announced that each district
was entitled to one delegate for every
90 votes and fraction over 81 cast al
the fall election for w. j. BRYAN
which would entitle the county &c
Is delegates as follows: Fairfields
., Heatbsyille 4, Lottsburg 4, Wi.
comico 4.
Upon motion the districts then
retired to select their delegates and
at the same time name three of the
county committee in each district.
Following is a list of delegates and
new county committeeman:
FAIRFIELDs.
Delegates: j. M. Omobundro. J.
Is. Hinton, r. II. Blundon, Thos.
Oockrell, j. e. Marsh and @. S
Iowles. Delegates to choose their
own alternates. Members of Com
mittee: II. Ii. Blundon, DR.. j. w.
Fankard and A. Y. Williams.
HEATHsvILLF.
Delegates: j. j. Hamblin, J. T.
Beane, A. S. Rice and w. B.
Orowther. Alterpates; Jud Burruss.
w. Is. Cockrell, DR.. Boyd and Jno.
|. Byrd. Members of Committee: ].
J. Hamblin, Jno. e. Belts and Willie
Headley.
LOTTSBURG.
Delegates: DR.. j. Ii. Booker. Jas.
DUNCAN, l.. w. Headley and John
Reynolds. Alternatec r. l.. Down.
ing, l.. 81. Rock and Samuel L.
Bryant. Members of Committee: JAS
DUNCAN, A. b. Garner and Nj. w.
Hudson.
wICoMICo.
Delegates: A. F. Booth, William
Rowe, William Henderson and Ed.
gar Blackwell. Delegates empow.
cred to choose their own alterpates.
Members of Committee: A. G. Hard.
ing, +. b. Coles and w. ID. Haynie.
The districts then assembled in
mass meeting and Thomas l.. Cock
rell offered the following resolution:
ResotCed, That while we have the Ut
most regard for our sister county az
w estmoreland, still we are firm i'm the
conviction that Northumberland is en-
titled to the member of the House; and
therefore The delegates elected TODAY be
instructed to cast the whole vote of the
county for John A. Palmer.
Seconded by Howard Straughan
and a number Of others.
A. +. Rice offered the following
as an amendments:
Reso!Ced, That the delegates which
have been elected TO the Democratic
Legislative Convention are authorized to
act In choosing candidate are author
lzeo TO act without instruction from this
meeting. YIN ''''
"A. 4. Rice and DR.. j. w. Tankard
spoke to the amendment, while the
original resolution was ably de-
Tended by Mr.. Q. S. Towles, a for
mer Lancastrian but now resident
and rising attorney of Northumber-
land. The vote was then taken. the
chair deciding that the amendment
was carried.
The time and place for the Joint
have not as yet been de-
clded upon, Westmoreland wanting
hinsale while Northumberland pre-
fers Village.
The delegates, already chosen,
m Westmoreland are instructed TO
vote as a unit for @. q. Baker, and it
s confidently asserted that he has
sufficient number of Northumber-
and delegates pledged to him to
ecure his nomination.
There being no further bu siness
he meeting adjourned amid very
harmonious feelings.
After the mass-meeting the new
county committee met and unani-
nously selected Asa S. Rice as
ounty chairman.