The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-06
THE ESSEX JUDGESHlP.
DIR. e. NJ. Ware Nominated-Lesisla-
tive Notes

tive Notes
The joint caucus which nominated Mr. Il.
NJ. Ware TO the county judSessaip ot ESSEX
last night must have seemed 1Esufferapis
tame and dull TO those members ws1o
were active in those meetings. IN wilich
the Supreme Coure jtidgeship contest as
sltr1eti its various phases
Perisa!s two-tlririis of the members were
,resent-hartiIy The rotunda was; empty
The members who answered to theh
names did so witt. the az of men VINO
are doing their duty. There was not
suggestion of the breeze of a fight
Chairman, Pitcher. digr1itied and solemn
as fe never Is, save when Wiepti1s tue
savel of caucus chairman. raped for
order at SIS O'Clock. Immediately upon
tne object of the c1l!ctts being stated 4af.
Brake. of Essex. arose, and in one OF
1y1nsss neat sreeches characteristic OF TINS
,rff,e.Yate- Senator nominated Mr.. r.. W.
Ware for the position of Judge OF f-sseN
County Court to succeed the venerable
Judge CroxtoT1, resigned
MIR. Eynbrey. of Stafford, brIsfiy
se,,onffad the nomination of Mr.. Ware.
There were but tg~o more motions IN
connection with the judgeshsp- Both pre-
vailed. The cne was that nominations oSSs
closed: the other, that the nomination on
Judge Ware be made unanimous
NJ. HUBBARD. OF Buckingham, neat pol
isihed. fiery and tightly, il there pc suctl m ali
adjective. came to the relief OF the mem ~Ineln-
ters ami spectators at tbs potht pS iiios -
ire- n resolution which at once suggested
:. contest, as it had the effect OF trans
ferring back from the floors OF the house
and Senate the fight over the CoflstHLu-
tional CollventroTi bills. This was the
resolutions.
.Wherea.,, The Democratic party IS
responsible for legislation regarding the
Constitutional Convention. ana WheFe<tS'
there is a difference OF oplnlon as pc
tween the Senate and tee House as 10
the makeup of the convention,
..Resoiye6 That when this caucus au-
inrrn it adjourn TO meet tomorrow -nlShs
to take action looking 10 reconcil-nS' the
views of the members of the two houses
There was considerable applause when
Mr. Hubbard made his notion but Aar
t5,rdweil. Mr.. Barks(lale, and others, ut
once declined their opposition 20 the
proposition.
Mr. Glass spoke at greater lenghth,
saving that it would be an act OF DIS
courtesy to one branch of the General
Assembly 70 seek TO bind 1t by caucus
action after the other branch had agreed
upon 4 measure
Mr.. Glass spoke with all his usual force,
and concluded by saying that as he iiad
come to attend Il caucus, called as ne
mating a candidate for the Essex judge
shin. he would not feel himself bound by
any action it might take on any other
matter
Then Mr. Hubbard destroyed the last
vestige of prospect for a fight by with
drawing his resolution. And the members
OF the caucus went out.
Mr.. Ware, who will be elected judge of
roI.Oty- Court DTpba bty to-day,
is a little over forty years of age. member
of an old Els. * family; an alumnus of the
University of Virginia: a very prominent
member of the Essex bar, and one OF the
brightest men in q county whose credit
has long been sustained by many of Viz
sinfas best He is said TO be Il worthy
successor to Judge Croyton-the climax OF
complimentary expression.
II will not be a candidate for the At
torney-Geueralship. said Judge William
Hodges Mann TO Times writer IN the
rotunda after the caucus last night
know there have been reports that /
would run I have had no idea OF dong
so since | entered the judgeship contest.
There was no agreement as to my course,
but feel it would De eminently improper
for me to antagonize men who gave me
such loyal support in my contest
ar will be a candidate for the judgeship
of the Fourth Circuit TO succeed Judge
WnittIe," said Hon E. W. Saunders.
speaker of the House. in the lobby at
Murphy's last night Il have refrained
frorn making an announcement or my
candidacy until Judge Whitue had re-
signed and the contest vas forgotten. [
shall pot make a fight for the place: the
members of the House know whether