The Washington times., 1901-08-22
LITTLE UNITY AT ROANOKE
Virginia Republicans Draw Fac
tiOnal Lines Sharply.
Few CoIored Delegates in Evidence
A Temporary Organization Eff
fected After Four Hours-J. Hamp-
ton Hoge Nominated for Governor.

ROANOKE, Va. Aug. 21.-The Virginia
Republicans met in the Academy of Mu-
sic at noon today. having been
called to order by Park Agnew.
State chairman. There were 100
delegates. all white. except about
twenty-five. 1t was the largest gathering
of white Republicans ever assembled in
Virginia, but not the most harmonious.
After nearly four hours they effected
temporary organization, appointed COM
mittees and took a recess. There was
much friction between two factions, one
headed by State Chairman Agnew, George
Bowden, and United States Marshals ).
Brown Allen and Morgan Treat, and the
other by the Confederate Gems. James
A. Walker and Thomas l.. Rosser. United
States District Attorney Edgar Allan and
Hugh Gordon Miller
General Walker and followers made a
game fight. but they lacked votes and
were downed at nearly every point by the
dominant wing which for years has held
the party organization. There are many
new men in the convention, many OF them
young and the average delegate seemed
To take more delight in trying to down
the rival faction than in defeating the
Democrats.
The first struggle occurred over me
temporary rolls. The secretary had left
out the names of all contestants Gen.
eral Walker and Hugh G. Miller demand
ed that the delegation from Richmond
certified by the city chairman, NJ. M. Will
liams, be placed on the list F1nahy the
party plan was brought out and showed
that Walker and Miller were correct and
the williams delegation got on the roll.
cd at
session.
At the night session many prominent
Democrats of Roanoke occupied seats on
the stage. While waiting for committee
reports, l. Braxton Stovall, of Halifax, in
a long speech made severe onslaught
upon Democracy and paid high tribute
to the Republican Administration. He
aroused much enthusiasm by declaring
his support of Mark A. Hanna for Presi-
dent.
number of favorites were called out
and consumed the interim In brief speech
es. Hugh Gordon Miller. the youthful
new assistant district attorney. in REFER
ring TO the Constitutional Convention, re-
ferred to it as Senator Daniel and his
fellow funeral undertakers and graye-dg-
gers at Richmond"
Gen. Edgar Allan made a hot speech.
denouncing the Credentials Committee
for turning out A. L. Campbell of Ches-
terrified, and electing c. p Snead. of
King William County, without giving the
Richmond delegates a chance to vote
General Allan declared that if the conven-
ton should adopt the report it would seat
a West Indian negro who last fall worked
to get the negro Tote for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Richmond
district; IL would seat the former chair
man of the Richmond City Republican
Committee, a man who holds fat job in
the custom house, and when asked last
for a contribution to the Republican cam
paign fund sent a lot of receipts for
money paid out for rooms in which were
held meetings to try to secure his re-
election as chairman, and 1t would seat
men who opposed the placing of a Repub-
and refused to give him support
Chairman Fuiwater. OF the committee,
made an acrimonious response to General
Allan that did not serve to lessen the
friction between the two factions.
Walter 3 Page. of Wythe, protested
against allowing the Richmond Repub-
licans to wash their dirty linen in the con-
yention."
The committee report was adopted. and
the delegates, headed by Postmaster
Knight. seated.
Col Brown s. Allen was elected perna-
nent chairman, and Capt Asa Rogers
Secretary. Colonel Allen made brief
speech, and the declaration that the Re
publican party will stand in the future
as in the past, for manhood and for suf-
frage. created great enthusiasm
Col j. Hampton Hoge and Capt. War
rem S. Lurty were placed in nomination
with many nominating and seconding
speeches. Colonel Hoge was nominated
by reclamation before the count of the
first ballot was completed.