The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-08
ONLY 4 SHORT
SESSION HELD.
Convention Adjourned for the.
Carnival.
TREAT GREGORY CASE TODAY.
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ii Vii. He Decided aud the Legislative Report
Resumed = Judge Green Pays
Richmond Pretty
Tribute.
EAT-GREGoRY CASE TO-DAY.

Little or nothing was done in conven-
tim CIRCLES yesterday. NO conlhitle''s
s,,c..t &c. in getting quorums. ana me
convention proper was not IN session
more than twenty minutes flf,y-'uhe
,r.c,-l,e,s. eight more than quorum, an
swered to their namss, and after me
,.ali,n;lar;es of the :Eo-.sins hour Were
6.xposed of a re 5olution was offered cy
SIR Mi,n,rs ana adolte providing
the cxcus,rg OF six OF the pages from
duty oach day during the Carnival
The body mot at noon. There were a
number of Democratic leaders on the
floor, Including Judge S. Houston Letch-
er, of Lexington; Hon. h. =. JorHali, oh
Frederick; Dr. S. y. Barham, OF 3irrS,
and CAPTAIN r. s. Thomas, OF Greene
Shortly after converting, Judge Berryman
Green. of panvilie, submitted a moNoh'
which was adopted by vote oil 70 TO Il,
TO adjourn until 1890 o'clock to-day IN
support of his motion Judge Green mace
n neat little speech in winch ne PAID d
handsome compliment to Richmond cllg,
and sa:d it was cue to her enterprise and
INC generous Inalrcr In which she had
treated the convection for that po1y to
Adjourn che day for the Carnival.
The Treat Gregory case VIII be Gls-
posed of to-day. Mr.. Turnbuli Wall close
tho debate for the contestee and lhen
the vote will be taken.
CALLED IL o1kDiLIA
President Goode called the convention
Il order promptly at the noon hour. DR..
NcIlwaine delegate from Prince William,
offered prayer.
1'ifty-nine members answered to the roll
call, and after the journal of Saturday S
proceedings had been read and approved,
leave of absence was granted half q dozen
members.
Under the call for memorials and petit
taI ny-I)lyo
the granting of license to sell liquor and
the appropriation Of State funds to sec
tartan institutions.
Delegate Thomas H Barnes in present
ing a liquor license petition raised quite
a laugh by announcing that it was use
less for him to say that he most heartily
and cordially endorsed it.
Mr.. Eugene Withers asked for I'M
mediate consideration Of a resolution
which he then offered. en1powing the SER
s,eant-at-a11ns to detail each morning
three pages to serve the convention dur
ing the day. and give leave of absence to
the other six during Carnival week. The
resolution was adopted unanimously.
Mr. Witbers was Immediately surrounded
by a congratuiating and grateful group
of happy pages.
MADE A PRETTY SPEECH.
Judge Green moved that the convention
adjourn until this morning at 1880 o'clock.
He said that he offered the resolution on
his own responsibility and without fav-
ing consulted with any other member.
ne briefly gave his reasons-fiirst, as a
matter Of respect TO Richmond and. sec
cnd. as a. precaution against unadvisable
action by SO small a number of members.
He said the Carnival. now about to be
opened so auspiciously, was an event Of
great interest to the citizens. not only
of the Capital city, but of the whole
State. He thought an adjournment was
2 courtesy cue the city, which had the
enterprise and public spirit to inaugurate
one of the grandest spectacular events
ever seen in the South He referred in
a graceful manner to the many courtesies
that had been extended to the members
of the convention, individually and COL
lectivelN, by the citizens of Richmond;
by its Chamber of Commerce: its official,
social and religious organiza tons. He
for one. would take pride in officially
recognizing the opening day of the Car
nival not only as a tribute to Richmond's
enterprise, but to the people Of the whole
State. who were here III abundance and
who felt a pride in the weeks doings
He then called attention to the fact that
the roll-cali showed only fifty-riine MEM
bers present and noted the fact that
many were going out as soon as their
names were recorded as present and said
within zen minutes there would not be a
corporais guard He said that the uues-
ton under consideration being one in
Nolving the title to his seat of one of the
most honorable members of the conven-
ton it was Of the highest Importance
that the debattee be heard bv FIJI house.
The motion was then carried. the vote
twenty-sepen to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
eleven members had left in the short
space eff time that had elapsed since roll
call. The convention stands adjourned
until 1880 to-day