The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-06
No Joint Debate to Be Held
Between the Candidates.
CAPTAIN LAMB DECLINES
His Friends Give Reason for Re-
fusing to Meet Mr.. Wallace.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE
Voting Places Named, and Registrars
and Judges to Represent Each Can>
ddate Are Chosen-Chairm man
Doherty Gets off a Clever
Pun in Regard to the il
Choice of Ju5ge.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE

There VIII be no joint discussion be-
tween Captain John Lamb and Mr.. JEFF
rerson Wallace, the candidates for the
honor OF representing the Third District
in Congress.
A committee from the Wallace meet
ing last night waited on the Lamb men
and after some delay, OWING to the fact
that they arrived during the progress of
the Lamb meeting, were informed that
Captain Lamb would not meet Mr.. Wal
lace at Old Market Hall
The reply was received by the Wallace
meeting after one O'Clock this morning
and is spicy and will make interesting
rea,Ang to those interested in the cam
pa1gn.
THE REPLY.
The reply OF the Lamb committee is
as follows:
!. THE REPLY.
Richmond, Va, September 9TH, 1902
Messrs. Russell Bargamin, II. Q. Gates
E w. Stiff, Thos Whittet and j. r.
Charleton:
Gentlemen,-During the conference of
Captain Lambs friends at Saenger Hall
tonight, and while one of the speakers
was addressing the meeting, you, repre-
senting yourselves to be a committee
from the meeting of Mr.. Wallaces friends
which was then in session at Old Mar
ket Hail, apeared at the door of our
hall and presented the following resolu-
ton. which you said had just been adopt
ed by the meeting at Old Marke. Hall:
Resolved, that the chairman appoint
a committee Of five to wait on Captain
Lamb and his friends at Saanger Hall
and invite Captain Lamb to participate
.lcI., ,F-;{
Wallace at the Academy of Music next
meeting to be borne equally by the two
candidates
Your spokesman, Mr.. Bargamn, asked
to be allowed to present this resolution
before our meeting. You were informed
by Mr.. John A. Lamb (son of Captain
Lamb that we were carrying out a
fixed programme, and that he would not
permit our meeting to be interrupted by
such an extraordinary proceeding. Mr..
Bargamin replied that this was a public
meeting. and that he had the right to
enter the hall; he was informed that
the meeting was a conference of Captain
Lambs friends, and that he CIr. Bar
gaming had not been invited. He then
asked when the resolution would be con-
sidered, and Mr.. Lamb replied when
it is presented in the proper manner
and under proper circumstances, and
after further talk, Mr.. Lamb told you
that he would give you reply after the
Lamb meeting had adjourned.
MOST EXTRAORDINARY.
The knowledge of your visit to our
hall and of this resolution Was not coumu.
nicated to Captain Lamt until after the
meeting and he has directed us TO make
such reply as is ii our judgment proper.
We have considered this most extra
ordinary and surprising incident from
every point of view. It is perfectly OBJ
vious to us and will be equally apparent
to an observant public. that this was
simply a political ruse and an attempt
10 invade and interrupt our meeting
and to divert our friends from the pur-
poses for which they had assembled. We
do not think that there can be any
doubt of the treatment it should receive
at the hands of Captsin Lamb, and we
have therefore advised him to disregard