Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-18
WAS A STORMY CONVENTIONS
SPLIT EARLY N the GAnE.

Vigorous hattie Broke Ever ana
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Candidate. s,
Special from a Staff Correspondentl
WEST POINT. VA, September 17.-AA
had been expected, the Third Districs
day resulted In split between the '.tns''
and outs" and as a consequence twb
| nominations for Congress were maAe.
Mr.. B. w. Edwards, Of West Point. was
named to represent the "ins," while on
Mr.. w. E. Talley. of Richmond. fell the
empty honor which the opposing faction
bestowed.
To say that the white-winged dove
OF peace was conspfcuously absent from
the convention, is to express things most
euphoniously and euphemisticallyf for there
were times when the discord was RAM
pant. And assrredly the colored mem
bers were not the most quiescens mem-
bers of the body.
AT first matters proceeded very smooth-
". The delegates in the best of humors.
got off the excursion train which arr
rived here from Richmond at 1880 A. NJ.
and proceeded to the Terminal Hotel
There the cooling salt, breezes seemed to
invigorate them and as they sat on the
broad piazza and glanced across the glis-
re- No. fors nf ha hicfo
talked cheerfully OF the prospects of tho
party and were confident OF Roosevelt'a
victory in 1904
Glad Negro Is Eliminated.
The general. but private, opinion Of
the prominent delegates was that the me-
gro is a dead letter in politics and some
expressed the view that their diafran-
chisement had done the Republican party
more good than harm.
"The white people Of this State" said
one, have been shackled by the. fear OF
negro domination; freed from that vir-
ginia will have a strong Republican
party
Things moved along quietly until the
delegates finally assembled at the han Ia
the Masonic Temple. seemingly In very
good humor-but! They did not stay In
good humor
Mr.. Morgan Treat. at the head OF affairs
in West Point. had the hall arranged
comfortably and the stage draped with
American flags. In the centre of the
stage was large picture of Mr.. Roose-
velt- The convention was opened at R:15
P. NJ, with Mr.. Snead, of King William,
temporarily in the chair.
When the Harmony Ceased.
The first business was the election OF a
temporary chairman. Mr.. Treat arose
and in a speech In which he advocated
harmony. nominated DR.. L. "A. Slater, of
New Kent, for the position. Right there
the harmony ceased. Mr.. Allan, OF Rich
mond, said that before the vote wzs
taken on DR.. Slater he wished to ask if
the Richmond delegation was going to be
recognized Mr.. Snead replied that an
that district was contested its delegates
would not be recognized He then tried
to call the roll for the vote on the chair
manship. But Mr.. Allan was on his feet
in a second, demanding to be heard
Several voices called to him: You can't
speak; you're not a member
II am a member and demand to bt
recognizedr' replied Mr.. Allan.
Then Mr.. Williams. of Richmond. and
one Harris. a Goochland negro, also
arose and endorsed what Mr.. Allan hal
said. Both camored for recognition.
Chairman Snead objected. saying thas
the men from Goochland could not show
their credentials. They replied tlat tha
county chairman was too busy to sigr
them and that it would be all right.
The voice of the Goochland man wa
here drowned by the chairman's callinf
for a vote.
Excited Colloquies.
Then colloquies as follows occurred:
f fr IjaY NSsE fJa Vfrra<I oil
the Roanoke convention and will be here
Mr.. Treat: You were not permitted te
vote
Mr.. Williams: We were; It Is my word
against yours.
Mr.. Treat sat down and colored mem
bers from Goochland and HanoveJ
jumped to their feet.
I'm the name of hign heaven, Is we
to be muzzled?' yelled the Goochiand
darkey.
Il would rather be a social than q
political slaven' roared Hanoverian.
This meeting can go to hell"' con-
tinued Goochland: the iron hand can't
be 'ramed' down our throats like 1t was
at Hanover in 1887 (.sWhee-uh.''
from a member on back benehD
At this juncture the convention sound
Half dozen members were MAKING
speeches at the same time: words that
verged on personal abuse passed in sew
eral instances: and the meeting broke up
into wildly-excited knots.
Eve will fight and die for freedom.
yelled "a voice.
There's not going to be any dying.r
some one answered.
yes. there may be.' yelled the art
voice.
The ..out.'' in One Corner
Then Mr.. Allan. OF Richmond, called an
of the outs into one corner and tefs
the "ins" to continue their meeting. The
latter at once elected Or. Slater tempo
rary chairman. and ]. r. Pollard tcol-
oreD secretary. After this a Committee
on Credentials was appointed to report
at 3 o'clock and the ms adjourned for
recess.
The outs" headed by Mr.. Allen. now
took the hall Mr.. Allan was elscte8
chairman and Ltghtfooe tcelored}. of
Hanover. was made secretary.
Nominated We. Taller.
This meeting proceeded In Hsniasd
manner to nominate w. e rallsy, of
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