The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-07
BE- LIVELY
IN HENRICO
What VIII the New County
Committee Do?
DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED
Significant Utterance Of MIR. Brauer
Mr.. Heckler Says Walter j. Todd
is the Nominee Of the
Party

The HenrlcO pOlltlcal pot, Wnlcn mas
recently undergone a mighty stir, but
which during the past few days has
been simmering along rather quietly, Will
begin to boil again next Saturday, when.
as is now pretty evident, the whole
Brauer-T Todd Hechler affair will be re-
orened.
Every indication points to stir-up
OF no inconslderable proportions The
new County Democratic Committee Will
meet to organize and to plan for the
campaign incident to the general cleo
ton In November. Just at this point Is
where the Brauer matter is going to crop
out again. Some OF the old members.
Including the chairman, do not feel that
this necessarily follows. but the clash
can hardly be avoided. In fact, the poll
ticians are already figuring on 1t. And
when the clash does come there Is no
surety that decidedly lively developments
will not follow.
What MIR. Brauer Says.
In planning for the general election
it will be UP to the new committee TO
work for the support OF the Democratic
candidates and secure their election In
tho case of the treasurer there are two
men who claim to be the party nomi-
nees-Brauer and Todd. The old COM
mittee has given Todd the certificate;
tho State Committee has recognized
Brauer II the present committee looks
uron the action of the late committee as
final, 1t will have to support Todd and
do all in Its power to defeat Brauer::
Here will be the rub. There are several
new men on the committee. and several
Of them believe Brauer to be the nomi-
nee; two or three of the old Brauer men
are still on 1t. The two together may
fatty refuse to make a fight on Brauer.
The others may be equally strong in their
support OF Todd. When 1t thus ge6
down to question of accepting one OF
the men and putting him In the field
to defeat the other. the whole question
will be reopened. How 1t will all turn
out nobody can tell. Brauer may cap
ture the new committee, but the old
committee has already given that much
discussed "certifca te," which really never
existed, to Todd. How they will figure
the situation out after that remains to
be seen II the contingency ever arises
That Mr.. Brauer himself expects some
very important developments is evident
from conversation had with him yes
terday. This conversation, so far as
statements for publication are concerned,
was brief, but 1t was very decidedly Sig
nificant. Mr.. Brauer said he was wait
ing to see what the new committee would
do. That 1t will do something he seemed
to have no doubt, but until 1t indicated
It's policy he could not talk. His future
plans would largely be formed In the
light OF the action of the committee
point-blank question If he meant he
would retire from the field If the new
committee endorsed the action Of the
cid and came out for Todd and planned
to defeat him (Brauer).
81 can't tell yet what I shall do he
said in effect. "In the first place. l
don't know what the committee VIII do;
In the next place, I shall have to con-
cult my attorneys before l decide any
thing. You may say this, though: That
If come out 1t viii be as Democrat.
would not run as an indcnependent
Under any circumstances. If the office
were Offered 70 me as an independent
candidate would not accept It,"
Mr.. Brau.r dn:llIes that he has hten
treated badly at the hands of the county
committee. It Is evident that he believes
something is still going to happen In this
direction. What he appears to have In
mind Is just this-that the question OF
his nomination, settled 80 far as the state
committee Is concerned, will be reopened
before the county committee. with
probability Of being yet decided IN his
favor, at least to the extent Of having
the county body bow before the decision
OF the State committee. Where Todd
will stand II this thing should really
happen is a problem.
Hechler Supports Todd.
Throughout the entire county the po-
litical entanglement in connection with
the nomination for the office of treas
urer is the sole topic of conversation.
There is pretty sharp alignment and
the discYsson Is waxing warmer every
day. The people are all standing for the
party nominee. but the question they are
trying to solve Is who Is the party NOM
inee?"
Many are utterly at loss to know
who to support-the State Committees
candidate or the County Committees can
didate
Considerable interest has been mani
tested in the attitude that Mr., Hechler
would assume. He said yesterday that
he would do all in his power to secure tho
election of Mr.. Todd, whom he looks
tvan