The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-18
Resolution Of MI. Whitehead
Prevailed @bya Very Large s
Majority. .SssS
WITNESSES TESTIFY a !.
ON NORFOLK PRIMARY
Charge That the Dey Factiot
Was Absolutely Ii Control
and Conducted Matters as \
it Saw Eft FiitT Z y -days ses- &, &.
sion to be Interesting
and Probably Lengthy.

anQ {Leng gtf1y. VA
Tor more than eight hours yestsrda,
the State Central Democratic COMMITTEES Y
sat In the assembly room OF Murrhy'sE Il
Hotel annex. considering the contest " % Il
tho primary election in Nor folk city. o..
tober 15th, by the alti-administration Z
or. Trehy faction Of the party, At II ia ~
NJ. tho commltte rose to meet again this \
morning at 10 a. T., and hear furtheEs
testimony and argument on the subject II
Of the fairness Of tho primary In quessSa
tion. NJ is5 1 M 4
Il The attendance OF membars Of the State
Committee was the largest ever helds since \
tho present committee was s.5constitutedj js
there being at the maximum thirty-six
of tho fifty memb bers Of the committee
present5 Tho first action taken. and oi1e
OF far-reaching Importance In Its appli! !i
cation to uture meetings .of the ommit7
tee and the lsputes brought before " fonss;;
adjustment or ad judi icati Ion, wa 81 the adop:: \
tion Of resolution offered by + u IN. E,..,s
whitehead. Of Amherst, expr IS "A 5ali5s g =
the sense OF tho;s scorln,i ,ittea that persons
holding proxies flowed
slpate III deliberate ons FOL the cpInmltt tals
now or hereatte et.s This rwass ad op yedi ysss
a, vote; Of twenty three TO mines several &
members present later not tlen Sha wing I
come In. Nine persons hold ling. proxiess
for absent members We're thus Gu + ut
from participation iii the elaboration u
4 tho committee and from action On 1 t1e \
Norfolk city primary case. 9,al
FIGHT OVER TALLY SHEETS.
with this question d lsposed of,a the cons.
snlitteo settled down for d \, long siege,
taking up tho 1contestSin the Norfolk Ici w.
primary case,sin which The anti admin lsrssi
tration or Trehy faction cha rgeel ss tllat
through fraud or failure to. return St tlls 4
vote as cast, the administration, iors De.Xs
faction had secured control of the City,
Democratic Committee. There was nluch 4
fencing and parleying and playing for 4
advantages by tho attorneys Oh both
sides, first as to the notice of contest 4
and to sutllcenoy. then as to the testi7 rs
mony ana It's admisslhlllt and finally. "
when the opening statements Of the op;;S%
posing factions had been made, there
was u stubborn contest on the question
OF producing before tho committee the 1
tally sheets used In the 4 primary, on
which the contestants relied chiefly 1
that they werc IN Norfolk In Captain
HDey's safe: that he and his two depu- \
Ties, who alone knew the combination \
were In Richmond. and they could not get I
back to Norfolk and return before night
They were accordingly directed to- pro !,
cure and produce them this morning.
Captain Dey. Police Commissioner Reid
and Captain Deys $ two deputies as com
missioner OF tho revenue, left; last nlght !,
for Norfolk to secure the sheets. 4
WITH NEssEs EXAMINED,
The committee proceeded last nighSf
with the taking OF sworn oral testimonya
examining hvc witnesses. Il They are for
mer City Attorney Walter II. Ia ylor.s
Clerk Of tho Corporation Court James
". Trehy. head Of one of tho rival faa-$S
tlons: Colonel A, M. Higgins, Mr.. ]. tE- \
prince and Attorney Ralph 7. Gage. Thelr
testimony related to the conduct Of the
election and the refusal of representa- ton
to tho contestees, or even of the right 10 Z
examine the tally sheets. Nlr, Trehy was 4
II very interesting witness. being direGt,
emphatic and sometimes aggressive allu
dramatic In his testimony. MI TaVlor
also made u clear and strong statemen,ts
detailing at great negtl the methods ai- y
legged to have been resorted to BY the DOM
lnant faction to retain CONTROL me testlrSs
mony OF other Witnesses was largely ',. cot-
roboratlve and cumulative. AZ tna W.
neSSeS Werc oSS-eNalil'''NS ~. sNN,', ~ IL, x
for the contestees ut great length anu
in minute detail, n, 4.
THE comn,lttee adjourned until ta this {
morning, when Il large number ol an't..
adnvts will be submitted. Two We're sup-f
mitted last night to show that the tpollinS
places We're leased two weeks before tho
Urinary and before the Electoral Board \
had been chosen or tile Judges named.
and that they were leased py thc c.'S (
chairman, CAPTAIN Dcy, sa4sg1
The Democratic State Central Commits 2
ia met, pursuant to call Q the CHAIRMAN,
at AIurphy's Hotel yesterday nt noon, Il
Chairman Ellyson who presided, fean
the call for the meetlns anu secretiils
button called tler roll OF members, SHOW
ing tho following present ~ the inns, g
la ter during tho NEE etipS. peslues NUM-
her of persons holding proxies of absen-
First Dstrlct-Lloyd 7. Smith, clas- -
r,ett q. Jones, j. Boyd Sears, r, r. Ais
worth and Gfl. IL. Walla cef - 5f 4.
Second DistrIci--W, w, pey. rieorse W.
Jones and j. NJ Curtis
Third Distrct--lohn G. Easley. Pt N.4s
C,ogbill, John j. Lynch. Johns Har@oou
and b. Il. Winston,
Fourth pIstrict--T. F. Clarke, NIL,
Watkins. Robert CiilliiAa aud \. Wv
Firth District--R. "A. James, ~ q. Burch
md George NJ, Ielms, g u. ~
sixth pistrict--p, q. Essleston, nsl
Barksdale. II. Q. Humphreys an1 ~, ~ ~;
Craddock. :, ~. ( e :, I. ". h (. = I.
J, . u lsisbth D,Stgiet-.G. i. 1saneys Gytiss.