The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-23

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leagues. He set out to prove two propo,..
Fitions--that the County Commiuee y
supreme In Hcnrfco. and that the evil
dance In the Bta,ier case was sufficient
Ia convict the defendant of fraud MI.
Ruftin showed that the Democrats party
had some few years ago promulgated q
URINARY system, under which, among
other things contests were to be decided
subject 10 right of appeal to the state
Committee Then he showed that utIuel
tho statutes of Virginia the county oil
Irenrico had the right, IL 1T saw ~
to adopt its own primary system. Which
should he the law In the county. III tho
recent primary II had seen fit TO exercise
this right and had adopted its own pan.
IL therefore acted Independently Of the
state Committee, and was not suolec'
70 its regulations as 1t would have peer,
IL Ii had adopted the State committee
r,an. He said that in all things the
County Committee had been loyal 10 the
state Committee. but that when TINS
latter body arrogated an authority that
II did not possess. the County Commit
tee did right to ignore it.
Then Mr. Ruf11n referred to the ev,nenco
In the Brauer-H echler case, and declared
that Israuer wss guilty out of his own
mouth. The defendant had confessed TO
paving the man Green the sum or 81
The counsel for Brauer had tried to
( Influence the County Committee, as IL
aid Influence the state Committee. BY
begging that 1t refrain from airing the
dirty linen of the party for the benefit
n its enemy, the Republicans. But
the day for cheating was over. and the
County Committee. as honorable gentle
men. were trying to make 1t so that
there would be no dirty linen TO air.
The newspapers received a considerable
norton Of Mr.. Runln's attention, and
ne scored them severely for crying guilty
and then as he said, assisting the State
Committee to hush things up Wheh
the sneaker concluded he was presented
with = beautiful bouquet OF flowers. ION
behalf of the ladies Of Fairfield and
lower Henrico" 1t was given as an
emblem of purity fairness and honesty"
What Mr.. Todd Said
Mr.. Todd denomnated as dirty per-
secution'' the work Of the newspapers OF
Richmond in behalf OF the State Com
mittee. OF this latter body he also had
q few words to say. He said he went TO
at expecting to see party of honest gen
tlemen in the performance Of their duty
He went merely to protest against any
action by then, and did not a any time
agree to submit to their decision. But he
saw a little room near the State Com |
Irittee room. and he saw Bill Sands drag
ging the members Of the State Committee
into it. and there was good zeal or |
whiskey in that room. He saw the state
Committee walking around arm in arm
with Bill Sands and drinking his whis-
key. Finally Bill came out and called
FOR Pete" Barksdale who also got into |
tile room; likewise Joe Button.
why, Bill just pressed the Button
said Mr. Todd land Pete did the rest.
II was the most d!sgraceful scene I had
ever witnessed. Even If l had agreed TO
the decision of the State Committee and
went there expecting to meet honest men,
j would have refused to submit after
found that was gold-bricked and sand
Ragged
liz closing Mr.. Todd said he had been all
over the county. and that his friends
and the friends of Mr.. Hecher were stick
Ing by him like man. He expected to
achieve a great victory.
Coat1r and HechIer.
Like the others, Mr.. Coalter. jumped
with both feet on the newspapers, de-
claring that they were unfair and so
forth He said that they We're covering
up the State Committee whether it was
right or wrong He discussed the academic
question involved. and said that the Demo-
Gratis had been cheating since 1869, and
that it was now time to stop. He charged |
that the counsel for Brauer had tried 10 |
intimidate and browbeat the Goun- |
ty Committee They had even gone
so far as to take revenge on n
prominent State officer. and threaten |
that if he did not force a certain COM
lnitteeman to vote in a certain manner
he would lose his job,
Mr. Hechlcr spoke briefly, and said |
Todd would win no matter how much
Clyde Saunders and Bill Sands might
fume and fuss and kick and cuss. He
predicted a glorious victory.
The Brauer M Getting.
considerably larger crowd was present |
at the Broauer meeting, which was rather
short. Mr.. Russell spoke first, declaring
that personally he was a Todd man, that
he had up to very recently, supported |
Todd but that he was in duty bound
to submit to the supreme party power.
He took several hard cracks at the Coun-
3ty Committee and declared that it was a |
cut and dried thing that Brauer should
be turned out.
Mr., Sands made an argument somewhat |
along the same line, He stood for party |
organization, and for the supremacy of |
the State cLrnmittae. He charged parti- |
sanship by the County Committee, which, |
he said, was trying to dictate to the |
county, He urged that all good Democrats |
rally to the call of the party and sup |
port the party nomineo-William II. |
Brauer.
Tonight at Terrys Hall, in Shumaker's |
precinct a big Brauer meeting will be |
held. Captain George D. Wise will be |
the speaker.