The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11
Voters Of HenriCO Must
Settle the Matter.
TWO RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED SATURDAY
Majority Defles State Com.
mittee'S Authority.
THE HOTTEST KIND OF
CAMPAIGN EXPECTED
Chairman Ruffin Leads the Todd For-
c.s-Lelter from j. S. Patton De-
claring Nothing but Bond and
Security Gould Be More
Finding on Todd than
Atty's Acceptance.

Out of the chaos and confusion that
prevails In Hcnrico politics there have
sprung, as the ultimate result of long
weeks OF waiting and wrangling, two fac
tons. one owning allegiance to the State
Democratic Committee, the supreme par
ty power. and the other repudiating the
authority Of that body and hosting tho
standard OF the County Committee az
that Of the sole and rightful administrator
OF affairs within It's realm
In this manner the long drawn out
fight assumes it's final shape. and In this
manner will 1t now so to the people for
arbltrament. The last twist has been
given to the tangle, and a tangle 1t VIII
stay until the day on which the ballot
cast by the citizenship Of the county VIII
cut the knots. Between now and then no
other hand can interfere. The new COM
mittec, the last resort of the disputants.
has met. passed upon the matter. and
retired, leaving the situation more cloud
ed and befogged than before. The best
II could do. or the worst, was to split It
self in twain, one side, the majority. go.
Ing for Todd and county supremacy. and
the other, the minority. for Brauer and
allie glance to the State head Of the party.
Each side will now appear before the
ueop!e. upon whom will thus, after all,
be imposed the task OF deciding the'ye.ed
question.
Slump in Rrauer Stock.
A predicted long in advance. the new
committee, which met to organize and
plan the party campaign, jumped at once
into the troubled waters that surround
the Office of treasurer of the county. 10
tho outside it appeared that 1T met for
no other purpose. 1t worried along
while over the matter of organization
but then it took q headlong dive into the
other thing For some two hours or more
II noundered around. until 1t hnally
emerged at precisely the same point at
which 1t jumped In, so lar as eetuHs
things settled is concerned
From the very outset 1t was easily TO-
be observed that any hopes BraUer might
have entertained Of capturing the new
committee were vain. He was there with
a lot of his friends, but Todd was also
or the ground, equally we'll represented.
they squared off on this point. but as
soon as the committee buckled down TO
work Brauer stock began to futter ana
show signs of coming slump me
Brauer nominee for chairman was de-
feated by two votes, and Brauer man
was unseated. The split began right mere
and until the moment of adjournment u
continued, with no change, except IN that
It constantly widened in favor OF Todd,
, AT first Todd trimmed off but small
majority. but small as 1t was 1t acted as
powerful whip that was welded with eff
feet dismal In its consequences upon the
soaring hopes of the friends of the treas.
urer. with this scanty majority the TODD
forces controlled the election OF the ne"
members, who had to be chosen to MI
,,,nonc;as and with each such new men,
ter seated the majority was increased by
one. The Brauer wing would offer q
candidates; the Todd would do the same.
The Todd man would be elected. Next
, time, the Identical same thing would hap
pen with one vote added to the Todd ma
iority. BY the time the committee got
itself organized and ready to consider