The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-09
throughout the STATE the com

general throughout the state the COM
mittees having charge OF such primaries
shall have the power, intlleir discJelsptn Nv.
to- provide that the voting shall be ~
ballot and not viva voce;, ~ Yones
spoke briefly. He recognized that ins,o
was force In the objection " me VIZ Via
voce plan in local elections. but IN a gen,
voce plan as preferable to any other ana
assuring fairer elections than any OF her
plan. The viva roce method in such gen l,
eral elections is not open to the 5op)ectle1ls
urged against II in local contests.
Mir. Gillian. Of Petersburg, championed
the subcommitiee.s recomm ne 1,da tn IA
the voting be by sec c oailo e,,a re rrw
OF fraud ever raised in the state grew
out Of viva yose psimaT5y,i she s sfsfed
hal nlt' Tor s.co Years s the subject had been
under discussion. and that the secret pa,
lot had everywhere superseded the Viva
voce plan The recent Cons.itintlonai Spn,
ha lot plan, and OUR regular elections are
held under this plan.
Mr.. Whitehead, OF Amherst. seconaea
~ for the viva vocs plan He d Lee ared
In the county It had been In secret ballot
elections. f5sS33t XII /. i m IA
Yankee Innovation.
Mr., Jones replied TO Mr.. Gillian He
declared that the secret ballot was !,
Yankee innoys ton feS,ed n n9oda cone one
ventIon. The secret ballot plan had
originated in Massachusetts. Prior 70 It's
adoption by the Underwood conyention;3
the tb hlya s,ae PIP Mr jones eontended that
he secret ballot furnished great oppor-
tunity for fraud. Answering Mr.. Gill
Hams statement as to the few VINO tavor
5Congressmen Swanson Glass; Hay and
Soi,tha!I. al some OF me well known men
who favored the viva voce plan.
Mr.. Allen: OF sotet9uss' eS ahtan1yen 70 70
the viva voce plan. that under the Con
stituticn the primary could not be legal.
lied since the. organic law required 'hal
Ali elections should be by ballot. i,
Mr.. EchoIs, OF stanton. disagreed with
Mr. Jones He said that sentiment In his
section was practically unanimous agalnst
the viva voGe plan as was ne fp press that
he had in his pocket a plan drawn BY
gentleman who had thus PRIMARY mere
al heart than any other man IN Virsln1la'
and that he favored the secret pallot.
He referred to Mr. Braxton. a
N,r Whitehead and Mr.. Jones FREQUENT
ly interrupted Mr.. Eehols with au We, o1.In
but the speaker insisted mat -. me n odey
charge of fraud ne knew OF ."'t vac tuNsss
M Mr. r. L. Gordon, Of Louisa, testitled
as to his preference for me viva ,sp ,G
plan and advocated TIE zones anenu
m she question was. called on the amend
ment OF Mr.. Jones. and The .cn ar pH ,srs Z
unable to defTaSd e r ~ ase Mas tieayes,
fs. noes, Is. Mr. Ellyson cast the deciding
Vote in favor OF the amendmen.. linus
adopting = fns sensTa sat ,G INA
MN her 4 OF minor amendments were
nronosed and approved, being relative to
tie details OF making returns OF the re-
su n s Fl inp point MI Gillian OF Peters
h,,rr. offered as a substitute FOL. the en-.
plan ths araft e ths S bS sesaor
George B.. .Keezell. q Rockingham., e. and
Known as the Keezell, plan Of primary
Mr. Hay, congressman fronl the g
tailed, but his attention was called 5y
Mr. Barksdale to the fas! that g oor,e eana1
Hs thsrsapont s dsposs
OF the matter, he look MS seat ~ eo'''e5
p yo e m sSpaln ss
digressed into a somewhat lmpass'oneu
argument for the measure; :. y, 80 =,
;6 s for s SasIef sas pts sxgpa
the the lp,rroSvislons Of the bill. This being
g eS the senator made a VERY clesa ar
analysis Of the bill, which Provides sa i1r
namng snd Fl case g of
a a.ti 81 it provides for instructing dele
gates gates and senate rs by primaries as 70
the choice Of their constituents, "a.
feet to oppose the, Keezell plan, which
he isVI contended was destructive Of the prt-
mary plan. He declared that no one
9als knew anything OF the provisions OF
the plan. 1t deprived the voters Of the
privilege of voting directly for their heir se s4s
ecoe contend that II would give q large
cotirty a great advantage over smalle
counties. Mr.. Jones spoke at some length