The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-14
The Incumbent Defeats IIorracc
a. Hawkins for the
Place. II 35;
1.-THE OTHER CONTESTS
WERE ALL DEFERRED5 4
Warm Fight Over Electing Reg
/ ister Of Land Office, Bit Mons
inatiorl Is Postponed One8E
Week Auditor and Sc sstj NJ
cond Auditor Reno nil G
mated BY Acclamation. a

mated by Acclalnation.
rho Joint eglslatlvo caucus OF this
Democratic members met in the hall o. n
tho House Of Delegates last night to /
nominate basement officers, but dis. IL
posed oc only one OF tho two contests.
|.That was for tho office oK5s public NJ
printer, Coptaln J. Fl. O'Bannon,g the
incumbent being renonnated over Mr.
Horace IA. Hawkins, OF this city, by y
yoto Of i76 to IS. "a. y Ak 5s.s3Ss.lE
Tho Norfolk county contest involving III
tho right Of Delegates-elect y. VA Y. ii
Owens and w. G. Parker, OF that coilr-
ty. to sit iii d Democratic caucus came;
up in the very opening OF the session..
Mr.. Stewart of Portsmouth, attempted i
to force the issue by offering a aresolu-4l
ton reciting that they had defeated &
4"tho regularly nominated candidates OF VI
tho Democratic party, and ref fusing 10 u
allow them to pnrticpat to In tho confer-Sg55s
8encoE or caucus q. senntor$ "a. r. Thomas.
OF Campbell, offered as u q subs bstit,ltes$3
another resolutlon designed to leave the M
settlement ofathe factlonal fig hit In that&I
county nnd the question Of the sregu-$tS
lnrity orSrregularity Of tho DELEGATES 81
clected to tho Deri1 ocra,ti stars 80 feai
county. 5is5;'ss5 Y A ,.5s ri 5S{ MI
After somn discussion as to the proc
p,iety or lnpro priety Of considering the Il
Blssto raised, Mr. vars out short further ri
tall: by u motion to table both the rea-5:;
olution and the Substitutes The motion
prevailed, 65 to %, and the call made
for the yeas and nays was not s,ls-3$s}
taIned That ended tile 5skirmtsh over
fo, ,fr,s hat
Gus was concerned. is almost abso-5a
lutely certain that the question will be res
vived at the meeting OF the caucus next
wednesday night, to which time las.
nights meeting was adjourned.
Fight for Register.
There were two other questions raised
in the caucus. One OF these and the one
which precpitated the battle royal was
OH tho question OF ostponing the .nomi-cY
::ation OF Regsterot the Land Y ffico oR
until next Wednesday, evening. d for the II
Newhouse had retired from the contest
because lie had had no time to make
O. canvass for the nomination. having
been estopped up to yesterday by u the Az
fact that la was q member OF the last
General Assembly. Mr.. Barksdale, OF
Halifax. made the plea for postpone
rnent while Mr.. S.. L. Kelley, OF. aicli-ii58
encei and vigor, Finally the pending N
question was ordered and the motion od! Il
Mr.. Bnrkstlale was adopted, and Mr.,
K elley beaten by tho close Vote Of i6S
to So. Many others were drawn into tta #
discussion. and snap judgmen was 9
charged against tho advocates OF immn- S
diate action. Many Of the new membcr5 sB
voted for postponement.
The other contes cnsued over the lda ata s
OF tho caucus for the nominal lion Q & q 5$5
circuit Judge for tho fourteenth judicial
circuit. a fight was mnde to choose tho va
Judge on a different date from that
named for the selection Of candidate
for Register Of tho Land Office. and
tonight was urged by Senators Sears VI
and others. Mr.. Holt and Mr.. stenrnes.
two OF the advocates OF Mr.. Barnes for
the judgship, urged postponement OF tlla III
judgshp caucus until next Wednesday, MAJ
and finally this was agreed upon.
= Colonel Morton NIaryc, Auditor 9 = 3s9
Public Accounts. and judge John S,s
pliment of being nominated by nccln- #
nation for their respective offices.
The Norfolk County Fight.
Senator William Henry Mann called
tho caucus 10 order. Delegate w. II,
Poaz was made chairman and Senator
George S. ckelford. secretary. Col- se
onel w, II, Stewart Immediately offered
Il e a - II a.
tile following resolution: III I. E
y Whereas. IL w. Owens and W.isG.3
Parker, members from Norfolk county. II
w,are not recognized as the regularly 4
nominated candidates of the Democratic 4
party, and were opponents of the regu-
Yarly recognized candidates of said partyi 5&
therefore he It Ell IS r a
Resolved, That the said r.. w. Owens 81
and w, G. Parker shall not be allowed 4s
t. participate IN tho caucus OF the Demos
cratic party in the Legislature OF Viz
g.nin." H5Bi5
This Immediately set tho caucus by the &
ears and had the effect OF precpltatlnE a
tho perennial and apparently internllnabla n
factional fight, populnily known, as tha e
Norfolk county contest, between ths
Straightouts and the FnsIomlsts The a
q, estion immediately raised was tina tna &
~ the status OF MessrS. parker ana "
Owens. a shower OF suggestions ana III
resolutions, IN which conflictlng precet
dents w,are quoted, WAS made aHd turmoil
seemed abont to ensue. When Senator A.
~ Thomas, of Campbell. was reeog nizei 81
and presented. IN the form Of a resoll @
ton, OF the caucus, plan whereby NJ
believed and predicted the factional dls'
puts and the question Of the ellgihilty s3S
OF the Two members in question - NV as
in a Democrats cauctis would at on.s
AM, the same time be decided for all a
time The resolution oi MI, Thomas.
hurrIedly drawn, IS as follows:
zach COMMITTEES OF the Norfolk county sasg
Sactiops to agree to hare PRIMARY loF