The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-10
led the nEht for the anti saunders ele'5
inent and contested every inch q sroH AM ~

while Messrs. s. Sclley a.. anu l., NJ
ahnin3g Jtp net ~ them uo, 81 eyRsi ishnoder
rhere was ali sorts OF trading and u, every !,
effort 10 defeat Mr.. saun,d5eTs' r srs ,,n ns
emerged I'll tf,mphSS, a ash1aaaads Delegation
Ana ~ o hv suNI large pinraiity IN the district
yote q Tie sss' tltns w wss se seeep s
c col, ir,l ow S to the fact that the
delegates were startling.
The Detailed Report.
ne me snll over the saloon Of sparks ant,
Black, on Broad street, at soon !, nfter 4 y
A, .;iy by Ps snroo. cn somnaona tes
c cluY iyf we're declared IN order, P. y.
S,Gnhiii having been designated as tenn
poraiy secretary.
8. L. Kelley nominated W, ~ !, !, cn n,,d
veil Of IannynIrr nlo or Henry Il
by oi eites and counties WITH tie result that
cardwell was c,osen, BY 80 so to oo ove NV
snlit between tie two--so to 80. This vote
s wns The first test Of strength between,
the Martin and anti.iMartln elements >, o.
the co1yenton n he m snnders ana att
'' "PhilIp v. Cogbill and Roscoe c. Nelson
were made secretaries .o+o
S. Lkelley moved ed th m h eae state Com.
mittec. ,,..+ al t1,e
st real ghbt Of The pe parted to choose
two Committeeman. Henrico. Ma !l1tI ~,
and Hanover one each, the district ! G3ns
vention to accept y the ising sel william, New
Kent and Goochland from any reai tRric+
ticipation in the selection Of the d t,rhi.
committee. and INSTANTLY ,t,satest ra'seu : - =
eR NJ amp P IIso' u advocated the proposition
in prolonged speech amid d grea rea G kine
and S0nfs9n we aad h wiH and ND lining
the county delegates against TINS p a,op -
ton of the suppression Of tho voice OF
the. weaker counties ul Sgsre,7,tb nromptly sec
onded Mr.. Fuller in his proposition a ann
took the floor to advocate 1T. MI. mere ERE
dth and Mr. pn heirp o srouated conan.
Ing the names Of FIVE men from the c S,Ni
ties named N the PULLEY resolution. LII. LIS ;
was not denied. He ad vocal pe 1onKo
me men l. delegates to St Louis and elector
TO Defeat Saunders.
rho n,,rpose Of the Pulcr resolution was
Ito defeat clyde w. Saunders, II possible:
for committee, BY excluding the vo otea % q
King William. New Kent and Goochlaina,
4 where II was Eeiert TX hlio". ~. sexual
s pEo~ed be eond not have been beaten
even eve had the proposition been carried. Wa
Judge @ g; G ~, Kar OF l>in of New
! Kent Kent. and Senator Henry r. Wickham, OF
hanover, all protested in the most vigo-
rous manner against ms at trnr az
1 patton in the selection OF the committee
men for the district
i The Fuller resolution was de1er reu' al'u
4 n i
4. d rho city and county delegations then
separated and retired to agree on the =
i choice for the various positions to De
i The Richmond caucus elected s. 3; Z:
(. Patteson chairman and Roscoe 2. Ne .ls,o !,
secretary, and the meeting began VIII !,
five state, committeeman, This vas pro- ,,,
i ceeded with amid great confusion. nu'
was finally concluded and 1.-THE, the result yer
H s9 S.: Dr. Dr.. B. Fisher Of Chester
field. 81; Simon Solomon. of Henrico. ~
at msI John IN, q s, Easley II The dve highest
4 Chose first ramed) were the choice o.
the Richmond delegation, There er.s..., was a,
MIR. Saunders and they were naturally
Il jubilant over their hard-won victory, fol
4 this forecasts the Same result IN the dis
81 trict body.
Delegates Nominated.
Colonel B. %. James nominated Messrs
!. c. II Meredith and, w. 3. Bradley fol
delegates to st. Louis;
be empowered to select their. own alter
mates. Both motions prevalle al, - 80
Thomas B. Hicks. Of Richmond. were
A nominated for elector.. one to be chosen
The result Of the city's vote was thirty
H eight to twenty in favor of Pollard, In
surfing his selection by the district con
vention.
Mr.. c, Y. Meredith moved to reeommen5
for the three committees OF the conven
ton: B. O.. James, on Organization; Eppa
Hunton' Jr, on n. RESOLUTIONS sia,o and feii'
There was storm OF protest; above
which the voice of Samuel l. Kelley was
heard moving to table the resolution.
recorded vote was had and the resqlutiot
to table was declared lost by 80 to a..
After long and stormy session thu
city convention adjourned and the dis
we'll in the chair and Messrs. Cogbill ant
Nelson secretaries.
Mr. Kelley renewed his motion to table
= the Fuller resolution and 1t was adopted
Mr.. Keliey's motion to elect five mem
I trict, each delegate voting for five. per
sons, was then adopted a., and the roll wa
suit:
ss gaelf Il so Essr III
hi RieSkm ioi Ae cltyULyneh IS, Fisher 81
saunder SO, Scott S. Solomon 40. Ease;
q. Harwood 81.
none voting for Mr.. Lynch. and compro
mise being made on Saunders and Har
wood. :,