The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
NORFOLK
c D u | |. ! !.
The Fusion Democrats Will Ask
for Urinary Sanctioned BY
.# the State Committee. $S
COMMITTEE & Y s: IS s APPOINTED !
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED y 9 \ Il: ,
Much Comment Over the Conf
mutation Of G e, Walkers. n.
Sentence by the Governor. IA.
special Is THE Times. 1oIspntcl,.)

VI tBpeciu to The Timcs- DIsphtcl.)
NORFOLK, VA, March G.--The Demo-
cratic State Committee viii again be called
upon within d day or two to take action
toward settling finally tic fight betwoen
tho strnigltout and Fusion. factions IN
Norfolk county. @ III
rho members OF the State central body
viii be asked BY the Fusonists OF tho
party III the .oouniyto give them g prs pr:
mary, oinola1ly sanctioned by tho state
Commttco at which tho questions at at
issue between them and the strnightoutS
may to settled SO far as they can DO ~
the election OF a new county committee.
~ Present conditions OF fairs In Nortolk
county aro !ntolcrnble from their stand tl1t1
point, they hold. and they Will tel the
COMMITTEES that thoy wart Jrolicf from
the present arrangement. Ono committee
Is enough for ono county.< VIII be rep
resented, whereas the county OF Norfoik
has two.
The determination to issue the address
to thc state Committee was arrived ~
at : most Interesting meeting OF the
Fusion committee. held In the Hotelr
Nj or roe to-day at noon. tSlastcd nearly
two hours ana while members OF the
press were rlgidly barred from the pro-
ceedlngs. { Is learned that there was
considerable discuasIon9of the plan !.
NJ Major Edwin w. Ownns, chairman q
tho Fusion County Committee and ne ~.
her ot the Legislature from Noriolk
county, presided. Mr. John "a q. l'es 'i1f
Jr., acted as secretary. l \. 8 4
It was stated to tho commit tee that
whereas tho recent electlor has proven
that tho wing Of tho party y n orfolK
county represented by the so.called Fu I
sion committee Is the only one tina I Is
able to send Democrats TO the Legisia-
ture. the eyes OF tho State Central LON !.
mittee should DO opened to the folly Z
longer ignoring Tho element when ~
able to accomplish this result
It was finally determined that the coul,-
W committee should make representa-
lions to the state body In the hope that
the matter OF regularity In tho county
shall be submitted to a primary. The
election Of q new county committee Wlil
be the object Of this primary. IN thn'r
address the Fusionists will likely bi1d
themselves to abide tho result OF TINS
election. :,
a COMMITTEES consisting OF Major Q wncns,
C,aptalr r.. c. Marshall. Senator
Finley Cromwell Sheriff a. C. Cronweil
ana Mr.. r.. H. Bagby, was appointed 90
draw IN tho address. This wlll not be
given to the press unit! It shall have been
forwarded to the State Committee.
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
Considerable comment, pro and con, has
been made In this city to-day on the
subject of the communication by the GOV
crnor late yesterday afternoon, OF inc
pneItentiary sentence Of G. G.. Walker,
convicted OF killing J. I. Bland, to ono
year In Jail.
II was tho concensus Of opinion that
the verdict Of one year, although It In
yolyed a pcnltentiary term. was very
light punishment for the crime, but the
efforts OF Walkers friends to secure q
communication OF sentence were increasing
and the Governor at the close OF his DAY
work yesterday granted tho commute
ton. There was tho greatest feeling
aroused here by the killing.
II will be recalled that Walker was not
sent to the penttentiary by the regular
guard, but was carried UP to Richmond
by his brother and two officers. The
penttentiary authorizes refused to re-
ceive him from them and he was return
ed to jail hcre. Then the Governor was
asked to let him stay. here.
BIG MORTGAGE.
The mortgage madc by tho seaboard5
Air Line RailwaySlto tho Continental
Trust Company. OF New York to secure
the payment OF 100000 OF per cent.
collateral gold bonds. to be used in the
completion of>4ts Birmingham extension
went 10 record II, this city o-day. t will
later BIO recorded In all the cities and
counties through which the roNd runs.
Tho proportion Of the State OK yirginin's
tax on the document will be paid at
Portsmouth only.
The commandant's office OF the navy
yard was advised this afternoon Of tho
arrival In Hampton Roads OF the Dolphin
will coal here 1t is not known that any
high naval officials nre aboard her.