The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-04
Scenes Of Disorder and ConfltsSE
sion Charactcrize8st 5S
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Conventions.
THE 5REORG NIzATlON I5f1ai; AZ
NJ '.53 READ ITO 8RE,v v'0LTll
The Stronger actiotls T otdes {: arss q,
Adjournment After Midnigllt II
While Colonel Slernp Is,sSsl
Making ~ Speech y % Declitl-s 81; IN
ing Election as De q
gate at Larg lls(s

\ Especial From "a sta &c CORE Ont )@sss @ss
4 NORFOLK. VA, March q IS twA
sessions of5$theF widest disorde bordersS.##
ing at times upon the brink Of 5vio olencssaa ca
and threatening more than once to SresaS
s,llt8in an open bolt, the 2epub can State
Convention adjourned at " half pas "a "a
O'Clock this morning wi thout hearing tho
report OF the Committee on Resolutt ttonsss
K Tie convent lon marked an era II the
political history of tho state. thsFs
OF a determined Il war ag gainstss
the present organizat tio1, which ha 81 lonEf
dominated tllo5 s State wl It'll rs DO othinEa
policy and sits vas d most etrrrnlphattc ana
vehement protest, It was Ag1lew'sS cor
from beginning to end !s lie sWaSa
made temporary cllal permanents
chairman. dcleglto at large and re elected
State chairman. Hes would = have been
made everything else llad II q been possible
10 accept It's L Though 4 hay ving u two-hftfs
of the convent tion@ OF, hus last tically and s
''obedently united. the Sle1np pB or reorganTsSS
izatIon factionaw beat en- at every pptnES
hut went down fighting @dcsp atel lys ar1d9
breathing d tAnce. .wt en- tliei ocai spoSgs7s
crs ral ed, liable SO "a what they de-
fused to acecpt and let itSgo So.
AT that. an Sf u
fsS g. Was inlpossib le to or
any senlolance Df IT. and he sad djournlllstIts
was forced by the orgat hi ation Asytiielis ie
had the whip hand thro ghoiit y he .Ssesrsss
sion. while Cong gress man Campbe SllenI.
of the Tenth e District. Oh was mi KIM :E,
speech declining election q az delegataaGl
at large to Chicago. The e1egat tes elect t-ss
ed from the State at largo are Brown HAl-a
len, Park a gnew. who "a was O re- electeet9
State airma1; p. Lawrence Groner ailflS S
Colonel slemp The Ia tier posi- lively de-
3cllnes to go because ~ dge 4 ~. ll.5 Lewis
was not also elected. Iggs&
The party Is split from the seashore8
to the mountains and the conv ention ias asi5
had the effect OF widening the breach
rather than healing It,. tss
The negro delegates from several dis
tricts We're in attendance. but carried
tho convention. George q. 7Bowden,
.Norfollt, was le-elected member Of tllaa
Republican National Commit tee, i ssg@
CALLED 10 ORDER.
1t was 1872 when the bard ceased gtoSs
iblare and gthe gavel Of State chairman
.Agnew fell with a clack. The ach halrnanssss
announced that Rev j. wv. Nicho son; pLsS
Portsmouth would open the ga atherinss
with prayer. sts tsA
for tho convention. III 5S ti$s v sS3itss
By direction OF the chairman, the ssc,as
retary called the roll of tho convent tionsS
BY counties. beginning with those Fof tliaA
First District, the county delegatl IONS
which had presented their credential1yss
ars we ring here. Gloucestcr's dele tiolt5
had not forwarded thelr cred als.B andA
were called uponSto send them up Many
OF the delegati tionsS answered here An S5$;;tSs
grcat olsy chorus. i.s s4 4 .as
&"Gentlemen of the couven u on, b said
Mr. Agnew, and there wa s on thusias tlas
cheering. II am not gifted with oratoryass
and so cannot ntertain ~ ou. IL ! hay.sss&S
beeE OF any service to the party " ne ne sasfY
been as Il worker in Its nterest, Duri
my services as chairman y have Ileye r.8 Nh
ggf.'It Is now III order to select a tenn
porary chairman, Colonel sslemp." said he's
as he turned and faced the fighting Cotla@
gressnar. from the Ninth District. g@
Instantly the district delegation arcs
leader The wild applause and wayIR IRaP "a
or hats and kerchiefs con I tlnued for ~ SSS
n minute, the sombre delegation from
Richmond joiring In the demonstrat ton
When order had beer restored the
speaker very cordially thanked the col.Tts
venton for the ovation accorded him.
Colonel Slemp decrled factional diffeirssSS
ence and made an appeal for a united, ,s
Harmonious delegation. fighting the COM ~
mon enemy rather than each other. a.
want success II we want anything, ailr a
whon&I look into the faces OF histgranl ss
army OF Republicans and the army Of
young meE In the ranks, ! feel tina sytsl lS
ara equal to the occasion, n III iSSG sS
Colonel Slelpp condemned the ak k ofalSsi
Agnew and Slemp as foes. and PRO fessnd
his long friendship for the chan h.1s5gg5S Nj
NAMES JUDGE LEWIS. Ell
After stating that he did not rise 10 Fl
mako a specch. but to nominate u tenl-sssi
porary chairman, with q graceful etllo III.
ho nominated Judge Il. u, Lewis of lilrt,
}mond At tho mention of tho llama lpfs5
Ninth Third and Sixth District delegpsss9
}tions went wild, The cheering WAS lonE
cont.ued and spontaneously. There 5wS Sa
loud cries OF "Hurrah for Lewis, and a
an enthusiastic Ninth District delegatv5sl
proposed to name Lewis ny acslaIhastoiaa'sssgs aa'sssgs
But II was not to be- 81 a
'1 Tn n moment 1t was known that q test IN
OF the relative strength of the rival AErsa
new ard SIemp factions was TO be natis ss
IN tho very outset. This was apparent IN IN
when ex- Congressman n. Il Thorp, fors II
merly OF Petersburg, but now OF N>lo'f Nof -35y is{
'uih, The Second second, seya,rh, Eighth and Il
Tenth District delegations found thsir2S
opportunity 10 cheer, for they knew that
Mr. 'rhorp was up to name E'orlf a 9neMS Ss3 Sss13
for the temporary chairmanship S IN sa3
L When the noise had Suhslsde1, q III I'D
lhorp began his nominating spsesp tls Il
declared that he himself had held no Of ,sesS ,eS
fico save that To which he wa, I'll ted g$SS M
M the people He spoke af his own INT M
viea in ,a%party Mn frharn pa ID & III s@
fh;,,ldsor,s tribute 10 judge I.cy -, 1pJe- I'd