The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
It'll FEBRUARY 2s 1904
ALLAN MEN |. !. |
W0N: OUT
Official Faction Of the Local Re-
publicans Beaten III City @
Convention.
RESULT R S; j. WAS MAS; A SURPRISE i |: I

~ 49, 49, a - 49, =, -
NJ A surprise was sprung Oil what Is
known rs the organization faction OF tho
Republican party iii this city last night
by the Allnh-W illiuns faction, something's
known as "thc outs" WHOM the city con-
ven ton mot to choose fourtoo!l delegate
to tho district convention, at West Point
ana sixteen delegates to .hs state con-
rention at Norfolk.
The orginzntlon faction. embracing
nearlyall the Federal Office i. II olaers. III
this city. were lopcful-lndecd, COM ident--A
OF victory and 1t was thought they hnd
patched up a. truce with their erst~niia
opponents in tho NNllinms-Allan faction
but the hopeful ones were coor-blind, for
the white flug turned out to be RED, ana
meant war, rather than peace
1t was confidently expected TINT the
organization faction would control last
nights convention and elect Delegates 70
the two conventions favorable 70 the
maintenance OF the present state organl-
zation headed BY Agnew, RoWde1h, SIh1o nor
S. Brown Allen and others. But lie con-
yenton unset all these calculations ana
showed that the despsed "outs. VINO
had apparently been appeased by assign
,nents on the City Committee recently
we're all the time flgh ting. ii
MEANS REAL RE1ORGAN1IAIION 4
In brief the result may be Stated mus;
Mr.. Edgar Allan dr., Mr.. nj. M. WI y,
liams and Mr.. Otis Fl. Russell controlied
title convention and elected the dcleEa tes
to the two conventions, giving lhelr o..
moments Il small representation thereon
One Of tho vlctors stated afterward tl,tlt
the result was n victory for the real re-
organizers OF tho party In the state over
the pretended rcorganizcrsF ZIG uecla ., c
that flo action or the city convention
meant tho election OF a delegation favor
able 10 reorganization along INC INES
marked out by Congressman slciliP anu
the Republican caucus IN the lcg .a, W
On the other hand, the defeated fac-
lion charge that Messrs. Allan. Williams
md others formed q combination Win
tho negroes and controlled the conventlon,i
,v,,cn Il was understood that there was
to be a white organization ana do1l ,lI'.
ton or the party In this city CertalhlS.
the yictors had to resort to the aid OF
the "brothcr In black" 20 win, ana rccos-
nfzcd this BY concedng TO we nesross
ter 8of the fourteen delegates 70 me :. con.
pressional district convention at Wesl
Point. 43Ad & aat5 555 fs . =, :, $
SPRUNG; A SURPRISE.
,r,,,a convention was held Mt Smithdenl
Hall. John II. Campbell, q REPRESENT a..', !.
live of tho organization faction, was
made chairman. 1t is claimed thnt inc
Albany illiams- Russell faction dia n9t
then know their strength. and for TINS
reason did not make NOM i ny tlo'i -
cEairnln n. f RS . . !,
trhe first fight in the convention ana
|5tht first anu really decisive test 9,
strength was on h%resolutlon proe e.
iby3 Mir. NJ M. Williams. declaring tor
REORGANIZATION OF the party IN inc STATE
ana endorsing Edgar Allan u, !. Tor mem
. r. ttsH n
Der oy the State lJSccullfc ~
| n THEY WE'RE 5DAzDD.
The organization element, who It was wa,
understood favored n lilly white organ Isant
cation" and the re-ecctlon q Nv t,ht ,,rn,,csi
zion. for they had counted on MI. WI.
liars to stand with them. It also. men ~
! That Mr. Allan was against tiieil, LII, atn
|. tiiom had failed. Expecting al the whites
| 10 stand BY the present Organization, ti, ay
/ we're not a little surprised wien suiti-
cient Of them went over e. 70 - aaG Nexs nne
Allan. o. II. Russell, jeff. Powell; ~ NJ;
Williams, B. r. McCuc, ]. NJ. Elicit ana
r. r. Mann voted for the resolution, ana
all the rest of the white detesates Hooeu
against It. But the votes OF the negroes
added TO those whites named were SUN.
/ cient to adopt the resolution, one report
| places the vote at % to =, and the otuer
at % to %. AS there were tifty-t"o deie-
|
me announccment or the result dazed
, the organization faction. while the aayo
| Gates of reorganization were 1up l.Iand
being themselves not little surprised
I it Is said, at the victory. !, ...a,,
After tIis the Allan Williams Russeii
/ combination had things very mucn ihe y,
Town way, but were generous enough 70
| concede to Postmaster Knight ana one
or two others places on the delegations
= THE DlIGATEs. ],
(, rho delegations to the district ana
State conventions are composed almost
4 en- tirely Of representatives OF tile Vlctorl-
4 Gus faction, In tho selection Of DELEGATES
\ TO the State convention, the whites .l ~
i in tho majority, but the negroes were
| given majority Of ten to four m the
district delegation. Here are the ISIS OF
/ delegate chosen:
! 10 West Point conventionTJ. M, E!ie.t !;
NWray y. knight, I5dgard Allan, Jr. and Is
I, NJ. M. Williams, all white; and james =.
(. Hayes, III. T.. Jonathan. 3. Il. Turner, 3,
r, Vanderbilt, George T.. Patteson. j. Il.
enrv m p eam anS e Sas
Grubbs, J. M. Haett, Q. Fl. RUSSELL I'd
gar Allan Jr., j. Powell, M. NJ Williams,
= L. Lewis and j j. 4, Mann 4nnat w Sa un g
sanfepvai and i b +, T nrs =
/ 1T is said that the delegation to the
SaWy 'o 81 a c W and ags
4 Slemp for delegates-at- large to Chicago
from this State; Mr.. S. Brown Allen OF
MI. Agnew. for the western half Of I. the
S Whte 4 Repub S from Tie eastern hai
of the State, will probably DC the othef'
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