The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-05
Was It@a Crime? Is Question ats
Issue, Says Sixth District
Representative. 9s8s
WILL CONTINUE FIG q i n \. n
81. UNTIL SETT.L ED sRllGllHT1
MI. Glass Says TIe Deter
mined Work Done by5 5Consti-
t,,tionaIl Convention Il At Il. Such M Il: III II
Cost Shall Not be Utl-a Il
done by Fraudu- u,
a, VI lent Acts. "

(From Ours Regular Correspond dent. sa
St1vAsH1NGToN.sD p. J. c. 81 Feb. x Repre-
sentative Garter Glass, Tho 4 as ed itorss
of the Lynchburg News, ], made sic Il . .a N
hitter tight against che recognition SbyjEs
the Democratic &ca ucus Of the Virginia
House Of n Delegates Of /. tho FiisionlstsssS ssS
elected to that body from N Norfolk counStSs
$ty, consented late tonight to discuss tiisss
action Of tho caucus T uesday light ~. /
voting to- admit the tmemb bers. He would dAg
not tallsEyeste erday, and III was onl after;@
repeated urging on my part that he exissss x Az
pressed his views Of the action 81 N the 4
ca ucus. S &: } I
II gree with. The Times Dispatch, 9ill-5S
deed, the united democratic I. press o fls
Virginia, in,' bidding the &Deno ocrats asolS
Norfolk county to bc 5of good cheer hess
said. The ght over the ue X IL ass
volyed in their cont est is Just beg,ltl:i;;
That issue is. was negro enf francht htse7SSss# se7Ss
ment o. crime, and was negrns dis Era at1lSg
chisemcnt rlght Ssss III
5Sa..l 9far,l;ls Virginia IS cerlted Il the
(51eSislnt tive caucus X chino ontl cpuld
Ehave settled this Quest OH SiruesdayS Shts
by excluding he I'D rl1roya elcsa tihrsss
f FtyAcouncil two men who sta and f0fss
ty Decentralization, and wi no were sent
Ito the Leg gisature by a comb Ina tton%s OF
white and black knaves In N orfo .co un-S8'
ty, which stands for pu bile plunder Ds--s
I5ninlE OF the Srlght6of these men to enteE
q Democratic caucus and par tcipn te5;in rs
Democratic councils Woul Id hive been stsSs
notice served on the nppoint ting ne oWfesrsA
l'under the new Constitution that only on
Peril Of his official life could the elec5
zion machinery OF Norfolk county n be-
| continued In the hands of the scoundrelsSSs
who have debauched that coun W q nd
outraged the laws Of the hefCommonwealth.s
What It Means. &.
"The admission Of these men to,SSaa Z
lELemocratic legislative caucus. elected as y
they were by black Republicans and OH
| fice-hoIdIng whites, is ottce to ne ap
POINTING power Of Norfolk county thaI tlhlst9s
! q ID Democratic caucus at RI ichmond re-
cards fusion with Republican ofllce--ss9ss es
holders and illegally regis steIed e snegroesso
Il thing worthy OF comm enda es I,s'T..S
ciully when It. accomplish hes the over---sSs r-sSs
throw OF the Democratic part and PERI
rctuates the riot Of insult and spolls 70;
which tho decent people of N orfolks coull--s
have long been su bjected ~
'Of course, the thieves down therre,@ S,
who have practiced every species (, ofs po7sg
tinue In power for q while: But BY tneS ;r's v
rction taken Tuesday night at Rl lchmondSsS y &c
AN issue has been made which concernsls h
tba$ whole Democratic party ~ Virslniiss5
and Il will not al low mysel T. to doubt forSs fn'Ss
an instant what the result OF y WIZ lDe,Ea
"I3believe the white peopto OF NJ VI
represented by the Democratic & par y !:sa
viii sweep like chaft, before the vino VIM a
any man or SGT OF men v no Or " Whlctsss ss
gmn1artakes 10 restore negro suf ffrage q tnG
| this Commonwealth for the sal OF geeltttII
ting and holding on to oftlce ,s,sS isay;s
Shameless Combination.
II believe the Democrats party yssyS'lill%
drive out of existence any set Omen
which, deliberately undertakes to nul AfY,ss
| tho action cfsthe Constitutional Conye n--gs
ton In disfranchisng ignorant blaekS "
! people or which undertakes TO coninllp
tho Democratic party TO the remark ple,s
| Iproposition tint tho work done III I'M vi
convention ut q cost Of three hundreeeeEs Esg5
thousand dollars to the white tax-payers b
Of Virginia shall be Slindone ~ any any 4
county in the Commonwealth by a sha me-.
,,.ss combnation OK white oitceholenee nee1s eI1 Z
with illegally registered negroes. tepssT5 lpsa,
sentdng unna tural greed on one A slne' n
and conganital deprayity on the other,s.
The people of Virginia are not going 20 6 III 81
tolerate any such disgraceful proceed ts
Ing. It K .t g,5s j, 81. 10 Z I, .ss
there was factional line M N the scau si 'ss
GUS" L suggested. M Y. "a, Il III ,tsE
II don't want to so into that said ~ !
N.Y.. Glass. q, II have nothing to do with
any factions, nor have the newspap pers
In Virginia which have stood for tha Y IN r;f'
tegrItyFof lne Democratic party anythlns.
to do with factions. 1t Is a. plan pro Pc ~
sitlon OF whether men who " legall reg -5a
istercd negroes and then combined WI
| them to defeat the noniEees OF tho Dem ,3s.
ocratic party, both for county otflces i,i ana
| members of tho General Assembly siia,s
| he Recognized as Democrats and applau,9
I'd for their treaehery both to the Al,sIoyy3sgfs
saxon race and to the Democratic palts,
have seen thosrecorded vote and. % ins&l
amazement note the name OK seYeeaAE
rentlemsnS in tho affirmative whose aitl-ls4
| tude can only be explained upon the 8ny r5S: 5
pothesis OF an extraordinary misappfs Sg
henson of What was really involved sli.5
| the contest. There are others @n9sa
vntes are not surprising, because sney ~
have stood in the way OF every ef q I \;
made In Virginia for the past te's seaFs h
10 better our polll,cal mfth ods n ssS
Is Not True,
"What about the statement Hadf y. &
| tho democratic caucus at Rlchmond antl !SSs SSss
nmb,Ished I'm The Times plspatch ina
thero are forty eight counties W ths Sssts 4