The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10
History Of Fierce fractional QUAR-
TEL Down by the Seashore
Rclcarscd in Detail.
SOME SERIOUS CHARGES
ARE FORM LATED
Straigllout Faction Vigorously
Assails the Claims Of Dele
gates-Elcct Owens and Park
CT to Right 70 Sit in a
Democratic ratio Caucus uta's..
The Defense.

s a political struggle, beside "Ihlch tne
Shenandoah County and the Henrico
county, and even the NORFOLK city, fac
tional political snacls arc utterly d varied
in bitterness and vrulence, will be aired
3Lefore the Democratic legislative caucus.
which will probably meet OH Tuesday
lr.ghtnext to choose officers for the two
houses OF the General Assembly. It IS
tho perpe tual struggle hetwecn the
slra.ghtouts and the Fusionists OF Nor
folk county, and promises to be a bitter
fight. IL the caucus goes into the appeal
made by the Democratic Executive Com,
mites OF Norfolk county to exclude
Messrs. owens and Parker, the Fusion
candidates elected to the Legislature
from the Democratic caucus.
4 Executive Committees Appeal.
rho appeal Of the Norfo2< county
stra.ghtouts is drawn by tho Democratic
Executive Committee Of Norfolk county.
ana Is signed by George w. Jones, chair
nan, and N. + F.. Allen, secretary. This
is an address of nine typewritten pages,
going into4a history. OF the fusto n ~ ~
nlent, which began III 1891 when the me
Republicans and negroes dominates ne ne
county BY forming the fusion with the
white Republicans, under the leadership
or Alvah H Martin, the Democrats were
et;a blcd TO elect q Democratic sheriff,
Common wealth's attorney and other Oil
&C RS. In 1883 the Democrats Of the county
nominated candidate for clerk of the
court aga inst Alyah II. Martin. but he
was defeated. It is charged by the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee that from
that time to this Alvah Fl. Martin has
hei1 control OF the electoral board.
Certainly ever since that time a bitter
contest has been in progress between
,he fusion element headed by Messrs.
Cromwell, Martin and Marshall. and tho
ct, slchtout faction, headed by Mr.. George
w Jones and others. II III
The faction Of the party originally
known as Straightouts and now claiming
to be the regular Democratic party of
Norfolk county, got title to that claim
at the hands Of The State Democratic
Executive Committee on June 18th, 1903.
vixen, after a prolonged hearing, III,
State Committee decided that the fac
ton headed by Mr.. Jones was the regu-
sir Democratic organization III the county.
This decision, which outlnwed a the flu
sionlsts, was reached at a meeting of
the committee, at which the attendance
was large and at which many members
Of the committee gave proxies to others
who participated In the deliberations and
decision OF the committee. It Is but
fair to say this, inasmuch as large
meeting OF the same State Committee
has since ruled that proxies may not sit
IN the councils Of tho party's highest
tribunal,
5f / I is a fact, however, that the Straight
outs now have just claim to the title OF
regularity. in so far us the State Central
5Conmittee's decision car. give it.
II n bc nDao, pf the El1SiOnlst IS TO ~ fo
Democratic caucus charges many &c
lenses, some Of them crimes against the
Fuslonlsts, and specifically charge that