The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-14

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I The Ateption Of n county cotnnittse, IN
which only voters VIC voted for tho
Democratic ticket Ia tho last presid entail
eiet.ion arc To participate; eacli com.
mites u name one juogs Of eviction and
\ otiS clerk at each voLng precinct; these
Judges to hnye the right 10 call In
Stliird person to decide questions OF die-
rute, each eommitts' to r,nme one mems
< her Of an electoral board, and this cau-
Gus to name tho third meniber from some
other district before which tho primary
vote shall DC canvassedi both committees
fsrn.c ITO abide the, result. and that there
Shall be no further fusion with the Ro-
publican party K. J. n.
Laid ohi The Table.
Mr.. Barksdalc, Mr. 1tewart Or. Powell
and various others contributed to the
Srai,,d-iire sugges tons and quotations ion, Or
tho members Of tho House caucus should
decide the issue rnlscd, while others con-
tended that the Joint Caucus should de-
eide the matter. and the Shands case
and tho Stickley case wcro both referred
TO- One member even referred TO the
Campbell case, which was not Question
before caucus, but before the Houso
Itself.
After Mr.. Thomas resolution had been
offered and read ut tho desk, Mir. Byars,
OF Bristol, cut short further DISCUSSION sta,,t
BY a motion to table both the stewart
/.
$lhe chair was unable to decide. a divi-
sion was called for. and the rising vote
resulted--ieas g. nays me melton 10 T.. 20
made for tho ayes and noes, but tnls
wa, not sustained.
linus ended the Norfolk county matter
for the evening save that later, when
tor Opie moved the reference Of tho
matter 70 a committee but the motion
was subsequently,, withdrawn. md =, the
Effort to exclude Messrs. Owns and Ear
ker from the caucus failed.
58 IT should be stated that after the motion
Of MI. Thomas h,id been read, Mr., Far
whose right to sit III the caucus was
questioned, arose and stated IN n diEniiled
!iut very Impressive manner. that IN be-
half Of his colleague, Mr.. Opie, and him
ready to abide BY the plan proposed by
AIR. Thomas. There being no one pres
a ent who undertook to speak for the
Straightout faction, there was no further
sition, but varius members Of the caucus
expressed themselves as impressed with
the fairness of the plan suggested. 1t IS
dSa heh the elan W IS tho test
rs between Democracy and Republican,
ism. as both sides usually poll their
strongest VOTE and vote their political
Rpred1lect1ons IN such campaigns .
The Contests for Office.
FL The next fight ensued over tho question
Of DostponinE the nomination OF q Regis
Ter Of the Land Office. Mr.. Barksdalc,
Mir Duke and various now members
advocating postponement, and MIR. Kelley,
Mr. Lewis and others opposing It. The
pending, question was ordered the roli
postponed until next Wednesday night
IN Nominations for basement. officers being
II in order, Auditor of Public Accounts Nor
ton Marye and Second Auditor j. G.
Dew were named by nochmation as
candidates for recollection.
g The nomination of the public printer
ptpught the only contest Of the evening.
Captain James H.. OBannon incumbent,
defeated Horace a. Hawkins by vote
OF Is to rs. and Mr.. Barksdnle's motion
to make the nomination unanimous pre-
vailed. .E
On motion Of Mr.. Shaokelford, the
caucus adjourned until next Wednesday
evening, when Register of the Land
Office and a judge Of the Fourteenth Cir
cult will be nominated. Thereupon tho
CAUCUS adjourned