The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-03
Voting Member Makes 1l>, 5a ,l >'.'.1 sSal1lflIs|
for Himself With His f5#
Colleagues.
5MR. PARKER ATTACKS q.
COLONEL W.3H STEWART,
Iii Defending "FusiollisllS lSl5ds q:
Declares That The Politic ~
Record 81 tl1c#lort ltll#
Me1nbcr.#ls Not lgncl1cck7
" crcdNot on Motion
to#STablc So % 21s5 l58

tl CIcu---- OlC&5 Oh lNIOllOl e4
70 Table $3.50 2ls ,35}saS
y Ayes: Ntessrs Barnes, Birtl.85 l5oaEs
Bruce. Cardwcll, Collier. Cox, llukot8ss
Green, Harrison HuhleS, Jordan, kelles-ts33 81
Lacy, Lycll. Mays, Mitchell, Ould, oWcnt5
POWELL Rev, Rosellegls, Rogers. Say u
tcrs, Scott. blackburn Smith, SpessardsJi1 Ji1i
Stubbs, s,ydnpr, 'rhornhill, WI lker,
lace and 1Yillcroy--;a -a33 s$5 M
(, Noes: Mcssrs. "a ndersol,. Clarke,, Cole. 4,
man. Daniel, Everett, Gray. Gregory
Gum, Ion'le, Jcnning arlhelll. .;lIsg
tame, RE. Lee Ir,. Lewis, Moss.S
{Pannlll, r'crson, Stewart Watson, tlla55sgi 5s
crs and yyood-ol,
Tho above is the vote by; which tile
Democratic caucus 1.-THE I1auso: Of Delc- III
gates last night tabled 4 resplnt tlon:Sof1
&fored by Mr. NYtthers. of " Nansetno ond, N tos8,
exclude NLcssrs. u w. Owe ems and .,S3
G.. Parker s. tl1e5t Fus lons mem bers frpnt%
Norfolk COUNTY, from, seats III that body
&t Tho fight was n spirited oite,i nd was ii
led > II Il nds brilliant manner on bel III
OF thc SStraiGhtou ,5 element II by Ii Hon
Robert Ny Wltlers, OF n Nansemo ond /. ffLY
new member and ono bof ha. young
%ir,Fst tho bod re-
Second Congr lonnl D IS tlel CATION.
uIid his Indictment of aFt tisipn 2s contl1-
ttions In Norfolk county " as On Q he
most powerful heard In the old hallsdur-.9 r.
ing the present session. 58 8 a8$8$ $SsS
MIR. Witlcrs'S speech was &clea u, q t. IL
tractivo and logical, and wa 81 ea gerll Y az
Heard by his colleagues. 10 deal t.tn8 no 81,
but when Mr.. Pa rker can1c cja
To speak for the "Flisonlsts, he m ade ~.
bitter attack upon Colonel H. ~. SSttfeW-E
art. OF Portsmouth charging liim Will
having been a candidate for 5oiiicc on t.i'e q
ticket with negroes, and with having II;
been Il Republican committeeman Col 4
onel Stewart made aevigoIous reply, anu
defended his own cotrse Al d ra sped '''hti
sionism" without gloyns. 8.. Il
Mr.. Parker defended .,lr,Isionism an,t X
declared that when it was finalls rated a!'l
IL was 10 redeem tho county from nes W. vs. n
.rTe. d g{ t33,l55 s ,,L ,jsE
Mr.. C,nrdwell made tho motion to table, ~
4 which was adopted, by q vote Of !. q q Io Eiii e
u and hc declared that Messrs. Ovens "a
ana Parker should not he turned out @. $6t
tho caucus to crafty newspaper 4cdllto 4cdltots S3
and outsiders. AK !, 81. s88
Z Tho meeting lasted for about two EllpillSsss
and was full of spicy inc cldents tro onlfllssf lsf
Inception. The action taken ends inc lll'i
ter and tho Norfolk coun tN5 1nenbers WIN SlsS
remain. In tho CAUCUS during ls..e st'r n
sion. t s5 5aI. 4. s51$t&
Boaz Made Chairman,
Tho conference was called L ordclf q q
$40 o'clock by Hon. y, y, Jennings ysof
I.ynchburg, and Hon, w, II. Boaz,. pr
Albcmarlc, was made cha lrman. and lioll'5
G. M. Wallace, Ir., nr Rtchmontl, sest'-8si
tary Flfty-three mcnlbGrs answered ", ,,5
their names, and Mr.. Witllers or y alisc5 n
mond. offered the following resolu,,v'ls " I, ss
"Whereas, e. w. Owens and Wsy3S
Parker wcrc nominated In the PRIMARY
election held In. open defiance of the de- e:
Eclsion OF tho State Central l0enlocratlc4s tlc 4s
COMMITTEES; aud whereas the sald OWeennss' Weennss's
and Parkcr were candidates Al the gell-$39
5eral election On November ., l9VS, ~ op Al.
position to RI, S. ltlcridgo and |tNlst1g VIZ ~
Johnston, the regular Democratic notil-ss
noes therefore. bo t
Resolved That u. w, owens hl.u I
~. G, Parker are not untitled 10 adj
mission into the Democratic caucus 49,
tho House OF Delegates.
Mr.. Withers made II stirring appeal tor
the adoption of his resolution, and salu y
that any criticism that might come tp ID
hin s Il result OF his fight for q tyranny
oppressed people would be fully conf
pensated out OF the prayers ana Tears oe
the latter He asserted that those who n
sought to admit the ''iuslon" mcmbers
10 tho caucus had mudded tho waters a
and beclo,lded the ISSUE by mixing the
matter OF the contest for the seats ~
the House with that for tho priviieSes or
tho caucus. One had nothing to do VIII, a
tho other and the only case here Whh "A
that involving tho right Of Messrs. Owens y
and Parker in the caucus of tpa ilc''iH'3 Y
cratic party
Not Personal Matter,
Mr.. Winners had nothing to say &
against the personnel Of tho members
hut there Vas II great principle inYolye'i. e
and it was of this that he came ~
speak. ~.
Mr. Wlthers here gave graphic l''s- "A
tory of conditions In Norfolk county from
tho inception of .F'lisonisnH IN 1871, 8
when. he said II had been eNcusaple OF "a
the ground OF relieving the county 81 FS,i
negro Coma,onwealths attorney. He ues83
clared that the necessity II had eyer
existed forl"Fusionn did not exist nos.s
ana With upl;fted LANDS Ike speaker ~.
serted that the conquest OF "Fusionialll
In Norfolk county had been u coniufsts
for public place. lie said a great TSP
resentation OF his people had truthfulls38
asserted IN tho public press that the sllf a
nation In Norfolk county gas q 'eaFirsRW
on the body polite and he bslleStd
that N was tho duty Of the tatcns 10 spi s
sila tbe matter once for rsatl. II fIe re- fsrrel
X. 4E,,,,. Ef,.t, IA tbat fMessis. OHfn6 AtlA IN