The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-05
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IN AMHERST / I: |; now 0||||I||
!. Former Judge Campbell
Elected BY the Use 4.
of Proxies.
MEMBERS PRESENT
VOTED FOR JUYNER
VI ------- 8 5,s
State Democratic Committee to
Decide Which is Entitled to
the o Office-Result May ' #
Affect the Massie-
Strobe Con-
test. II
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AMIlLRST. VA, Sept. 4. = Two rival
organizations nre claiming 10 be each the
organization OF tho Democratic party OF
Amherst county. There are two chair
4 men and two secretaries and each claims
4 to be tho chairman and secretary respec-
lively Of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Amherst county. One must
step down and out. Which this will ec
tho State Committee viii have TO de-
h eide when 1t meets in Richmond on the
Z 7th OF this month.
c.BJ. Campbell. we'll known In Ans
herst and State politics. formerly judge
\ OF the County Court OF Amherst county,
but who was removed from this office
u by tho Legislature OF Virginia over two
1 years ago, after n sensational trial be-
fore committee OF the Legislature, and
who was defeated In a fight for the.
nomination for the House OF Delegates
by Dr. Don Scott in a primary two years
ago claims Ito have been elected chair
nan. s53 ~, (
Tho friends Of III. c. Joyner, county.
treasurer and one OF the most popular
men In the county are equally insistent;
that Mr.. Joyner5 Is chairman. The whole
matter has heen appealed to the State
Commiitee.l which will have to decide
whether Joyncr or Campbell Is chair;
man OF tho Amherst County Dem ocrat-i
ic Executive Committee. XII
Peculiar interest Is added 10 the con-
test from the fact that the right is
claimed by some for Campbell. In case
he should be sustained by the State
Committee. to sit upon the Senatorial
District Committee which will deal with
t,..>contest which Senator Alassie pro-
- to bring against Mr.. "A. F.. STROBE.
who recently defeated Him for the noml-
nation for State Senate In this ,district.t
The chairman OF the Amherst Commit.
4 tee and the chairman of the Nelson
Committee constitute the District Com
lnittee before which this contest will
he tried Mr.. STROBE defeated Mr.. Mas
sic for the nomination by thirteen votes.
Massle has announced that he will con-
test.
Want Watson to Sit.
The friends OF Mr.. Strobe say that
d Watson, the chairman OF the old COM
4 mittee. under. which the primary was
4 held. is the proper one to sit on this
bell sit on the committee when the con-
q test is tried Is II matter of speculation.
Campbell Is the leader of the Massle
forces in this county and Mr.. Masscs
closest personal and political friend. In
the recent election which resulted In the
defeat Of Mr.. Masste in both Amherst
county and the district he made every
effort to carry Amherst for Mr.. Massie
for tho Senate. and at the first meet
n oaf lv,o ftors 4 fn
election held TO canvass the vote, he
appeared as counsel for Mr.. Massie.F
s Whether, DESPITE his friendship for Mr..
Massic and avowed hostility to Mr..
Strobe. who was counsel prosecuting
Campbell before the committee OF tho
Legislature which removed him. and the
fact that Campbell has already appeared
as counsel for Massie, he will attempt 10
sit OH the district committee when the
contest Is heard, Is not known. The
friends of Mr.. Strobe would. Of! course.
object to this.
A New Executive Committee OF the
county wa selected In the recent primary.
After the old committee had finished
canvasslng the vote it issued a call fol,
the new committee to meet and organize
\ by c!ecting chairman and secretary.
This cul was for the 18th OF this month,
n Despite this fact, on Saturday, there
was mailed to the members OF
tho new committee a call for the
new committee to meet here to-
day to organize This call was signed by
nine members OF the new committee,
which constituted a quorum, there being
sixteen members Of the compttee. M
When the committee convened this
morning there were present ten members
in person and five proxies, making flf-
TIn a
friends of c. j. Campbell, OF the ten
members present, six voted for II. G.
JOINER, permanent chairman, and four
voted for C, j, Campbell. Every mem-
her present by proxy, except one who
did not vote all. voted for G. ]. Campbell,
this giving Campbell eight to Joyner's
six, IL the vote of members by proxy IS
legal. If voting by proxy is not legal
Joyner was elected by six TO four, 4.
Two Meetings Held.
Two meetings were then held, Camp
bell presided over one meeting, Joyher
presided over the other, Each meeting
has its secretary and kept its own re-
cords, each claiming to be the proper
organization. Both sides seem confident
of being sustained by the State Com-
mittee.
Mr., ], r. Whitehead, member OF the
State Committee. and also member OF
both old and new County Colnmltlce
stated that the State Committee had
adopted resolution declaring that
proxies should not be used In any meet
Ing OF committees, except when tho plan
under which tho committee was elected
specified that such proxies might be used
and the manner In which they could be
used, The plan under which the County
RI. al ofoA7 "a !, "a
about the use Of proxies. If the use of
proxies was Illegal, Mr., Joyner is chair
man II the use Of such proxies is legal,
Campbell is elected, provided II was legal
to hold the meeting at all to-day, when
II had been called for tbs 18th.