Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
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! To the chairman and members of the
City Democratic Executive Com
| mittcc:
| Gentlemen: ] object 10 the cnnsid-
Grafton OF the memorandum filed By
Mr. w. IL. l.. Kent for 3; recount of the
vote for the Legislature east at the
primary on June 20, 1905, on the fol.
| lowing grounds
| First-'rlIat the bylaws Of the com
| mittec require Il notice of forty.cight
hours before Il meeting can be held
Sccond-'rlat the allegations MS set
forth in The memorandum of contest is
not sufficient, under the plan.
| rhird--rhat the allegations as sci
forth in the memorandum, if trnc. will
not change the result
Respectfully submitted.
w. T.. BARRETT.
June 81 1905.
Meeting Was Legal.
The chairman ruled that no notice
for the meeting was necessary, read
ing the following from the bylaws to
sustain his position:
| ARTICLE lV.-Mcetings.
Regular meetings of this committee
shall te held nj O'Clock u. M. nj the
court house. on ihc Tuesday night of
each week for one month prior 10 each
primary and election, ami on The Tues.
day night following such primary or
| election ="
Everybody Talked.
Then followed general wranplc.
| MeSsrs. Barrett and Kent spoke sever
al times, nearly every member of the
| committee had something to say and
| Col. j. w. Friend was heard as counsel
Tor Mr.. Barrett Col. Friend insisted
that the committee should grant no re-
| count, saying that the proceedings
would end in The courts and would in,
| jurc the Democratic party.
MIR. Kent declared that he proposed
To have the recount aud that il he dill
not get 1t he would spring something
that would make the people ON the
other side regret having opposed him.
Motion to Table Lost.
a vote was then taken upon Mr..
Phillips motion to lay the matter on
the table. This was lost by Il vote of
nine To five. Ayes Phillips. Edwards,
Charles. Perkins. Wilkerson; nays
Jones. Upshur. fnddcn. LEM, Mailand-
Fer. Roth. Adams and Fightmaster
| Mr.. Phillips moved that the vote he
rccountel by five DISTINGUISHED per-
SONS, two Ia he selected by Mr.. BAR
rcit, two by Mr.. Kent and the fifth by
the four so named.
| The substitute was lost by n tie
vote. Ayes Charles, Edwards, Fight
master. Perkins, Phillips, Faddcn, VIII
kcrsnn: nays Adams. Maiandcr,
LEM, Little. lJpslnr, Roth, Jones.
Jones' Motion ADOPTED.
| Then Chairman Jones moved MS n
substitute for the whole that Il recount
be granted the ballots 10 he rccuuitcd
by five men. two to be selected by Mr..
Barrett. two by Mr.. Kent and the firth
by he city committee. the count to no.
gin Thursday night at 7:a0 O'Clock.
| Nj Adams ut this point insisted
upon having his original motion. that
the recount be granted and that the
ballots be counted ut once by the com
mittce. put. He was ruled ont of order
| by the chairman and the vote upon the
subs itnc for The whole was taken.
Nessrs. Adams and LEM were the only
members To vote nay and the substi-
tutc was carried.
| Representatives Named.
Mr. Kent named Messrs. Hugh j.
| Fitzgerald and John l,. Stone to repre-
sent him in the recount AMI Mr.. nar-
rclt named Mcssrs. o. D.. Batchclor
and G. ID. West as his representatives.
| MIR. Barrett named his representatives
after being assured that he did not
thereby waive the objections he had
raised To The proceedings.
! MI Phillips nominated Mr.. J. NJ.
Curtis rs the fifth man and Mr. Roth
nominated Mr. H. w Upshur The
| calling of the roll was started and
| eight names had been called when Mr..
Phillips raised Il point of order, claim
ing hat rs Mr.. Upslinr was an inter
| cstcd party his name shnnld moi have
been called by the secretary. The
vote nj this time stood as follows:
| Adams, Mailandcr, LEM, Little, led.
! wards. Unshur and Roth, for Upshur,
and Charles for Curtis.
Objected to upshur.
Mr.. Phillips also contcndcd that Mr..
| Upshur was moi a proper man to assist
in the recount because his name an
peared on the ticket in the primary MS
Il candidate for The committee. Tho
same objection to Mr. Curtis was rails.
| cd, although MS Il matter of fact Mr..
| Curtis name was not ON tho Ticket.
Mr.. Phillips also objected to Mr. Up.
ahnr as the committees representative
on the ground that tho latter Vas
/ known to be close friend to Mr..
Kent.
AT This point numerous names were
suggested. among them that of Mr.. j.
~. Willett by Mr.. Faddcn. Chairman
Jones left the chair and placed the
name Of Mr.. Willctt before the body.
a vote was taken AMI Mr. Willett
was unanimously chosen as the fifth
man.
Ballot Boxes ReseaIed.
The chairman and Mr.. Phillips went
to Schmclz Bros bank, whore the re-