The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08

Y sSlIP.IEMBERS 9, alvUS.
In tho case. u,
Strobe Wins.
Mr.. Whitehead now argued orally. He,
asked, In answer TO Mrs. Barksua1Iles
\ statement that HIS Gllent would spurn 70
4 90 before s. b. Whitehead with q 2 con! con-
/ test, BECAUSE he was connected y, nm,
5''Vliy didn't lic sp,irn MI. v lllt W.
wheiii he gave Him twice us many \ ldses
iii Nelson as Mr.. Strobe got there 2" Ar.
/ Bnrkstlnle and Mr. Whitehead wranglcd
| for some time over who hhd the most
Judges, and each ono was chcered by,
| Tho friends Of his respective client.
tribute to MIR STROBE, and tlien nc opl
Up briefly tho points brought out by MI.
| Bnrksdnle. ,ge5
you've got no case hero, sir. lio said,
addressing Mr.. Burksdnle, aild, Address
| ing tho committee, ho said: II submit
| that this case Ia not properly here. Let
them 90 back, according to tho party law
and We III meet them there."3s (, IA
Mr.. Whitehead asked that the chair rule
as to whether the case was properly be-
fore the Committee and Mr.. Ellysoll
quickly ruled that tho case must be tried
before the local committee and TINT
then II might come to the State COM
nittec on appeal, u
On motion or Judge Duke, tho chair
was unanimously sustained. Mr.. J'hrks-
dale made d brief statement. After pny-
! ing glowing tribute TO Senator Massc
and saving he did not desire TO prolong
tho contest MIR. l3arksdaic Withdrew his
clients contest IN he interest Of party
harmony, and said nc would Loyalty sup
port Aubrey u. Strobe, there was pro
/ longcd cheering.
Amherst Craftsmanship.
! The contest over the Amherst chairman
ship was now called. and Mr.. !. +. White-
i head spoke on behalf Of the regularity
| OF the election of Mr. II. G. JoSner us
chairman, and stctley Tucker, secretary.
There were ten members actually present
K SIX of them voted for Mr.. Joyner III per-
son. Four voted in person for Judge
| Campbell for chairman and four for him
by proxy. Mr.. Whitchcnd's contention
| was that the use of proxies was illegal
! unless allowed by resolution Of n previous
meeting Of the body.
He said his friends had gone TO the
committee mcetingS called by Judge
/ Campbcll's friends, and had elected
! chairman according to party law
Judge Campbell arose to reply. iie said
| he was sorry to say that Amherst was
J something like Norfolk county so far as
I factions were concerned.
4 II want to say continued the speaker.
Chat have been on top md under the
J bottom In Amherst county politics, ana
when fairly whipped have always taken
/ my medicine like n little tin soldier. !" *
! 1--WE planned deliberately to capture
| that orga nizatlon, and VIC won that com
mlttee, md expect to hold 1t.
\ Judge Campbell said when the old COM
| mIttee met on August 2sth to canvass the
! returns" 1t was found that the Campbcll
people had nine OF the sixteen members
OF the committee. Ills friends asked him
to lend. and he ran for chairman and was
4 elected.
"Inpudence" and Cheek"
And he said: "Yet Mr.. whitehead has
the mpudence to come here and tell you
that Mr.. Joyner was elected"
i Mr.. Whitehead objected to the use OF
the word '!lmpndence, and Judge Camp
4 bell, Withdrew 1t, substituted Check
A and Mr. Whitehead said he and Judge
Campbell both had enough OF that
4 Judge Campbell said tho committee
4 should either declare him the chairman
i; or refer the matter back to the local com
\ mlttec for another election. Judge Camp
bell declared that the committee had fire.
4 quently held important meetings and dis7
i posed Of important matters without the
presence of a quorum. proxies being used.
i He said that DR.. Scott was declared
the nominee OF the party for the House
when quorum WAS not present In per-
son, and that arrangements We're made
for the State senatorial primary under
the same conditions.
/ Mr.. Whitehead replied briefly, saying
that what the Watson committee did
since 1893 had nothing TO do with this
case. He appealed to the record, and
said there was no provision for the use
i OF proxies In tho call for the election
e OF the new committed.
4 There was n good deal OF confusion at
one time during Mr.. Whitchead's speech,
and some one Kissed the speaker. and
the chair threate to clear the hall.
Z Colonel Grcnvllc Gaines moved that
the matter be referred back to the COM
3 mlttee Of Amherst county a n meeting
to be held on Sentembcr 10th at IL clock
at the court house for the election OF
Officers, and that no proxies be used,
The resolution. which was unanimously
adopted, declares that there has been
no election Of chairman In Amherst
county. Judge Campbell scored another
point In the opening OF his Speech The
chair ruled that no action Of the old
committee could bind tho newly elected
body
& Norfolk County Case,
The Norfolk county case was called.
and Mr.. J. N. sebrcl, Jr., made a state
4 ment on behalf OF the ''Straightouts,' =
d and declared that no contests had been
} made before the local committees OF Nor
folk county and Portsmouth. Flo con-
tended TINT the case was parallel with
that from Amherst, In which the com
mittee had Just decided that It had nc
original Jurisdiction.
Colonel r. G, Marshall, OF Portsmouth
replied, and. said the cases were not par.
allcl. He said the primary held In Nor.
folk county was conducted under sucf
conditions as precluded contest before
the local committee. Colonel Marshal
declared that his people had conformet
to the ordinary rules of contest, I'M
that the "Straightout" committee hni
practically dcharred them from makine
n contest, The "Stralghtout" commit
, tee had acknowledged the tender OF thu
polls held by the "Fusionists," but hat
declined to receive the returns and coun
> them. saying the returns had been Ger