The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
Voice al
the People.
"A Card From Judge G Campbell.

AZ Card From 1tdge Campbell.
Editor Of The Tilnes-Dispntch. n S
sir,-t regret the necessity Of appear
Ing again Iii yotir columns on tho subject
or Amherst politics. nhd would not now
do so but for fear that my silence. anu 4
might bo misunderstood by my friends
and Other Democrats IN Virginia. In
rho Tlincs.Dlspntch Of tho 11th and the
SLynclburg News Of tho 10TH, Mr.. Stick
ley Tucker, tho regular correspondent
or both papers from Amherst had Il let-t
ter, In which 1t is stated That Mr.. IL CT
Joyncr was elected chairman, and hpt
(Nir Tucker) secretary, and I was de-
fGatctl, etc.. at The meeting or the Am-f
lerst Democratic Committee, which was
fixed by the state Committee here on tho
10TH, at IL NJ. Tho facts were tho Joyner
or strobe Side 4lind seven members OH
the ground ut Amherst Courthouse on
the 10TH, MI they elected, or were elected
for Strodc at tho primary, August I'd
out OF sixteen, tho full committee IN
Amherst. rho Massic or Cnmpbc side
also had seven of theri nine committee
incniSAt Amherst Courthouse oh tho 18TH.
hrhe eighth scainc 10 Amherst Courthouse
that dny, II am Informed, but did not
see him; anyhow, no left; and returned
home.t without taking any part IN tie
minority meeting OF scvcn held bydhthet
Joyner side. Tho ninth, Nlnssic or Camp
bell man wna not at Amherst Courthouse
that day. EARLY that morning rlimors
were arloat5in tho village that the Joyner
side were claiming that they had sue
ceeded in keeping one Campbell commit
tecman at home and had silenced AN
other. Upon hearing this, our side was
surprscd , and did not believe 1t, and 3
two of our seven at the courthouse SUR
vcycd the field and found that two OF
our ninc were absent and our seven then
decided mot to appear at the meeting
under tho $circumstnnccs, or to take any
phrt.i1Ii its proceedings, ms atheyabelievedg
the other two should have been present,
and ended this contest by electing q
chairman and secretary, as directed by
the state Committee on the Tth and IL
our seven had gone In the meeting With
the Ioyner seven, 1t would simply have!
been a tic between Mr. Joyner and my
self for chairman, and also8a tie for. sec
rotary The Strobe or Joyner seven
members. as stated by Mr.Hrucker. held
"a meeting, and did elect Mr.. Joyneri
chairman and Mr.. Tucker secretary, but
|fnot having Il quorum, OF course. their
action is void, and amounted to nothing
more than seven Democrats coming to-
gether and holding Il farce. i did pro-
test against such nonseiise. II
And our seven who were ut Amherst
Courthouse that day, and who declined
to take part liz tho meeting for the rea-
sons stated, will contest before the State
Committee; but, first, before Hon. J.
Taylor Ellyson, its chairman, the right
of Mr.. Fl. C. Joyner to be called the
chairman OF the Amherst Democratic
Executive Committee, and Mr.. Tucker
| lis secretary, as seven Is not a@quorum
of sixteen. and all action taken by the
| STROBE or Joyncr seven committeeman
was, and Is, void. NJ III
"A copy Of the notice will be served
| on Mr.. Joyner and Mr.. T,rcke err this week,
signed by seven members, and then sent
Ito the Hon. j. Taylor 1cllyson chairman
AT this point will say the special corl
respondent from Richmond OF the Norfolk
Landmark and Petersburg Ihdex-Appeal
lsinsinuated that got eight votes on Sep
Itember 4th by proxies, when l could not
/ get them In person., This Is untrue. The
four proxies who voted for me on Sep
Htember 18th were as follows: DR.. r. b.
| Ware. w. g. Bibb, sent two proxies on
| September 4th for me as chairman, and
| they were here the 10th In. person, ready
| to vote for me, and now say they Will
not vote for any one but me for chair
l man. 8&s
Mr.. a. D. Watts was absent on the
10TH but on the 4th voted for5me In per-
son, and also held the proxy Of 6, ".
Myers on the 4th, and voted that for
| me-, and said afterwards as an honola-
bic man he felt that he was instructed
to vote FOR ME when he was put UP and
elected by the MasslN and Campbell
| people, Mr.. G. G. Myers, who gave the
proxy on September 4th, to Mr.. a. D.
| Watts knew hat 1t would BIO voted for
| me as chairman. will say, further, for
| tho information of the Democrats OF
| Virginia (all our Democrats In Amherst
know the sltuatlon), that at the primary
! August 22d, u square fight was made for
| the county committee, and only Massie
| and Campbell men were put up on our
side and We won nine to seven of the
opposition. At first the opposition put
up Mr.. w. Z. WATSON, the old chairman,
| for recollection, and our side put me up,
/ and the newly-elected committee stood
| ten for mo and six for Mr.. Watson, so
| on September 4th Mr.. Watson was taken
/ down, as he could not draw, and Mr.. Joy
| nor one OF the best men In tho county,
was put up us a Strobe man, for the
i cxDrcss purpose of defeating me. 1t Is
GENERALLY known that lie is county treas
| urcr ana n man Of Influence, and a man
Railways supported by mo and my friends
iEIn'cAmherst, ana ono OF our nine COM
tEfmIttccmen was his deputy, ana two OF
i our nlnc and one Of their seven, the
latter having promised to support 3 me
against Mr.. Watson, were under peculiar
obligations to Mr.. Joyner. @
No one regrets more than. do that
my lifelong friend, Mr.. Joyncr who has
been more than fathers to me In many
respects and arc put up against each
i other but did not oppose him, ana, mo
4 such a thing been suggested to mo,
never would have done SO; but mus'
now fight or run--lt is a matter OF prin'
ciplc, ! have never failed 70 slalnd1. ps
nv true and loyal friends in amherst
and / shall not fall to follow their com
n,nnd III this contest. IN,
The strobe side. on the one hand, i
claiming party rcguarty,tnna that w.
!. Massie mon should support Mr. stroae
/ rorStho Senate. because he got thirteen
majority over Bland Massle but on ths
other hand, tho Massi9 y, and nd t t,an ,oI,
inrity: Vet Nv their acts 50 far do not
4 abide by tle result of the primary Az.