The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28

sent without leave. fear, even taking
his View, tina Judge Campbell has not
snprSa ranses Inc eSa MY
expected OF Il. commander OF his expo.
rienrt, Il hat, after being mntlo a cuunlntcd
with the, spirit Of his soldiers us evlnced
the morn, Of battle, 70 risk tho rsnain-
ms seven in "a contest With even IN IN
Hoping that you may md spaceifor
Of Of New wv Era. ana thni may not again
he called uponto bring myself and the
political attairs Of Amherst to te, the a. =,
3s3t. Very respectfully.
Amherst Va" September 26. 1905 y
Editor New Era Il. i5 ia y \. y.
In your issue Of September q 1905 !;
constrained to make some reply. and
this Notwithstanding the fact that I nave
no taste for newspaper publicity; In
view Of our past relations (for you know
that have been Us ia u q, /, 7S So,,
should sec iitEto accuse me Of being a.
t''4isorganlzer,,'o or party to doing you
or any other person an Injustice, toid
you IN conversation That we nag s .,.,,,r,
z Of the Amherst County Committee that
my chief objection to your being county
chairman, was because of the fact that
you arc generally cOnsluercd} ~ oe J eusn
all extreme partisan. ~ -
YOU claim, that Il was q "Ma u,s or!
Campbell" committee; never looked {
Il in that light&I claim th the, y vas ,t1!hs 3
Democratic committee and and ina. II = rns.
bell, forI. as well as many others, gVot le9
the whole ticket, never dreaming that
there was any fractional fight involved
In It.. In your! editorial you charge thnt
man are trying to rule q majority Of nine
favorable to you; and. further, that your
friendly seven refused to go. Into the
meeting with seven Ian equal ,number)
Democratic Developments (whatever
that may mean). IT is indeed hard TO
understand how you could have been
betrayed into such illogical statements.
If You had a majority, why were they
committee favorable to your election
were on the ground, why should they
have dsobeyed the mandate Of the State
zconmittee and failed to attend the meet
this: That Is. that you could mot In.
d,lce seven Of the committeeman who
were elected at the recent primary 70
vote against: inc had they come into the
mistaken when3iyou say thatEa majority
OF the sixteen committeeman desire or
intend to vote for you as against me
for the chairma Of the Democrats ~!
=
know, or should know. that at leas eight
( of 4the IS sixteen gentlemen elected as
committeeman. were put up and voted
for by whatqSnu call the oppoosi ton,
have good reason to believe thatfyou viii
never be able to get seven out OF the =
sixteen to vote against me for the chair
.manship, but to remove. all doub + about
this matter. j will GLADLY welcome the
reconnyeilins Of the whole committee, and
not get Il majority Of those voting in
that meeting, i will gladly step down
and out, for every one Should know that
/ have no other wish than to do my
whole duty as a good Democrat and cit
izcn, and to use my best efforts IN
behalf of our party's success this fall,
and 1t was for this reason that con-
scented to accept the chairmanship
I3I think that you must realize that you
have done me and my friends an In
justice, and as some amends / hope
you will publish this letter.
Very respectfully,
flt II. G.. JOINER. Il
iil ,,1l,crst VA Snntomher o. E1of)5