The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
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Important Meeting. eth, TO-. to Be e
Held at lM|ulr'ph1y's 4 \ ii
Tonight.
WILL CHOOSE K
BUSINESS [. !; ! n MEN II. y
Certainly One, and Possibly Two
to Be in Every Precirct-Mon-
tague People Send in List.
Amend Plan SO AS to
Account for Unused
Ballots.

The City Democratic Committee will
!. hold a most important meeting at
Murphys Hotel tonight, and the deep.
est public interest is felt insits outcome.
s It will be the final meeting prior to
next Tuesdays primary, and the Judges
and clerks who will conduct the election
will be named The method OF selection
has not been determined definitely, but II
Is fairly certain that some we'll known
citizens, not now election officers, will be
put In each precinct. st| H
The friends OF Governor Montague.
complying with the request Of the COM
mittes to all the candidates. have sub
mitted the names Of twenty-three mem
one for each precinct-but they will not
be made public until tonight.
The Electoral Board met yesterday
afternoon and filled the vacancies in
Second Lee and Third Monroe. caused by
the removal OF the officers there, and
appointed several other officers to fll
vacancies caused by designations. @s
New Appointments.
The appointments are as follows:
Second Lee: F. C. Carr; W. ]. Kim
brouyh and William a. Mann. iii
Third Mnroe: Carl Ruehrmund.
Other appointments arc as follows: w.
r. Beverley Lee Ward: Or. JUDI 3.
Wood Colonel E. Randolph Williams,
Messrs. E. o. Nolting and l.. Nick Jud-,
& klns, Monroe Ward.
Will Be Finally Adopted.
The committee will have a great deal
OF important work on hand tonight.
&ss The plan for the primary will be fln-3
ally ysadopted,Iandra a report Of the Finance
Committee as to expenses will be re- Z.
ceived. There are several new features
in the plan. One is to require the cleo
tion officers to remain In the polling
places all day. This is precautioni
against fraud. It having developed that
the recent crooked work found to have
been done in Third Monroe was accom-
plIshed while one Of the judges was at
lunch.
u Mr.. S. c. Shield will tonight offer a
resolution providing that all unused ba-
lots shall be accounted for, and It will
almost certainly be adopted. In fact;
the committee seems In humor to throw
every safeguard around the conduct OF
the primary here and to give all the
candida tes as we'll as the voters. a fair
deal. 1t is the opinion OF great many
one and possibly two. men for each
precinct will be taken from among strong
business and professional men. and It is
believed that the names Of these men
are now In the hands OF the superin-
5tendents OF the various wards.
g.s Must Be Reassured.
Whether any OF the recommendations
of Governor Montagues friends will be
taken is not known. but there is hardly a
reasonable doubt that outsiders will be
chosen, and that the election officers
selected tonight will satisfy the voting
public. One gentleman. who is MEM
ber OF the committee. said yesterday that
he favored appointing two business men
In each precinct. and this motion VIII
doubtless be offered 1t may not carry,
but there will certainly be one from
among the unprofessional politicians In
each precinct.
The public mind is in an excited con-
ditlon over the recent discoveries OF the
grand jury, and the public will not be
satisfied unless there Is some substantial
reinsurance growing out OF to-nights