The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
VOTE CA.NVASSED
!. BY LIE GlSLA att IRE E,
Defeated Governor May Yet '','
Bring Contest Before Legis--38
!, 1ature The Lieutenant
Governor and Speaker w.
N 5.I Laugh, and Shake d
gT$3 Hands. g8

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III y 11N YER, january q CLOCK och.
I3to.nght tho acnrvuss OF the state vote
was begun SSby tho I.eglslaturc.4S # " Vas
l,jntcnded "A contin until midnight 9nnd
tho result MISUNDERSTANDING show that
tEon the face or Ftlicsrcturns n a VA a dunis
illus been elected Governor. II ii q WI bp
inntlg,,r;tted next Tuesday and g Governor.
I,cnbody cnn obtain he sea Z on hro VS. y
Infcontest before Ties I1cgi stature. q the
ytimcJo & the commenccinent{ott the c;li vilsS
lEIt wns undecided whcthcr&llc would bring
such IL con- est. n n m s ;s
MI When the glslat ure col ycncd MS ~ 4
IGtcrnoon, Representative iffith, Of Tip
ISple$ grrek. asked for z ;ls RECESS lmtil|d
I5oclock jn5the afternoon, giving his fcal-
son Tor the request that 8HthsBw wing
cd dove or peace lis n bout " Git OH
!tIle dome OF I he Gapitol. ssS5
l5S Twas nine long hours before I he u love
come down and many and devious had
been icr8f flights before she wa $ Il
day given over to "a secret en- ufllses si.iisl
conferences. to PROPOSE Is and .counterSI pro
posals. It.&was final 81 greed Y I p q clock
iii the afternoon thut TIC ~ te8s houl Id be
clnYasscd. that Is lytls y dams a shotld be
declared Governor, and that no 4 contest
SHOULD 4 be made for any offce until ;lf-5
tor his inauguration q y 9 8o clock neXt
Tuesday morning 5Sl q & s4l4s N
sssThroug hotf the entire STRUGGLE for tho
Observation-Disclosures chief atm OF both II Dem
9ocruts a nd vi Rcpubli leans has been to Sge-
fcure.the appointment or two new, Judges
ito the Supreme Court "a The quest ionE0
whether II eahody or "a dams sa Z In lie
Governors s. Of flee va q secondary mat
ter WEE Il 54$ ~
rho volcott N II erubllcans were insistcnti
In their demand that III Hey be 8recogn ized
was final v agrced % that ! lie appoln tees
should be George ~ Bat ley OF Fort
Collins, d nd IL NJ. lizard, of Denver.
When the Republican leaders called
on Governor Peabody to form him Of
the conclusions hey had sretichr and To-
tell hin4 that his only hope Of n second
term la through Il contest in tho Repub-
alicttn luture, Hey were met by a
|wrathful and indignant mana lie re-
fused to- acccde to- their wishes. sund for
four hours his friends la bored with him.
It was only the personal pleadings of
somc&of his closest friends that finally
Induced him ITO agree to @theHplans8 pro-
|9posed&nnd to send the names Of Bailey
and Goddard to the Senate for confrma-3
ton. On rcasscnbling the senators filed
into the house With Iieutcnant-G overnpr
Hnggott leading. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor mounted the Speakers rostrunl.
him. The men eyed each o her for a Sec
ond, and t hen Elaggott. with Il laugh
extended Ills hand and 1t was cordially
,, grasped. . The Speaker stepped back and
1.-the 'Licutenant-Go fcrnor Gu lied the Sos
sion to order He announced the ptll,-
pose; OF tho Joint session 10 be the cam
wasting OF the vote. and then gave way
to the Speaker. 4. s{s III Il. .is5 II 81
Representative Griffith moved, re-
consideration OF tho action ken ycstel-
day the resolution creating tile commit
|Stee of fifteen WAS laid on the table and
that body pa ssed out Of eSlstcncc.4The
canvass of The vote5was then begun.
is The Election commissi toner's If Denver
5lateSlast nlEhtrcfnsed to turn overt to the
/ Legislative committee of fifteen, point
ed yesterday any OF tho ballot boxes In
tlleir possession Y l Is sSl
To-day, = ohm M. NValdrpn,. representing
tho committee. applied to lhe Supreme
Court for an order OH the commissioners
directing them to surrencer5 to the com ~
mittec certain ballot boxes. Il 9s 81
Tho Supreme, Court gl1lnted the apetf-
gtfonS and directed II the commissioners to
deliver the ballot boxes to the commit
tee, with the understanding that "a rep
resentatiycoft tho commission DO present
when they arc opened. sfs
Tile court declined to make a ruling
{conccrning tho legality OF iyestcrdays8
proceedings In the House, which clllmi-S
anated8iin the appointment of tho com N
mItteo OF fifteen, saying that 1T was not
/ the intention d Of the Supreme Court to
pass on the legality or illegulyRof any
act Of the legislature sssa Ri &