The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-24
Opposition to the Prl-
mary and D ate Fixed
fOrlApriI 26th.
SECRET SESSiO ON
MATTER DEFERRED
Will Be Determined at Meeting to
Be Held Two Weeks Later.
Il Assessments Are Laid
Upon Candidates.
No Sensa- !,
tons. N.

Primary for nomination. of counciln,en,
4 Aldermen and City Treasurer, Thursday,
April 26th. &,
Assessments for counclImen, SIC; ii Alder.
men, Sf5i Treasurer, $3.50.
Action on secret session proposition
postponed until next meeting, Friday eve-
ming, April 6th. 81
| Briefly told above Is the story OF The \
meeting or the City Democratic Com,nit-
tee held ut Aturphy's Hotel Inst night, TO Z
consider questions Of grave import to tlls Il
Democratic orgallizatloil of The city. The
matter OF holding q primary for. tho
nomination OF municipal officers, to be-
chosen ut the June election. was nos
debated, nor was there a single vote III
isopposition. after all that has been written
and spoken on the subject Thr party
representatives walked UP like men and ~
did the usual thing. ordering that the
long prevailing system should be observed.
II there was ever serious opposition to Il
the holding of municipal primaries hi
Richmond, 1t did not show itself In the Il
committee, but the members respondetf M
| by ther votes to what Is generally be-
slicvcd to be the known wishes of the
lgreat mass of Democratic voters.
Discussed But D Deferred.
The question OF secret sessions was
deferred for two weeks. and will, accord
ing to strong leaders, never be adopted.
There was IL good deal Incidental talk
concerning the matter. though 1t did not
come UP directly upon its merits. The
report of the Rules Co7npssttec, providing
fcs secret sessions, was passed by until
4 the next meeting. but Mr.. Jeffry Mon
tague. II member Of tye body from Mon -
roe Ward, and Il Representative OF tiia I
local press. offered Il resolution to .r-
i quire into any alleged breaches of conf
4 sdence Epn the part of newspaper men with
1 the COMMITTEES, which might call for 4 he
Iexclusion of the former from the scs-
4 sions OF the body. This was tabled on
Il motion OF Mr.. Duke. the secret;ry, who
/ is also a member of the Committee on
4 Rules, signing the report for secret eses-
Islons. Mr.. Duke then rather objected tn
eting the press have n copy OF the reso-
Hutton, OIL tho ground that it had been
/ |tabled but Chairman Doherty promptly
i ruled that 1t was a part Of the official {
record, and gave 1t out.
Called to Order.
\ ], Chairman Doherty called the meetinH
| to order ut 8 o'clock, and more than q
quorum of members responded to 4 ha6y
names.
The chair announced the following
| standing conmittees: sSsss sSsss
Executive Committee-West, Bargamin,
Walsh, Fagen, Mcclure. Phillips, Mum
| ford. s4 s
plans Committee Saunders. Davis.
i Tyler. Hicks. Sharp. Montague. Peticolas.
1 Finance gCommittee-Ca Carrington. Shea
1 Shield. Steiner. Browning. Rosendorf.
Evans tN1arshalD.
Audltors-Eyans tHenry). Connauy.5
capers, Stone, Shea, Bowman. Duke
1 (farshalD.
Rnles-Boykln, Duke lHenry) Griffith, !.
Bowman. Bahen. Brooks. Tillcr.
Prlnting-Hlcks, Saunders, Duke
(Henry).
The chair appointed the Monroe Ward
delegation a committee to draft suitable
resolutions concerning tho death OF Mr..
James Bahen, Jr., late q member OF the
COMMITTEES -
Mr. Duke presented tho report oe9 the
Rules Committee, and Mr.. Saunders
moved that 1t be printed, in order that
the members might know what they
were voting upon. his motion was car
gried. and secret session matter went
over until the next meeting. sgs
Tribute to Mr.. Bahen.
DR.. Carrington wanted the report read
iSnnd Mr.. Duke advised the member from
Lee Ward to read the newspapers foi,g
information. Mr.. Montague, from tile
lscommlttee to draw resolutions respacttnSi
the death OF Arr Jas. Bahen, Jr. pre-
\ sented his report, which Was adopted, ard q
/ which follows:
/ Whereas, The City Democratic3C Com
\ mtttee has lost by death the presence anu
services OF james Bahen. Jr., of Tic $tlsle-Ss
| cation from Monroe Ward; 5gs,
4 Resolved. That IL, tiis death OF Mr. "a
,frtc
lc0unsellor whose place will not easily In II
filled. fs
g a,s'.Thnt we hereby extend to the family 3
OF our deceased friend an expression of 81
our sympathy at this time.
SzH'rhat the aecretafy ba instructed, to
I5transmits a COPY OF these resolutions to the
family of Mr.. Ba hen; nntl that the news
spapers be requested 70 pnbi.sh these. ressl,;
|9lutlons.'' s sgl ls s'sss
Primary Wins. 81
AIR. Saunders offered a. resrfs ton L q holo&
n primary for the n0u,inntio ion Cs ralitli.s "
dates for councllnen. aldermen, and city
treasurer on April at I. Mr., Duke nioyGtt "
to amend by .strlkl out April 2it Ii allJ
inserting May LIST. Mir, q Doherty. iair,
Saunders In the CHAIR advocated tllssS
amendment. and Mr.. saislters moved d i s3
ItascompromiRe that the date be made .AprliA
26th. The latter prop ltion was adopted d
On ton Of Mr. saund ders the Plaus NJ
HIu ueNlnuncS sSUIIinlltseS5 were Instructed "a
to make heir rapor rts concerning tho COM 4
duct OF the primary at the next ,neetingl
Air. AIontaEle offered tho following RESI-
olutfon:
Resolved. That a 81 committee Sof
flvc, including the cliaicnlaa.:: shall bessss
appointed TO finvestig ate hatwean now s@
and the next sregn lnr nleating OF this N S,s
body. alleged breaches OF, cnntid idenra s.
~ upon the part OF snewspaper rap porteTng 2Xs
N Ia relation To the City haniocra ia q sss
COMMITTEES. and that gay II 20 porter
81 found by said cOmmlt lttee ii to iiaya5ss IN
broken faith with i this bod or any Or