Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-21
Omen Letter to DIR. John W.
Bowdoin.
DIR. Jno. W. Bowdoin,
RIoxom Va.

Bloxom, Va.
NV dear Sir:-I am in receipt Oh yo"
Of Sept. 2nd' 19o',
copv of which appeared in iastweeN
Enterprise" l am sending copy
80 +h;s nv answer, to the county
papers. ., ,atter
Since Won have carried the matter
into the public press, the public Is
entitled to know the circumstances
under which I offered to resign a
oos;tion TO which have been iegaliy
elected to afford you an opportunity
70 become contestant.
On Monday afternoon Court Day
sc I was leaving the Court Green ior
home. heard you haranglng group
Of bvstanders in unfair and uhwa.
ranted criticism of the Democr"''o
County Committee for its acolon
let In sending back to Metomp-
,-;,, for decision the contest for COM
n;tteemen yourself being member
lof one of the contesting delegations
| 9nd. In designating the county
| chairman as the person to PRESIDE
over the mass meeting, called al
Hopeton, Tuesday, October LIST.
, ard. In electing county chairman
D lnending the election of the Metomp
sL D..;o4 committeeman.
f I called your attention to the lac
e that Hon. ]. R. Rev, chairman OF IN
), meeting which named yourself ). n
d RIGGS and ]. Harry Rev committe'
e men had in his opening statemer
20 before the County Committee in YOU
If presence, asked that the whole ma
er fer be referred back to Metompki
Or district for a new election, you al
W vour two associates acquiescing' &c
d, tainly to the extent of raising no o.
II lection. o4;on,
IS, further told you that the action.
RS the Committee in naming the chai
r. man (who had not at that time oe'
us olected) to hold the meeting at HOP
ms ton was to obviate possible repe
be ton of the Bloxom two meetings
no different factions.
fit also told you that as the old Co
be mittee and its officers were no lor
ion or in existence, it was proper
H. necessary that new officers should
INK elected; and the fact that Me'on
the kin was not represented was It's n
fortune and not the commute
fault. But in order to be enuir
tol fair. even though have been eiec
, Of Chairman for the next two years
own rising vote of eight members Oh
ohio committee, myself of course not
relv ticipeting, (this being a majority
has 1.-The whole committee including
ticer representatives of the Metoml
W. D;s+rict) I stated that if you v
boon elected as a committeeman from
kindl tompkin District at the Hopeton Il
10 moo+ino ON Oct. 1st, and wanted
81 he 2 candidate for the posltloi
: tbel chairman would afford you an
un- portunity by resigning and going
meter fore the whole committee with
Int or that I would contest the mi
N he with you in a regular Democ
this primary. You in turn stated ina
% the had held the position for 81
&C tol wears or more and that if there
proud any honor in the position you ma
is as ceived it; that there was certain
0 give money in connection with 1t ano
,S;tioni Il was not worth the time, ex
alters and trouble of fight. You dec
onteel both propositions; and with
y any pleasantly we separated and
posed the matter at an eno'
Your open letter to me c
Therefore, not as an acceptance
EXPO challenge from me but as cha
d Inc 70 me. While it is unusual, I
Gu ~ the least of it, to give up pr
recen to which one has been duly and
enU - " elected by the proper author
" 90" this case the County Commune
teu the order to incur the costs and la
ua campaign, whatever the
"A ~ been en- still 1 beg here to say that II y
TWEEN elected at the Hopeton mass
Apart ing and again want to become
which didate for the position OF char
III III ,t tn will resign before a meeting
ated. | whole committee and let 1t, u
position having the constituted aut
nearly elect between us or | will go
Democratic primary OF the
mp county to be called and condu
ION WIN the county committee as an.
81 'nan legalized primary. 1t must bf
49, WV" stood, however, in advance W
d oOS ~ committee, that in the even
nc A00n mary is called the members
lea'ui committee will ratify the al
Circles Circles the primary by electing the
- oLood at the polls.
II snoaI At the proper time, after {
'rlu anu I will call the committee toge
iP"0ooo q consideration of the matter
! say yt Ins, Very truly yours,
oUnei0 G. Walter
Grangeville, Va.
Sept. -, 1907.