The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-10
STATE COMMITTEE
FACING RUMPU US
Warm Session on Tuesday Night
Is Regarded as Ger
tainty.
MAYNARD TAKES APPEAL
Second District Matter Will Take
Up Most of Time of
Committee.

tPlatoons, battalions, even brigades,
of citizens of the Second Congressional
District are expected to advance, in
heavy marching order and with plen-
ty of big guns as artillery aides, on
the State Democratic Committee when
1t meets at Murphy's Hotel on naNt
Tuesday night At the public meet
ings which are being held In the dis
trict as the result of the recent pri-
mary election. the demand Is being
made that the state Committee take
the matter up and order an investiga-
ton OF the election and the returns.
Fireworks arc u moral certainty,
whatever the attitude and decision of
the committee may be. No one ever
saw a Second District citizen acting IN
n political matter without going into
1t with his whole heart Excitement,
denunciations and examinations are
the rule, and under the circumstances
It is not anticipated for a moment
that an exception will be registered on
this occasion.
No New Thing.
Contests before the committee from
the Norfolk section, as the results OF
elections or conventions for various OF :
fees. are by no means novelty. Ihey
ways with the accompaniment OF merry
orat tory and good stories for the news
papers.
Counsel has been secured by botn
Representative Maynard and Mr., YOUNG
to appear before the committee. Inc
candidates will be here themselves, IN
all probability, with full complement
of committees. delegations and peti-
lions.
The specific point on which an ap.
peal is being taken from the action OF
the Second District Committee is on
the Sale resolution. This was oHerea
by General w. w. Sale. member OF
the committee, and was adopted by
vote of three to two. Mr.. Maynard had
asked for an Investigation OF certain
matters in connection with the primary
election of August %, in which he was
defeated by n small majority on the
face of the returns by his opponent, Mr.
Young, for the Democratic nomination
for Congress.
Wanted II Pledge.
General Sale offered resolution re-
curing the candidates to sign an
agreement pledging themselves to abide
by the decision of the committee as to
the result of the election. Mr.. Young
agreed to sign, but the representatives
of Mr. Maynard declined. Upon this
point the State Committee will be
asked to take the matter up. 1t will
probably be requested to order re-
count, an investigation and anything
else which will tend to clear the stu
alton.
OF course. the members OF the dis
trict committee are ipso facto the
members of the State Committee from
| the district. They will be on hand.
with the majority, perhaps, opposing
any action on the part of the central
body
Under the call issued, by State Chair
man ]. Taylor Ellyson, the State
Executive Committee will also have a
meeting. This is a smaller body OF
ten men, appointed by the chairman,
one from each district. its function be-
ing to carry out the instructions of the
larger body, which consists of fifty
men 1t Is possible that the Central
Committee will instruct the Executive
| Committee to consider the Second Dis
| trict matter and pass upon it or ma Ike
a report.
Lengthy Session Likely.
1 A long session is likely to be The
result. This whether or not the State
Committee decides to do anything, for
argument for and against any action
will be plentiful.
| The meeting of the committee Is a
regular annual one called without ref
| erence to the Norfolk matter. Its OBJ
ject Is to so over the situation in the
State from party standpoint and to
devise plans for aiding the Democratic
nominees. Were 1t not for the Second
District appeal 1t would spend its time
in discussing the situation in the Fifth
and Ninth Districts, in which the Re-
publicans are putting up the most Wig
orous fights and where they have the
only hope Of success-unless something
happens in the Second. OF course.
these districts will be considered al
all events, and every aid and cemfort
will be extended to Messrs. Saunders
and Stuart.