The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-20
HOLLAND WINS
NOMINATION

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bearer OF news. The Young delegates
stood and checred him heartily.
Ballot No. 500" announced the clerk
1nen came the usual answers: Deal
r.; Holland. So; Maynard, for
Deal, 10 for Maynard" But when mir.
young was called, there was not the
usual response, "G3 for Deal"
Instead. Mr. Trchy arose and said,
"Mr Chairman, with the consent of
Mr. Young, wish to cast at least five
of his votes for Mr.. Holland" Then he
Bat down
Meaning Realized.
rev members of the convention
Grasped the significance of this state
ment for a few moments Then pande-
moninm reigned Released from the
tension Of the preceding days, affected
by loss of sleep and work., ovcrJoyed
that II was all over the leaders, who
had been ceaseless in their labors since
they left Norfolk on Monday morning,
were swept from their usual placidity.
Men stood on chairs, threw their hats
into the air, shouted like schoolboys
Out of the hall rushed men and boys
carrying tic news throughout the
town
AS soon as order had been restored,
Chairman Davis stated that he desired
to have the records kept straight, and
he asked Mr.. 4rehy to give in the
exact vote Of his delegation. After
consultation, Mr.. Treiy announced that
the Young delegation voted three lor
Young and sixty for Holland This
was the signal for more cheers
Then Ira T. Holt, of the Deal dele
cation, changed the vote OF seven to
Holland On the other hand, the en-
tire Maynard vote was cast for ,ue
Congressman, in order to get the nat
ter matter into different shape. When
the ballot had been announced. Mr.
WOOL, the Maynard chairman, moved
to make the nomination unanimous.
which was done amid tumultuous ap-
plause.
Explained Procedure.
The crowd would not be denied--it
wanted Trehy to speak. He mounted
the platform and was warmly greeted.
lie said. in the first place, that he
came TO win the nomination for Young.
No man, he said, had friends more
loyal than had his principal. Pro.
cceding, he told of the events of the
convention. saying that Deal was the
second choice of his delegation. When
every effort to secure nomination
had been exhausted, he had gone to
Holland.
Oh the T.eEcHI contest. ne
said II had attracted attention ali over
the State, some of 1t not at all credit
able to the district. He asked to be
credited with honesty in saying that
Young had received a majority of the
votes honestly cast in the August pri-
mary. He reverted briefly to feeling
against Young in certain quarters, as
sorting that he did not believe 1t was
founded on any substantial basis But
these reports. he thought. had. iniiu-
enced the State Democratic Commit
tee in it's decision to throw out the
primary. Going little further, he
said that what was recognized as the
Controlling power in state politics
did not regard Young as the man who
should 70 before the people as can
didate for Congress. Such an opinion
regarding Mr. Young he did not be-
lieve to be based on any suostan-
TALLY.
Got Majority.
At all events, he stated as a fact
that majority Of the investigating
committee had said that Young had
majority of the vote honestly cast.
However. Young had accepted the
mandate OF the party authority, and
now accepted the verdict. He prom
ised there should be no laggards in