The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-05
SUBSTANTIAL POPULAR VICTORY.


mass of the citizens who have insisted that the
sDcmocratic voters have the right to know that
'4he man who holds their nomination comes by It
Through clean methods.
B In declaring The primary in which wholesale
#frands were established 10 have been null aud
y0id, the State Committee has met popular eA-
lrctatlon To have awarded the certificate to
Either one Of Tie tlgo candidates before would
have been 10 leave the nominee still open 10 he
s4ssrtain charge Of having been the beneficiary Of
gross wrongs against the suffrage. To have fol-
bowed the request Of The citizens committee and
BARRED from further consideration either Of the
|aormer candidates would. upon strict eonstrue
have been equivalent 10 finding OF guilt
nv the Committee without the legal evidence to
Rtpport the charge Although there is no shadow
aek doubt that the entire primary was alive with
Rkorrnption, il is doubtless true that neither Mr.
Young nor Mr.. MAYNARD has been shown by any
sevidence 10 have had guilty knowledge Of any
1bgert act.
$A So much is The victory. Like all things that
inc after hard fight, il is tingtd with com.
komise. The details OF the plan whereby the
srninee is 10 be finally selected are TO be left
8 the determination OF the District Committee
his feature of the decision is disappointing
rom several points Of view.
In the first place, We take il thai the point
20 popular insIstence was that the whole muddle
kOuld have final decision at the hands of an
=Stferly impartial tribunal The District Com.
nittee, drawn from the very seat Of war !,
onld not be human If its personnel did not have
~ fractional preferences. Any plan that il may
6dOpt will necessariystin criticism at the hands
I'll partisan adherents
NJ In the second place, the gratifying result Of
ghe primary having been declared null and void
eas in the nature of an over-rulins OF the Dis
Met Committees original action The District
NOanmttee failed signally to appreciate the inn
1HQrtance OF the situation or the temper OF the
INepple. It's original action such to dis
&ppolnt and further enrage the citizenry of The
EDIstrict and the Democrats Of the State. 1t at
stempted 10 douse, instead of turning on, the
right. Having been III tins vital attitude over
ruled and dlscredited, If does not have healthy
book that 1t should now be delegated to arrange
stAe details for new nomination in a case where
5t was disposed~to uphold that which has been
net aside under well-founded attack for fraud.
sk1aylng taken charge of the case an appellate
SGourt, the State Committee should have gone
4nrther than remanding it. 1t should have STAY
~ with it to the end, i'll the interest of that alb
a1plutely fair and impartial issue with which only
HE people will be satisfied. If it found it i'm
possible TO itself attend to the prelimnaries OF
|the plan whereby clean nomination is 10 be Sc
cured, il should have delegated this authority to
IL Subcommittee of lis own, and not to a com
Aittee which had already been found wanting
capacity 10 appreciate the situation III lis
rue light and seriousness.
M However, the emit no iuppuIs 80 Of +la inraet3aa
3ion has been wholesome. Popular opinion is
An the saddle Politicians are listening, as they
always must listen when the crisis arrives. 10 its
4 demands The District Committee hears It's
Soice The State Committee, when it neglected
III settle the whole at once, did not catch its
Aull significance. IL can be saved from the
Numbering criticism ready 10 break out against
~ only by what we might call reformed" action
IN the District Committee, which We think has
BEEN the beneficiary OF 1oonice regard for
3onrtesy and technicaity. That committee
Knows what the people want If it. fails to give
&L inevitably will it feel the consequences. As
AC Messrs Young and MAYNARD, not having
s1een proved guilty,-rhey may run, if they
xtbose. The people, under any fair plan of Sc
lfctlon, may now be depended upon 10 decide
Ifhe length and destination OF their race.
IA to the plan itself: a. The Fuginian pointed
knt YESTERDAY primary is not now possible
Y THAT Is possible is free convention untranmel-
1T ~ the unit rlle', organized with the pre-
,et as the city and county unit, with large and
EssD representation from each precinct in the
|8f4 and county delegations, from each city and
Unity in the district convention. Upon such
I'm, honestly organized, The people, in the
eesnt state OF feeling may be depended upon
express their choice freely and fully
While we regret that the District Committee
Uuld have been delegated to arrange the method
= felecting the nominee we feel that the cir
ne1taIace gives it magnificent opportunity for
redemption. And we believe that the people
powerful to see that such redemption is ade-
IA md sincere.
sA FOR A THEATRICAL CHURCH.