The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-12

pcrity in our section than the election
~ John Lamb whom we declare to
be mere H.gurchead and OF no SER
vice or benefit 70 our people
The nominating committee named
the following Tor membership on the
State committee;
NJ No. Williams, Richmond; r. e.
Arnold. ] $. Defargee, B. W. Man
tell and J. G. Darlington,
But before the report of the noIni-
natins committee was accepted there
were mary motions and countrmo
lions, bringing Ia ths question ot par
~ law as to whether it should be
taken as a whole CT separately.
.1epaa,atc fIcnrEoeimer.
Saturday night at the mass meeting
held at Beiyidere Hall the administrti-
ton OF City Chairman Me lVin Flegen-
netmer vas repudiated. and Z. Ridge
Wa. Moore was ele cted his successor
amid a stormy session, showing a great
breach in the ranks vi the Grand old
Parry.
Messrs. James l.. Shelton, Edgar
Allan. Jr., and Captain u. Taylor Nc
Cue were leaders Of various factions
and were constantly keeping things
lively By entering protests and calf
ing for points OF Greer. There were
numerous wordy tits.
Despite MIR. Shelton's efforts To re-
elect Mr.. t'Iegenheimer. only seven
supporters for the former chairman
out of the entire assembly of two hun
dred men rallied 10 his aid
j. II. Campbell made d motion that
no Federal olfeehoIders be placed on
the city committee, and when MIR.
Moore atte fapted 70 speak Mr.. Camp
bell instructed him to SIT GOWN. and
the chairman oi the meeting. Leslie
IL. Drew, ruled to motion out OF or
der. Mr.. Campbell was left in r,c
air much to his disgust and bewild-
efmeul tie announced in mild terms
that be was being rnnzzled. and that
the chair feared the motion would DC
carried
In the discussion Of the names sub
nitted by the nominating committee
to the district com enti0n 1t was said
/ that Democrats Were embraced in the
number
When Chairman Miles Nj. Williams
announced that Mr.. Moore was netttf~
mated tor city Chairman the fun be-
gan MIR. Allan movs / that the re-
port OF the committee as a whole be
adopted, and Mr.. shelton forthwith
suggested that the name of Mr. Fleg
enneimer be substituted. This was
Z sEtpHhG0 bS MI. thIiptGit.
Shelton Fights Office Trust.
1 MIR. Shelton declared that he left
/ the ranks Of the democratic party
1 eighteen months ago because there
/ had been tendency To build up al
Utiiee-holding trust. and that he had
( come into the ranks OF the republi.
cans to and that the same conditions
( prevailed. He explained that he was
Z not a candidate TOR any Office ana
would not be until he had served the
/ party acceptably He announced thai
/ he had come to the decision that the
republican party was not the one t.
/ come to build up the once prouo
name of Virginia.
| Further on he declared that hi
! had high regard for AIR Moore
1 but that he had resigned the city
/ Chairmanship TO become census super
/ visor When you resigned" ne ask
/ ed Mr.. Moore, did you hold u con,
ference with II Martin and a Flood
/ and did your resignation have string
to it, IL you resigned with the un
Outstanding that when your term o
office was up YOU would get the plac
/ back, then l am against you. And /
looks mighty like it" Here Mr.. Shell
ton praised Mr.. Flegenheimer ant
averred that Mr.. Moore had alread,
| filed his pockets with Federal none.
| while the former chairman had no
| gotten penny.
MIR, Allan arose and so did Captain
! McCue. The former held his ground
| while the latter launched into vehe
| ment 6enials of reports concerninl
his presence at the post-office. In tn
| turmoil he could be heard calling tn
| postmaster a liar. When the nois
had subsidized, Mr.. Allan said that i
II was a sin to be government of
fee holder, Captain McCue had beef
a greater sinner than he, and adde'
that at any rate he had not lost hi
job for any reason.
The rage of Captain McCue was un
bounded. but with repeated applica
ton of 81 broken chair leg as a gave
the chairman finally restored order
The vote was finally taken on tn
election of the committee. and 1t
chairman and was carried by vfvi
|. v0ce vote of two or three 10 one,