The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-05
YOUNG RULED OUT;
ACT TON DEFERRED
BY DISTRICT BODY
Continued from Fra paeesl

ter adjournment ef the id3} commit
tea. Chairman Eiysou a4so taried
{ for a while. as did several nov spaper
men and about a dozen other persons
Interested Included in tae number
Was Statf senator +. L. Aoiiaua. IT
Suffolk. who Told some u his friends
that he would likely he a candidate
Tor the Democratic nomination. Ii Is
probable that tho Senator viii get the
support OF the Norfelk citizens move
meni, though there IS some sentiment
among this element FAY oying John y
Sehreli. Jr.. Of Norio4k,
Nset All Monticello.
Colonel Day finally tiSea A. NJ.
Friday at thu Monticello. Norfolk. as
the date and piaee Ior 4he meeting
Of the district committee -. perform
the duty imposed upon It
The action If the Stat. naAe I'll
referring the matter t. tbie commit
tee after tbs subcommittee, Nhleh
conducted the fraud probe IL. Norfolk
had reported Unanimously ia favor of
declaring the primary naEl 4ad void
is regarded as something - a com
promise. II WAS fGi}t Apecttsd ~
persons who had followed tbs sstus
2 aiinn- 1lalAl-. u
would specie the method al reehoos=
ing candidate for congress and
general surprise Was expressed when
the matter was pat M t. the district
eornmittte. This step was taken on
molten Of Committeeman J Taylor
Thompson. Of F'armollle. seconded by
Clyde ". Saunders. If richmond
Was R<ssnlt u Compromise
Authentic report has it thar the
three dissenting members Of the ln~
Vestigating committee Nouid not
agree u sign t31s 9naJeritH report
until assured thar the district COM
mittee would he allowed 10 arrange
for another election. TIE disseffrrs
held uut until nearly O'Clock Tues
dsy night. II ~as said. and II was ger
/. orally understood that the PaeItA ing
hand OF Senator Martin. who Was
quartered at Murphss proved a con
siderable factor In getting the names
OF al seven or this investigators signed
to the majority report. Whether the
minority members had drawn re-
port OF their own was not aScerta in
ed, although the impression prevailed
that they had
On motion Of Committeeman Rob
ert Gillian. OF Petersburg. the follow
ing resolutions were adopted.
Resolved. That the district com
naittee of the Second district he au-
4horized ~ call primary ur a con
yention, which shall be open to ali
Democrats otherWi Use qualified for the
nomination of "a candidate for Con-
GreEs from said district -t44-trTp-
event that said committee deen IL best
70 hold primary election then hat
seref">of the primary law cannot be
compiled with. because Of lack IT
time, be-. and the same is hereby.
suspended for that particular election.
Alien Gets Open Primary
As first drawn Up, the resolutions
did. not contain the proyiso thar the
new primary or convention should be
open TO all Democratic candidates
properly qualified. This Insertion MAS
made at the suggestion Of Committee
man w K. Alien. Of the Tenth dis
xr1ct
The Second District committee was
given the power to modify the uri
mary Law in case il decided la hold
y primary, beca use u the lack Of Time
10 comply with the regulations in de-
tail.
Chairman Ellyson explained that
a11e amendment providing for an open
~ ALI primary was not necessary. as
the party law very clearly stipf4a,aa