The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-12
Voice Of the People
Dir. shcnherd,. sidc.

TO the Editor OF The Times ID spa ch (:
SIN Mr. Taylor, 1t is claimed, placed
MS money In the hands of Chairman
shepherd, OF Fluvanna, and the latter
neglected to forward Gooehlands part
to Chairman Monteiro."
In the quoted clipping from your is
gross Injustice. Mr.. Taylor never placed
any money for entrance fee for Goooh-
land county I'm my hands, and there
WIS no neglect on my part. On the
contrary, despite my efforts to ascer-
tam the fact from the chairman Of
Goochland whether they proposed to
noid primary for candidate for
the House of Delegates, and what the
entrance fec would be II they did, l
could get no Information from him on
the subject until .uft0r Goochland had
taken nnal action In the matter. and
even then no information as to what
tho entrance fee would be. Mr.. Tay-
ior was In my office a number of
times and finally he arranged for his
ny the Fluvanna committee and for
ciuvanna exclusively, to-wit, tho sum
OF wv and said to me that he feared
some trickery was going on In Gooch-
any Information from Goochland until
II was too late for him to act. and
asked me If / should hear from the
chairman that Goochland would have
a primary and what amount he would
be assessed; that | would please not
take time to advise him. but would
please remit the designated amount
at once. so that there could be no
preteHt about its not getting there in
time. and advise him of the fact and
ne would refund to me. But the in
to Mr., Taylor I herewith append my
letter of the 10 of July. Enclosed in
return envelope:
n, PALMYRA; Va, Juiy 10; 1911.
Dear sir-our County Executive
Committee held a meeting some time
ago and determined upon holding a
primary for candidates for the House
at the same time fixed upon for the
county officers and Senate.
The committee instructed our score
tary' Mr.. Jones. to communicate with
you at once advising your committee
of our course. Not having heard from
you, I write to ask what course your
s comm ter proposes to pursue
county paper So that our people may
be properly advised. II you are go.
ing to have primary. kindly advise
me what the entrance fee Will be for
the House OF Delegates. VIII he glad
to hear from YOU at once.
very truly yours surpt5r,n
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee. FluvanDa county.
II appears that Mr. Taylor did what
ne could do so far as / am advised
to enable him to meet the require
Committee, but he couldn't ascertain
in the first place whether they were
going to have n primary for the office
of the House of Delegates. and. in the
second place If they were, what the
requirements would be. and. of course.
he could not leave any sum with me
or any one else to meet the require
ments when he didn't know what they
were. but 7 did promise him that II
the chairman of Goochland should an
swer my letter or should advise me
of what the amount required from
Goochland would be, would not walt
to advise him. but would make the
required remittance at once for him.
! Informed Mr.. Taylor that had told
Mr. Rutherford J would vote for him
and did vote for Mr. Rutherford in
the Fluvanna primary. but as chair
man OF the party in Fluvanna. I in
tended to do everything that lay in
MY power to give Mr.. Taylor n fair
showing, and did do So 7 neglected
nothing on my part to see that he
did have fair showing. In fact,
went out, OF my way to Insure him
n fair showing. and ! was induced the
more to do by reason of the fact
that the desired Information as to
what Goochland was doing and PRO
posed to do was withheld from me-
J. o. SHEPHERD.
Paymyra.