The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
NORFOLK CONTEST
WILL Be ARGUED.
Exciting Session of State Demo-
cratic Committee Is EN-
pected Tonight.
WILL ASK INVESTIGATION
Contrasting Faction Would Have
State Body Take Up and
Decide Dispute.

Large delegations from Norfolk
! county will come to Richmond TODAY
| to attend the meeting OF the state
Democratic Committee. which will he
! held in the assembly hall at Murphy
! Hotel to-nisht Both the Straight
! outs and "Fusionlsts" are expected 70
! be largely repIesented. Attorneys 10,
both sides VIII appear before the com
| mittee and argue the point, which is
! as TO whether or not the State Com
/ mlttee shall take original jurisdiction
in deciding the contest over county
| Offices
! 1t is practically certain that the
! meeting will be an exciting one Nor
1 folk city and county matters always
are. No argument is ever made over
affairs there without giving rise to
intense feeling. indulsed in BY the
partisans of the rival factions In
j this case the "Straightouts" are rep
! resented by young attorneys of Nor
folk city. who were the leaders in the
! county campaign. while counsel will
J appear for the "Fusionists"
VIII Not All Alcud.
! While there VIII be probably little
! difficulty about securing quorum OF
4 the State Committee. anything like >
fun meeting is not expected \ prom
/ inent party leader. who has attended
every session for many years, said last
/ night that he did not believe tina,
! nearly the fun membership would be
! present. Most of them have heard
this Norfolk county row over and over
again" he said, and il is becoming
tame and stale news to them"
Former lieutenant Governor Ed
4 ri
! man J. Taylor Ellyson that important
| private business in his home city OF
| Staunton will preclude his attend
| ance at the meeting.
| Contest Brought.
! The "Straigtout' faction was defeat
! ed in the recent county primary when
! the "Fusionist" candidates for county
! offices were nominated. The Straight
/ outs" contested the returns. alleging
| sundry Irregularities. such as the vot-
! ing of men in the county who had
become residents OF the city of Nor
folk. The "Fusionists in return
/ brought charges against the "straiugh-
outs at certain precincts
This contest is now pending before
the Norfolk County Committee. The
"Straightouts" say they feel that the
| local committee is so tied up with
the Fusion faction that ii will be
, therefore they ask the state Committee
TO take the matter up and appoint .
! subcommittee to take the evidence
| The "Fusionists' will contend that
under the party law. the State body
cannot assume original jurisdiction
but that al! such matters must come
up on appeal from local party author
! tiles This point will be argued and
decided tonight. should the commit.
tee take charge of the matter, II Will
designate subcommittee.
Martin Not Coming.
An effort was made by the "Straight
outs" to secure the attendance OF Sen
ator Thomas $. Martin at to-nish,s
meeting, and a telegram was sent
/ urging him To be present. His friends
here did not believe he would come at
the solicitation of one faction.
senator Martin was asked last night
! in Washington by correspondent for
! The Times Dispatch what he answer
! would be He replied; Il have no idea
| OF attending the meeting l am not a
( member of the committee, and, in adj
dition to this. it is utterly impossible
/ for me to leave Washington at this
! time to go anywhere, even for half an
I hour"
Membership Of Committee.
/ cratic Committee are as follows:
! First Distr!ct-T ]. Downing. Lam
! caster; J. NJ. Curtis, Newport News: ].
I Boyd Sears. Mathews II. l.. Ailworth,
/ Eastville; T. D Cole. fredericksburg.
/ Second District-C Fenton Day.
smi,hieid; W w Sale, Norfolk: DR..
! Suffolk \ c. Cromwell Norfolk.
Third Distr!ct-E, /. c. Scott, Ash
/ land: clyde W Saunders Richmond:
pr j. b. Fisher. Midlothian: Manly II.
| Barnes New Kent: simon Solomon.
/ Richmond.
! Fourth District-A n Morris, Sex
/ ton: T j Arvln Double Bridge: ]
! Taylor Thompson. Farmvllle Robert
/ Gillian, Petersburg, f. T. Hutcheson.
! Boydton
Flftn Pis' pia a James. pan
Haeer iua RHFeh M@T 6aHy Inaape NJ
dencc: r.. ~ Nicholson. Rocky Mount.
/ Sixth District-H O. HUMPHREYS.
| Bedford City; George w Muse, salem,
| Sidney Sheltman. Christiansburg: c.. c.
4 Barksdale, South Boston; II. p Adams.
/ lynchburg.
! chsTio s"sa George w. '" Ki 2aes.
! Washington. Va; W E. Carson. River
/ ton: L. w. Carpenter, Harris onburg
I Eighth Dis,rict-R c. l. Moncure,
stafford Gardner il Roothe. Alexan-
/ dria. r =. McTntre. Warrenton: Paul
/ W. Garrett. leesburg; Raleigh T.
/ Green. Culpeper
Ninth District--p. +. st Clair, Bane:
| r. Y Buchanan. Marion; w. y. smith.
! Gate City r y. Lynch. Tazewen: NJ
! { Clark, Honaker.
Tenth Joseph Button. APP
! !. p. Wheathead, Lynchburg w Il. Al
3, len Buchanan; William ". McAllister.
! Warm Springs
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