The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-03
Mr.. W|LL|Al.|S To
DECIDE MUOOLE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MUST SAY
IN WHAT DISTRICT MAN
CHESTER WILL VOTE
lease is THROWN OUT
JUDGE INGRAM DECIDES HE HAS
NO JURIsDICTIoN-LE
LATURE is TO BE FL
NAL JUDGE

The vexatious muddle in which old
Manchester IL at present politically
placed. f. giving the voters Of that
place, which is now Washington Ward.
Richmond q great deal of trouble and
they really have no idea how they will
cast their ballots IN the legislative
election this fall
1t was hoped that Judge Ingram in
the Law and Equity Court would hand
down an opinion On the legal status
of the situation. but. this the jurist
failed to do. asserting that he had
no jurisdiction IN the matter. This left
the question right where it has been
all the time. with pubic opinion hope
lessly divided as TO what should be
done,
Speaker Byrd's Idea.
Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd, Is Of
| the opinion that cid Manchester should
vote In the Legislative election this
| fall just as 1t has been voting In the
! past The sixteenth senatorial dis
| trict Is made up Of the counties OF
Goochland. Chesterfield and Powhatan
| and the City of Manchester. the last
| three places sending floater delegate
to the House.
| Mr.. Byrd contends that as the legis
lature is the highest legal body in the
| State and makes it's own Legislative
districts, that nothing but the iegisia-
tura can change it, therefore, the vot-
| ing should be the same as In the past
Miles Martin Differs.
! City Chairman Miles NJ. Martin is
/ or the opiniofS that as Manchester is
now ward OF Richmond. and the
old town has passed out OF existence.
| the people OF the new ward should vote
as part of Richmond.
AS predicted in these columns sew
eral weeks ago. Attorney General VIII
liams will finally decide the matter.
Up to the present time he has per-
sistently declined to give out an opin-
ion though IT is almost positively
known that he does not agree with
Mr.. Byrd. and contends that as Man
| chester has practically passed out of
existence and Ia now q ward of Rich
mond that the people will have. to
! vote as part of the big city.
10 Up to Williams.
A welI-known member OF the iegis-
4 lature said yesterday that It was
strange the attorney general did not
give an, opinion In tire fnasttr. .-3sss~
1t has been suggested that Gov
ernor Mann direct the attorney gen.
eral to announce an opinion in the
case, which Mr.. Williams would be
compelled 10 do. This action may be
taken as 1t In imperative that the vor-
,2s should know, sha conditions at once
\ There II no bitter feeling in the mat
ter but the voters and the candidates
want to know what will be done. sc
that they may arrange accordingly.
Several Candidates Interested.
D. l.. Toney, the present fioateI
delegate has announced that ne woulC
be . candidate from Manchester, re.
CARELESS Of how the -old town viii vote
A delegation OF citizens have alread.
called on Mr. M. A. Campbell. and
asked him to announce himself.
Mr.. Roherl Porter, OF Powhntan, hal
announced that he would be a candi
date from that county for the hoatel
position.
The candidates are anxious to know
the legal situation and may ask tn,
, attorney general for an opinion in tn,
next day or so.