The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-12
Secures Bare Majority of
Two Votes Over
Johnston.
ROOSEVELT PAGE is
. SECOND AUDIT OR
Wins Easily Over Judge Dew.
Richardson Has Large Major.
ity Over Kizcr for Register
of Land Office-Charges 3
of In com petency
Made.

BY the narrow majority OF two votes
In total OF 1874. c. Lee h,oote was last
nisnt nominated by the joint Demo
cia.ic caucus of the General Assembly
TO he Auditor of Public Accounts. lie
Will be elected within tho next few
days tor term of four years. oesin-
ming on March of this year Mr.
Moore has been an emptoye uf the Of
nee tor tw enty-seven year~ nd has
been CHIEF clerk for fifteen years. The
vote was 63 for MIR. Moore Ia 81 for
Cha les a. Johnston. of Montgomery.
Tine other two candidates-tiugene G..
Massie, of Richmond. and H. a. Oar
nalt, of wlthdrew during the
afternoon. as the result of a confer
ence representing all the opponents OF
Ar. Moore. 1t was there conceded thar
Mr.. Johnston was the stronger OF the
three. and the others decided not to
go into the caucus. Il
Roosevelt Page Wins. n.
Roosevelt Page. of Hanover. was nom
mated for Second Auditor, defeating
Judge John G. Dew. the incumbent by
Il vote OF 10 TO ~, the selection benz,
made unanimous before the ballot was
announced. NA
In the fight for Register OF the Land
Office the winner was ColoneI John ".
richardson, who has been the ipcum-
.,
Major Charles G. Kizer. of Norfolk. BY
81 to IL.
The following were nominated with
out opposition:
/ $. Il. Donohoe. to be Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts for the remainder of tho
uneNpired term OF Morton Marye. last
lag until March /.
himself as a member OF the Supreme
Court of ADpealS.
Davis Bottom, to succeed himself aa
Superintendent OF Public Printing.
The following circuit and city court
judges were nominated there being no
opposition In any Instances:
Second Circuit Judge ]. l. McLcmore:
dale; Tenth Circuit, Judge r. Carter
Scott: Fourteenth Circuit, Judge D.
Gardner Tyler; Eighteenth Circuit.
Judge Henry w. Holt, to succeed Judge
). III. Letcher. who will retire: Twenty
second Circuit. Judge Fulton Kegley;
Coz poi alton Court OF Radford. Judge
George e. cassel: Corporation Court of
Bristol. Judge Joseph L. Kelly; Corpo-
ration Court of BuLna Vista, Judge W.
+. Houston. Corporation Court of Al
eNandrin. Judge l.. c. Barley. for both
uncNpired and new terms; Hustings
Court Part 9. city Of Richmond, Judge
Ernest IL. Well; Law and Equity Court.
city OF Richmond. for unexpired term
of Judge John II. Ingram, Judge Bey-
erly I. Crump; Corporation Court of
Charlottesville, Judge Archer Dabney.
uneNpired and new terms; Fifteenth
Circuit. Judge r. II. l., Chichester, for
uneNpircd term of Judge John E. Ma
son; Hastings Court OF city Of Rich
mond. Judge Samuel B. Witt: Corpora
ton Court of Danvillc. Judge II. Wy.
Peatross.
Heated Meeting.
Not in years has caucus been held
In the Virginia Legislature In which
a contest was SO close and so holly
contested as that for Auditor OF Public
Accounts last night. The nomination
of Mr. Moore was accomplished over
the earnest protest or Speaker Richard
Evelyn Byrd. chairman \. NJ Bowman,
Of the House Finance Committee, and
Senator j. Il. West, of Suffolk These
speakers asserted that Mr.. Moore had
been inefficient in the discharge of hts
duties; that he had given incorrect re-
ports OF the condition OF the office,
which had misied the Legislature; thut
the place needed cleaning out Mr.
Byrd mado the cha &c that county aud
city treasurers were trying 10 forco
the election OF Mi Moore through n
i!uence with members of the General
Assembly.
These statements were resented by
friends OF Mr.. Moore who said that
he courted an investigation, one OF
those who spoke for him saying that
he intends TO ask for ali inves cation
at the hands of the General Assembly.
Not Made Unanimuus.
The feeling In tho hight is shown In
the fact that no supporter OF NJ.
Johnston moved to make the nomina-
ton unanimous The friends Of the
Rockingham man believed last night
that a mistake had been made by
them in consenting TO the Withdrawal
OF Mr.. AIassie and Mr.. Darnall. a s they
felt that their man was the second
choice of enough Moore men tai hayo
insured Mr.. Johnstons election had
more than one ballot been taken. which
they say would have been inevitable
with all four in the field. Supporters
of Mr.. Moore say he has always had
clear majority OF the joint caucus
II was further aaid that the votes
Siven Mr.. Moore from one section OF
the state had considcra bio influence in
the overwhelming majority given Col
ouel Richardson later on. although II
had been thought the fight for Rcgis-
ter Of the Land Office would be close.
Edwin p. Cox was elected permanent
chairman. and Berkiey D, Adams secre-
tary OF the joint caucus whom II met
last night In the hall of the Houss
OF Delegates. The roll call for AUDITOR
showed that every one Of tho 1876 Dom y
ocrats Of the Legislature was present, ~
one not voting.
senator II. c. Toikes tried to cut out
all speech making, even for contested &.