The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-23
VA. REPUBLICANS,
FOR ROOSEVELT
ri cHMoND. vA.-spocial-

81 G II Nj o n ID, VA.-Special-.
TO she strains OF Hail the Conquer
tnk Hero about 500 Republican
2sectors, assembled from all parts OF
F1rSlnl4 by insOrgent leaders. march
60 INTO the City Auditorium at noon
Thursday, and, after a meeting bar-
m0nioos in every particular. elected
tour delegates pledged body and soul
TOT Roosevelt 10 represent the State
AZ large at the national convention,
which Will be held in ChicasV ga JGne
18th.
President Taft, his administration
and his pie eating constituency" was
numerically fiayed. one of the white
speakers, w. Nj. Peyton, who. by the
way. is X-Commonwealth's Attorney
of Henry county, boldly declared that
the Republican party not only i'm Viz
ginia. but throughout the United
States. should support the Democratic
candidate II TAFT is renoGlipatcd.
The following delegatvs at large
were elected:
j. Nj. Newcomb. of Petersburg
white. who was also named State
chairman TO oppose G. BuScom Slcmp.
William NJ. Peyton, of Martins, lie.
white.
}: p. Pollard. a negro lawyer of
Richmond.
folk.
Alternates-WnliamN Miller. of Rich
NANAAs - I. new SOM N1NAOitO - 0l
Newport News; George EISon. Ot Dam
vile, ana a. w. Hcrrls. of PCtcsSburS.
While the negroes were IN the vast
majority, there We're a number of
white men of some prominence pres
ent, among them j. NJ. NtWComb, OF
Peters bt.f-. ~. NJ. ttNton. of Mar
tins'iiie, and W. j. Rahily, OF Peters
burg.
No Need for Police.
Police were on every side TO pre-
vent nFSSi bile disorder There -
none, however. thc only recognized
Taft man in the hail being United
States Deputy Marshal j. f. Marchant,
who said ne Just dropped in" He
took constant notes, however, on lit
tie slips OF paper, which ne slowed
carefully away in an inside pocket
when he left the convention room.
Just before the convention was
called to order about sixty men filed
in and took their seats in a body
near the stage. 1t was whispered that
they had come from Petersburg to
stampede the meeting for Taft or
break il up if necessary.
The men were all white. Some of
them showed tonSorial neglect.
Called to Order.
j. r. Pollard, temporary chairman
of the insurgent faction, called the
convention TO order. reading a state
ment in which he characterized the
conventions and meetings of the stand
pat Republicans in Virginia as "illega
and fraudulent"
Not only had the conventions heer
held contrary to the will of thef PEG
pie, but pie-eating delegates had beer
fraudulently elected to the Chicago
convention, which meets next month
Because Of Illegal 9STs on the
part of the "officeholdeFs' trust" he
said that a convent 3f Of free think
ing Republicans ~-fas necessary. and
had, therefoyeS~ been called and as
-seTbled.-
Pollard was then formally elected
chairman OF the convention. He de-
nvered a passionate speech of accep-
tance, and declared that a move had
been started which would swing the
good State of Virginia into the Eepub-
ncan ranks under the leadership of
Theodore Roosevelt. He was greet
ed with loud cheers and shouts of
Teddy"
DR.. a. A. Graham, a colored physi-
clan of Hampton, was then elected
secretary of the convention. He ac-
cepted the office by reiterating that
Virginia was soon to take its place as
a solid Roosevelt Commonwealth.
A slight departure was then made
from the program when the temporary
convention oficers-PollaTd and Gra-
ham-were made permanent officers.
Pollard then named the committee TO
nominate the delegates at large.
The committee returned the nOmi-
nations above given and took occasion
dent TAFT with everything from fraud
20 arson.
Loud cheers Of Teddy" greeted the
resolution and large Roosevelt pos
tiers and fans were waved by the audi
ence amid a storm Of applause.