The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-29
LEAVE ninth To
Shift FOR ITSELF
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Instead OF needing the cry OF DO
something for the Ninth" the Demo-
Gratis In the House OF Delegates last
! evening voted to allow the Ninth Dis
! trict TO do something for itself.
. More than two hours was spent In
the making OF speeches, points OF or
der. parliamentary inquiry and the
} down TO business and proceeded to
vote. When the decks had been cleared
and the casualties were disclosed. IL
was found that the Democrats are sat
ished TO let things remain as they are,
and that there will be no change In
the boundaries OF any OF the districts
at the hands Of the present Legisla-
ture.
Some seVsnty-ive OF the members
ot the caucus were on hand, and there
ceedings- That the body il filled with
parliamentarianS was evident and
each and every one undertook to steer
the caucus in the way it should &c.
"a Family Affair.""
Delegate Oliver, of Fairfax. soon af-
ter the roll was called. moved to eject
all newspaper men and everyone save
and except the members of the House
and Senate and State officers This
was seconded by Delegate Howert~u.
of Sussex, who later explained that he
/ did not know but that there were n~u-
I
newspaper fraternity.
No sooner had the motion beem
made than Judge Martin Williams b.
terposed serious objection. He asiA
that, for his part. he did not care VIE
came or who heard what he had ha
say, and that he was averse to nut
ting the newspaper men, 81 ALI 0tkerR
out of the body.
Then Hugh A. White. of Rook-
bridge, declared that to put the news
full and complete publicatino OF every
thing that transpired. just an Is tSe
case OK happenings in executive seGEsewu
OF the United States Senate.
Delegate Harry Houston. of Hamn-
ton. moved as a substitute that the
caucus doors be thrown wide enc.
and Delegate Fitzhugh spoke aloaE the
same lines This latter motion wo1
by vote Of 43 to 6.
Down to Work.
The caucus then got down to husi-
ness-that is. the making Of notfaua.
counter-motons, amendments. snhGti-
tutes, amendments to the suhotiSutea
and all sorts OF other mationa
Delegate Martin Williams. chair
man of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, offered resoi,, tisp
providing FOR a plan OF procedure in
disposing of the matter, and by unan-
imous consent explained just what
was meant by the action of the Gem
nlttee and the purpose Of calling fer
the caucus. He said that there was
no concealment that the redfStriotinr
pan was intended TO benefit the Re,,,
ocrauc party, to make Democrafic> a
Republican district: that IL WAS =
lact. All the dominant parties in all
the legislative bodies in the world did
the same thing, regardless OF the name
DN Whlch II went, he declared
lie resented the imputation that he
was irving 10 legislate any man out of
ms district. The charge was absolute
I ly without foundation. ne declared
lie would not engage in any such
/ thing. and he did not believe there
was man on the committee who
would countenance such a proBosition
Also, ne said, there had been a report
that ne would be candidate for Con
Sress' and that he was engaged in at
tending TO the redistrictinE for that
purpose. That charge was unfound-
ed. ne said, and he had no idea of
peinS a candidate for Congress- I'm
either the Sixth or the Ninth District
mat he Will at some future time get
into the campaign
Whatever the Democrats in this
caucus shall do in this matter is, and
VIII De- perfectly satisfactory TO me-
SAID Judge Williams in closing 81
merely want the caucus to say what II
promise that there shall be no one who
VIII more cheerfully accept the result
lAdn the CHAIRMAN of the COmnnftfaa nm
Privileges and Elections"
De,eg MIR: W White TO the Front.
ing any change in the cengr Ss iona
boundaries. He said that the changes
suggested would not make any APP
majority in the Ninth. that they would
strengthen the Fifth District but little
adding il to the Fifth. while the bur
den or three Of the counties from the
ninth would seriously handicap and
!y"rardize the Sixth. The Sixth Dis
triet people do not want It. he said
Then Mr.. White INDUCED in some
vote in the Ninth last year. when Votes
were sold, according to information
which he had, for as high as $2so.
he believed that the sudden enhance
III nj oi the pric" Wouli make the vote
IA oi her SECTIONS ePually abnormal
JHdSe Williams denied the allega-
ti"ns made by Mr.. White, saying that
NO such conditions obta med MIR. Watts
also denied that such u thing exist ed
Mr. White insisted that this informa-
tlon came pretty straight and that he
had reason TO believe that the price for
10 $3.50.
Delegate Stebbins made an appeal to
the members Of the caucus to let Hail
lax alone. She was getting along very
weh, was in good company. and the
conditions there We're satisfactory to
all concerned, he declared; the Sixth
District needed Halifax. and he in
clined TO the belief that If the Sixth
District were altered the people would
resent II and that. if the district were
made any way close the sleeping and
dormant Republicans would get busy
and start something. and possibly make
bit Of trouble
He offered resolution directing the
rec0mpnittal of the report of the com
mittee. with instructions that 1t re-
port "A bill retaining the present bound
airy lines of the Congressional Districts.
and to have the same enacted into a
Jaw. On that proposition the vote was
~ ayes TO 80 nays
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