The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-19
Gives Orders That They
Cannot Meet in Leader
Hall To-Day.
MOORE ENGAGES
TON EY'S HALL
Major Werner to Send Police
Squad to District Convention
So That Order May Be Pre-
served-Both Factions
Bitter on Eve
Of Battle.

With orders from Building Inspector
bevk that the Third District Republican
convention could not be held IN Lead
CT Hail south Richmond, TO-DAY, If
NOR than serHnty-six persons were
present, and with the two party fac
tioHs lighting for admission. tile whole
Plan was upset last night. and the tur.
mon viii be transferred TO Toncys
fali. While leaders u both factions
professed tho utmost ignorance. the
iaet Was easily gathered from the
Aouinsidc police ;ha; Toncy's Hall he'd
been secured early last night by g.
iiiuTway Moore. Tho sight Is grow
Ing 80 warm that everything is being
ccnductcd In secret
But another fact Of cquhl interest
WAS made clear with tho announcement
ina, Major Werner Will send "A special
squad oi police 10 the meeting to see
mat order is preserved. The feeling
has btcn 50 Intense since the InaEs-
convention last Monday night in Bclyi-
derc iiuli that no chances will be
taken. aud II there IS any outbreak
auE row'iyism or disturbances. The men
at faui; VIII be yankcd away from the
meeting and aent 10 the Third Police
station The Police Department is de-
icrin!ncd on this point.
Every bod. Ordered uut.
Tho Cabcli- Moore wing has
elected ttIrty-c!Eht delegates from tho
Third CONFESSIONS! District, With tn"
same number of niternatcs The same
number OF delegates and nltcrnates
were elected by the Brady Hanson-
l'icGcuhclmer faction At B.lv.dere
IAN on Monday night there were pos
sitl% LOOP persons in attendance Tho
claim has been made that they were
impogtcd from other counties: that
hHTs were invited or tho promise of
refreshments. and that many hands en-
pioyed in the c:ty's Street Cleaning be
pirtnrn, wsre there 70 shout Justify
al tlio proper signal. Fearing a rene
titon OF this trouble. Notwithstanding
the rule that only accredited delegates
are to he admitted to-day. the atten-
ton OF Building Inspector Beck was
cened TO the situation. Mr.. Beck
knows tho condition OF Leader Hall. so
ms first plan WAS To limit the attend
ancc. subsequently. however. the
leaders weFc given To understand that
only scyeHiy-s& could enter and right
there the police found that tho n-h;
would centre around the question as to
who should 70, in. Neither faction
could anord TO call separate meetings
50 The difficulty was bridged tcmporar-
rs ~ least, when Mr.. Moore leased
Toncys Hall
Expect TWO Ncctines
The Indications are thar two meet
inSS VIII be held. and that Two sets OF
delegates VIII be elected to the ma
t'onal convention, which will be held in
Chicago. and possibly two district
chairmen. II was reported last night
that Congressman Mckinley, who is
managing President TAft's campaign
VIII attend tho meeting to-day in the
hope of clearing the tangle. There Is
very little chance that he will be re-
wardcd. for the fight has gone too
far.
Although tho situation. like that In
al the Southern States. is simply bat
tic between the ms and the outs, IL is
somewhat different in Virginia, where
the real warfare Is being waged on
Royal K. Cabell, commissioner OF In
ternal revenue. Fricnts OF Mr. Cabeil
declare without hesitancy that this
fight OH him has been instigated and
carried on by the distlling element
because OF his rigid enforcement OF
the internal revenue laws, especially
In Virginia. There arc ali sorts Of
sensational rumors ahoat, the charge
being mado that IT is life and lob
struggle with certain oiRceholders.
How They Line Up.
Lined mp against Cabell are Morgan
Treat, who was thrown out two or
three years ago from the Office OF
United States marshal: Joseph p.
Brady. clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court: Melvin FlegenheImer.
United States commissioner; George a.
Hanson, who ran once for Congress
against Edgar Allan, Jr., and others
now holding Federal positions. Back
ing Mr.. Cabell is Postmaster Allan. q
1lidgway Moore. former supervisor OF
census; B. Z. Arnold. collector of Gus
toms, and others on the Federal nav
roll. Alvah II. Martin and Congressman
Scmp are lined up with the Brady
1'legenheimer- Hanson Treat wing. and
they, too, are fighting Cahell, although
Cabel's friends have made 1t clear that
he is not seeking to depose Martin as
national committeeman.
Heretofore the impression has been
that the two factions were at such
desperate odds nowadays because OF
tie uncertainty as to whether or not
Theodore Roosevelt would BIO a candi
date for President But that idea
seems to be wrong. All factions have
Endorsed President Taft Indeed, II
Mr.. Roosevelt should be nominated
and elected-ho could look back on
the record and find that he had no Re-
publican friends in Virginia In the
carly days of the present campaign.
With this feature eliminated, the talk
ras grown that It is simply a fght
to cripple CabeIl at home, with the
hope OF having somebody else an
pointed Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue.
Wnddiil Wanted inquiry.
Tho report. made by Special Agent
Mutt, who was designated to inves-
tigate internal revenue conditions
hcreabout, has been completed. In due
course 1t will reach tho Treasury De-
partment for such action as may bc
deemed necessary. This inquiry was
tordered after United States District
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