The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-24
CONVENTION PLAN
IS SHOWED UNDER
City Committee Decides for
Primary to Name the Ad-
ministrative Board
ONLY FOUR RECORDED
AGAINST A PRIMARY
Thirty-four of Committee in
Favor Of Ito be Held
on Same Date as
Congressional

After an avalanche of motions.
resolutions, substitutes and amend
ments. interpreted with gabfest
pandemoniuin. the political clamor
with which the meeting Of the City
Central Democratic Committee was
fraught last night finally subsidized and
a motion that a primary for the
nomination OF the five candidates for
the administrative board be held on
the same date as the congressional
primary was adopted by a recorded
vote OF ~ TO 4. II was a motion by
A. w. Evans offered as a substitute
for varied batch Of others.
II move that we have the primary
to nominate Ave members 10 The adj
ministratiye board on the same day
tina. the congressman is nominated
and that the Ave candidates receiving
the largest number Of tn. votes cast
in said election be declared the
nominees was the final substitute
motion AZ n whole by Mp. Evans. II
war promptly seconded and the cries.
question" finally brought a calm
after the storm. A record vote WAS
demanded.
Those opposing it were Martin.
Myers. Duke and Taylor. Thirtyfour
!. votes were recorded In favor OF pri~
mary.
The chairman ruled that n majority
vote was all that was necessary. He
then referred IL to the plans com
mittee. A moaion then carried ask
ing that the plans committee takes as
speedy action az possible and report
back to the committee.
Secretary W. J. Duke stated that
upon q two-thirds vote. the action
could he reconsidered.
VIM Cross Bridge Later.
The chairman. Major Miles Mar
TIN. declined to state whether the
action could be recnusidered.
We win cross that bridge when
we come to IT," he added
Throughout the meeting suspicion
iurked in the auditorium Of Murphy's
Hotel. Advocates Of the primary
were insiatent that the action be mad :
clear and they challenged every
move Of those favoring the conven.
tton plan.
But when Mr.. Evans made his mo-
ton az q substitute for the whole. the
primary advocates through their per-
sistent clamor simply took the bull by
the horns and nut u through.
Took No Chaness.
They came to the meeting with
primary" an their one slogan. They
NGtS aGSptSt6uS VI tUSuht'0tSfSs. ahUS
wanted to take no chances.
The date for the congressional pri.
mary has not been settled and this
puts the matter Of a date for the city
primary up TO the congressional COM
mittee.
Meanwhile the finance committee of
fha City Central Democratic Committee
VIII devise some plan to pro rata the
expenses Of the congressional admin
irtrativc board primary.
The committee will hold another
meeting Friday nisht when The ma mater !.
polling places will be decided.
The Polling Places.
A tentative list OF the polling places
10 be submitted follows:
Clay ward First precinct. ST. West
Main street: second. 2l9 South Harri.
sen: third. HS South Pine: fourth.
1895 West Cary: nth. 4 South First
Lee ward: First precinct, il25 West
Broad: second, 716 West Broad: third.
1919 West Broad: fourth. e2l West
Broad: NTH. 2 West Lee
Madison ward: First precinct. Eighth
and Clay. southwest corner: second.
ia North. Seventh; third, 17ea, East
Hull: sixth. 1909 Hull.
Jefferson ward: First, precinct. 22is
East Main; second. 2soe Church Hill:
third. Masonic Hall: fourth. 1901 North
Twentv-eighth: NTH. c7i< East Frank
lin: sixth. 1871 Second street. Fulton.
Dele9nteF names. except In the
third precinct where there are three
candidates. viii he left OF the ballot
for the State convention. Il. 49,. .,,.,
There was almost a constant clasnor
1 for recogntticn s1u the matter IT THE
mode Of selecting and the time thereof
for the candidates for the administra-
Capt. W. NJ. Myers opposed the
idea of selecting date to name the
nominees for the administrative hoard
at that meeting. He thought the
candidates should have splenty OF
tine TO 20 before the publis.
Clyde W. Saunders spoke OF the
legal phase Of the primaries relative
TO the assessment and payment Of
entrance fees
ATarsin Criticises Fast End.
Chairman Martin gave up the chair
70 DR.. Charles v. Darlington In or
der that he might address the meet
Il am not going to tell this body."
my policy. will bolt"
This was after the resolution from
the East End Cltixens' Association,
Insisting upon q primary and oppos-
1ng convention. had been present.
"a
s'But / win stand loyalty by the ac-
tion, Of this committee" continued
the chairman. But a. free citi.
\ rem ! have expressed my opinion Of
have heard that Il would not 10 safe
Far ma n ~ through cAffain Dafts