The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
City is Gay With Flags. Bunt-
ing and Rapnet} on Open
ing Days Convention
NEARLY 200 ARE
IN ATTENDANCE
Strong Bid Will be Made for
Richmond National Con-
ventiGr III the
Aea1 1913
q. AARRH Ticker.

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: tTIr1iT-frf rT1r-rr1t,-rs-tt the r y A alld
accompanying friends, The city IL
Handsomely decorated with aags, ban
1lcrs and bunting. aud the weather man
h31e handed cut some tine atmosphere
" htls fhf greater nIn1her IF delegates
TO the .Wenty-hrst annual convention
came IN this morning many or them
YsaeAt-j tom yesterGAX. me hotel hc.
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tsitofs are being teken care Of IN
private families.
Among early ones OH the scene was
Secretary II. T.. !I&rwo od. of Rich
mnud with his great stack OF doou'
rneuts he preceded the Richmond dele
ettinn bY Twelve hours, nay ing ar
tlxe4i hts "Nilliafsa Henry" upon the
Nansemond hotel register yesterday AZ
ternaon
The, local committee Of arrangements
has Ieft nothing undone for the COM
fort ard pleasure uf the visitor, Al
doors are open and President > D.
( Allen. Of Richmond has tbs keys Of the
tCtty in his pocket.
( The OPENING exercises were interest
/ ing and inspiring.
Cross Opens Convention.
| President NJ. A Cross. of Post +.
orened the convention. and In te"
|
/ Holiday. who. In generous and cor
dial manner gave the city over 10 the
! Z, T. rs This remarks were inter"
I rupted frequently by applause.
Following the mayor. and AFTER the
KEYS had been placed In the pocket or
fthp president. Rev. J. Galloway ROD
ertenn. az the local Methodist church,
who is the chaplain of Post +. wei
coined the delegates to the city upon
! behalf eli that post.
! His remarks We're heartily made ana
as heartily received,
! While these two speeches took up
/ little time, they covered everything
! that could he said or offered in the
( shape Of welcome and hospitality.
Great Work of I. Z. A.
In responding. rresiden: Allen was
! equally az brief, and equally az
I hpronos. lie thanked the speakers
ard the citizens for their hearty wei
/ come. and in expressing the views or
( the organization, he also took oc-
casion to dwell for a moment upon
the great work being done by the I.
| z. A's.
The convention lost no time in get
/ ting down to business. Immediately
upon the close OF the preliminary ex-
| change of felicitations, President
; "A
I business The committees were an
nomnced and went to work at once
Those named as members of the
. various committees embraced these:
Committee on Credentiais--D. w
Sale. IynchburG; w II. Jones. Dan
| VILE: s. Westover. Norfolk; j, g
! T.ayman, Bristol; r. w Brown, Rich
mond.
+ 4 4t----tJ--G- AaaIIIright -DanYille
w. +. Richardson. Farmville; u, Scott
Oninten. Fredericksburg: Il. M. Strib'
ling. Norfolk; r, Il. Adams. Lynch
/ burg.
Observation-Disclosures c. Williams
Alexanaria; r.. X. Barksdaie. Norfolk
q t. Jennings. Roanoke. r. W. Price
Petersburg, d, l.. Trynham, Soutf
Boston, ~
Auditing William Jenkins, Rich
mond. ". *, Bache, Richmond,
Resolutions--J II. Bailey. Peters
burg; George W. Rogers. Richmond
r. s. Hancock. Norfolk. r. H. Self
Martinsville: NJ. s. Llewellyn, Newpor
News.
DELEGATES TO National Convention.
In addition to the regular order q
things AZ renorted by the committees
the rules committee limited al
speeches to ten minutes. and fixed this
afternoon as the time for the election
Of delegates to the national conVen'
lion which will he held IN Peoria. III.
next month
To Speak For Richmond.
These delegates viii go instructed Il
vote and work for Richmond as tbs
next meeting place Of the national body
II il Grtnly believed by the Virainia
delegates that there will be little op-
pCsitton To Richmond. as that city has
national membership FOR several wears
Brother Peter Baueh, of Petersburg
was chosen sergoAnt-at-arfns by ae'
clamation. and assumed the duties OF
tn position.
Rev !. Cleveland Hall. first assist
mt chr plain, NJ Danvtlle, delivered the
Invocation, Chaplain ]. j. Gravatt. 81
Richnord, could not be present. owing
to a eevere cold. His absence wa
depiored.
There VIII be some discussion during
the meeting on the proposition /.
amend the constitution. 50 that In IA.
ture e'fcers OF the STATE orga nization
! utoN 49, v''' hes This
/ proposition VIII meet with great oppo.
ei'tn ard II is not believed that II
win he adopted
II ie eenerallv conceded that r. r.
Tarksdale If Portsmouth viii he
ne Is or hand hut is not of ciaily cog
pt4eN 81 any move or the par. OF the
deieeates 70 rlRce hiT at the head OF
ire ACCUMULATION. although the Norfolk
4 nnd Portsmouth delegations are pie
turesauelv Rrrayed in much display ol
badge and streamer with Mr. Barks
dalc's name bla&oned forth 10 loud and
neisH letters.
a Modest Man.
He is a modest mum, and when asS-
- what ne thought or the outlook for
hIF election. by the Firginian repre-
sentative he withdrew his vocabulary
into the silent cavern Of his own minn
in short. declined to refer to the mat
ter,
File win doubtless be surprised when
a committee awaits upon him tomor-
row and announces that he has been
unanimously selected ia lead the r.
f. AS TO further endeavors for the
coming year
Looks Like Lynchburg.
II locks like Lynehburg for the
next State convention. although
4 Farmvile and Fredericksburg will be
mentioned.
Messrs, f. n. Msyfield. secretary OF
the Chamber Of Commerce. OF Lynch.
burg. and Giles ii. Miller. represent.
( ing the Board W Trade, OF that city,
are here with their whoopinE delega-
( tiol inn King very strong bad for the
: convention.
Prior 70 the nesting of the con.
{, yentlon tfe state board held an exc
| rNtite meeting in tile rooms of the
Board 81 Trade They found the or
ganizstion in finc siisp pc. The state