The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-25
JUNE Il CHOICE
FOR CITY PRIMARY
Committee Votes Unanimously
for Early Date, Which
Will Aid Cox.
JuukET MEETS DEFEAT
Former Advocates of Inaugural
ton Trip Suffer Moral
Qualns and Rcnegc.

| Thursday, Juno IL, was fixed last
night by the City Democratic Commit
! tee as the date of tho city primary for
! the nomination of party candidates for
the General Assembly and city Offices
| The action was unanimous and fol-
| lowed practically without debate, a
/ motion to that effect made by Captain
w. NJ Myers. Captain Mycrs's origi-
nal motion was for Il primary on Juno
IL. Al the suggestion of Clyde w.
saunders, ho accepted an amendment
naming the earlier day.
Debate on the question was in the
direction OF fixing the primary for u
still earlier date. Suggestions that it
he held some time in May and on other
days i'll May and June were abandoned
after Il statement by Mr.. Saunders that
1t would be a physical impossibility
TO have the poll tax lists available for
use at primary held earlier than
June IL. II was suggested that the
City Democratic Committee possessed
( tho authority to qualify the electors
on their tax receipts but the point was
not pressed.
The primary thus fixed will be for
tho nomination Of five candidates for
election to the House of Delegates one
candidate for the Senate, To succeed to
the vacancy caused by the election of
Senator l.. G. I'ollSes to tho Admins
tratiNo Eoard, and for candidates for
election TO the various paid municipal
to be filed by April l..
TO till NInny Offices.
y partial list of tho city Offices for
which candidates will DO selected ut
this primary includes those of clerks
of the Hastings, Chanccry. Law and
Equity, and Circuit Courts City Ser
seant, High Constable, Sheriff, Com
missioner OF Revenue. justices of the
peace. and members of the City Demo
cratic Committee.
In Offeript- In is nation fnr pa,.ly
primary, Captain Myers frankly gave
as one OF his reasons the fact that an
early primary will aid u Richmond
man who will be q candidate for cleo
ton to the House in his campaign for
the speal<crship. The man in question,
rs everybody present knew, is Edwin
i. Cox, who was one of Richmond's
quintet in The House last year. and
who will offer for recollection.
The committee took no action with
regard to designating the amount OF
candidates entry fees.
Tho comedy end of last nights meet
ing camo early with the report of the
special committee appointed mt the last
meeting to confer with railroad OFF,
Gals on the cost OF taking the mem
bcrship OF the City Democratic Com
mittee to Washington to witness the
Inauguration. The committee reported
that the trip could he made at Il per
capita cost of s2.S5 provided every
body went, but made no recommonda-
tons
j. NJ. n. Allen, at the February II
meeting an enthusiastic supporter OF
the Junket idea, moved that the re-
port be received and filed, and that 10
action be taken. He followed his mo-
ton with characteristic homily, in
which he mentioned the moral issue
raised by the ncwspa pers Of the city.
He had thought, he said, that since
the money belonged to the City Demo-
cratic Committee, it could spend it in
any way it deemed wise, but was OPP
posed to doing anything that may be
. construed morally wrong
c. w. Hodges, likewise a former
would-be junketer. Joined the anvil
chorus with a statement to the effect
that while he believed popularity pre-
codes morals he was opposed TO the
junket If 1t was going 10 disrupt the
harmony of the committee. \ vote
was called and the special committees
report was ordered tabled forever.
resolution WIS adopted authoriZ-
Ing committee appointed for this
purpose AT the last meeting. to confer
with the Council Advertising Commit
tee and the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way for the purpose of providing Joint
entertainment to the Cook County
Marching Club, which will be the guest
of the city on March 5. The commit
tee which is composed of Clyde w
Saunders, Captain w. NJ Myers. f.. c.
Hicks DR.. G. V. Darlington md ]. A.
l1add, was given plenary power to
commit the city Democratic Commit
tee to such an appropriation as il
deemed necessary.