The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
May Nominate State
Senator at ONCE or
Order Primary.
WHOLE QUESTION
is UP IN THE AIR
Choice, in Event Of Nomination,
Will Be Made by Twenty
Eight Members, Thirteen of
Whom Go Out of Office
on January 1-Pri-
mary Tangle.


called yesterday to meet at Murphy's
Hotel at o'clock tonight to take
action in regard to selecting q party
candidate for the State Senate to sue
ceed e. C. Folkes.
Tho method OF procedure will be
for the committee to determine. when
1t meets" said Chairman James II.
Price last night. "As I understand IT.,
the committee has the undoubted right
10 supply a name for the position, or
it may order a primary TO select the
party nominee. 1t Is for the com :
inittee 10 say which is the wisest and
most eSpedient course"
Should tho committee decide to
nominate MS a number of itH members
advocate. the whole matter will prob
ably be settled tonight, and the can
ddate having the largest number OF
votes will be declared the nominee.
should a primary be determined upon.
the date Will be set. the entrance fee
fixed. and u time limit announced for
Hing notice Of candidacy
Candidates on Lookout.
Until the method OF nominating Is
determined. candidates are holding
back somewhat. though their friends
on hand tonight. Some who would
be willing to serve the city in the
senate II called on by the committee
Indicate that they have not the time
.cr an aggressive campaign now, with
the possibility of meeting Republican
opposition in January. Others who do
not stand so strong with members OF
the committee Will be candidates only
ia the event OF party primary.
hnl Ia. fnri NJ hh fnr Unit -
tee, IL II comes to a showdown. favors
3. primary. but does not yet see who is
TO pay for it. The document known
ns the primary law. responsibility for
which Speaker Byrd yesterday dis
claimed provides in Section %: Moth :
ing In this act shall be construed TO
require the county and city treasurers
10 pay expenses OF more than one
primary held by any one party for
one election"
Richmond had a candidate for the
senate In the primary OF June 10. and
he was declared the party nominee.
Members OF the committee want to
know whether Treasurer Pace will
pay for second primary TO fill the
same Office. That same law restricts
the assessment of candidates TO per
cent Of one years salary. AT that
rate Il would require an unusual crop
or senatorial aspirants TO meet the eX-
pense OF n primary which Is from
$500 to 1000.
Staring the committee In the face
like q nightmare is the spectre of in
dependent candidates In the event that
it makes a selection not representative
Of the wishes of Democrats in Rich
mond
Major Martin Resigns.
Chairman Price found the resigna-
ton of Major Miles NJ. Martin as n
member OF the committee in his mall
on his return to the city yesterday
morning. 1t will go before the meet
ing tonight. Major Martin resigned
as chairman some months ago. but eX-
pected then to serve out his term as a
memter, which expires on December
81
Several designations are before the
committee, but Chairman Price stated
that no elections would be held to fill
the vacancies. Since this committee
was elected. the new ward lines have
been adopted. materially reducing it's
size designations. therefore, create
no vacancies. as the body is larger
than the number recently elected to
take office on January !.
from Forty to Twenty-EIRht.
The present committee elected two
years ago consisted of forty members.
Several members, who were city en-
ployes. resigned after the passage of
the FergussoE 'pernicious activity or
dinance.
or the twcnty-eight members now
entitled to vote. according to the Of
fetal roll OF Secretary Walter G.. Duke.
thirteen go out of office at the end of
December: only fifteen old members
holding over. The decision as to how
the nomination of a State Senator is
to be made-and in the event Of
nomination by the committee-the Sc
lection. will be made by an organiZa-
tion, about half of whose members
were not reelected in June.
Many Drop Out.
Members who GO out of office on De-
cember 81 are: Messrs. p. ]. Lenahan,
w. c. Pulliam, c. r. Fowlkes, j. l.
Redford. r. p. Shiflett. Il. j. Pagan, C.
w. Hodges. Miles NJ. MARTIN, David
Conncll. r. r. Florance. a. w. Brown
ing, Samuel Steiner and Earl Sibley.
Hold-ove- members of the new COM
mittee are: Messrs. jesse A. Ladd, j.
L.. Hart, e. w. Evans, Walter G.. Duke,
w. Z. Taylor, James II. Price, Dr. W.
n. Jones. j. NJ. Blanks. C. w. Saund-
ers II. b. Burnett, j. NJ. Purcell,
Charles " Darlington, Frank Fer
randini, George r. Davis and w. g. Jen-
nings.
or those going out at the end OF
their terms, Messrs. BEDFORD, Brown
Ing and Martin have sent in their
resignations those of Messrs. Redford
and Browning having been laid on the
table.