The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-14

Coz. was placed before. the caucus and
! n POLL taken.
Before the reauit could be announced
AIT. Meetxe appeared before the chaf
and addressed The caucus. lie ae
cIared that IL the delegates Knew Ia"
POSITION In which he had been places
they would not condemn him. as tne*
had EeGe. that he had platform On
which he stood. which he believed vas
right and unlike the other candidates.
he was the only one who had the nerve
Ia SEQ ii through. He then niovs0 thaf
tire nomination OF Mr.. Cox he made
anansrsous. Hts remarks were greeted
wita applause
Nr. Houston then appointed COM
mittee. composed of ClenleHts. VIII
Hams White. Oliver. Stubs. Montague
end Neetze to escort MIR, Cox Ia the
chair. re was introduced by Martin
Williams Of Giles.
ar Cox addressed the caucus only
{. sew minutes thanking the members
TOR the honor conferred on him. oe-
csarinR that he would 40 mis- ian duty
~ each and cv cry one ,of them whether
shev agreed with him or not lie sad
Chat he hoped bis nomination would
Aaase no distortion In the Democratic
party that they would lght shoulder
70 shoulder the battles that confronted
the house OF delegates,
Two Netafnm naaftDnS~
Ffe declared that he would not touch
IN the important measures that were
te come up before the house. but oriy|
hoped that the house would agree with
him in the appointment Of an apprp-
priat3on ompittee a. work with the
finance committee lie said that nj
shoagh the disbursements Of The State
had doubled no provision had been
made Adequately 10 handle this bust
Rad handled Il for tho past fifty years.
Enrther. be siated- thAt-re representative
government was now on trial. and
list Ii" hoped the house would see fit
70 bave their committee bold only
open session that the public might see
they had nothing 70 hide with the
close IT his address many delegates
crowded around Mr. Cox 10 shake his
hand
Martin Williams, Of Giles nomi--
sraied John W. williams fer clerk IF
the house. In speaking Of Mr., VII
Hams, the delegate designated him as
the "Indispensah Williams, the one
mar To get bills to the committees.
and the only man who could get them
fram the committees. MIR, Clement,
of Iittsylvania, was first to second the
nomination, and his election was
unanimous
arms. Mr.. Stephenson, Of Bath, elo-
auentiy placed the name of j. Mont
gomery Johnson before the caucus.
Mr.. johnson is a Confederate veteran
with an enviable record, also vet
eran in the house Of delegates This
nomination was seconded by Mr.. Cox
and MIR. White. His choice was unan-
imoas.
The Only Fight
For f1rst doorkeeper. Colonel s. NJ.
Newhouse OF Cuipeper. was nomi-
mated by Colonel Il. f. Leedy, of Page
followed by Major j. n. Stubs. Of
Gloucester; George d. Chapman, of
The nomination of Colonel Newhouse
went back to the days OF the great
war. ard rehearsed many gallant deeds
OF the soldier Colonel NewhUuse was
loudly acclaimed the nominee
The only real fight for position was
that between James Gary, Confed-
crate veteran. and Charles A. Trus-
low, veteran OF the house Of dele
gates Mr. Gary was placed before
the caucus by Mr.. Love, of Lnnenburg,
who euIogized the soldier and his rec
ord. He was followed by Mr., Buck.
of Washington, and Mr. Walton. Of
Hanover.
Mr.. Hefiin told the tale OF another
hero. who. though too young to take
part In the battles Of the War Be-
tween the States. had fought for a
living for his family during the days
OF reconstruction. Mr. Truslnw won
ny a vote Of e3 to IS The caucus ad-
journed about 1890 O'Clock.