The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-09

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Using boardl a copy of all the reso-
buttons parsed by the committee re-
lating to the election of new COM
| mittee for the county. / have In my
possession copies OF the above papers
l in which the previously mentioned no.
tees were published, and also a piecs
of the old notice from the bulletin
board. which I found there since this
controversy began.
From the above resolutions you Will
see that to become a candidate for
| this committee person must ME
notice. which must be filed at least
| sixty days before August 3, witnessed
| by two persons and shall state pre-
! cinct and district.
Plymouth District, the voting pre-
cinct of which is at Victoria, is en-
titled TO six representatives on the
committee elected this year. The fol-
lowing names were handed me rs can
dtdates for this committee within the
| proper time: W.. c. Spencer, z. w.
Marshall. N. s. Turnbull, r. B. Sea-
born, e. L. Kendig. w. II. Wood, C. p.
Nelson. ]. 8. Moore, A. A. Kirkman and
r. E. Stables. Mr.. Spencer withdrew
In few days. and this left, as l
| figured IL, nine candidates for the six
! places. The last two names to be
filed were Messrs. Stables and Kirk
man. The notices of these two parties
1 were left with the colored boy at my
home about p NJ. on the last day in
which candidate could Ale his name.
I was not at home when these notices
were left, but came In a little later,
and placed the notices on file along
with the others from the county. When
| listing the candidates of the various
precincts of the county about ten days
later I found out that the notices of
| Messrs. Stables and Kirkman did not
| mention in any way either the pre-
cinct or district in which they were
| candidates. Our committee had unani-
mously agreed and passed the above
resolutions at the meeting of May 10,
that these notices should state the
! precinct and district Our party law
In section makes each district a
separate unit In the election Of
| Democratic Committee. IT was not the
| intention of the committee to make
these rules technical In nature. but
simply to have this election in an or
Derby manner in conformity to the
State party laws. l would willingly
and gladly have furnished to either
OF these parties all the information
necessary to AK these notices right.
but was not asked Had have seen
the error in them before the expira
| ton of the sixty days, I would have
called their attention TO 1t and let them
correct it. AS 1t was, they were sent
in late at night on the last day by
third party, and I did not discover
the error until about ten days later.
1t is the duty of the applicant to see
that his notices are right. and there
was no reason why these could not
| have been right with a little trouble.
If I am informed correctly, these no.
tees were written within sixty feet Of
the postoffice and one and one-half
squares OF my house, where the proper
Information could have been secured.
After looking into the matter found
/ that under the rules of our commit
tee, 1t was Impossible for me to accept
these notices. This I informed Messrs.
/ Stables and Kirkmar and told them
| that | would, IL they desired. call
a meeting of the County Committee and
let them pass upon II. A meeting of
the committee was called on July %
and every member was notified and
urged to come by our secretary. There
are twenty four m members Of the corr
mittee, and there were present at this
meeting in person eight. and eight
were represented by proxy. The ques-
tion Of admitting the candidacy OF
these two gentlemen contrary TO the
lesta blished rules of the committee was
Thoroughly discussed by the members
tpresent and also by an attorney repre-
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The question was raised that proxy
could not exactly represent the wishes
OF the member giving II In a case of
this kind. In order that this could
be not objection, l asked the committee
to vote present in person first. ano
then take a vote of those present in
GLIDING the proxies, The first vote
was two for and FIVE against. and the
second vote was two for and eleven
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going on the ballot. None of the mem
bers OF Plymouth. the district where
this controversy arose, voted in either
instance.
personally I would have preferred
these gentlemen being on the ticket,
but under the circumstances the com
Imittee as a whole could not have done
otherwise. and at the same time done
right You should not measure one
mar with one measure and another
Imam with different measure.
On the next day received the fol-
flowing letter from Mr.. J. S, Moore:
"Dr. Kendig.--I feel that it will be
best for me to withdraw from the
ticket and am going to, request that
YOU take my name or the list OF can
didates AS see the matter. no in
Justice will be done any one by this
action. Thanking you. I am sincerely
yours,
81. s. MOORE"
According to Mr.. Moore's request, I
withdrew his name. This left only
six names to be voted for, and as the
district was entitled to six. they were
accordingly declared elected In a
number of the other districts of the
county there developed no opposition.
and, according to primary rules and
our party law, they were declared
elected, and the names left off the bal
lot in the same way.
The mass meeting referred to in The
yirginian on August was result or
dissatisfaction among a few of the
politicians in this place. and this &C
ton of the committee in ruling out
these gentlemen who failed to comply
with the party law was seized upon
las the point OF attack. The people of
this meeting were there to look after
1.-The interest of community as citizens,
and ! have faith that they will do
what ts right In every instance. 1t Is