Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
ORDER SHOWDOWN
IN NORF ok COUNTY
Democratic Primary for County
Committee to Be Held on
September 28.
STATE COMMITTEE DECIDES
Straightouts Charge Citizens
Party, or Fusionists, With
Republican Alliance.
STATE COMMITTEE DECIDES


the State Democratic Committee with
your wrangles and your conflicting as
sertions as to who's who in Norfolk
County. Now VIC are giving YOU "A
chance to fight 1t out The winning
faction will be recognized as the true
and regular body 10 control Democratic
party affairs in your county"
That is substantially the admonition
and injunction given the Democratic
factions in Norfolk County by the
State executive committee Yesterday
afternoon. when a resolution presented
by Congressman Hal d. Flood was
adopted by practically unanimous
vote.
The resolution directs that candidates
for county offices, the county Demo-
cratic committee and the House Of
Delegates shall be nominated on Sep
tember IS by n plan that is equivalent
to a primary. The election, however,
will not be strictly under the direct
primary plan. The plan is an unusual
one. devised to meet peculiar circum-
stances and conditions.
1t was adopted after the committee
had rejected n substitute offered by DR..
F. S. Hope. which called for an cleo
tion on the same date, but under the
direct primary law, for county and
district Offices and the House of Dele
gates.
PLAN PRESENTED NJ
CONGRESSMAN FLOOD
In substance, the plan presented by
Congressman Flood and adopted with
some amendments. is as follows:
The committee orders primary to be
held September IS TO nominate for the
different offices and committee seats
to be filled.
All white qualified voters in Norfolk
County shall be eligible to participate,
regardless of past affiliations. provided
they shall promise to support the NOM
inecs of the primary in the general
election
All candidates shall notify Dr.. f. s.
Hope. who is to represent the State
COMMITTEES in this affair. of their candi-
dacy at least ten days before the date
set for the primary. DR.. Hope shall
prepare the ballots and poll books to
be used.
The election officers are to be chosen
in the following manner: A list of the
precincts shall be prepared by State
Chairman Ellyson. a representative
of the. .Straightout faction and a repre-
lots. The winner shall then name two
officers for n precinct and the loser one.
They are to alternate then, the winner
naming one judge of election and the
loser two. Thus they go through the
list of precincts. The officers chosen
in this unique manner are to conduct
the election
MEN SO CHOSEN WILL RE.
n
Within two days of the election the
judges shall report the result to DR..
Hope. who, within five days therefrom,
shall issue call for a meeting OF the
Second Congressional District Commit
tee to canvass the returns and declare
the result The names OF the commit
teemen elected shall then be certified
to State Chairman Ellyson, and the
men SO chosen in each magisterial dis
trict shall be recognized as forming
the Norfolk County Democratic Com
mittee. Each faction is directed to
pay DIR. Hope $3.50 TO be used in de-
fraying the expenses of the primary,
any balance remaining after all bills
are paid to be returned by him.
The amendments to the Flood resolu-
ton adopted deal with controversial
questions that have been before the
State body since 1913. The committee
took this method of disposing of them
forever. burying them beyond resurrec-
ton. They read as follows:
"Resolved. That the State central
committee deems it unwise to reopen
the matters raised by the petition filed
with this committee in 1913. and it,
therefore, declines to do So
"Resolved. That the State central
committee is of the opinion that the
several county and city committees OF
the State are vested with the au-
thority under the party plan of organi-
zation of determining whether there
shall be nominations for county and
city offices and for members of the
General Assembly. and that this COM
mittee has no authority 20 review the
decision of the Norfolk County COM
mittee in this matter"
BARE QUORUM PRESENT
WHEN BUSINESS OPENS
1t was lively session. from start
to finish. Coatless and perspiring, the
twenty y-seven members sat through
three hours of discussion that carried
strong flavor of tabasco. There was
never a dull minute. p
Chairman j. Taylor Ellyson called
the committee to order at 2 o'clock in
the assembly hall OF Murphy's Hotel
annex. The first call of the roll by
Secretary j. N. Brenaman showed only
twenty-three members present There
are fifty members Of the committee,
and majority is necessary 10 form
quorum.
Vague apprehensions had seized the
committeeman when Clyde W. Saunders,
of the Third District. took the floor.
He had noted the entry of another
member.
I'VE have n quorum present. Mr..
Chairman" declared MIR. Saunders.
Three of our members have died since
the last meeting. ] submit that this
body is now composed of forty-seven,
and twenty-four is a quorum. move
we proceed to business"
There is nothing to prevent it," said
Simon Solomon. also OF the Third Dis