The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-29
First District Convention
Adjourns at Midnight
After Long Fight.
S E S SION TO-DAY
Mapp and Downing Leac
in Votes But Neither
Has Really Deci-
sive Advantage.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Newport News, Va. May 2s.-Dead-
locked on the sixtieth ballot and ap-
! parently no nearer the nomination OF
man to succeed the late William a.
Jones as First district represents tive
| in congress than when the first ballot
was taken, the convention was ad-
| journed at midnight to meet again to-
morrow morning
Several dark horse were runnin &
! in the fight in an attempt to COM
promise. but to no anvil. The bit
terest fight developed between c. c.
Berkeley. OF Newport News. AMI Harry
K. Houston, of Hampton.
G. Walter Mapp and Tomas Down
ing apparently have the best show
for victory, but neither has thus far
been able to swing enough votes 70
give him so much as the sem hlance Of
a victory
The seats of the Newport News.
York and Warwick delegations were
all contested, the Newport News by
Harry r. Houston, OF Hampton. and
the York and Warwick by Captain c.
C. Berkeley, of Newport News. There
was a long and bitter fight in the
credentials committee which ended
with all the delegates being seated.
Mr.. Houston contested the Newport
News delegates on the grounds that
votes were thrown out in the primary
which were intended for him. Cap
tain Berkeley contested on the grounds
that the mass meetings held in York
and Warwick counties were illegal.
alleging proper notice had not been
given and the meetings not called in
the regular way. Claims of both can
didates were ruled groundless by the
committee
| Harry r. Houston, of Hampton was
nominated by Ernest l.. Cunningham,
grand master of Virginia Masons: Cap
tain c. c. Berkeley by S. O. Bland: ;
Senator G. Walter Mapp by Warner
Ames; j. Boyd Sears by Leslie Gar
nett: Colonel Thomas Dowing by r,
O. Norris and O'Conner Goodrich by
! Judge Claggett B. Jones did not at
, tend the convention and was not
nominated.
Following are committees on Gre
dentials, organization and resolutions.
each man representing the committee
in the order named.
Accomac--A, ". White, j. H Hop
kins, s. X. Powell
Elizabeth City-C V. Spratley,
David Johnson. Frank H. Couch,
Eseex-Dandrige Sale tOrganiza-
jtion Committeeman missing, ]. NJ.
Lewis
| Gloucester-w. p Duncan. e. r.
Cray, John r. Newcomb.
/ Northum berland--E. Fl. Smith.
John 3. Hinton, E. Clinton Pearson.
| King and Queen-H. D. Hall, W. s.
Bagby F. W. Smith.
| Lancaster-Dr. r. ". Lewis, w A
Damerson. DIR. NJ. c. Olden.
| Mathews. c. Garnett John D.
Haynes. W. B. Smith
Middlesex-E. c. Percival. r. Y.
Lawson, John r. Saunders.
| Caroline-Dr. E. c. Cobb. p. D. Con
way. r. L. Beal
| Northam pton-Dr. G.. w. Holland,
A. b. Dunton, S. s. Wilkins.
| Richmond county--H. l.. Segar, Q.
Y. Morton. Dr. B. A. Middleton.
| Spotsylvania-J. Fl. Briscoe, c. r
Coleman. F. H. Russell.
Warwick Saxon-W, Holt, S. W.
Holt and S. Winston Holt tOnly re-
lpresentatiye.l .-.-
Westm oreland--C, c. Baker, F. NJ.
Thrift. George Mason.
| York-Conway II. Shields, r. c.
Hunt. d. A. Powers.
| Newport News. O. Bland. w e.
Thomas Marquis Jones.
! Fredericksburg-W. X. Goolrick, F.
NJ. Chickeiester, A. p. Rowe.
j When it came time to name the
Newport News committeeman. s.
Gordon Cumming. of Hampton, served
notice that the seats of the delegates
will be contested, this brought to light
the fact that Captain c. c. Berkeley
would oppose the seating Of the War
wick and York county delegations.
Very soon after the nominating
speeches were concluded the chair
announced the ballotinE would begin
and that the secretary would call the
roll OF the counties. It was agreed
that under the rules OF the Demo-
cratic caucus. at the end Of each bal
lot the candidate receiving the lowest
Number OF votes would be dropped
from the next succeeding ballot. but
after that ballot the candidate could
be renominated, That will explain
why some OF the candidates are
dropped from one ballot and voted
for in succeeding ballots. 49,,
The roll-call was then proceeded
with and the lineup on the nrst bal
lot was as follows:
Ballot L.
Accomac. II delegates--Mapp. II.
Caroline. s Observation-Disclosures. s..
Elizabeth City, delegates--Hous-
ton. 8.
Essex. ) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. q;
Sears, I.
Gloucester. s delegates-Sears, 8.
King and Queen. delegates---Gool-
rick, I; Downing. I; Berkeley. l.
Lancaster, Is Notwithstanding. 8.
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