Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-16
REPUBLICAN CITY BOILERS
. CONTINUE FRACTIONAL ROW
Garry Lily White" Protest To Dis
trict Meeting, but Arc
Frozen Out.
ENGINEER RUsm CONVENTION
~. NJ. Stoddard, OF Charles City
County Elected Delegate To Nj
tional Convention by Hoitcrs OF
Party.

Third District Republicans a.c hope
.essly divided OH the rights Of the ne
gro voter 20 :, voice in the councils OF
tina, party, Refusing to abandon the
stand they have taken for equal rights
Tor the black man. local Republicans
engineered "a rump district convcn-
tio., hsiH aiter me reEIIar convention
;eruay, ano elected ". VI stoddari Of
Char.cS Jtty County. delegate 10 the
national convention.
Church Hill Eank was elected dclc-
gate to the national convention at the
Third District convention held a; 1850
O'Clock in RuStmgs Court. Par, II. his
seat in that body will ~ contested by
Mr. Stod1ard on tho grounds hd; the
asieSHteS VINO rleeica MIN M'r' thcm-
oren only 10 white mon
Three delegations We're contested at
The district conv.ntiuu-ih Richmond
delegation anditAv delegates from MN
Kent and Chesterfield Counties Dr
j. l. slater delegate from New Kent.
nad as his contesthnt a negro from his
county. This Negro participated III the
second convention Acid toy the dci.-
safes from Cioochtand and charles cijy
Counties who We're present; but who
the contestins Richmond delcg
me coatcsituE delegates FROM New
tldn from itonrico County. Who arrived
100 tate to contest tn" delegate from
that county IN the regular convention.
Perfect Permanent Organization.
The uncontes,ed delegates at the
Fegulur convention, or which there
were only seven. voted to erat fhy
three contested DELEGATIONS ana pro
cecdcd w.ih the business Of c'cctiuG
a national delegate ana porfcCting n
permanent Organization for the Third
District.
Edgar Allan il. former Postmaster
VI Richmond, appeared before the con-
Dt.
sixteen delegates, representing one
eighth OF vote each, who We're elect
Cd at the meeting at which negroes
JOSEPH T. Brady. clerk Of the United
states District Court, led the so-callcd
charges preferred by Mr. Allan. rho
contention was that the mass meeting
al which tho delegates We're elected
ihat negroes had been Disseminated
against. II was admitted that the vote
by which Melvin FleEenhcimcr was
elected temporary chairman 'N'is ma
jority vote.
The question OF whcthe- Republicans
OF this city VIII bc permitted to ba!
negroes from their councils. viii be
submitted TO the national convention
tor final decision
Contest Rights of Delegates.
The same questions VIII be raised ~
the State convention TOMORROW, when
the rights .! the Richmond delegation
10 seat in tina; body vim again be
Contested
Joseph +. Brady was elected mem
Der OF the state Executive Committee
and Joseph stewart Was re.cicc(cd
chairman Of Tho district committee.
The following tive members of the
State committee were elected: oscar
hooker, y. NJ. DoHicr &. ii; Jones.
John :. Charles ana Thomas L.. Sucad.
Starkey Hare, OF Henricv. was elect
I'd alternate 10 the national couvvu-
ton. (. Is. Jones. OF Ashland, was
elected cs.dentlal clcctUr
Major ilansto.d Anderson was chair
man OF the cominittc ON credentials
which withdrew from the convention
and submitted report recommending
that all OF the contcS;rcS hc sustained.
This was done by the unanimous vote
OF live members. the delegates from
Goochland and Charles CRY refusing
To vote