The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-14

The various Candidates for the tsOver-
aership In the Coming contest.
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Correspondence Baltimore Bun.
RICHMOND, June e.-Virginia cowe
spondence which now omita mention o
the pending struggle for the Conserva
tive nomination for Governor, is yer,
like the play OF Hamlet with the Prince
left out. It Ii true that the State con
vention will not meet Until the Stl
Of August, but the battle between
the various aspirants and theil
friends 10 now holly engaged, and
all the arts Of politics are put In
play to secure the victory. It would be
O long list to give the names of all the
gentlemen who have been proposed as
possible candidates, but those actually
In the front, and from whom 1t is proba-
BILE the Governor will be selected, are q
few In number. These are Col. 4. W..
M. Holiday. Of Winchester, one
armed ex-Oonfederate, a successful law
yer, and one of the Tilden electors for
the State at large In the last presiden.
tiaI election, being ineligible. however
by reason OF the fact that he was at the
same time a United States Centennial
Commissioner for Virginia; Major John
w. Daniel, of Lynchburg, q lame
eE.Oonfederate. a, lawyer who has
Senator, one of the Tilden electors
for the State at large In the last elec-
tion, and a young orator who has
achieved high rank on every forum !;
Gen. VIM. Malone. of Petersburg, "the
hero of the crater" lat Petersburg), an
ex-Uonfederate who was always ener-
getic Ia the late war, and the well known
president OF the consolidated lines OF
the Atlantic, Mississippi aud Ohio Rail-
road; Gen. VIM. B.ITaliaferro. OF Glou-
cester county, a veteran OF the Mexican
war and Of the late war, and now chair
man of the State Conservative Com
mittee; Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, OF Stafford
of Gen. r.. II. Lee; Gen. VIM. Terry, of
Wythe county. a member of the last
Congress, etc.
These are the principal gentlemen
named In connection with the nomina-
tion, although, Of course, 1t Ia not Inn
possible that all Of them may be thrown
over for some one OF much inferior pre-
tensions. will not pretend to estimate
the comparative strength OF these COM
petitors, but will simply say that as Sec
tional considerations will determine the
first show Of hands by the delegates,
any one can take map of Virginia and
calculate for himself ION the basis of the
last Conservative vote for President)
Nuue VIII pEoUapiy pe JHe original
strength Of each candidate in the
convention. 1t is rather early in the
canvass TO make prophecy as to
what will be the final result in the con-
vention, when the section lines shall
have been In great measure abandoned
and other influences come In to work
out the problem. 1t may, however, be
said with certainty that, no matter who
may be the nominee OF the convention,
none Of the candidates before that body
Will give his name or countenance to
any independent movement. It is true
that the Republicans are understood
to have no idea OF running State
ticket Of their own. and that they hope
to induce some Conservative of standing
to bolt by promise OF their SUI pport; but
there is no reason to believe now that
any respectable Conservative In Vir.
ginia can be tempted to such course.
IL is likely that so.called Independent
ticket may be got up, composed of mon
Erel politicians OF little character and
no influence, but 1t will receive no sup
port from the Conservative ranks, and
1t is. not probable that it will arouse
much enthusiasm among the Republi-
cans themselves.